Orange unsignedAct

Orange UnsignedAct
Format	Talent show / Concert Tour
Presented by	Alex Zane
Judges	Lauren Laverne Alex James Simon Gavin Jo Whiley
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Broadcast
Original channel	Channel Four
External links
Website

Orange UnsignedAct is a Channel Four 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 made of 50% on completion of the recording contract and confirmation of the winner and 50% on delivery of the final mixed, mastered and cleared album.)^[1]<

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.

Finalists

2007

Envy and Other Sins
Revenue

2008/2009

Scarlet Harlots
Hip Parade
Tommy Reilly

Winners

Envy and Other Sins won Mobile UnsignedAct on 23 December 2007^[2]. 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.

Tommy Reilly's single 'Gimme A Call' unexpectedly entered the UK Top 40 at number 14 on 1 February 2009.

Transmission

Sundays T4 (Channel 4) and 4Music, UK

References

1. ^ "What's the Prize?". Channel Four. http://orangeunsignedact.co.uk/about/whats-the-prize. Retrieved 10 June 2009. 
2. ^ Channel Four Blog Envy and Other Sins' Blog Retrieved on 12 May 2009

External links

• Official Site
• Unsigned Act on Channel Four