The long anticipated finale of the sixth season finally arrived on Friday. After months of auditions, performances, and numerous memorable experiences, the 2009 Digicel Rising Stars Journey has finally come to its end as Jamaica picked the best from the west.
From ten down to two, voters have gotten rid of the rest and left only who they thought were the best and the final performance show of the 2009 Digicel Rising Stars competition has left them with an even harder decision to make.
Rocking out loud on stage this week, Princess Tia, Adena and Brown Sugar gave the audience a show they would never forget. This week's Rock and Roll theme left the audience pleasantly surprised, as not only did the top three ladies succeed at showing the versatility of their voices, they fully brought it!
We stopped the Digicel Rising Stars viewers and voters in the streets, as well as those coming from the performance shows to find out exactly what it is they want to know about their favourite Top 3 Digicel Rising Stars contestants.
Rumour of the fantasic four peaking too soon was put to the challenge this week on Digicel Rising Stars. The theme of this week’s show, Then and Now, gave contestants the chance to perform one hit song from the year of their birth, and another 2008 or 2009 hit. The contestants did their usual best, and impressed the audience, but the judges, for the most part felt the scene was a bit too familiar.
The ferocious five wowed Jamaica this week during the ‘My Way’ performance show, where each contestant was given the opportunity to select their own genre and song and then coordinate their performance with their selection of live props. Each creative, memorable performance proved that this may be Digicel Rising Stars’ best top 5 in the history of the show, and by the end of the night neither the audience nor the judges regretted doing the show their way.
Digicel Rising Star’s top contestants will begin their KFC/Pepsi tour today, with their first stop at The Boulevard Super Centre. The tour which is to run every Saturday for four weeks will not only see the top contestants performing their favourite songs, but will also include guest appearances by the 2005 Digicel Rising Star Chris Martin!
The roof of the Courtleigh auditorium was left in shambles by the end of this week’s Digicel Rising Stars performance show, as performance after performance blew it to pieces. This week’s Gospel night was a humbling and inspiring experience, for both the Judges and the audience alike.
As the competition quickly diminishes with the top 5 drawing near, the soulful seven left each brought their best to this week’s show. Each trying to win the title of Digicel Rising Star 2009 a couple shows early, a few outshone the rest, making enough of an impact on both the judges and audience to make this a possibility.
This week the final eight put on quite a show for the most part, leaving the audience audibly happy, but the judges were a bit harder to please. Joining Anthony Miller and Clyde McKenzie as a guest judge was Jamaica’s own song bird, Karen Smith who was clearly impressed with the raw talent on offer. Popular Jamaica reggae artist of the retro era Flourgon, also joined the show, bringing the right amount of Reggae nostalgia to the Chill Room. He not only acted as Kiki’s co-host, but dropped a few samples of his more famous songs.
For the sixth season of the show, the first place winner will take home $1Million in cash, as well as the opportunity to produce and record a single, as well as a music video, while second and third place winners will take home $600,000 and $400,000 respectively. Though they may sound like the real big winners, Digicel Rising Stars has saved some really great prizes for you, the precious voters, without whom the show simply would not be possible.
This week's theme was our very own, internationally established: Reggae. All the contestants were sporting outfits showing their Jamaican colours, and the colours of their roots, however, these wonderful, culturally appealing outfits did nothing to improve their performances. One would think that when compared to last week's show, an amazing tribute to the late, great King of Pop, Michael Jackson, a show about the music that most of us were raised on would be even greater.
Sunday’s Performance show of Digicel Rising Stars was dedicated to the memory of the King of Pop, the late Michael Jackson. Those who saw the show would agree that the contestants would have made the King proud with either their soulful, heartfelt performances, or their energetic crowd rocking display in true Michael Jackson fashion.
Now known as the KFC/Pepsi Be A Star …Be A Millionaire, this nine week promotion kicked off on July 06 and continues until August 31, 2009. KFC and Pepsi have gone above and beyond to ensure that along with great food and beverage, customers have the chance to be a star, meet stars and win a million though Digicel Rising Stars.
If you thought Digicel Rising Stars existed only in Jamaica... you'd be wrong. In fact, Jamaica's most popular television show and talent contest has counterparts in Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago and the Eastern Caribbean.
If you missed Sunday night's Digicel Rising Stars performances, you missed a great deal. Sunday's show had the last seven contestants who are vying for the final five spots left in the Digicel Rising Stars' Top Ten. Though this week’s line up was once again dominated by the women, the fans of the two male performances made up a large chunk of the crowd.
The first live studio show for the Digicel Rising Stars was held last Sunday June 28, 2009. It was an exhilarating hour of performances that got the judges talking and the audiences cheering. There were eight performances for this week and the next seven contestants will take to the stage next Sunday to prove they are worthy for a spot in the top ten of the Digicel Rising Stars series.
With so many new changes to Jamaica's premiere talent show Digicel Rising Stars, the most talked about is the new host. Young, vivacious and a Miss Jamaica World, Yendi Phillipps has received varying reactions from viewers. It is very hard to fill other people's shoes and this was the problem that confronted Yendi Phillipps when she took on the task of hosting the fifth season of Digicel Rising Stars. However, this young beauty has continued to improve week after week winning the hearts of many Jamaican viewers.
It was a packed studio audience last Sunday night (September 7) for Digicel Rising Stars. The night, with patrons all over, sitting on steps and even standing, climaxed in a night filled with high energy as the five remaining contestants, K'Alee, Cameal, Lashana, SLR and Kahlil, provided a chart-topping Billboard themed-night along with a ferocious Live Band.
For the lucky few who make it through to the top-ten of the Digicel Rising Stars talent competition, this is just the beginning of the road until they are declared winners by Jamaica's vote. In previous seasons, Jamaica has seen the unearthing of a kaleidoscope of new talents in the music industry with Cavan, Chris Martin and One Third (Season 1, 2 and 3 winners respectively) and most recently Romain Virgo.
"You don't know what its like to listen to this song ... I am surprised I am still awake". That was the verdict R3 got from Anthony on August 3rd; the comment came in response to R3's rendition of the Bee Gees hit song To Love Somebody. Other Miller comments such as "like your suit, that song is much too big for you" (directed at Wayne Williams), and "you look like figurines about to break" (directed at SLR) have proved to be as entertaining as the performances in the 5th Season of Digicel Rising Stars.
As the new host of Digicel Rising Stars, I am privileged to work with the rising talent of Jamaica. What I love most about being a part of this competition is the chance to bond with the contestants, talking with them and getting to know them a bit more. As the competition progresses and the number of finalists decreases, Jamaica is able to judge the talent a bit more closely.
Nadine Sutherland explains why choosing the right song is important
The Digicel Rising Stars 5th season is once again showcasing the true talents of Jamaican singers. I do think all the contestants have the potential to give much more which they are trying to do each week. What I am seeing is steady growth. The only problem that I see with the contestants is something that I have been constantly talking about: Their choice of song. The choice of song is most important when performing and contestants need to realize that.
Digicel Rising Stars Season 5 is turning out to be an interesting competition with the contestants finding themselves and getting more comfortable with the stage.
The performances so far have been relatively good with the top-ten displaying their talent in the top-ten show on Sunday night (Aug 3). In fact, I saw some exceptionally strong performances and some weak ones
Every Digicel Rising Star in this year's competition wants to win the money: $1 million dollars. The chance to release two singles and a music video makes the pot that much sweeter. So how do contestants compete to get the votes?
Now with the competition down to the top 10 finalists, the battle is on. Every week, someone will go home, and for this reason, contestants are forced to literally ‘bring it’ or ‘step’ if they want to take the number one spot: Digicel Rising Star 2008.
On Sunday night, Jamaica finally got to see the top 10 contestants of this year's Digicel Rising Stars competition. The Courtleigh Auditorium was set ablaze as several contestants wooed and thrilled the judges while guest D'Angel and resident selector DJ Flamez made the chill room's temperature rise.
The Sony Ericsson Chill Room debuted on Digicel Rising Stars with a cool new look last Sunday and has received rave reviews. The usually happening pre- and post-performance hang-spot for the Digicel Rising Stars contenders and celebrity guests is now outfitted with a resident DJ, DJ Flames of RJR 94 FM and a great new voter’s prize.
Digicel Rising Stars, Jamaica’s most successful television show bows in for its fifth anniversary season with a new look and more auditions.
“We’ll be even more aggressive in our search for Jamaica’s next star this year with 6 auditions, so locations like Portmore and St. Thomas are fitting because they will be uncharted territories for our audition team, exposing the talent we know exists in these areas,” said Tahnida Nunes, executive producer.
Love is in the air, or at least in the stars. Digicel launched its ALL-STAR Rising Stars Valentines concert competition on January 10, giving 14 High Schools, one from each parish, a chance to win the ultimate free Valentine’s Day concert. 97 High schools from across the island entered the competition in hopes of winning the concert, and through a raffle, one school was chosen to represent each parish. Paula Pinnock McLeod, series Executive Producer comments “High school students are avid Rising Stars fans...
