Popular Yoruba lifestyle and movie channel, ST Yoruba has commenced a comedy talent hunt to discover and promote young Nigerians with skills for humour-making.
The campaign which will involve both online and a live show kicked off in January and will end March 31 after which selected participants will feature in a live show and compete for cash prizes.
Commenting, Israel Bolaji, StarTimes Head of Public Relations revealed that A-list comedians have also been selected as celebrity judges.
“The StarTimes owned channel which can be viewed on channel 160 or 412 designed the initiative to discover young and budding creative minds and help nurture their talents. This would be achieved by offering the most outstanding talents cash rewards and broadcast platforms.
“To participate, up-and-coming comedians should upload a three-minute comedy video with hashtag#STYorubaComedyTalent before March 1. You should also get your family and friends to like and retweet your video entry on facebook and twitter. The top 50 videos with the highest number of likes and re-tweets will be short-listed by March 31 for the grand finale which holds in April,” Bolaji added.