•As Precious, Victory set for epic battle on Sunday
By Damilola Fatunmise
Curtain will be drawn on season 8 of popular reality TV show, Nigerian Idol on Sunday July 16, with finalists, Precious Mac and Victory Gbakara slugging it out for prizes worth N100 million.
According to Busola Tejumola, Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels at MultiChoice Nigeria, “Nigerian Idol has continued to offer talented Nigerian artistes the platform to show the continent what they can do and an opportunity to rise to fame through hard work and dedication. It is a rare chance to gain access to the hands-on mentorship provided by the judges, our vocal coaches, the world-class production team and the choreographers that altogether unveil the intricacies of the industry to these talents, and a chance for them to hone the skill in readiness for their contracts.”
Before emerging finalists, both Precious Mac and Victory Gbakara had exhilarating performances during last week show, holding the judges and audiences enthralled. They performed three songs each – one from the audition by participants that weren’t shortlisted for the show, the second was the song the judges chose for them, and the third was the song they selected by themselves.
Precious’ rendition of Adele’s Rolling in The Deep from a pool of auditions that weren’t properly done was wonderfully performed. Her second song, Shania Twain’s From This Moment chosen for her by Simi got D’banj excited. Also, her performance of Overloading (Overdose) by Ayra Starr attracted a standing ovation.
On his part, Victory rendered It’s A Man’s World by James Brown, followed by a song D’banj chose for him, My Redeemer Lives by Nicole C Mullen. His last song, As It Was by Harry Styles got good comments from the judges.
Commending the finalists, the host, IK Osakioduwa, admonishes fans to continue voting for them till Friday (today), as the show would see one of them with the highest votes smiling home with prizes worth N100 million, including N35 million cash and some other gift items.
Powered by Bigi, the reality show, which kicked off on April 23 with recordings from the auditions, will air its finale this Sunday on DStv channel 197 and GOtv channel 11.