Gola Music Talent

About the client

Gola Music Talent is a singing competition launched by E Two Entertainment in 2023 to discover young talent across Cameroon. Candidates aged 16 to 25 entered with a one-minute a cappella video sent by WhatsApp, the best were selected for a live semi-final, and the competition ended with a grand final on the Ya-Fe stage (Yaoundé en Fête), where Almeda was crowned winner of the first edition.

What I designed

• The 3D logo: a gold microphone inside a ring with the competition name on a band
• The launch poster and the eligibility conditions
• The announcement of the semi-finalists
• The semi-final and grand final posters, with the finalists and the guest artists
• Guest-artist visuals for Hazambeuh and Bóris Le Tayrøs
• The 2,000 FCFA entry ticket, laid out four to a sheet for printing
• The winner announcement and its Facebook cover
• A promo video for the semi-final and the final

The design choices

Black and gold set the tone of a talent show: stage lights, a trophy, a night out. The gold microphone logo works like a trophy in its own right, so it sits at the top of every piece and became the visual signature of the competition. The rules post had a different job: it lists the five conditions as numbered lines on a dark background, so candidates could check quickly whether they qualified.

Each stage of the competition got its own announcement, which kept the page busy for months, from the call for entries to the winner’s portrait surrounded by gold confetti.

Where it works

The posts ran on the Gola Music Talent and E Two Entertainment pages throughout the competition, the tickets were sold for the final, and the posters announced the live shows on the Ya-Fe stage in Yaoundé.

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