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Cape Town singer,
Filipa Carmo da Silva
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The 18-year-old South African YouTube sensation
Filipa Carmo da Silva has made it to the final round of the
RyanSeacrest.com One Direction Cover Contest. The search started 3 weeks ago
for the best YouTube cover version of the boy band’s smash hit single ‘Story of
My Life’ and each week, the artists with the most votes have made through to
the higher rounds. Filipa is joined in the final round by X Factor UK finalists
Jedward, X Factor US finalist Josh Levy and The Vamps, who are currently making
waves on the global music scene.
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final round ends on Sunday 16 February 2014 with the winner being announced on
Monday 17 February 2014. “I am very excited and honoured to be in the final
round and have to thank the local media for backing me and, of course, the
South African public whose continuous voting and undying support has kept me in
the competition,” said Filipa, who recently moved to Cape Town to pursue her
studies in the Performing Arts. The public can vote by going to
www.ryanseacrest.com, click to the Contests tab, then to the One Direction
cover Final contest tab. They will need to tick the box next to Filipa’s name
and hit the Vote button. Voting can be done once every 12 hours and the public
is encouraged to vote every day for the next week, twice a day. In view of the
time differences between South Africa and America, people can vote when they
get into the office and again before they leave to go home. Filipa recorded the
cover with esteemed producers Brian O’Shea and Crighton Goodwill, who added an
element of originality to her critically acclaimed version of the song.
The music video was directed and filmed by
Kyle White, who has become an established name on the music video scene. Filipa
is currently working on her first original single, which is set for release in
March.
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