As everyone knows, writing jingles is easy. Simple tune, catchy lyric, sing it over and over again so everyone remembers. Right?
Well if you have you ever listened to a radio jingle and thought to yourself, “I could do that!”, Le Crunch Apples 7G Jingle contest might be your route into the industry. The super healthy apple brand is asking Ireland’s public to create a radio jingle and be in with a chance of winning part of a €7,000 prize fund.
Le Crunch Apples has teamed up with Today FM daytime stars, Dermot & Dave, to begin the search for more hidden Irish talent, following the success of its recent Apple of My Eye Song Contests. This time, Le Crunch Apples is looking for listeners to write a punchy four line jingle and submit it online through the competition website www.ouitolecrunch.com.
The competition begins on Monday February 23 on The Dermot & Dave Show and over the course of the following four weeks, some of the best entries will be used on air while the judges start a selection process that will see five lucky people reach the national final on Friday March 27.
Among the judges this year will be hilarious stand-up comedian Fred Cooke and Today FM’s Head of Production, Sinead Buckley. The Le Crunch Apples 7G Jingle National Final will take place on Friday March 27 in the Today FM studios, Dublin and will be broadcast live on The Dermot & Dave show. Of the final five contestants, two will be chosen by public vote and three chosen by our panel of judges. They will then be invited with guests to the National Final where they will perform their jingle live on air to over 120,000 Dermot & Dave Show listeners! The public vote will open on March 16 and close at midnight Thursday March 20th.
The overall winner of the competition will walk away with €5000, while the four runner-ups will each receive €500. Today FM’s award-winning production team will also professionally record the winning jingle and it will run on the station for a full week following the competition.