UNCHARTED – FINAL WEEK FOR ARTISTS TO CLAIM THEIR SPOT AT SEMI-FINALS

Sydney songstress Sui Zhen is media pick of The Street Press Collective

sui zhen    Over the past few weeks Tooheys Extra Dry uncharTED has been showcasing Australia’s Top 50 emerging artists, hand-picked from over 2,300 entries by our esteemed industry panel and A&R team. The competition 1 winning act will see themselves onstage at Splendour In The Grass 2009, plus win an artist development package worth $25,000. Register online right now and vote for your favourite artist – it’s the last week of voting, so get in there quick!


Our esteemed Media Partners – The Music Network, MTV, MySpace and a Street Press Collective have each chosen one artist as their media pick, to automatically secure a spot in the semi-finals, which starts on 22nd May. So far we have Brisbane band Ellington selected by The Music Network, Sydney’s Death Mattel selected by MTV and Melbourne outfit Hot Little Hands chosen by MySpace. Now, we are proud to announce the final media pick of this competition – Sydney songstress Sui Zhen, selected by the Street Press Collective!

“If she was from Iceland you’d love her; she’s from Australia so you should love her more.” Street Press Collective on Sui Zhen.

The Street Press Collective comprises of six street press magazines from around the nation – Tsunami (QLD), The Brag (Sydney), Beat (Melbourne), Rip It Up (Adelaide), Scene Magazine (QLD) and X Press (Perth). A representative from each mag trekked to Sydney to debate, decide and deliver the Street Press Collective media pick.

With four media pick bands already in the semi-finals, we will reveal the Top 6 public voted bands on 22nd May. To see your favourite artist in the Top 10 head to the website and get voting!

Registered voters could win a double pass to Splendour In The Grass 2009 – with two double passes up for grabs each week for four weeks via www.uncharted.com.au . Each vote counts as an entry, so the more you vote, the more chances you have.

For more information, to vote and for exclusive content visit the website, or the mobile site – http://uncharted.mobi .

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