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| Project Fame West Africa | |
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| Also known as | Project Fame |
| Genre | Reality, talent show |
| Created by | Gboyega Ayoade |
| Presented by | Joseph Benjamin Bolanle Olukanni[1] |
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| Country of origin | Nigeria |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 5 per season |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | MTN Nigeria |
| Producer | Ultima Limited |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV3 Ghana Clare TV (Liberia) AIT (Nigeria) GET TV (Nigeria) MiTV (Nigeria) NTA (Nigeria) Nigerzie (Nigeria) ONTV(Nigeria) Silverbird (Nigeria) SoundCity (Nigeria) ABC TV (Sierra Leone) |
| Release | 18 July 2008 – 2016 |
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Project Fame, also known as Project Fame West Africa or MTN Project Fame West Africa (for sponsorship purposes), is a music talent TV reality show filmed in Lagos and aired in the West African subcontinent.[2] It is a regional version of Star Academy reality series that was developed and is licensed worldwide by Endemol. The show used to feature contestants from Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, but Liberia and Sierra Leone have been dropped since the 2014 Ebola Outbreak. The show is broadcast by networks in these four countries and across the African continent.
Run by Ultima production,[3] Project Fame's inaugural season began in 2008. The production format consists of gala evenings held each Sunday night in prime time and hosted by Joseph Benjamin and Adaora Oleh. In season 7, Adaora was replaced with Bolanle Olukanni. Additionally, there's a weekly recap show and the Eviction night on Saturday night.
The jury is formed by three judges; Praiz, Bibie Brew and Tee-Y Mix, and Faculty members of the Academy which include: Joke Silva, Lovette Otegbola, Dupe Ige, Ben Ogbeiwi and Mr Gboyega Ayoade.
The show is notorious for its winners struggling to make a name for themselves in the industry after they win. Of all the contestants in the 9 seasons, only Iyanya, Chidinma, Praiz, Niniola and Johnny Drille have gone on to make various degrees of success in music; season 5 winner Ayoola went on to become a thriving TV star[4]
- ^ "5 things you probably don't know about the charming TV host". 19 August 2015.
- ^ Simwa, Adrianna (2018-06-06). "All MTN Project Fame winners since inception". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ "Ultima". Ultima. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ "MTN Project Fame West Africa Archives". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2022-12-07.