ABILITY IN CHALLENGES

Even though he did not make the top twelve not to talk of winning this year`s Nigerian Idol TV Music Reality Show competition which has just ended and was won by Mercy Chinwo, Sylva Isaiah still remains one of the greatest discoveries of this year`s Idol competiton. Born into a polygamous family of ten children of which seven died, Sylva whose stage name is Sil Kelly is one of the three children left of the ten and unfortunately, at seven he became crippled and confined to the wheel chair. Despite this challenge, Sil has refused his talent to be killed. He enrolled to participate in 2011/2012 Nigerian Idol season 2 where he`s was one of the top thirty and even though he didn`t win the competition, his talent was showcased and now his album titled NOBODY which he wrote will be in the market in the next two months. Sil his doing the track NOBODY with this year`s top three Idol contestants namely Mercy Chinwo, Joseph Anthony Ekpo aka Joe Blue and the loverboy himself Stephen Onochie. Sil said that he`s grateful to etisalat Nigeria and Peter Bode the producer and director of Nigerian Idol for helping him realise his dream of recording his album titled NOBODY. The title NOBODY came from his personal experience. According to him, in his travail in life NOBODY was there for him and that was where the title of the album came from. Sil Kelly hopes to set up a foundation to help those who are challenged if his dream of becoming a successful musician is achieved. Photo above is Sylva Isaiah from Bayelsa state in Nigeria.

NIGERIAN IDOL SEASON2: TILLERMAN THRILLS AUDIENCE AT STEPHEN ONOCHIE`S EVICTION

Stephen Onochie was evicted from the Nigerian Idol season 2 Show last week and before his eviction, Tillerman performed wonderfully to the admiration of the audience that they all gave him clapping and standing ovation for his outstanding performance. Photo above shows Tillerman performing at the Nigerian Idol season 2 Show

Stephen Onochie left and one of the three Nigerian Idol Judges, Jeffrey Daniels pose for the camera after Steve`s eviction

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: TOP 3, CELEBRATE LATE AFRO BEAT KING, FELA KUTI.

As the season 2 Nigerian Idol TV Reality Music show, sponsored by etisalat Nigeria is gradually coming to an end, this week, the top three contestants left in the show celebrated the late Afro Beat king, Fela Kuti as they sang his songs in grand style. The contestants namely Mercy Chinwo, Stephen Onochie and Joe Blue sang two songs each. Mercy opened the stage with Victor Uwaifo`s `JOROMI` which she did fantastically very well according to the Judges who are experts in music and ended the show with late Fela Kuti`s Zombie. This week`s show was dedicated to the late Fela Kuti of blessed memory and had the presence of his first son, Femi Kuti who was a guest Judge. Femi scored Mercy very high. According to him, Mercy scored a Triple A. The next person to perform was Stephen Onochie his first song was Adamma by Flavour. No doubt, the young talented singer did justice to the song. The second song he sang was Fela`s ` I NO BE GENTLEMAN`. Before the song, the trio had jointly done one of Fela`s songs titled water and at anytime Stephen sang, he drew applause from the studio audience and when he did `I NO BE GENTLEMAN` the audience were as thrilled as when he sang water with the other contestants. Femi, Fela`s son, scored him average. According to Femi, I can`t Judge you with the song because you can`t satisfy me. I don`t even satisfy myself but I will Judge you with my common sense taking your age and the band that played for you into consideration but you have to learn to listen to Fela and more of Jazz music he said. At the end, he scored him a pass mark alongside Yinka Davies who is one of the Judges. Joe Blue was the third to perform, and he sang Rex Lawson`s `LOVE ADURE` which no doubt he did well. His second song was Fela`s `PALAVA` meaning trouble and his performance according to Femi was good and Joe was scored an A plus by Fela`s son who understands his late father`s music that anyone else. The three contestants gave their all to stay in the competition, but unfortunately, Next week, one contestant must leave and who will that contestant be? Alexander Forbes will give us the result of the person the voters who are the viewers want out of the contest. Picture above is Mercy doing `JOROMI`

Stephen doing ` ADAMMA`

Joe Blue doing `LOVE ADURE`

The trio doing Fela`s `WATER`. L-R: Joe Blue, Mercy Chinwo and Stephen Onochie

Charly Boy and Femi Kuti pose for a photograph after the show

NIGERIAN IDOL SEASON 2: CHARLY BOY`S ORACLE FAILS

evictee The ongoing season 2 of the Nigerian Idol TV reality Music show sponsored by etisalat Nigeria is gradually coming to an end as one of the Judges favourite to make the final three was evicted. Najite El-David was this week`s evictee in the ongoing Nigerian Idol show. In one of her performance before this week`s eviction, one of the three Judges, Charly Boy had consulted his oracle and had predicted Najite to be in the final three but unfortunately, when this week`s result was annouced, it contradicted Charly Boy`s oracle as the person he had predicted to be in the final four has now gone beyond the final four and is now in the final three and that`s Stephen Onochie the loverboy. Before the annoucement of the result, to say that all hope was lost for Onochie is to state the obvious. Ill the anchor had asked each of the Judges of who amongst the contestants will score the highest number of votes. They actually didn`t answer the question directly but Yinka Davies, one of the Judges praised Mercy and Joe Blue directly giving them confidence. Little or nothing was said about Stephen Onochie, but when the result was annouced, Mercy, scored the highest number of votes this week, followed by Stephen whom Charly Boy`s oracle had predicted for the top four and not three. But Stephen is now in the top three. With the way the show is going, any of the three contestants can win the big prize of a hunderd thousand US dollars and the big question of who will that be will be answered early next month. Picture above shows Najite the

Stephen Onochie, scored the second highest number of votes this week



Mercy middle almost fainting after annoucing that she scored the highest number of votes this week





Nagite El-David, in her last performance in the season 2 Idol show 



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`

NIGERIAN IDOL SEASON 2: CHARLY BOY DAZZLES AUDIENCE.

The ongoing season 2 of the Nigerian Idol TV reality show has witnessed different artiste performing in different styles, but Charly Boy`s performance, stood out as the audience who were thrilled by his performance, flew their white handkerchiefs to the air. Above is Charles Oputa a.k.a. Charly Boy, performing at the ongoing Nigerian Idol TV reality show

L-R, Charly Boy, Stephen Onochie and Najite El-David digging it out

One of the Judges of Nigerian Idol season 2,Yinka Davies,was not left out.

The audience being thrilled by Charly Boy`s performance



L-R Onochie, Najite, and Honey Adum giving it all up for Charly Boy



NIGERIAN IDOL SEASON 2: CONTESTANTS BATTLE TO STAY IN THE HOUSE.

Eight contestants are left in this year`s Idol competition sponsored by etisalat Nigeria. The contestants are, Diwari Peterside, Honey Adum, Lynda Giami, Stephen Onochie, Najite El-David, Joe Anthony Ekpo and Mercy Chinwo. The eight contestants left the foreign scene for the local as they sang songs written and sang by Nigerians. This excited one of the Judges (Charles Oputa a.k.a Charly Boy) as he queried why it took this time for the contestants to sing local songs. The first contestant of the show was Diwari Peterside, a lawyer turned musician, who sang Onyeka Owenu`s“ YOU AND I”, Honey Adum followed as he sang Mike Okri`s “OMOGE”, Lynda Giami sang late Christy Essien Igbbokwe`s “SEUN RERE”, Orlando Owo`s “ IYAWO ASIKO” was sang by Stephen Onochie, Najite El-David sang “WAIT FOR ME” by Sunny Ade and Onyeka Owenu, Nneka Njoku sang “OLOMI” by Tosin Martins, Joe Anthony Ekpo sang Felix Liberty`s IFEOMA and Mercy Chinwo sang late Bobby Benson`s “TAXI DRIVER” in the Mandy Ojugbana`s version. The eight contestants no doubt gave their best as they thrilled the audience. But these two contestants namely Ekpo and Onochie stood out that they got both the audience and the judges applauding for minutes as they repeatedly shouted their names. Nevertheless, two out of these eight talents will have to be evicted next week. Who will they be? The viewers (Voters) have the final say.Picture above shows Diwari singing “YOU AND I” by Onyeka Owenu

Honey doing Mike Okri`s “OMOGE”

Giami singing “SEUN RERE” by Late Christy Essien Igbokwe



The audience, appaulding the contestants




Onochie doing Late Orlando Owo`s “IYAWO ASIKO”



Stephen`s fans.




Najite singing “WAIT FOR ME” by Sunny Ade and Onyeka Owenu




Nneka doing “OLOMI” by Tosin Martins




Outstanding Joe Blue, performing Felix Liberty`s “IFEOMA” in a grand style




One of the Nigerian Idol judges, Charles Oputa a.k.a Charly Boy, dazzled by Joe Ekpo`s brilliant performance




Joe`s fan`s supporting their own at the Nigerian Idol season 2 live recording in Lagos Nigeria




Mercy Chinwo singing “ TAXI DRIVER” by Late Bobby Benson in Mandy Ojugbana`s style