Tag: Naija Street Champ

The fate of the four finalists in the ongoing maiden edition of Naija Street Champ, the new music talent challenge, will be known this Saturday, when the reality show resonates with a grand finale at the Eko FM Hall, LTV Studios, Agidingbi, Lagos.

Organisers said the event, which will take the form of a concert, would have the four finalists competing for the grand prize of One Million Naira and a three-year music recording contract, which includes an official album launch, nationwide tour and music collaborations.

Unlike some reality shows, Naija Street Champ is not a winner-takes-all, as the first and second runner-ups also stand a chance of getting a one-year music recording contract each, plus music collaborations with the over-all winner.

Speaking on the selection process of the ultimate winner, the project manager, Oladehinde Fajana, revealed that voting would still be open via SMS and online platforms until the last performance of the finalists at the grand finale.

He disclosed that the contestant with the lowest votes would be evicted on stage, leaving the top three finalists to perform their previously produced tracks.

Fajana further revealed that the winner will, among other criteria, be selected based on the musical growth and potential of the contestants throughout the competition, adding that the partner producers ID Cabasa, D’Tunes and Terry G would be the jury at the concert.

The four finalists are Sulaimon Idris (Dabreez) representing Surulere zone, Shanuolu Adesola (Sholz) representing Ipaja Zone, Rodney Brown Edemhanria (Rodney) representing Ikeja zone and Abimbola Olugbenga (Raptitude) representing Bariga/Akoka zone.

Fajana encouraged the general public to vote for their favorite finalists via www.naijastreetchamp.com/votes or by texting Winner and Contestant Name to 33140.

The fate of the four finalists in the ongoing maiden edition of Naija Street Champ, the new music talent challenge, will be known this Saturday, when the reality show resonates with a grand finale at the Eko FM Hall, LTV Studios, Agidingbi, Lagos.

Organisers said the event, which will take the form of a concert, would have the four finalists competing for the grand prize of One Million Naira and a three-year music recording contract, which includes an official album launch, nationwide tour and music collaborations.

Unlike some reality shows, Naija Street Champ is not a winner-takes-all, as the first and second runner-ups also stand a chance of getting a one-year music recording contract each, plus music collaborations with the over-all winner.

Speaking on the selection process of the ultimate winner, the project manager, Oladehinde Fajana, revealed that voting would still be open via SMS and online platforms until the last performance of the finalists at the grand finale.

He disclosed that the contestant with the lowest votes would be evicted on stage, leaving the top three finalists to perform their previously produced tracks.

Fajana further revealed that the winner will, among other criteria, be selected based on the musical growth and potential of the contestants throughout the competition, adding that the partner producers ID Cabasa, D’Tunes and Terry G would be the jury at the concert.

The four finalists are Sulaimon Idris (Dabreez) representing Surulere zone, Shanuolu Adesola (Sholz) representing Ipaja Zone, Rodney Brown Edemhanria (Rodney) representing Ikeja zone and Abimbola Olugbenga (Raptitude) representing Bariga/Akoka zone.

Fajana encouraged the general public to vote for their favorite finalists via www.naijastreetchamp.com/votes or by texting Winner and Contestant Name to 33140.

As the beats keep going up for the Naija Street Champ competition, six contestants have made it to the third stage of the competition, out of 24 that emerged from eight zonal auditions conducted in different parts of Lagos.

The six finalists are Sulaimon Idris (Dabreez) representing Surulere zone; Shanuolu Adesola (Sholz), representing Ipaja Zone; Rodney Brown Edemhanria (Rodney), representing Ikeja zone; Abimbola Olugbenga (Raptitude), representing Bariga/Akoka zone; Christian Olamide (Dakris), representing Agege/Ogba zone and Celestine Ogar (Big Daddy Africa) representing Festac zone.

Victory for the six did not come cheap, as producers of the project, ID Cabasa, D’Tunes and Terry G, rested the fate of the contestants with the crowd at the Youth Sports Centre, Ikeja, Lagos, last Saturday.

The initial 24 were paired in the first round of the elimination process, where one contestant was favoured with loud cheers, while the other was booed by the crowd. Pruned to 12, the same process was repeated to arrive at the last six standing.

Project Manager, Oladehinde Fajana, during the pre-event media briefing, noted that selecting the 24 contestants who made it to the 2nd round was a herculean task, as each zone produced several potential music talents.

Fajana said the country is blessed with a lot of youth with talents, waiting to be harnessed, while revealing that the six finalists who emerged from the 2nd round of the competition would go into the studio with the producers to compete for the coveted prize of N1 million prize money and a three-year recording deal.

According to Fajana, the competition will be determined further through online voting, as the works of the six finalists will be streamed for the public via the show’s website, Facebook and Twitter handles. Those with the lowest votes will be eliminated until the last four contestants emerge.

Fajana said that the remaining four finalists would be groomed and mentored by the producers and prepared for a concert during which the overall winner will emerge on Saturday, July 19, at a venue to be announced later.

As the quest for the winner in the Naija Street Champ continues, it was all excitement for youngsters who turned out in large number to showcase their talents at Kuwait Playground, Gowon Estate, Ipaja, Lagos and Emmanuel School Playground, Ojota, last weekend.

The budding street talents took to the stage, one after the other, to thrill the audience. They were tasked to freestyle to a pre-downloaded beat produced by D’tunes, one of the renowned producers who had partnered with the organizers of the project.

At the end of the two auditions, six street champs were selected for the second round, three from each zone respectively. The lucky contestants were  Shanuolu Adesola, Arekong David, Destiny, Victor Ugboko, Yusuf Tayo and Adenuga Abiodun.

 Top music producer, ID Cabasa, who was present at the Ipaja auditions, shared his experience with the audience. According to him, “I was once like you because I come from the streets of Bariga. There are many of you here, who will be bigger than Tuface, 9ice, Olamide, D’banj and others.  All you have to do is showcase your talent and tomorrow, you could be the next big act in the Nigerian music industry.”

At the Ojota auditions, another ace producer, Terry G, encouraged the promising acts to take on the Nigerian music scene seriously.

The auditions continue this weekend at Maracana Stadium Ajegunle for the Ajegunle zone and F.H.A Playground for the Festac zone, respectively.

The organisers, however, said registrations would still be opened till the end of the first round auditions.

 As part of requirements for the auditions, contestants would need to obtain a log-in pin at any branch of FCMB and log in with the pin at www.naijastreetcha-mp.com to complete the registration form.

“The contest beat is available on the website for free download. Contestants are expected to download the beat, rehearse to it at home and show up at the audition location to freestyle to the beat. No pre-recorded CD will be allowed,” said the organisers.