{"id":656078,"date":"2019-07-13T21:41:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T21:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">The first performance episode of Citi TV\u2019s music talent discovery show, Voice Factory, aired t"},"modified":"2019-07-13T21:41:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T21:41:07","slug":"voice-factory-contestants-thrill-at-first-performance-episode-on-citi-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/13\/voice-factory-contestants-thrill-at-first-performance-episode-on-citi-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Voice Factory contestants thrill at first performance episode on Citi TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">The first performance episode of Citi TV\u2019s music talent discovery show, Voice Factory, aired tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Backed by the Musical Lunatics band, the ten contestants took turns to prove to their world their music talents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Red\u2019m opened the show with \u2018I\u2019m not the only one by Sam Smith,\u2019 Debbie sang Flashlight by Jessie J and Cleck Boyson did a song by Major titled \u2018Why I Love You.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Ayjay Sam came through with \u2018Loving Me\u2019 by Jonathan McReynolds while Idara performed \u2018Diamonds\u2019 by Rihanna.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">The other performances came from Oye who did Ben E. King\u2019s \u2018Stand By Me\u2019, Charisma who did a rendition of Samini\u2019s \u2018My Own\u2019 and Araba who performed \u2018Read All About it\u2019 by Emelie Sande.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Lina sang \u2018When We Were Young\u2019 by Adele and KennieKings ended the show with a performance of I\u2019ll Keep My Faith\u2019 by Major.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">The judges for the night were music producer, Kaywa, CEO of Lynx Entertainment, Richie Mensah and Jessica Opare Saforo, Programme Manager of Citi TV\/Citi FM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">The 10 selected singers will battle it out for the top spot, in live performance shows in a period of 13 weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">\u2018Voice Factory\u2019 will be aired on Citi TV on Saturdays at 7 pm with daily updates at 12 pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">The show is hosted by Osei Kwame, co-host of Citi FM\u2019s late afternoon drive, Traffic Avenue and AJ Sarpong, host of Brunch in the Citi on Citi FM and Hall of Fame on Citi TV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Voice Factory 2019 is sponsored by Woodin and Beta Malt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">For your favourite contestant to stay in the competition, dial *447*973#, choose the \u2018vote\u2019 option, select the name of your contestant, select your number of votes and send.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-532237\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/IMG-20190713-WA0021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">Voting opens at 7pm on Saturdays and closes on Thursdays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first performance episode of Citi TV\u2019s music talent discovery show, Voice Factory, aired tonight. 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