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Thursday 26 January 2012

The Nigerian Idol Final Speeds Up As Top 30 Show Ends

 
                              Nsikak Umoh                                                                     Mecino

Last weekend, Nigerian Idol returned from a recording break with all the action and music that makes it Nigeria’s biggest music reality show. Beginning from the results show, Ibinabo Romeo, Honey Adum and Lynda Giami made it into the final stages of the competition. The live recording also saw the last ten from the Nigerian Idol top 30 fight for a chance to get into the final stage of the competition. On the judges’ table, popular lyricist ‘IllBliss’ who was guest celebrity judge joined Jeffrey Daniel, Yinka Davies and Charly Boy.


Diwari
Menim
Sanzye
Stephen Onochie

“This final top 30 show has been a superb experience for all of us,” said Director Peter Bode. “The contestants understood what was at stake and they outdid themselves. We are proud of every single one of them and we expect that the viewers will continue to vote in their favourites.”
The show got off to a spectaular start with the upbeat performance of Nsikak Umoh who crooned ‘I want it that way’ by Backstreet Boys to the delight of the audience. Phunky Sings was next with an unforgettable version of Vanessa Williams ballad ‘Save the best for the last’. Sanzye gave a good show with her take on George Michael’s ‘Careless Whisper’.  Sly 1 got the audience moving with with the reggae hit by Jimmy Cliff ‘I can see clearly’. For Stephen Onochie, it was a charged rendition of Peabo Bryson’s classic, ‘Celebrate my love’ which compelled Yinka Davies to join him in a soulful duet. Diwari ‘s performance of ‘Total Eclipse’ by Bonnie Tyler was emotional and remarkable, while Menim channelled a powerfully sensual Anita Baker with her presentation of ‘Sweet Love’. Another Love song made its way to the stage with the Diana Ross classic ‘Endless Love’, which was sweetly performed by Sophyn. A.Y.O performed one of 2011’s biggest songs, ‘Grenade’ by Bruno Mars that had the audience sing-along. The night of amazing performances was brought to a fitting end with Mecinda’s dramatized and powerful  performance of the 90’s hit by Brandy ‘I wanna be down’, the audience and judges gave the diva-with-the-attitude a standing ovation for her outstanding effort.
After the results this week, the wild card show comes up next where the judges pick exceptional performers from the top 30 who will take to the stage once more to sing their hearts out for the viewers’ votes. There has been a lot of speculation from fans and followers of Nigerian idol as to what the final number of finalists on the show will be this season. Last year, it was a top 13 final even sister show, American Idol, maintains the same format. The producers of the show have chosen to keep mum about their plans on the show, assuring viewers that it would be worth the wait.
“We cannot say at this point, what new twists and turns we have this month, said Project Manager Tiwa Medubi. Essentially, it is up to our capable judges; the viewers will have to watch out for what happens next. We promise that it will be electrifying and unexpected, and they will definitely love it!”
Nigerian Idol is proudly brought to you by Etisalat in association with Pepsi and Sony. It is also supported by Air Nigeria, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Megalectrics (owners of Beat FM, Classic FM and Naija FM).

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mercy all the way..har swag dnsn't lie.

Healthwatchtalk said...

Nice......i really like the show i hope it does not end so soon

Anonymous said...

Absolutely lovely talent...but I always get distracted
by their Sesame Street dressing.:(

blunt said...

the show is a flop..i tuned off it after the 2nd round selection when i noticed that the real talents had been voted out..even the judges were stunned!Must we model everything after foreign shows?Its a known fact that Nigerians do not really take time to actually send in texts that count for votes except perharps at the final shows when enough hype has been built up and we have had time to bond with our favourite contestant.The judges should have been put in charge of the batch-30 selections and public voting from d final 10!

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Anonymous said...

The babe on the right called mercy is da boom! she is indeed good, saw her live performing and she is a total package. Weldone girl!
ME

Anonymous said...

Linda, for those of us not in 9ja, abeg list the name of the top 30. I was watching on youtube (never up to date) Thanks!

UsaveOne said...

Nsikak & Mecino are equalli good. I like them both!
Anyway its urgent at http://usaveone.blogspot.com/

Young Gucci said...

macino, she's the one i love.

Anonymous said...

linda! so because they gave you american visa you will not update your blog abi? please, abeg, biko, ejoo write something naw. muahhhhh

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CHICHIDITTY said...

I was completely fed up with the second round selection show when the contestant i felt were supposed to make the top 30 were evicted ( Houston grey,g circuit,tega and Joe blue) these lads really would have made the show competitive enough,i think people have not really gotten their facts right about the voting system.The judges were completely pissed off when their favorite contestants kept walking off the stage..I am sticking with MTN PROJECT FAME. This is so wack.

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