{"id":359679,"date":"2011-04-01T23:00:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T23:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/yeka-is-nigerian-idol\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T23:00:07","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T23:00:07","slug":"yeka-is-nigerian-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/yeka-is-nigerian-idol\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeka is Nigerian Idol"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Ogbonna Amadi,with agency report
Her last performance at the maiden edition of the Nigerian Idol TV Reality show was the icing to her brilliant run at the show and it was indeed breath taking.<\/p>\n

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Yeka, Christy and Naomi in action<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Yeka Onka left\u00a0 no one in doubt that she was desirous of clinching the top prize, when she took the microphone to do a rehearse of two songs, I will Always love You and Natural Woman originally done by Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin.<\/p>\n

And when she was through with her performance, this writer was not the only one left with wet eyes, some of the judges were too.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t as if she was better than her main rival Naomi Mac, no. Naomi\u2019s performance was also awesome and had been all through the competition. And as a matter of fact the line of thought was that she\u2019d worked hard enough to win. But a winner had to emerge and Yeka did.<\/p>\n

And the first thing she told me when she visited Vanguard Newspaper on a thank your tour was \u201cThe moment when I was called, I wished my parents were around to share the joy with me because that was what they\u2019d always wanted for me.<\/p>\n

If they were around, it\u2019ll have been a dream come true for them. I immediately went on my kneels and thanked God\u201d
For a girl who had almost lost hope of making the finals it was a dream come true.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am really excited for this, it took me a while to get to this point, I was rejected in Enugu and Abuja, before I came down to Lagos and then I got the golden ticket.. I loved the experience, all through the six months, And now here I am walking away with the grand prize\u201d<\/p>\n

Screaming and jumping, before leaving the stage, many had considered Naomi Mac a better option, but to a number of the other finalists, Onka as they have all come to call her is the best option<\/p>\n

\u201cI think viewers did the right thing by voting Onyeka as the first Idol because she is a total package. She sings really well and she has good interpersonal relationship. I thank God for her\u201d AJ one of the finalists says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI campaigned for Yeka; I really wanted her to win, and I am excited\u201d. The tears didn\u2019t stop with Bibi. AJ, Emmanuel, Chito, Nina, Zoe and Naomi\u2019s parents all cried as jubilation consumed the entire studio..<\/p>\n

The word \u2018no\u2019 simply does not exist in Yeka\u2019s dictionary. Rather than accept \u2018no\u2019 from the Idol judges at the audition stage, she embarked on an \u2018Idol mini tour\u2019 that took her from Enugu to Calabar and finally Lagos where she eventually got her \u2018Yes\u2019.<\/p>\n

She says she probably couldn\u2019t have done it alone but for the chance meeting with an Idol crew member after her first rejection in Enugu. The crew member had encouraged her then by saying \u201cit\u2019s not how hard you fall but it\u2019s what you do after you fall\u201d.<\/p>\n

With that mentality she gave the competition all that she\u2019s got. Fast-rising female singer Tiwa Savage who performed at the grand finale. The audience was also thrilled with performances from West African Idol winner Timi Dakolo, R&B star Banky W, Retta and Praiz<\/p>\n

Perhaps the highlight of the grand finale was when the two finalists sang \u201cSeun Rere\u201d with the lady of song Christy Essein Igbokwe And finally, the TV reality show which has been the talk of the town since kicking off in November 2010 ended with Yeka Onka becoming the first-ever Nigerian Idol She returned home with a recording contract, 7.5Million naira courtesy<\/p>\n

Etisalat and Royal Exchange, a brand new car courtesy Tom Tom and a Sony entertainment TV center.<\/p>\n

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