Orange UnsignedAct is a Channel Four talent competition, with bands and artists competing for a recording contract with Universal Music, a £60,000 advance, a single released after the series, an album deal and a multi-media marketing campaign.

(The £60,000 is made of 50% on completion of the recording contract and confirmation of the winner and 50% on delivery of the final mixed, mastered and cleared album.)<

Previous iterations of the show have been called MobileAct unsigned, whereby a similar prize was awarded to the winner in 2007

The show is sponsored by Orange and Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB is a joint venture established on October 1, 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to manufacture mobile phones....

.

Finalists

2007

Envy and Other Sins 

Revenue

Revenue

In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....

2008/2009

Scarlet Harlots

Scarlet Harlots

Scarlet Harlots are a five-piece band from Birmingham, UK. They shot to fame in 2008 when becoming finalists of the Channel 4 show Orange unsignedAct...

 

Hip Parade

Hip Parade

Hip Parade are a Scottish pop band from Glasgow, who formed in 2008. They are best known for supporting The Stereophonics on their 2010 UK arena tour and appearing on Channel 4's Orange Unsigned Act...

 

Tommy Reilly

Winners

Envy and Other Sins won Mobile UnsignedAct on 23 December 2007. 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

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 at 2:40 pm on Sunday 25 January 2009.

Tommy Reilly's single 'Gimme A Call' unexpectedly entered the UK Top 40 at number 14 on 1 February 2009.

External links

• Official Site
• Unsigned Act on Channel Four