Be A Podcastar: Win S$5,000 in cash and a one-year partnership with Mediacorp in this podcasting talent competition
There will also be a free two-day boot camp where attendees will be equipped with podcasting skills and knowledge.
In recent years, podcasts have gained a resurgence in popularity with shows like The Joe Rogan Experience and Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend dominating airwaves. If you think you’ve got what it takes to be the next superstar podcaster, Mediacorp’s Be A Podcastar competition is for you.
Mediacorp's inaugural podcast competition aims to discover budding talents and is open to participants between the ages of 15 and 25.
Interested applicants can submit a five- to 10-minute English podcast of any genre (featuring only original content and copyright-free music) to this website until Sep 30.
Ten shortlisted participants will then produce and upload one new podcast to melisten and Spotify. The five contestants with the most number of listens will move to the next round.
These five contestants will again produce a podcast for streaming on melisten and Spotify after which the Top 3 with the most number of listens will move to the next round.
In the final round, the Top 3 podcasts will be evaluated by judges, who will provide 60 per cent of the score. The number of listens will account for 40 per cent of the score.
Shortlisted participants will receive one-to-one mentorship from a panel of podcasting experts, as well as S$200 in cash at each round to help with production costs.
Winners will be announced in January 2024. The grand prize winner will win S$5,000 in cash and a one-year partnership with Mediacorp, which owns CNA.
Two runners-up will each win S$200 and attractive prizes.
In the lead-up to the competition, those who want to know more about the fundamentals of podcasting can register for a free two-day boot camp by Jun 22.
The boot camp will be held at *SCAPE from Jun 24 to 25 and cover topics such as the basics of editing and finding one’s audience. Guest speakers include Mediacorp 987 DJ Sonia Chew and Haresh Tilani, host of the podcast series Yah Lah But. The first 100 people to sign up for the boot camp will receive S$50 Audio-Technica vouchers and S$10 Golden Village vouchers.
