Sly Athann & Gillian O'Donovan Win Wanadoo Discoveries 2005

Sly Athann & Gillian O'Donovan Win Wanadoo Discoveries 2005

LONDON, May 16/PRNewswire/ -- UK duo Sly Athann & Gillian O'Donovan have won this year's Wanadoo Discoveries, Europe's largest online music talent contest. Their single "Without You" has beaten the three other European finalists: Matthieu Mendès, (France), Beatriz Luengo (Spain) and Raffish (Netherlands) - for the largest share of the public vote, since the polls opened on April 23rd.

Sly Athann, producer/composer, and Gillian O'Donovan, singer/songwriter and composer, started working together in 2001 and their album "The Price of Freedom" was released on 13th May this year. "Without You" is the first track on their album, and offers a mix of pop and soul.

Now in its second year, the Wanadoo Discoveries 2005 was a resounding success, with hundreds of thousands of web users participating enthusiastically in the two rounds of voting to firstly choose the four European finalists and then secondly, the European winner.

Sly Athann & Gillian O'Donovan were presented with their trophy at the " Fun Live" concert held on Saturday, 14 May at the Nikaïa in Nice in front of a crowd of over 6 000 revellers. The four finalists performed their single in the first part of the concert, which featured a great line-up of international artists that included: Akon, Natasha Bedingfield, and Eric Prydz.

Web users not lucky enough to attend this year's concert will be able to view images from the "Fun Live" concert at: www.wanadoodiscoveries.com.

The four Wanadoo Discoveries European finalists have each won a radio and web promotional campaign, with the winning duo, Sly Athann & Gillian O'Donovan, also winning the opportunity to produce their own music video.

Wanadoo Discoveries is part of the ongoing commitment of France Telecom's Wanadoo to legal, paid distribution of music on the Internet. Thanks to Wanadoo's "Juke-box" service, available in France, Spain, the UK and the Netherlands, users can download or listen in streaming mode to over 450 000 tracks.

About Wanadoo:

Wanadoo, a brand from France Telecom, is Europe's No. 1 Broadband provider.

Wanadoo has, at 31 March 2005, more than 9.7 million total customers in Europe - 5,9 million on Broadband - and is the No.1 ISP in France, and a leading ISP in the UK, in Spain and in the Netherlands.

Source: Wanadoo UK PLC, London

Press contacts: Julian Lambert Tel: +44-(0)-20-7553-7566 Email: julian.lambert@uk.wanadoo.com

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