Wow! Big, big improvements all round. Today's show is truly worthy of a grand finale. All contestants ramped up their games and it was evident in the quiality and depth of performances today. The dramatics were on poont and nothing was superflous. Madam Joke Silva sure had these folks tuned right. Lovely!
Eyo really came out swinging. With a good first performance he set the tone for the hot contest of today and gernerd well-earned accolades from the judges. His perfomance of Fela's Lady was fantastic his footwork was great; almost reminiscent of the Afrobeat legend, his moves especially with the Lady wrist flips a little less so but ok. His vocals on the song was deep and rich and I hope those who have been perenially unimpressed by this guy which unfortunately includes myself will finally give this guy his due respect. It'd be real sad if he goes home empty handed given the effort and his last-minute resurgence.
Viewers in Ghana sure didn't do Kesse much favour by asking him to do that dreary song. He did ok the first time. We didn't really know what he was singing here at least in Nigeria but we enjoyed the verve with which he did it and we all felt well whatever he must have been singing must be really good. And we clapped. Duely. But to sing that song for a grand finale? Damn that was bad and so was the performance. He killed Kevin Little's songTurn me on though and he's still my favourite to win on the strength of that performance and his overall record of stunning performance all throughout the show. None of the contestant have match his consistency. His closest rival, Chidinma only came to life right about the middle and Tolu faltered right before crossing the finish line.
Chidinma didn't do too well with her vocals on Ekwe. Her lower registers still needs some tweaking as was slightly evident even in her better performance of the night, her cover of Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You. This diva is sure worth the money to play in the big league.
Tolu probably had the best night of all the contestants, maybe jointly with Eyo. However, it isn't an easy feat to sing while there so many walk ons on stage to distract both you and the watching audience but did just right with John Legend's Ordinary People and yet remained object of the audience's focused attention.For that I'd give him the edge over Eyo. It was like a broadway musical. Near perfect. I say near because he went off-key once on the song and was overly cautious. He covered less distance on stage which helped him focus on delivering the songs better and his performance of Jailer was off the hook. Nice crescendo. He could cover that song in album and make a hit of it a second time.
Yetunde had a bad night with Diana King's Shy Guy . Her cover of Sunny Ade's Ori mi ja fun mi was much better though but I suspect the only thing standing between this lady and her going home empty-handed would be the cult-like she's built over the course of the show. I feel Yetunde's still a work in progress. Don't get me wrong; all the contestants are but Yetunde the most so among them. The depth of her potential I dare say is one of the deepest also. Even if she does go home without a prize in this show, I feel she's gonna have a successful career outside the academy. She's got a rich, deep vocal and she proven she can apply it on the right song in this show. She's also shown that she a fine songwriter with her composition Akingbolahan.
All in all, it's been a wonderful show and we're sure gonna miss it until the start of Season4. Now, that it's all ended, I can safely endorse Ochuko to go home without a prize. He can sing, yep, when he puts his mind to it like he did tonight with Maroon 5's This Love. He is an entertainer and that he proves with Lagbaja's Konko Below. And he can write good danceable songs like Get up. He's sure bound to enjoy some success on the Nigerian music scene if he goes a notch higher on all this elements listed here. But as is the case in any competition, there must be winners and loosers and Ochuko looks good for the latter. A lot of people might not agree with my assessment but consistency has been the bane of this guy right from day one. Well, there are no more chances to adjust and here, my friends, is where it all ends.
Good night and God bless.
Eyo really came out swinging. With a good first performance he set the tone for the hot contest of today and gernerd well-earned accolades from the judges. His perfomance of Fela's Lady was fantastic his footwork was great; almost reminiscent of the Afrobeat legend, his moves especially with the Lady wrist flips a little less so but ok. His vocals on the song was deep and rich and I hope those who have been perenially unimpressed by this guy which unfortunately includes myself will finally give this guy his due respect. It'd be real sad if he goes home empty handed given the effort and his last-minute resurgence.
Viewers in Ghana sure didn't do Kesse much favour by asking him to do that dreary song. He did ok the first time. We didn't really know what he was singing here at least in Nigeria but we enjoyed the verve with which he did it and we all felt well whatever he must have been singing must be really good. And we clapped. Duely. But to sing that song for a grand finale? Damn that was bad and so was the performance. He killed Kevin Little's songTurn me on though and he's still my favourite to win on the strength of that performance and his overall record of stunning performance all throughout the show. None of the contestant have match his consistency. His closest rival, Chidinma only came to life right about the middle and Tolu faltered right before crossing the finish line.
Chidinma didn't do too well with her vocals on Ekwe. Her lower registers still needs some tweaking as was slightly evident even in her better performance of the night, her cover of Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You. This diva is sure worth the money to play in the big league.
Tolu probably had the best night of all the contestants, maybe jointly with Eyo. However, it isn't an easy feat to sing while there so many walk ons on stage to distract both you and the watching audience but did just right with John Legend's Ordinary People and yet remained object of the audience's focused attention.For that I'd give him the edge over Eyo. It was like a broadway musical. Near perfect. I say near because he went off-key once on the song and was overly cautious. He covered less distance on stage which helped him focus on delivering the songs better and his performance of Jailer was off the hook. Nice crescendo. He could cover that song in album and make a hit of it a second time.
Yetunde had a bad night with Diana King's Shy Guy . Her cover of Sunny Ade's Ori mi ja fun mi was much better though but I suspect the only thing standing between this lady and her going home empty-handed would be the cult-like she's built over the course of the show. I feel Yetunde's still a work in progress. Don't get me wrong; all the contestants are but Yetunde the most so among them. The depth of her potential I dare say is one of the deepest also. Even if she does go home without a prize in this show, I feel she's gonna have a successful career outside the academy. She's got a rich, deep vocal and she proven she can apply it on the right song in this show. She's also shown that she a fine songwriter with her composition Akingbolahan.
All in all, it's been a wonderful show and we're sure gonna miss it until the start of Season4. Now, that it's all ended, I can safely endorse Ochuko to go home without a prize. He can sing, yep, when he puts his mind to it like he did tonight with Maroon 5's This Love. He is an entertainer and that he proves with Lagbaja's Konko Below. And he can write good danceable songs like Get up. He's sure bound to enjoy some success on the Nigerian music scene if he goes a notch higher on all this elements listed here. But as is the case in any competition, there must be winners and loosers and Ochuko looks good for the latter. A lot of people might not agree with my assessment but consistency has been the bane of this guy right from day one. Well, there are no more chances to adjust and here, my friends, is where it all ends.
Good night and God bless.
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