DIGISTAR 2 GETS BIGGER & BETTER

Contacts:

Fusikaunanga Kupu

Marketing, Digicel Tonga

Mobile: +676 841 5019

Email: fusi.kupu@digicelgroup.com

DIGISTAR 2 GETS BIGGER & BETTER

Tuesday 2^nd August, 2011: Digicel Stars 2 gets Bigger and Better, with round 1 of the audition process complete, and a record 1000 entries from Tongatapu, Eua, Vava’u and Ha’apai.

Round 2 of the second season opens to the public at the Janful International Dateline Hotel on Tuesday 9^th of August. Where the public can watch as the 44 who made the cut from more than 1000 entrants face the now infamous judges.

Jack Bourke, Commercial Manager Digicel Tonga, Joe Mataele, Tonga’s Naomi Campbell, and Finau Afeaki, DJ HotGirl, have clipped and pruned the entrants to create their ultimate 44. And now it is up to Tonga to decide with the popular txt voting already underway.

Digicel Stars 2 in collaboration with Taimi Media Network televise the auditions on Digitv channel 2 from 6-7pm every Saturday evening or on Television Tonga at 8pm every Saturday.

Watch out for the txt codes in your local paper to have your say on who should be the next Digicel Star. For more details, contact Digicel (Tonga) on 123 to talk to one of our Customer Care Team.

About Digicel

After nine years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has 11 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.

Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.

In 2004, Digicel developed Digicel Rising Stars – an annual talent show to support aspiring young music artists in the Caribbean. The show has spanned the Eastern Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago ranking as one of the top-rated shows.

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean.

Visit www.digicelgroup.com  for more information.