Timi is West African idol
DREAMS do not come from much further than this. A 26-year-old high school drop out with hardly a personality to speak of was voted West Africa’s first Idol last weekend. And he cried. Why shouldn’t he?
By Kalungi Kabuye
DREAMS do not come from much further than this. A 26-year-old high school drop out with hardly a personality to speak of was voted West Africa’s first Idol last weekend. And he cried. Why shouldn’t he?
From absolutely nothing, no job and no prospects, he has finally found fame and could make a substantial fortune.
“No amount of words can express how I feel about his victory,†he reportedly told the press.
Timi won himself a recording contract with Sony BMG, although the value of the contact was not revealed. He also won several prizes, including a car from KIA Motors and a PVR decoder from M-Net with 3 months free subscription.
The final show had all the ten finalists appear. It started off with the two finalists singing what the judges thought were their best performances in the competition, so Timi sang Michael Bolton’s How Can I live Without You, and Omawumi did Gloria Gaynor’s I will Survive.
The two also did two new songs written specially for them, although Timi stole the show with his song, simple as it was. Omawumi’s was more soulful, and the question is which one will get to the top of the charts?
The voting lines were closed by the time the last show began, but Omawumi did over do the bare legs and ‘shake-your-booty’ routine.
Idols is over, now we wait for Big Brother Africa II.
DREAMS do not come from much further than this. A 26-year-old high school drop out with hardly a personality to speak of was voted West Africa’s first Idol last weekend. And he cried. Why shouldn’t he?
From absolutely nothing, no job and no prospects, he has finally found fame and could make a substantial fortune.
“No amount of words can express how I feel about his victory,†he reportedly told the press.
Timi won himself a recording contract with Sony BMG, although the value of the contact was not revealed. He also won several prizes, including a car from KIA Motors and a PVR decoder from M-Net with 3 months free subscription.
The final show had all the ten finalists appear. It started off with the two finalists singing what the judges thought were their best performances in the competition, so Timi sang Michael Bolton’s How Can I live Without You, and Omawumi did Gloria Gaynor’s I will Survive.
The two also did two new songs written specially for them, although Timi stole the show with his song, simple as it was. Omawumi’s was more soulful, and the question is which one will get to the top of the charts?
The voting lines were closed by the time the last show began, but Omawumi did over do the bare legs and ‘shake-your-booty’ routine.
Idols is over, now we wait for Big Brother Africa II.