Wande Coal, Terry G, Others Storm Uniport for Etisalat Cliqfest

DJ ZEEZ

Port Harcourt Nigeria; May 2012: The 4th of May, 2012 was an unforgettable day for the students of the University of Port Harcourt as they were given non-stop entertainment by top Nigerian artistes during the Etisalat cliqfest powered by easycliq.

With performances from artistes such as Dj zeez, Wande Coal, Rayce, Terry G, Chuddy k and Joe Blue, first runner-up in the just concluded Nigerian Idol II, the students couldn't get enough of the fun and excitement.

An outstanding moment was during Wande Coal's performance as he wowed the students with a medley of his most popular songs and got them singing and dancing along to his tune. Next was Terry G, who is known for his wild style of music who came on strong too as he dished out his songs, making the crowd hunger for more. Chuddy K, Dj Zeez, Rayce and Joe Blue also had their moments of shine with the students.

But the students were not the only ones present at the show, as the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bene Willie Abbey and the Dean of Students Affair, Prof. Mathew Wegwu were also there to watch the popular acts strut their stuff.

Speaking later, Prof. Abbey thanked Etisalat Nigeria for bringing Cliqfest to the school. She also commended the brand for introducing the Easycliq package to the Nigerian market, describing it as the most youth-oriented product in the telecom market. She encouraged the students to utilize what they had learnt during the seminar organised by Etisalat by putting them to good use to enable them improve their wellbeing.

An overtly excited Students' Union President, Owhorkire Rhino echoed similar sentiments, and thanked Etisalat for bringing the Cliqfest train to the school.  According to him, the university had never had such a gathering of celebrities.

The high point of the day was a raffle draw in which Ezinma Fabulous, a 400-level student, won the star prize of a Hyundai i-10, in a raffle draw, courtesy Etisalat’s Easycliq. Several other students also won laptops, Blackberry phones, dual sim phones, recharge cards, and many branded items. There was also a football match with each team member wearing jerseys with the names of Etisalat’s products and services emblazoned at their backs.

CliqFest is powered by Etisalat’s youth package, EasyCliq, a product tailor-made to suit the lifestyles and communication needs of young people. EasyCliq offers unique features including bonus-on-incoming calls, cliq for the week, unlimited SMS, free midnight calls, Facebook updates by SMS and MMS and lots more.

Chuddy K

Joe Blue

L-R: Winner and student,  Mr. Ezinma Fabulous; Dean of  Student Affairs,
Dr. Matthew Wegwu;  Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bene Willie Abbey, all of
the  University of Port-Harcourt and Head, Events &Sponsorship, Etisalat
Nigeria, Ms Modupe Thani during the prize presentation of a brand new
Hyundai i-10 at the Etisalat Cliqfest  Campus tour  which held in the
University of Port-Harcourt  on Friday, May 4

WHO BECOMES THE NEXT NIGERIAN MUSIC IDOL 2012?

The final performance of the contestants who made it to the finals of the Nigerian Idol season 2 was held last week and the followers of the show are anxious to know who the winner will be. Mercy Chinwo from Rivers state and Joseph Anthony Ekpo a.k.a Joe Blue from Akwa Ibom state are this season`s finalist and unfortunately one of them will have bow to the other based on the votes of the audience. The winner will be annouced this week and who will the winner be? The winner will emerge as the new Nigerian Music Idol. The big question that will not be answered until the end of the week is, will Mercy Chinwo be the next Nigerian Music Idol 2012 or Joe Blue? Alexander Forbes the reputable company that collates the votes will unveil the result at the end of the week. Picture above shows Mercy left and Joe Blue right.   

NIGERIAN IDOL SEASON 2: WHO WINS THE CROWN?

The last battle for the Nigerian Idol season 2 crown sponsored by etisalat Nigeria was fought on stage this week between two giants who emerged finalists in this year`s Music TV Reality Show. The two finalists are Mercy Chinwo and Joe Blue. They sang their last songs of the competition that will fetch them the crown if the votes favour them this week. Both of them sang three songs each. The first they chose for themselves, the second was chosen for them by their Music director and the third was a Nigerian song that they chose for themselves. The studio was filled to it`s capacity with some friends, family members and well wishers of both contestants putting on the T shirts of their contestants and some carrying placards that displayed the name of their favourite contestant. The tension for the audience was high as they wanted to watch the two finalists perform. No sooner than expected, the show started with Joe Blue. The people who had been expecting the show to start screemed as Joe Blue mounted the stage. Joe Blue`s first song was Whitney Houston`s `ONE MOMENT IN TIME` no doubt, he did his best. Jeffrey Daniels, who is one of the Nigerian Idol Judges in his comment after Joe`s first performance said he started well but later lost the key but no matter what, Joe is a creative and entertaining performer he said. Mercy then took the stage and the crowd started shouting Mercy! Mercy!! Mercy!!! And immidiately Mercy started singing some people started appaulding, and as she got into the middle of the song some stood up to dance and some screemed, calling her name. She sang Withney Houston`s `I LOOK TO YOU`. Joe`s second song was `REHAB` by AMY WINESTONE and his third song was `IFEOMA ` by Felix Liberty. He did the songs well. Mercy`s second song was `ONE THING` by AMERIE and her third was P Square`s ` CHOP MY MONEY` which she did to the satisfaction of the studio audience. The results will be announced next week and the big question is who goes home with the one hundred thousand dollars prize, the SUV Jeep and the recording contract? Will it be Mercy or Joe Blue? The voters will decide that and Alexander Forbes the reliable company that collates the results will unveil the winner to us. The second winner will go home with 1.5 million Nigerian Naira which is about Ten thousand US dollars while the third place winner(Stephen Onochie) will go home with One Million Naira Picture above is Joe doing `IFEOMA` by Felix Liberty

Mercy doing `I LOOK TO YOU` By withney Houston  

NIGERIAN IDOL SEASON 2: STEPHEN ONOCHIE COMES THIRD AS MERCY AND JOE BLUE QUALIFY FOR THE FINALS

The ongoing Nigerian Idol season 2 Music reality TV show, sponsored by etisalat Nigeria, is gradually coming to an end. This week, Steve Onochie was voted out of the show as Mercy Chinwo and Joe Blue qualified for the finals. Jeffrey Daniels who was asked what performance of Steve will he always remember, sighted that of Sweet Mother because he lost his mother and stephen`s Sweet Mother performance will always be in his memory. After the show, Jeffrey told me that Stephen will do well in the music industry because of his great voice. Stephen is one singer who sings clearly and from the beginning to the end of his song, you can hear clearly what he`s singing(Lyrics) without stress. He also advised that Steve should live by Jennifer Hudson`s example, she lost the American Idol and now she`s won for herself an Oscar, a Grammy and other awards. Speaking to one of the studio audience about Steve`s eviction, the person who does not want his identity disclosed, says he believes that there`s a life for Stephen after his eviction. Everything that was done in the Idol show was a preparation for the music life of the participants. They sang other people`s songs not theirs. They are now going to the world were they will compose and sing their own songs and those who do well after the Idol show are the real champions not the one who wins the hundred thousand dollars and stops there. The reality of those who will become stars in music will start after the show. The person also went further to say that Omawunmi didn`t win the West African Idol show but today, the winner can`t stand her, becuase there`s a difference in singing other people`s songs and yours. He challenged Steve to go into the world and prove what Omawuni and Dare Art Alade have proven. The duo didn`t win the West African Idol and Project fame respectively, but they have today surpassed the winners and that should be the case study for Stephen Onochie who took his eviction in good faith even though the Delta born young talent was a little emotional immidiately he was annouced the third place winner of Nigerian Idol season 2. Picture above shows Stephen Onochie in his final performance in Nigerian Idol season 2 Show. He sang Peabo Bryson`s `TONITE I CELEFRATE MY LOVE`  

NIGERIAN IDOL SEASON 2: WHO GETS EVICTED THIS WEEK AS VOTES ENDS TODAY?

The ongoing Nigerian Idol season 2 is gradually coming to an end with just three contestants left in the show. One of these three contestants will have to be evicted this week based on the votes of the viewers who decides who leaves the show. Vote ends today and sadly, one of these three talents must leave the show this week and who will that talent be? Who will the voters evict? Who amongst them will not be in the finals (Top 2)? Will it be Stephen Onochie, Mercy Chinwo or Joe Blue? Alexander Forbes the company in charge of collating the results will answer the question before this week runs off. Picture above: L-R: Stephen Onochie, Mercy Chinwo and Joe Blue.

NIGERIAN IDOL SEASON 2: WHO GETS EVICTED THIS WEEK?

After a wonderful perfomance by the four contestants left in the Nigerian Idol season 2 Music Competition last week, one person this week must be evicted. The person with the least number of votes will have to bow out of the show. The big question is, who will that be? Will it be Stephen, Mercy, JOE, or Najite? Alexander Forbes this Week will reveal the results to us. Picture above: L-R- Stephen Onochie, Mercy Chinwo, Joe Blue and Najite El-David

NIGERIAN IDOL SEASON 2 GETS HOTTER BY THE DAY

The four contestants left in the season 2 of the Nigerian Idol show sponsored by etisalat Nigeria, are, Mercy Chinwo, Najite El-David, Stephen Onochie and Joe Blue. They performed two foreign songs each this week. Joe Blue opened the show with the song FINE TO RAIN by Adele and his second song was REHAB by late Amy Winehouse. He did fantastically well expecially in Rehab that he got the standing Ovation of the audience. Charly Boy described him again as Hurricane and Tsunami Blue and openly explained that the reason he loves Joe is because of the Charly Boy spirit in him. Without being asked, he explained the Charly Boy spirit himself. According to Charly Boy, Joe Blue contested for Idol last year but got nowhere, this year he contested and was booted out but since the judges had the power to save contestants they felt were good, he was saved and since then he`s been doing great. I want to believe that`s the Charly Boy spirit. Nagite was next in the show with the track No One by Aliciakeys and her second choice of song was Rihanna`s Umbrella. Najite gave her best but the winner of West African Idol Timi Dakolo who performed in the day`s show before sitting with the others judges as the day`s guest judge was not too satisfied with her rap in her umbrella song. The next person to perform was Stephen Onochie. He sang two songs too. The first was WHEN A WOMAN LOVES by R. Kelly and the second was OH MY GOSH by Usher. Before Stephen started singing, the crowd had started appaulding him and chanting his name. Steve went on and he did not disappoint his fans. Dakolo, praised Steve`s vocals and Jeffrey Daniels observed that Steve was bigger and better than his second choice of song which Jeff beleives his old schooled Mercy`s first song was Beyonce`s Halo and her second song was Amerie`s One thing. Mercy gave her best that the audience gave her both a clapping and a standing ovation after her wonderful performance. The guest artiste of the day and the winner of West African Idol, Timi Dakolo who was one of the day`s judges was impressed by Mercy`s performance that he openly requested for Mercy`s friendship. Charly Boy said that the stage is Mercy`s home and that she didn`t need any dancer to dance for her. The contestants actually used dancers in their second song. Charly Boy ended with the statement that you know I told you that you will be in the final two and you know what that means.if we have to go by Charly`s word`s, then Mercy is already in the Top two. But last week`s result has proven that the Judges and the studio audience have no say. The voters have the final say. The judges over rated Mercy and Joe last week but when the result was released, Najite and Steven came first and second respectively. Obviously they are all stars but sadly one person must leave. Who will that person be? Picture above shows Joe Blue doing late Amy Winehouse`s `REHAB`

Nagite, doing NO ONE by Aliciakeys

Stephen singing WHEN A WOMAN LOVES passionately

Mercy, doing Beyonce`s HALO

NIGERIAN IDOL SEASON 2: HONEY BOOTED OUT!

The result of the last performance of the five contestants in the ongoing Nigerian Idol season 2 music reality TV show proudly sponsored by etisalat Nigeria was annouced amidst tension as Honey Adum was voted out of the house. Honey who in his last performance performed two Nigerian songs namely African Queen by Tuface and Fall In Love by Dbanj could not convince the audience who are the voters to keep him in the contest as he was annouced the person with the least votes. Most people who witnessed the last performance of the contestants in the studio had thought that Mercy who one of the Nigerian Idol judges, Charly Boy had said is charge of the stage would score the highest number of votes did not. Suprisingly, Nagite did who was not well rated as Mercy did score the highest number of votes this week and Stephen whom Charly Boy`s juju had forecasted to be in the top 4, actually scored the highest number of votes to beat Charly Boy`s favourite Joe Blue. Joe Blue was described by Charly Boy as Tsunami, Hurricane e.t.c., despite all these descriptions, those who were not eulogised came out tops leaving a clear message behind that of the four left in the house none is a push over. Picture above shows honey Adum bowing out of the season 2 Nigerian Idol show.

Najite on her knees scored the highest number of votes this week

Stephen Onochie right scored the second highest number of votes to keep him in the contest.



Honey Adum doing Fall In Love by Dbanj as his final performance in the Nigerian Idol season 2 show



NIGERIAN IDOL SEASON 2: WHO GETS THE BOOT THIS WEEK?

Last week, the five contestants namely Mercy chinwo, Najite El-David, Stephen Onochie, Joe Blue and Honey Adum performed excellently at the ongoing Nigerian Idol season 2 Reality TV Show sponsored by etisalat Nigeria as each of them sang two Nigerian songs each. One of these five most go home this week and who will that be? The result will be out this week

Picture above shows the five contestants left in the competition. L-R: Najite, Stephen, Joe, Mercy and Honey. Once again, which one of them will leave the show? Find out on this site tomorrow

NIGERIAN IDOL SEASON 2: CONTESTANTS BATTLE TO REMAIN IN THE SHOW

The five contestants left in the Nigeria Idol show, sponsored by etisalat Nigeria, did their very best on stage to stay in the competition. The contestants sang two Nigerian songs each starting with Mercy Chinwo who Jeffrey Daniels, one of Nigerian Idol season 2 Judges openly said will be amongst the final two. Mercy sang the song titled`Igwe` by mid nite crew. Mercy did justice to the song with good dancing skills and stage performance. Her second song was P Square`s `I GO CHOP YOUR MONEY` which she all did very well that the guest artiste of the day, Sir Shina Peters, commended her and also said that the song she sang was a song which portrayed her real person and that she`ll definately like to swindle men. Other Judges, Jeffrey Daniels, Yinka Davies and Charly Boy, gave it all up for mercy Mercy`s performance.

The next to perform was Honey Adum. He performed Tuface`s African Queen and Dbanji`s `FALL IN LOVE`. He didn`t do badly either. But from the way Charly Boy, one of the Judges spoke, he might not make it to the final four. What did Charly Boy say, Joe Blue is a Tsunami, Mercy is good, I see Najite to be in the top three that was after he had consulted with his sets of rings and he told Stephen Onochie that he doesn`t like the looks on his face on eviction days and that he loves his smiles. He ended up by saying you will be in the top four, I will see you here next week. It`s a red card for Honey Adum, but the audience have the final say because they are the voters and not the Judges.

The third contestant to perform on stage was loverboy Stephen Onochie as he is called. He sang two songs the first was `EGO` by Djinee and the second was `SWEET MOTHER` by Nico Mbanga. Stephen did so well that the audience gave him a standing ovation. He had his parents in the audience and his choice of sweet mother was a dedication to his mother who while singing the song, he embraced.

After Stephen came Najite. She sang two songs too. `MOSE ORIRE` by IK Dairo and `IF YOU ASK ME` by Omawunmi. According to Najite`s interview with Tiwa Savage on of the anchor`s of Nigerian Idol season 2 show, the choice of the first song she sang `MOSE ORIRE` is a thanksgiving to God who has seen her thus far. After doing her best in the stage, Charly Boy, predicted that she`ll be in the final three.

Joe blue performed two songs namely `OLORI OKO` by a group called infinity and `FEVER`. Joe thrilled the audience and the Judges that one of the guest Judges, Sir Shina Peters predicted that in a couple of years from now, Joe Blue and himself will meet on stage. Charly Boy, told Joe`s mother who was present in the show that he did like to adopt joe blue. The theatre arts undergraduate of the University of Lagos is no doubt a bundle of talent. Voting has started. Who will be evicted this week? Voters are advised to vote wisely. Above is Mercy Chinwo

Honey Adum in DBanji`s `FALL IN LOVE`

Stephen Onochie performing Djinee`s `EGO`

Najite doing Omawunmi`s ` IF YOU ASK ME`

Tsunami Joe Blue Infinity`s `OLORI OKO`