Wednesday 22 September 2010

NIGERIAN IDOL UNVEILED





WE MUST TO COPY SHA NI IN THIS COUNTRY.....
The Nigerian Idol is underway and it has been revealed that Yinka Davies, CEO of Chocolate City Audu Maikori and American dancer and singer Jeffery Daniel will be judges for the first edition of Nigerian Idol.

These music personalities were tactically selected from different fields in the music industry and will be responsible for judging and critiquing the performances of the contestants from start to finish. Apart from evaluating their performances they will also be advising them on how to make their performances better.

At press launch held on the 22nd of September 2010 in Lagos , CEO Optima Media Group Rotimi Pedro stated “Judging is a critical part of Idols, and as the format states, a record producer, Music director, Music Company executive, Vocal coach, casting director, Radio DJ, Songwriter, Music journalist or Artist Manager can be saddled with these duties, and that’s what we have done.

Idol judges(worldwide) since inception have been known to give accurate and sometimes stinging appraisals on the performances of the contestants; creating intrigues and drama for home entertainment, while helping the talents be the best they can be and names like Simon cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson dont fail to ring bells.

The show will be hosted by Yemisi Fajimolu (a.k.a Misi), an On Air personality with Beat 99.9FM.

Nigerian Idol will produce the Next Big International Star from Nigeria’

Nigerian Idol will kick off with Auditions in Lagos, Abuja, Enugu and Calabar with Misi taking TV audiences through the show episode by episode. “I am so excited about this, it is a dream come true for me, and I can’t wait to start on this project” she says. Applications for Idols are available for talented singers between 16 and 28, after which a list of 50 contestants who will be given tasks to prove themselves as Nigeria’s singing Idol will be selected.
Audition first appeared on the official website www.nigerianidol.com on July 2, 2010
The programme will be sponsored by Etisalat and intends to produce 'THE NEXT BIG INTERNATIONAL STAR FROM NIGERIA'.

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