{"id":666023,"date":"2019-07-27T21:54:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T21:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>Highlife music was given the spotlight this evening on Citi TV\u2019s music talent show, Voice Factory.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed the \u201cHighlife Night,\u201d the contestants performed some of Ghana\u2019s evergreen highlife songs.<\/p>\n<p>Highlife is considered as the pr"},"modified":"2019-07-27T21:54:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T21:54:07","slug":"voice-factory-contestants-celebrate-highlife-on-citi-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/27\/voice-factory-contestants-celebrate-highlife-on-citi-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Voice Factory contestants celebrate highlife on Citi TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Highlife music was given the spotlight this evening on Citi TV\u2019s music talent show, Voice Factory.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed the \u201cHighlife Night,\u201d the contestants performed some of Ghana\u2019s evergreen highlife songs.<\/p>\n<p>Highlife is considered as the pride of Ghana; a genre that was created by fusing modern musical instrument with indigenous Ghanaian rhythms.<\/p>\n<p>Cleck Boyson opened the show with a rendition of Daughters of Glorious Jesus\u2019 \u2018Yesu Fata Ayeyi\u2019, after which Idara came through with \u2018Nwa Baby\u2019 by Flavour.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qMjH-znqE7k\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>Araba also sang \u2018Yesu San Bra\u2019 by the Golden Voice of Africa, Pat Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>This was followed by Gyae Su, another Pat Thomas\u2019 song which was done by Ayjay Sam.<\/p>\n<p>Charisma performed Kwabena\u00a0 Kwabena\u2019s \u2018Dadie Anoma.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There were other enthralling performances from KennieKings who sang \u2018Because of Money\u2019 by E.T. Mensah and the Tempos Band.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iCNE79pWb6s\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>The second gospel song of the night was done by Oye.\u00a0 She sang \u2018Yehowa Behwe\u2019 by Vodafone Ghana Music Award winner Diana Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>One of Ghana\u2019s classic highlife piece, \u2018Medofo Adaadaa Me\u2019 by Awurama Badu was performed by Debbie.<\/p>\n<p>After that, Lina followed with Kojo Antwi\u2019s \u2018Medofo Pa.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Red\u2019M got evicted on the night because he got the least votes (6.09%) last week.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining 9 singers will battle it out for the top spot, in live performance shows for the remaining weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The judges for the night were music producer Kaywa, gospel musician Edinam Bright-Davies and CEO of Lynx Entertainment, Richie Mensah.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S7WH_uwuUIo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\u2018Voice Factory\u2019 airs on Citi TV on Saturdays at 7 pm with daily updates at 12 pm.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Voice Factory 2019 is sponsored by Woodin and Beta Malt.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlife music was given the spotlight this evening on Citi TV\u2019s music talent show, Voice Factory. 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