…As six vocalists battle for a chance to make the last four on
The Voice Nigeria Season 3.
By Bolaji Israel
Late legendary Nigerian rapper, singer and lyricist, Olanrewaju
Abdul-Ganiu Fasasi popularly called Sound Sultan who passed on July 11 was
honoured with a medley performance of his songs by the celebrity coaches and
their talents as a glowing tribute in recognition and celebration of his
contribution to the music industry.
Sound Sultan, a highly influential but jovial and unassuming
singer is renowned to have mentored many award-winning musicians and wrote many
hit songs.
The grand finale of the Voice Nigeria Season 3 is billed for
this weekend, with the top six talents seeking viewers and fans’ votes to win
the N10m grand prize and other mouth-watering gifts.
Meanwhile, Episode 17 saw great vocalists Anu and Nuel Ayo exit
the show while Naomi Mac, Esther, Dapo, Kitay, Kpee and Eazzie continued the
race as the last six out of the 25 talents who scaled the
Auditions and started the contest.
Kitay in Team Yemi-Alade, Dapo and Naomi Mac in Team Falz,
Eazzie in Team Waje with Esther and Kpee in Team Dare all survived by numerous
votes from their fans.
The race to the finals of the Voice Nigeria season 3 continues
to heat up as the six finalists gun for the N10 million cash, a car, and a
record deal with Universal Music Nigeria.
During Episode 17 last weekend, the last six vocalists performed
various songs and are hoping with their powerful performances to get maximum
votes from fans for a chance to remain in the
competition.
Esther opened the weekly show with a beautiful performance of
Beyonce’s Love on Top, then Dapo with Michael Bolton’s When A Man Loves A
Woman, followed by Kitay with Marvin Gaye’s Sexual Healing.
Naomi Mac sang Brenda Fassie’s Vuli Ndlela, Kpee with Fireboy’s
Vibration while a very emotional Eazzie closed out with I’m Not Telling You by
Jennifer Holiday before Host, Nancy Isime announced that Season 4 will be
coming soon.
Episode 18 which comes up this weekend will have only four
talents perform and fight for the grand prize via the highest viewers votes
while the two talents with the least votes are dropped.
To keep their favourite vocalists on the show, viewers have to
dial *894*7*talent’s
code#.
The voting code of your preferred contestant to win the
competition is in the embedded Instagram post below:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRjP3zwpOzJ/?utm_medium=copy_link
Voting, which opened on Saturday at 9:00 pm, closes at 11:59 pm
on Thursday (today).
For over three months, with an electrifying mix of pulsating
musical performances, music training, glamorous fashion and awesome entertainment,
The Voice Nigeria 3 continues to dazzle to the very grand finale.
UN1TY Limited and Livespot360, producers of the global talents
reality series, also emphasised that public voting has become very crucial at
this final stage to keep participants on the voice Nigeria season 3, as sponsored by FirstBank, Baba Ijebu and Airtel.
Scores of vocalists have performed on the highly competitive
musical TV reality series but dropped out going through the Auditions, Blinds,
Knockouts, Battles and Live Show stages.
Whoever emerges as the winner will automatically make his or her
coach the winning coach of the season. Waje, who has been part of the show
since its inception, won the inaugural season.
Apart from versatile singers including Darey, Yemi Alade, Waje
and Falz who doubled as both celebrity coaches and judges, Nancy Isime and Toke
Makinwa, co-hosts of the show have added great colour to the third season.
The first season of The Voice Nigeria was broadcast on Africa
Magic from April 10 to July 31, 2016.
Agharese Emokpae popularly known as A’rese, a 28-year-old stage
actress, won the first season while Daniel Diongoli, professionally known as
Idyl, won season 2.
The music reality TV show is designed to discover and promote
talented singers to actualise their dreams of becoming international stars.
Lead show sponsor, First Bank in a statement by its Group Head,
Marketing and Corporate Communications, Folake Ani-Mumuney, reiterated that The
Voice Nigeria 3 is a Reality TV show designed to discover and promote talented
singers to actualise their dreams of becoming international stars which aligns
with First Bank’s commitment to providing a platform for nurturing
and showcasing talents and driving social cohesion.
The Financial giant added that its support for The Voice Nigeria
3 is a demonstration of First Bank’s commitment to contributing to the projected
revenue of US$86m by 2021 from Nigeria’s music industry aimed at promoting a
diversified economy in line with the Federal Government’s
diversification policy.
For more details on the show, do visit the Bank’s official website https://www.firstbanknigeria.com/the-voice-nigeria/
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