5th October, 2011
Lagos representative and a leading contestant, Vickiola, became the first contestant to be voted out last Sunday as Glo Naija Sings, the popular music reality TV show sponsored by Globacom and produced by leading Pay TV content provider, M-Net Africa, enters the elimination stage.
Vickiola, who performed Christina Aguilera’s Reflections the previous week, was evicted from the show because she had the lowest number of votes among the contestants. She said that she was thankful for the opportunity to be part of the show and happy to have made a lot of new friends.
“It has been a wonderful experience,†she stated. Meanwhile, the remaining nine contestants showcased their talents and skills for the week with two of them performing songs from Glo Naija Sings presenter, Darey Art-Alade.
Contestant number 7, Precious, performed Darey’s Not the Girl, while contestant number 10, Tee Songz performed the tune, No Stars to the delight of the audience.
Others are Am Ok who performed Lagbaja’s Never Far Away, Christian who peformed Sunny Neji’s Abosede, Lynn who performed Jodine’s Koochie Koochie, Mattade who performed Be There by Tuface Idibia; Vicky who performed Asa’s “360 degreesâ€, Oluwakemi who performed Lara George’s Ijoba Orun and Oni who performed If You Ask Me by Omawumi.
Commenting on the performances, Guest Judge, Sammie Okposo said his low-light was Oluwakemi while his highlight was Vicky. Onyeka Onwenu said that Vicky and Tee Songz were the most impressive, but she agreed with Sammie about Oluwakemi not making the grade. Olisa Odibua was least impressed with Mattade and Christian, while his best were Vicky and Tee Songz.