Naomi Mac and Yeka Onka lock horns for Nigerian Idol grand prize!

WITH a grand prize of a recording contract, 7.5Million naira courtesy Etisalat and Royal Exchange, a brand new car courtesy Tom Tom and a Sony entertainment TV center, the stage seems all set as Naomi Mac and Yeka Onka will both slug it out in the grand finale of the first edition of Nigerian Idol.

This debut edition will also go down in the history of reality TV in Nigeria as the first to have two ladies still left in the race to emerge winner. There is also no denying the fact that the ultimate prize is an opportunity to become an international music star, and a proud ambassador of Nigerian music in the contest which will be aired on Nigerian TV stations tomorrow.

And to make this a reality, Optima Media Group has engaged the services of gifted producer Jesse Jagz to help the winner record the Champion song. “Since we are following the format of Pop Idol, the champion song has to be a pop song with Nigerian flavor and of course crossover appeal. Yeka and Naomi are in the studio with Jesse Jagz as we speak, but whoever wins the competition automatically becomes the owner of the song” Chichi Nwoko Project Manager discloses.

The winner gets to perform the song at the grand finale- an event many have stated will be the start of the winner’s career.  For the first time in the history of reality TV in Nigeria “I feel really glad that I am working with the contestants of Nigerian Idol, I was a judge during Michael Jackson week and they are really talented, the champion song will definitely be one that Nigerians should wait for” Jesse Jagz says.

The TV reality show which has been the talk of the town since kicking off in November 2011 will finally come to an end, tomorrow Sunday 27thand the producers are seeing to it that the grand finale is a remarkable one for TV viewers in Nigeria, UK and America.

Already, the evicted 11 finalists- Ola, Nina, Chito, AJ, Tonii, George, Zoe, Alex, Glory, Bibi and Emmanuel are on camp at the Dream studios rehearsing for the final show and recording a team song with Naomi Mac and Yeka Onka

The winner will be announced at a star-studded event holding at the Dream studios in the presence of select key guests which will include the crème de la crème of the entertainment industry, sponsors of Nigerian Idol and of course friends and relatives of the final contestants.