I met with Redd Jiagu, the owner of V Starr , recently and talked about a new event coming to SL. After Redd had heard so many horror stories about other talent contests, she took matters into her own hands.

Redd enlisted the talents of Attim Hokkigai to help build the islands of V Starr Inc. and the corporation’s contest starting with 4 complete sims, a complete sim each dedicated to a mall, orientation, green room, and contest island conjoined together.

These are the four foundation islands which will later have eight more complete sim islands conjoined for a total of 12 in all. This amazing project also boasts the largest suspension bridge built in SL spanning 3 sims in length and topping out at 90 meters with the walking platform topping 60 meters, which will be covered later in related stories.

The monorail/maglev system will speed residents and contestants from one end of the sim (mall island) all the way to the other end of the four islands (event/contest center) alongside the walking path of the suspension bridge, bypassing all the foot traffic and getting you from your shopping to the contest in high class style, speed and efficiency.

“The event center is a out door pavillian meets the sydney opera house theme” explains Redd, “I started it about 3 months ago. Nobody else would do it, so I put my money where my mouth is and did it.”

So what is this all about? “In association with the Leadership in Music Council, Purdue Univeristy and many others we are proud to be bringing the World Wide Talent Contest to Second Life.

A One Year Contract with Graham Entertainment Nashville/ LA, $100,000.00 USD and a One Million Dollar Recording contract to include classes, professional photo shoots, management, production, studio time, product placement, radio teams and distribution for our Grand Prize Winner.

Redd’s efforts have not gone unnoticed in building her company and the SL sims to house her company and the contest. She has garnered the attention of Purdue University and it is no shock that they are participating in a case study and are working with V Starr Corp on the execution of key points of their business model in conjunction with the Economic Development Center, and Business Development Center. From the CEO of Advanced Content Services: ( Joint Venture Partnership)

“This is quite an honor for the company’s business model to be used in a case study for a prestigious Big Ten University such as Purdue. The case study will be a project for a select group in the MBA program and staff. In return for the project I am looking forward to having several minds working with me to create, optimize and implement the plan for this awesome opportunity. I am extremely honored to be able to work with Dr. Todorovic.”

V Starr has also started collaborating efforts with leaders in the music industry by participating in a case study for the music industry directly related to the internet audience and this contest. A Senior Executive with Echo Music related, “Our Leadership Music project isn’t a secret. Share the word. We’ll want to include you in our PR activities.” It is as easy as going to the company web page to join the contest!

The show will be entirely 100% produced in SL and post produced in RL for a one hour show broadcast world wide (32 countries) on network TV once a week. Redd says, “It is the first network TV show 100% SL content. This is about getting people noticed for their ability to sing, a fair contest about singing, not closed door meetings deciding who the winner should be this year.” What truly amazed me about Redd was her charisma and character, her drive and determination. In months of hard work, she has created a company, built the sims in SL and done all the footwork to put this show together.
Submitted by Rocket Flasheart,