Well folks I'm back again and this time I'll be talking about how it went down at the great Tecno Own The Stage Grand Finale in Lagos Nigeria. In its first season, the karaoke singing
competition, Tecno Own The Stage raised the stakes by casting their net wide in
search of Africa's first karaoke television sensation. Following from online
and physical auditions fifteen hopefuls from Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania went
through grueling, themed challenges to separate the best from the good. Paired
with industry heavy weight mentors, the fifteen singers faced the Tecno
Own The Stage panel of judges every week in the hope to secure their spot in
the live finale and of course the grand price of $25,000
The fifteen contestants were:
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| Pascalino-Lpesino-Lenguro |
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| Shaapera-Makepeace |
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| Mary-Mugure-Mucheru |
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| ZuhuraOthman |
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| Onyinde-Oluwatosin |
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| Chime-Carl-Azoeumu |
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| Machel-Yubu-Kazungu |
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| Gazby-Kunle-Bells |
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| Sara-Jackson |
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| Saidi-Ramadhan-Matano |
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| Elizabeth-Akinyi-Rege |
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| Nande-Charles-Mfinanga |
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| Mgisha-Elizeus-Banyanza |
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| Vicky-Avicks |
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| Geofrey-Semunyu-Mduma |
After months of competing against
some of Africa’s
finest talents, in front of a huge global audience and three of the toughest
judges on the planet, Shaapera on Sunday, February 7, emerged as the maiden
winner of TECNO Own The Stage.
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Shaapera receiving the
competition’s grand prize of $25,000 |
It was a culmination of years of
hard work for the Nigerian-born Shaapera who went home with the competition’s grand prize of $25,000 at the
end of Sunday’s
Grand Finale in Lagos.
In addition, she also earned for
herself a recording deal as well as a brand new TECNO Phantom 5.
In second place was the Tanzanian,
Nandy, who went home with $15,000, a three-month internship programme at the
internationally acclaimed Chocolate City, and a Tecno Phantom 5 smartphone,
while Pascal, from Kenya, finished in third place and earned for himself
$10,000 and a Tecno Phantom 5 smartphone.
Sikin, who was the other Kenyan to
progress into Sunday’s
Grand Finale, placed fourth at the end of the show and went home with a Tecno
Phantom 5 smartphone. But she already looks destined for greatness after
putting up a series of exceptional performances from the show’s outset.
It seemed not long ago when 15
contestants –
five each from Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania – came together in the city of Lagos in their quest to be
crowned the continent’s
best.
But after over 13 weeks of intense
competition the battle for who would lay claim to the right to be called King
or Queen of the stage became a four-way battle for glory.
But there was only going to be one
overall winner which turned out to be the multitalented Shaapera from Nigeria
who, it seemed, could do no wrong in the eyes of the judges – Bien, Yemi and M.I.
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| judges – Bien, Yemi and M.I. |
It was a glorious night for
Shaapera and the world awaits as she gets set to own the stage globally.
Well now you're on the know :) watch out for my next blog
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