| Island Africa Talent | |
|---|---|
| Genre | TV |
| Created by | Emmanuel Le Juez &
Olivier Louyot Universal Music Group |
| Production | |
| Producer | Code films Universal Music Group |
| Original release | |
| Network | A+ (Canal+ Africa) |
Island Africa Talent is a television music competition franchise created by French producers Emmanuel Le Juez and Olivier Louyot to find new talents in African French countries. The winner of the show earns a contract with the African franchise of Universal Music Group along with 5 000 000 FCFA. The first series of the show aired on A+, a channel of the Canal + Africa Group and various local channel, from October 24 to December 12 of 2014.
Creation and production
Island Africa Talent is the first African-wide talent competition and was created to promote new African talents and to witness the creation of the African franchise of Universal Music Group. Live shows stage took place in Yamoussoukro in Côte d'Ivoire and is watched nearly by 200 million people.
Participating countries
| Series | Country | Network |
|---|---|---|
| Series 1 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Digital Congo RDC / B-One RDC |
 Republic of the Congo
|
DRTV Congo Brazzaville | |
 Chad
|
ONRTV Chad | |
 Burkina Faso
|
RTB Burkina | |
 Niger
|
ORTN Niger | |
 Seychelles
|
SBC Seychelles | |
 Madagascar
|
MA TV Madagascar | |
 Côte d'Ivoire
|
RTI Côte d'Ivoire | |
 Senegal
|
TFM Senegal | |
 Benin
|
ORTB Benin | |
 Togo
|
LCF Togo | |
 Cameroon
|
CRTV Cameroon | |
 Gabon
|
Gabon TV |
Judges and presenters
| Series | Judges | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| Series 1 |
| |
| Iance Yves de M'Bella
Juliette Fievet (backstage) |
Selection process
Countries audition
Auditions took place in the 12 participating countries ; selected one act to represent each country at the live shows.
Live shows
During the live shows only the grades given by the judges determines the rankings, and during the first five weeks there are no eliminations. From week 5, the 3 contestants who received the lowest cumulative grade over the weeks are eliminated each week. Live shows took place during seven weeks.
Winners and finalists
| Series | Rank | Finalist |
|---|---|---|
| Serie 1 | Winner | Madagascar - Deenyz
|
| Runner-Up | Cameroon - Danielle
| |
| Third Place | Democratic Republic of the Congo - Bill
|
References
- "Canal+ et Universal Music investissent ensemble en Afrique francophone". 13 December 2014.
- "Island Africa Talent: …et la gagnante est Deenyz ! | Africa Top Success". www.africatopsuccess.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21.