Experian Announces Finalists in Nationwide
Search for the freecreditscore.com™ Band
Association with Gibson Guitar and MTV™ Gives Unsigned Musicians a Platform for Launching Their
Music Careers
June 24, 2010 06:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
IRVINE, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Four talented bands have been selected as finalists in the
nationwide search for the freecreditscore.com™ band. Three bands were chosen from the month-long talent search,
which included stops in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The fourth band was selected as a result of the online
submission and voting process.
The four finalist bands will travel to Los Angeles to shoot their individual freecreditscore.com commercials on June
26 and 27. The commercials will air during the FOX broadcast of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game on
television on Tuesday, July 13. Voting will then open, allowing people to help choose the winning band. More than
100 submissions were accepted, and these bands rose to the top in a field of heavy competition:
“We are one step closer to choosing the band that will become one of the most watched bands on television,” said
Chris X. Moloney, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for the U.S. Consumer Direct business unit of
Experian. “It’s truly exciting to have witnessed these bands go through the different phases of the search with such
enthusiasm. Many of them are self-promoting through a variety of social media channels, and it’s incredible to see the
positive nationwide response to the campaign.”
Consumers can log in to www.freecreditscoreband.com from July 13 to August 9 and vote for one of the four
remaining bands. While they are there, they can enter to win one of four Epiphone Casino guitars valued at $1,000
each.
The four finalists will move on to the next round of competition and have a chance to win a $10,000 check, an
exclusive prize package from musical instrument leader Gibson Guitar, and a Pearl drum kit valued at $12,000, a
studio session with m