{"id":9808,"date":"2017-11-30T20:54:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T00:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=9808"},"modified":"2017-11-30T21:04:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T01:04:04","slug":"watch-two-young-antiguans-bid-to-produce-for-machel-montano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/watch-two-young-antiguans-bid-to-produce-for-machel-montano\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Two young Antiguans bid to produce for Machel Montano"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2545059124\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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aria-label=\"PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"6KvEzURlCyg\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrap\"><iframe class=\"youtube-vid\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6KvEzURlCyg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two young Antiguans &amp; Barbudans have submitted their bid to produce for Machel Montano.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3008880347\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Anthony Harewood and J\u2019vontay Tahir are officially in the running to be part of Digicel&#8217;s Machel Montano Music Academy.<\/p>\n<p>To date, more than 150\u00a0singers, songwriters and producers have submitted entries to be apart of the programme.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3141422648\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The two men are hoping that their submission becomes \u201cThe Big Bang for 2018\u00a0Soca\u201d.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1303314439\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, 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able to view the entries and vote\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2hVtnD9\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/bit.ly\/2hVtnD9&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1512174802576000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG6M4OsvhfsOnmH4UFIx_0GAiWZfA\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2hVtnD9<\/a>\u00a0for their favourite talent from\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_986276887\">November 27 to December 10<\/span>at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.digicelgroup.com\/MusicAcademy\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.digicelgroup.com\/MusicAcademy&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1512174802576000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHFukF6XjWf3Tdfyz1GCFJwFdfE6g\">www.digicelgroup.com\/MusicAcademy<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2054004802\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img 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