This summer fans judged eight different regional competitions on OurStage to help MTV select the nominees for local VMAs for Best Breakout Artist! The contest gave several talented emerging artists the chance to open for big name acts such as All Time Low and White Tie Affair while being judged by influential industry leaders. The New York City competitors battled it out in front of top MTV VMA talent at a Time Warner Cable MTV VMA weekend pre-party. During the live VMAs the winners were broadcasted in their regional markets and announced as the official VMA Best Breakout winners of their city! Congratulations to all the 2009 local VMA Best Breakout winners from OurStage and thanks to all the fans who voted in one of our most successful contests to date!
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Earlier this month OurStage launched a contest with MTV to scout the best emerging talent from the Big Apple. Over 190 New York City area artists submitted their hottest tracks to win over fans for the opportunity to be nominated by MTV for the coveted Best Breakout Artist award. Congratulations to the three that were picked to battle it out in front of top MTV VMA talent at a Time Warner Cable MTV VMA weekend pre-party!
VMA Nominees for Best Breakout NYC Artist:
MeTalkPretty
The Shells
Red Directors
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.
My last day at Bumbershoot was a complete whirlwind. Kate Tucker, Blitzen Trapper, and Dan Deacon were all incredible. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I didn’t make it out to some of the biggest shows of the day, including The Offspring, Paramore, and Death Cab for Cutie. Fortunately, my friend Tiffany Sherman came through with great pictures of each of them. Here are some of her best of Paramore:
More pictures of Hayley and the guys below…
