It was an unforgettable night of brilliant music and amazing performances as Nigerian Idol joined the global music industry in paying tribute to the late pop legend, Whitney Houston.
Chinedu
Performing on the stage were the last 10 contestants from the final 12 as A.Y.O and ibinabo Romeo were eliminated earlier that week. Joining Nigerian Idol’s dynamic trio of judges as guest judge was celebrated vocalist Lara George.
Diwari
Honey Adum
Joe Blue1
Mecinda
Najite
Nikki
Sly1
“The world stopped for Whitney explained Project Manager Tiwa Medubi.”
From the Grammy awards to American Idol, every music body of note paused to pay tribute to an inimitable icon. Nigerian Idol had the honour to fly the flag for Nigeria and feedback has been incredible.”
For music director Kehinde DaCosta, it was an emotional experience as he had worked previously with the late star.
“It was personal for me, he clarified.” I hope the world can see that we gave our best for one of the most amazing performers that walked the earth.”
The first tribute on the show was given by Linda with ‘Try it on my own’ which was good but not fabulous according to the judges.
For Sly 1 whose rendition of ‘Saving all my love’ earned him the nickname Fox for his stylish manoeuvres? Chinedu performed the soundtrack ‘When you believe’ which the judges did not believe was convincing.
Diwari turned the heat on with ‘Where do broken hearts go’ and went on to impress the judges especially Jeffrey Daniel. Najite, who gave an emotional performance the week earlier, did not quite impress this time around with the hit ‘I have nothing but love’.
Stephen Onochie of the husky voice did Whitney’s 80’s hit, ‘ I wanna dance with somebody’ thrilling the judges and the audience with his moves.
Mercy did justice to Whitney Houston’s last hit ‘I look to you’ with emotion that shook the judges and the audience.
Honey came up next with a rendition of ‘Count on me’ which was not rated as his best performance on the show.
Nikki performed what the judges rated as her best performance so far as she sang ‘Didn’t we almost have it all’.
Joe Blue brought the contestants performances to a booming end with his powerful performance of ‘One moment in time’.
Judge Yinka Davies, host Tiwa Savage and music director Kehinde Dacosta teamed up to bring the show to a final end with Whitney’s ‘Greatest Love of All’.
In April, a new winner will be announced at a grand gala show carting home a prize worth $100,000 and an SUV. The winner will join season 1 winner Yeka Onka as one of the globally renowned Idol alumni across the globe. According to www.nigerianidol.com, Idol fans also have the chance to win prizes for their loyalty with the new Live your life like an Idol promo.
Nigerian Idol is proudly brought to you by Etisalat in association with Pepsi and Sony. It is also supported by Air Nigeria, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Megalectrics (owners of Beat FM, Classic FM and Naija FM)
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