Josh Leys: The Kiwi fighting for a spot on Timbaland's album

Josh Leys currently in the semi-finals of Timbaland’s global song competition.

If he can gather enough votes from New Zealand, he has a chance to make it to the top 40, where Timbaland will select five artists for his upcoming album!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
Kee We. Singer and musician Josh Lees has made it
to the semifinals and Timberland's Global Talent Search. So this
competition is offering five artists the chance to be featured
on his next album. It includes a grand prize of
thirty thousand dollars and a studio session with Timberland Massive
and Josh Lee's joins us on the program now, Suresh afternoon.

Speaker 3 (00:37):
Gooday, how aiita.

Speaker 4 (00:40):
Fantastic Josh, So, whereabouts in the competition are you? Now?

Speaker 3 (00:43):
Well, I'm currently in the semifinals. So only one hundred
and twenty people worldwide originally twenty thousand.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Wow.

Speaker 4 (00:52):
Okay, and so just tell us how the competition works, Josh.
So you recorded a song. I've seen it, I've seen
the video. And so what's the voting process?

Speaker 3 (01:02):
Right?

Speaker 4 (01:03):
How is it whittled down to the winner?

Speaker 3 (01:06):
So basically it's just getting up there and promoting as
much as possible and trying to get as many votes
as possible. Right, And I've done the first round, second round,
third round, fourth round, quarterfinals. Now I'm in the semifinals. Yes,
and this is the last public voting round.

Speaker 4 (01:24):
Okay, So we're very happy to help you out, Josh,
because you're I was just saying before that you're one
of the great performers in Auckland City. Your love a
spike spark sparkly jacket and you've got a number of them.
And I've seen you take a room that is completely
quiet and subdued and just go so hard and be

(01:48):
such a great performer that you'll get the entire bar
on their feet dancing on the D floor. I've been
on the D floor in front of your performances a
number of times before, Josh, So I'm happy to I
just think you're one of the great performers in Auckland.

Speaker 3 (02:00):
So man, I appreciate that. Thank you.

Speaker 4 (02:03):
So how would people how would people support you in
this in this goal?

Speaker 3 (02:07):
Well, the easiest thing for you to do is go
to Josh Lee's Josh l e whits on my Instagram
and if you just go into my bio underneath the
round picture, it'll just say vote for the Timberland competition.
Click on that link and that takes you to the
Orbit app, which is the thing that's powering the whole competition.

(02:28):
And the idea is that you can actually click on
the right hand side hear my entry of the song,
or you can vote now. And you might be a
little bit deterred because there are powered votes there that
you can actually pay for. But they go to an
amazing charity called Adopting Courage Foundation, and this is an
American charity that helps kids that come out of foster
care when they don't know where to go. So that

(02:49):
all the one hundred percent of the proceeds go to that,
and it bumps me up. To get me to number
one is what I need to happen. And there's a
free vote down the bottom of the link as well
if you'd like to do that.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
So, God, and we need a key we in the
top five, Josh, we need to make it happen.

Speaker 3 (03:05):
So basically, so there's one hundred and twenty people where
all groups and three at the moment, I need to
be number one in my group. I'm currently two, so
all the votes count. So if I can get hold
the whole of New Zealand to get behind me, get
me to number one, and then I'll be in the
top forty and Timberland and four of his team, an
engineer and a couple of other producers are going to
be sitting around and listening to each entry, and then

(03:28):
they're going to pick their five people to be on
the album. And also one lucky guy I think gets
or girl gets to get flown over to to Vancouver
to play in front of one hundred of Timberland's peers.

Speaker 4 (03:42):
I'll tell you what, Josh Lee's if that ends up
being you, You'll you'll wow them. Your wardrobe a line
will get them going. Your commitment to entertainment will get
you across the line. So Josh Lees on Instagram and
look them up and support this great New Zealander.

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