It was a night of glitz, glamour and history as Nigeria's biggest music
reality show came to an extraordinary end with the emergence of the Port
Harcourt born Mercy Chinwo as the new Nigerian Idol. On a night that
was flavoured with beautiful music, superstars and high fashion, the hit
show climaxed with the grandest exit on Nigerian television.
"It has been an amazing journey so far, said Rotimi Pedro, CEO of Optima
Media Group, organisers of the hit show. "Season 2 has truly kept its
promise of being bigger and better. We have brought together Nigeria's
best young talents and we have transformed them into excellent musicians
and performers in their own right, "he added.
The show kicked off with a heart-warming performance by the 10 evicted
contestants from the Top 12 as they sang Black Eyed Peas ‘I got a
feeling’. The first guest performer of the night was wonder boy Wizkid
who set the tone for an electrifying finale with his song ‘Love my
baby’.
Being the finale, it was time to take a look at the entire season as a
highlight of emotional highs and lows as well as spontaneous moments
from previous episodes was shown.Fans of the show craving for yet another performance from the finalists
got more than they bargained for, as Joe Blue and Mercy rendered Bobby
Benson’s Taxi Driver in a duet. Theirs was such an exhilarating
performance as they interpreted the song as a classic masterpiece. Mercy
and Joe Blue definitely looked good together as a duet and a fictitious
couple.
The Nigerian Idol season 1 winner Yeka Onka made a return to the show performing her own song ‘follow me’ revealing how far she has taken her music further since emerging winner of the show.
Mr Incredible, MI, added colour to the memorable night and got the audience everyone dancing as he sang ‘African Rapper’ in yet another wonderful performance on the Nigerian Idol stage.
Mercy nicknamed Fabulicious Mercy re-enacted her great performance of Fela’s ‘Zombie’ as she rendered the song again to the delight of the audience and a satisfied set of judges who wished her nothing but the very best as the world is waiting for her.
Joe Blue gave his fans a memorable performance as he re-enacted the awesome performance of Infinity’s ‘olorioko’ from several weeks back. Charly Boy had one final chance to pay homage to His performance also went well with the judges also commending him for a great run on the show and wishing him the very best.
Then the moment everyone was waiting for finally arrived, as it was time
to announce the Nigerian Idol. It was a moment of pure ecstasy for
Mercy Chinwo when Etisalat Chairman Hakeem Bello-Osagie announced her as
the new Nigerian Idol from the results collated from votes of
Nigerians. As the new Nigerian Idol, she was presented with keys of her
brand new SUV from Etisalat and a cash prize of 7.5 million Naira.
In her first words as the new Nigerian Idol, Mercy thanked God and her
family for their support. She thereafter thanked the sponsors of the
show for the platform. She also urged Nigerian youths to never give up
on their dream.
Mercy Chinwo’s first song as the new Nigerian Idol was the Nigerian Idol
winner’s song written by John Ekpai and produced by Kehinde Dacosta
Lawrence and Joe Joel titled ‘The Moment’.
The Nigerian Idol season II recorded massive followership on TV and
online as the show recorded 26 million hits on the official website.
40,000 followers were recorded on facebook and a transition from 2,000
followers to 6,100 followers in the last week of the show on the
Nigerian Idol Twitter account.
With the outstanding success of the second season, fans would eagerly
anticipate the third season of Nigeria’s biggest music reality show.
Nigerian Idol is proudly brought to you by Etisalat in association with
Pepsi and Sony. It is supported by Kentucky Fried Chicken and
Megalectrics (owners of Beat FM, Classic FM and Naija FM).
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| Guest Artiste MI Performing |
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| Guest Artiste Wizkid performing |
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| Joe Blue in Performance |
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| Mercy Chinwo estatic after being announced as the new Nigerian Idol |
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| Mercy Chinwo in performance |
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| Nigerian Idol Season I winner Yeka Onka Performing |
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| Nigerian Idol Top 12 Contestants performing together |
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| Nigerian Idol Winner Mercy Chinwo performing the Winners song |
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| Nigerian Idol finalists Joe Blue and Mercy Chinwo |
On April 5th 2012, one of Nigeria’s leading telecommunication giants Etisalat, launched its new brand communication campaign with an evening full of attitude, swag and style. Celebrity models endorsed the Etisalat Masterbrand campaign by strutting their stuff on the runway. Uti, Lynxxx, Muna, Alex Ekubo, Eva, Damilola Adegbite, Bryan Okwara, Eva Adoriah and many more lit the runway at the spectacular evening where it was definitely proven that Etisalat isn’t just a network, it’s also an attitude. Here are some pictures from the runway.
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