Aloft Hotels & MTV’s 2015 Project ALOFT STAR -APAC
The Results are finally out. So it’s time for Aloft Hotels and MTV to reveal the much awaited winners for 2015 Project ALOFT Star in Asia Pacific region.
It took more than half a million online votes and over 350 entries for the Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ leading-edge Aloft® brand and MTV today to reveal the winners of the second annual Asia Pacific edition of music talent discovery competition Project Aloft Star, Amplified by MTV.
As most of us are aware that this one of its kind music talent contest aims to identify and support the hottest emerging music artists with three competition clusters throughout Asia Pacific region.
From China cluster winners this year are: Gusian Yu (China)
“I really appreciate this opportunity that Aloft and MTV has given for me to perform and be a part of Project Aloft Star. I’ll remember this night forever! I was over the moon when I was announced as the winner of 2015 Project Aloft Star – really thankful for the esteemed judges that saw my passion through my performance and song.”
From are very own India , Run Pussy Run (India)
“We are absolutely thrilled that we won the Project Aloft Star, Amplified by MTV competition! It is the first time we have participated in a competition, and winning it has been the most encouraging and rewarding experience so far. All the participants were lovely, and it was humbling to meet and share the journey with everyone. This equips us to release our debut album and perhaps a video too! Kudos to Aloft and MTV for supporting and paving pathways for independent artists!
And also Jennifer Lackgren / Jenny & The Scallywags from Thailand (Southeast Asia, comprising Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore)
”We’re completely thrilled to be the winners for Project Aloft Star 2015, amplified by MTV. From the day of our video submission to the very moment of our winning performance, our journey has been an exciting whirlwind. We definitely want to use the US$10,000 and the momentum from this amazing platform to create good music videos and our extended play that will be released early next year for Sounds Like Maybe and How to Break Up with Somebody. We’re over the moon and can’t wait to see where this journey takes us. Thank you MTV and Aloft!”
The finals were held at at Aloft Hotels in Kuala Lumpur, Bangalore and Guangzhou over the weekend in front of a panel of distinguished judges. The top finalists were evaluated on parameters like music composition and song-writing skills, originality and creativity, technical skill, “wow” factor, showmanship, and stage presence.
The following representatives from Aloft Hotels, MTV, celebrities and music industry experts were part of the judging panel
- For Southeast Asia,
- Paras Sharma, Vice President, MTV and Comedy Central Brands and Digital Media, Viacom International Media Networks Asia
- Vincent Ong, Senior Brand Director, Asia Pacific Brand Management, Starwood Hotels & Resorts
- Aliff Aziz, a Singapore born singer and actor who won the reality TV singing competition, Anugerah when he was 16 years old, making him the competition’s youngest winner. He is currently working on his fourth album, having just released his current single “Selayaknya Aku”
- Aziana Ali, General Manager – Marketing, Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia
- Valent Soisuvarn, Executive Director, MTV Thailand
- For China,
- Charles Chan, Creative Director, Head of Content Production, MTV China
- Master Dong Shan, a pop singer who won multiple newcomer awards when he debuted. His fourth and latest album was released this year.
- Shan Qi, renowned planner-musician-producer-director who is also known as ‘China Fashion Festival Godfather’
- Sofia Wong, Hotel Manager, Aloft Guangzhou University Park
- For India,
- Bobin James, Head of Programming and Artist Relations, MTV Indies
- Clinton Cerejo, award-winning composer, producer and singer who has lent his inimitable voice to a number of Bollywood hits
- Hazel Ooi, Manager, Brand Management, Asia-Pacific, Sheraton, Westin, Four Points by Sheraton, Aloft, Element
If you’re wondering what would be the takeaways for the winner, I was told that each winner was awarded a US$10,000 cash prize and will soon be featured in MTV Seen, a video spot of that will air on MTV Asia, MTV China and MTV India channels in October as part of the prize package. That’s not all as these winners will also be featured in individual vignettes on the Project Aloft Star website.
Mr. Vincent Ong , Senior Brand Director, Brand Management, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific told that “Cool and dynamic experiences in music, design and technology have made Aloft the must-have brand for today’s hyper-connected global traveler; and our partnership with MTV Asia underscores those passion points.”
“Since last year’s Asia Pacific debut, Project Aloft Star has seen immense response and quality submissions – a testament to the immense pool of talent in the region— and Aloft is proud to continue to offer a platform of exposure for emerging artists.” – Aloft Hotels
Paras Sharma, Vice President, MTV and Comedy Central Brands and Digital Media, Viacom International Media Networks Asia mentioned that “MTV is proud to partner Aloft for the Asia Pacific edition of Project Aloft Star for the second year running. We were impressed with the quality of work submitted and the increase in the number of entries and votes received shows us the amount of fresh music talent out there and the extent of public support for them. The competition has given these young performers the chance to shine and they are definitely the ones to watch. Keep playing!”
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