''Orange UnsignedAct'' (known as ''mobileAct Unsigned'' during its first series) was a
Channel 4
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talent competition, with bands and artists competing for a recording contract with
Universal Music
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and it ...
, a £60,000 advance, a single released after the series, an album deal and a multi-media marketing campaign.
(The £60,000 was 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.)
The show was sponsored by
Orange and
Sony Ericsson
Sony Mobile Communications Inc. ( ja, ソニーモバイルコミュニケーションズ株式会社) was a multinational telecommunications company founded on October 1, 2001, as a joint venture between Sony Group Corporation and Ericsson. ...
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Finalists
2007
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Envy & Other Sins
Envy & Other Sins was a four-piece band from Birmingham, England, who came to fame by winning Channel 4's nationwide talent show, '' mobileAct unsigned''. They were the winners of the show, on which they won a £60,000 record contract with A&M ...
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Revenue
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Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover. Some companies receive rev ...
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Mancini
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Ginger Bread Men
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Bad Robots
''Bad Robots'' is a British television prank show that originally aired on E4 from November 2014. Made by Objective Productions, the show centres on a fleet of seemingly defective and even mischievous machines, devices and robots produced by ...
2008/2009
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Scarlet Harlots
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Hip Parade
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Tommy Reilly
Winners
Envy & Other Sins won ''mobileAct Unsigned'' on 23 December 2007.
[Channel Four Blo]
Envy and Other Sins' Blog
Retrieved 12 May 2009 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
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at 2:40 pm on Sunday 25 January 2009. The song entered the UK Top 40 at number 14 on 1 February 2009.
Transmission
Sundays
T4 (Channel 4)
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and
4Music
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, UK
See also
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Orange Playlist
''Orange Playlist'' is a British music chat show TV series, produced by INITIAL, a subsidiary of Endemol UK for the ITV Network. The third series was presented by Jayne Middlemiss. A different guest each week joins Middlemiss to discuss their l ...
'' – a similar music TV show sponsored by Orange and hosted by Laverne
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Pringles Unsung
Pringles Unsung was a music competition in the United Kingdom that ran once from 2006 to 2007. It was sponsored by the Pringles snack brand, and was one of several brand-sponsored music competitions to be launched during this period. The competiti ...
– a similar competition
References
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External links
Official SiteUnsigned Acton
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
Ginger Bread Men
Channel 4
Orange S.A.
2007 British television series debuts
2000s British music television series