Orange UnsignedAct | |
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Presented by | Alex Zane |
Judges |
Simon Gavin Alex James Lauren Laverne Jo Whiley |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
Release | |
Original network | Channel 4 |
External links | |
Website | www |
Orange UnsignedAct is a Channel 4 talent competition, with bands and artists competing for a recording contract with Universal Music, a £60,000 advance, a single released after the series, an album deal and a multi-media marketing campaign.
(The £60,000 is disbursed as follows: 50% on completion of the recording contract and confirmation of the winner and 50% on delivery of the final mixed, mastered and cleared album.)
Previous iterations of the show have been called MobileAct unsigned, whereby a similar prize was awarded to the winner in 2007
The show is sponsored by Orange and Sony Ericsson.
2007
2008/2009
Envy & Other Sins won Mobile UnsignedAct on 23 December 2007. As a result, their first single "Highness", was released on 3 March 2008.
Tommy Reilly won the competition with his song "Gimme A Call". The winner was announced live on Channel 4 at 2:40 pm on Sunday 25 January 2009. The song entered the UK Top 40 at number 14 on 1 February 2009.
Sundays T4 (Channel 4) and 4Music, UK