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UPDATE ON MTV LOCAL MUSIC CONTESTS: MEET THE NOMINEES

Last month OurStage launched a series of regional music contests with MTV. Artists across 8 different US cities were judged by fans on Ourstage to win on-air exposure in some of MTV’s most recognized franchises such as MTV’s Video Music Awards, MTV2’s Rock n’ Rail, and MTV2’s Sucker Free. This month a competition for New York City was launched to find the Big Apple’s Best Breakout Artist. While waiting for the New York results to come in you can view the other cities’ final standings by clicking their banners below. Here are the artists selected from the top rankings by MTV:

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VMA Nominees for Best Breakout Bay Area Artist:

The New Up

The New Up

Oona

Oona

Picture Me Broken

Picture Me Broken

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VMA Nominees for Best Breakout Atlanta Artist:

Holla Front

Holla Front

Rantings of Eva

Rantings of Eva

Tone G

Tone G

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VMA Nominees for Best Breakout Chicago Artist:

Stoop Goodnoise

Stoop Goodnoise

The Lifeline

The Lifeline

Andrew Belle

Andrew Belle

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VMA Nominees for Best Breakout Boston Artist:

Gentlemen Hall

Gentlemen Hall

Twin Berlin

Twin Berlin

Air Traffic Controller

Air Traffic Controller

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VMA Nominees for Best Breakout Philly Artist:

Atlantic Avenue

Atlantic Avenue

DaCav5

DaCav5

Rushmore

Rushmore

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VMA Nominees for Best Breakout DC Artist:

Frank Sirius

Frank Sirius

RATheMC

RATheMC

23RAINYDAYS

23RAINYDAYS

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VMA Nominees for Best Breakout LA Artist:

La Banda Skalavera

La Banda Skalavera

No Way Jose

No Way Jose

South Central Skankers

South Central Skankers

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Portland Artists Being Featured During the Dew Tour Premiere on MTV2’s Rail N Rock:

 Another Cynthia

Another Cynthia

Sons of Sirens

Sons of Sirens

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MTV2 LOCAL MUSIC CONTESTS: WIN ON-AIR EXPOSURE WITHIN MTV’S BIGGEST MUSIC FRANCHISES

This summer MTV2 is searching for the hottest local talent across nine different regions in the US—and they’re looking on OurStage!  As part of MTV2’s Local Music Series, OurStage will be hosting regional competitions for Rock, Hip-Hop and Latin artists.  Three artists from each region will be selected from the fans’ Top 20 to duke it out for a chance to win on-air exposure within MTV’s biggest music franchises including the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV2’s Rail N Rock and MTV2’s Sucker Free! Starting July 1st, artists located near Portland, San Francisco/Oakland, Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles are invited to enter their best song into their local channel. New York City area artists can enter beginning August 1st. Accepted genres for each competition vary by region so be sure to check out your locale’s page to see if your music qualifies before entering! Check out all the MTV channels this summer on OurStage!

Visit www.ourstage.com/go/mtv2 for more information on rules and entering.