FINALISTS EMERGE FOR THE HEADIES 2012 ROOKIE OF YEAR COMPETITION

On September 19, 2012, Organizers of The Headies 2012 announced that it would be kicking off its first ever Rookie Of The Year Competition and would give one talented upcoming act, a once in a lifetime opportunity to perform on the big stage. Over the next several days (September 19-27), members of the public were asked to suggest names of talented upcomers who met the eligibility criteria of the Headies Rookie Competition which were as follows;
Eligibility Criteria
1. Upcoming act has never been nominated for/won any award categories at The Headies (including nominations at this year’s event)
2. Upcoming act has at least one officially released single in the Nigerian music market.
3. Upcoming act has no album(s) to his/her name released before February 2012
4. Upcoming act is a citizen of Nigeria (not open to foreign nationals)
Over 20,000 entries were received and the following acts emerged after pooling the most nominations. The finalists are; Saeon, Yung L, Burna Boy, Slim T and Dammy Krane. The competition has now entered its second phase and it is time for the general public to vote for its Rookie of the Year.
Voting will be via SMS only.
To vote for your Headies 2012 Rookie of the Year simply send an SMS to 33960 as described below.
“HR<space>Name Of Rookie”
The Rookie with the most votes as of 12 Noon of October 10, 2012 will get to perform at the main event of The Headies 2012. 2^nd and 3^rd placed Rookies will perform at The Headies Nominees party.
For more information please visit www.theheadies.com
The Headies (Hip Hop World Awards) is in its 7^th year and will hold on Saturday October 20, 2012 at the Eko Hotel & Suites.