UAE singer in finals for BBC's WORLD SERVICE's search for The Next Big Thing

BBC WORLD SERVICE and BBC WORLD TELEVISION are constantly looking for the future of music.
BBC launched a major global music talent search - THE NEXT BIG THING 2007 scouring the world looking for exciting new music, bands and performers who will shape the future.
Of the top 5 finalists this year is Jeremie Johnson, from UAE is going to London this week to perform in front of the judges. A live broadcast of the show will air on 13 December on the BBC.

Jeremie Johnson started song writing when he was 16 years old. Music has always been his passion. His influences include traditional Indian and Arabic music. "In my shoes" is about the frustration and pain of denied love.
The BBC have selected a panel of international music experts/judges including Tori Amos, Caspar Llewellyn-Smith, editor of the Observer Music Monthly; Will Hodgkinson, music journalist for Mojo and the Guardian; and Paul Stokes, Features Editor, NME, Kyrill Khieninson, Miranda Sawyer and more to help choose the finalists who come from .
Finalists this year come from –Spain, Russia, Uganda, Iceland, Turkey, Brazil, Lithuania, Jamaica & India to name a few.
The two rules for entry: artists must be unsigned and perform their own original material.
Entries last year came from thousands of musicians from over 40 countries and with BBC World Service, the biggest international broadcaster in the world with an audience of 183 million listeners in 33 languages worldwide, the 2007 competition will be the biggest yet.
This year BBC World Service will be joined by BBC World Television in the search for the Next Big Thing to expose the new and establish a platform for musicians to create and perform original music.
Entries closed 18 November 2007, and finalists will perform for an all-star jury in London in December. One act will be crowned THE NEXT BIG THING 2007 and perform to a live audience of 3000 people at London’s O2 stadium to celebrate BBC World Service’s 75th Anniversary in December, alongside some of the most exciting names in music.

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Listen to BBC World Service on www.bbc.com/worldservice, on the BBC’s national DAB digital radio multiplex, Freeview channel 710, Sky Channel 0115, Hot bird 8 satellite and Virgin Media.