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George Sampson's life is showing no signs of slowing down. He's no stranger to the red carpet and crowds of screaming fans gather wherever he goes, whether performing on stage, appearing at film premieres, TV appearances or award shows. This is full on Georgemania of the high-pitched, glass shattering variety.
George exploded onto the Bebo scene immediately after winning Britain's Got Talent in May and he currently has over 150,000 subscribers. Several exclusive competitions that ran exclusively on Bebo attracted huge numbers of entrants. A design a logo competition attracted 6000 fans in 5 days alone, and in 48 hours over 3500 had entered a dance competition. Last week George offered his fans the chance to attend a glitzy carpet premiere for his DVD through an exclusive competition on Bebo achieving a record 8665 entries.
George's Bebo profile is full of up to the minute news, brilliant videos, photo galleries and more. It offers fan's the unique chance to interact with George by leaving messages for him, uploading their own videos and pictures and entering competitions.
Each week in Follow My Lead George will teach viewers some of his trademark moves in easy-to-follow tutorials. Other episodes will follow George behind the scenes, attending red carpet events, going to dance rehearsals and launching his debut single.
About Follow My Lead George said "It is so exciting, I am always on Bebo and so are all my mates, so to join up with them for my new online series is brilliant."
This series follows earlier successful partnerships between SyCo Music and Bebo, notably Leon's Life (an online series following X Factor winner Leon Jackson) which is one of the most successful Open Media Channels on Bebo to date; building a huge following in a relatively short period of time. SyCo acts are dominating the Bebo charts, with George Sampson having remained in the top 5 acts since winning Britain's Got Talent in May.
Sarah Gavin, Global Director of Communications for Bebo said "We recognized the simpatico between Bebo and SyCo's roster early on - whatever these guys do is a success on Bebo. Great content is at the heart of Bebo's offering and the label are ahead of many others in their willingness to explore and engage with the Social Networking space.
Ultimately they've wanted to be successful in this medium and have been and I have no doubt we'll do a lot more with them".
Ann-Marie Thompson, Head of Press at SyCo Music said "We are delighted to join forces with Bebo. The majority of SyCo music's demographic are active on Bebo and so made sense for us to form a partnership with them. Working with Bebo, we are able to offer Beboers and music fans great access to new creative content and new ways of interacting with our artists in their own environment."
George is he releasing his debut single (in aid of Great Ormond Street) Get up on the Dancefloor/Headz Up on November 24th and his debut music DVD Access 2 All Areas on December 1st.
GEORGE SAMPSON AND BEBO LAUNCH EXCLUSIVE ONLINE TV SERIES
November 28, 2008
George and his record company SyCo Music (Sony BMG) are teaming up with the popular global social media network, Bebo, to produce a brand new online show Follow My Lead. This online series will give an access all areas glimpse into George's life behind the scenes as well as George teaching Beboers his signature moves.George Sampson's life is showing no signs of slowing down. He's no stranger to the red carpet and crowds of screaming fans gather wherever he goes, whether performing on stage, appearing at film premieres, TV appearances or award shows. This is full on Georgemania of the high-pitched, glass shattering variety.
George exploded onto the Bebo scene immediately after winning Britain's Got Talent in May and he currently has over 150,000 subscribers. Several exclusive competitions that ran exclusively on Bebo attracted huge numbers of entrants. A design a logo competition attracted 6000 fans in 5 days alone, and in 48 hours over 3500 had entered a dance competition. Last week George offered his fans the chance to attend a glitzy carpet premiere for his DVD through an exclusive competition on Bebo achieving a record 8665 entries.
George's Bebo profile is full of up to the minute news, brilliant videos, photo galleries and more. It offers fan's the unique chance to interact with George by leaving messages for him, uploading their own videos and pictures and entering competitions.
Each week in Follow My Lead George will teach viewers some of his trademark moves in easy-to-follow tutorials. Other episodes will follow George behind the scenes, attending red carpet events, going to dance rehearsals and launching his debut single.
About Follow My Lead George said "It is so exciting, I am always on Bebo and so are all my mates, so to join up with them for my new online series is brilliant."
This series follows earlier successful partnerships between SyCo Music and Bebo, notably Leon's Life (an online series following X Factor winner Leon Jackson) which is one of the most successful Open Media Channels on Bebo to date; building a huge following in a relatively short period of time. SyCo acts are dominating the Bebo charts, with George Sampson having remained in the top 5 acts since winning Britain's Got Talent in May.
Sarah Gavin, Global Director of Communications for Bebo said "We recognized the simpatico between Bebo and SyCo's roster early on - whatever these guys do is a success on Bebo. Great content is at the heart of Bebo's offering and the label are ahead of many others in their willingness to explore and engage with the Social Networking space.
Ultimately they've wanted to be successful in this medium and have been and I have no doubt we'll do a lot more with them".
Ann-Marie Thompson, Head of Press at SyCo Music said "We are delighted to join forces with Bebo. The majority of SyCo music's demographic are active on Bebo and so made sense for us to form a partnership with them. Working with Bebo, we are able to offer Beboers and music fans great access to new creative content and new ways of interacting with our artists in their own environment."
George is he releasing his debut single (in aid of Great Ormond Street) Get up on the Dancefloor/Headz Up on November 24th and his debut music DVD Access 2 All Areas on December 1st.
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