All-new interactive Fortnite talent show launched by G2 Esports G2 Esports and paysafecard have announced that they are teaming up to create a new talent competition for Fortnite content creators called \u2018Making the Squad\u2019. The contest will be one of the first team-produced talent shows in the industry and will pair the incredibly popular Fortnite Battle Royale with some of the best up-and-coming entertainers over a period of eight weeks. When the interactive show will begin is currently uncertain, but it is open to any Fortnite content creators over the age of 16. Anyone interested in signing up only has until November 8 to do so. Entrants will need to upload \u201ca highlight reel of their Fortnite gameplay, and self-recorded video explaining why they want to join G2.\u201d The judges will then begin to work through the submissions before interviewing 20 semi-finalists. \u201cAt G2, we\u2019ve always been focused on providing top quality entertainment to fans old and new,\u201d said Carlos \u2018ocelote\u2019 Rodriguez, CEO of G2 Esports. \u201cWe\u2019re are constantly dreaming up new ways to interact with the industry and provide pathways for talented pros dreaming of going big. This will be our first original content production, but we believe that the G2ARMY will really enjoy tuning in. We can\u2019t wait to meet the newest entertainers for G2 Esports.\u201d Ocelote will be leading the judges panel for the competition. You can enter the contest by heading over to the official website here and uploading the relevant videos. The semi-finalists will be asked to take part in a series of interactive online challenges before being narrowed down to eight finalists. The finals will be hosted in Berlin, where the final eight contestants will be asked to show what they\u2019re capable of in the last set of challenges. The four most entertaining players will then win a streaming contract with G2. Oliver Wolf, VP of Marketing at paysafecard, said: \u201cSupporting one of the world\u2019s first international, interactive talent shows to find the next big influencer in Fortnite, is a fantastic way for us to connect the paysafecard brand with the esports community in an authentic, meaningful way. \u201cContinuously engaging in innovative projects in esports that enable and activate our fans, is a major part of our commitment to help the industry grow, and we\u2019re thrilled to embark on in this journey together with our partner G2 Esports.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
All-new interactive Fortnite talent show launched by G2 Esports G2 Esports and paysafecard have announced that they are teaming up to create a new talent competition for Fortnite content creators called \u2018Making the Squad\u2019. The contest will be one of the first team-produced talent shows in the industry and will pair the incredibly popular Fortnite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}