The Voice Nigeria honours late Sound Sultan as race for N10m, other prizes enters final stage
…As six vocalists battle for a chance to make the lastfour on The Voice Nigeria Season 3.
Late legendary Nigerian rapper, singer and lyricist,Olanrewaju Abdul-Ganiu Fasasi popularly called Sound Sultan who passed on July11 was honoured with a medley performance of his songs by the celebrity coachesand their talents as a glowing tribute in recognition and celebration of his
contribution to the music industry.
Sound Sultan, a highly influential but jovial andunassuming singer is renowned to have mentored many award-winning musicians andwrote many hit songs.
The grand finale of the Voice Nigeria Season 3 is billedfor this weekend, with the top six talents seeking viewers and fans’ votes towin the N10m grand prize and other mouth-watering gifts.
Meanwhile, Episode 17 saw great vocalists Anu and NuelAyo exit the show while Naomi Mac, Esther, Dapo, Kitay, Kpee and Eazziecontinued the race as the last six out of the 25 talents who scaled the
Auditions and started the contest.
Kitay in Team Yemi-Alade, Dapo and Naomi Mac in TeamFalz, Eazzie in Team Waje with Esther and Kpee in Team Dare all survived bynumerous votes from their fans.
The race to the finals of the Voice Nigeria season 3continues to heat up as the six finalists gun for the N10 million cash, a car,and a record deal with Universal Music Nigeria.
During Episode 17 last weekend, the last sixvocalists performed various songs and are hoping with their powerfulperformances to get maximum votes from fans for a chance to remain in the
competition.
Esther opened the weekly show with a beautifulperformance of Beyonce’s Love on Top, then Dapo with Michael Bolton’s When AMan Loves A Woman, followed by Kitay with Marvin Gaye’s Sexual Healing.
Naomi Mac sang Brenda Fassie’s Vuli Ndlela, Kpee withFireboy’s Vibration while a very emotional Eazzie closed out with I’m NotTelling You by Jennifer Holiday before Host, Nancy Isime announced that Season4 will be coming soon.
Episode 18 which comes up this weekend will have onlyfour talents perform and fight for the grand prize via the highest viewersvotes while the two talents with the least votes are dropped.
To keep their favourite vocalists on the show, viewershave to dial *894*7*talent’s code#.
The voting code of your preferred contestant to win the competition is in the embedded Instagram post below:
Voting, which opened on Saturday at 9:00 pm, closes at11:59 pm on Thursday (today).
For over three months, with an electrifying mix ofpulsating musical performances, music training, glamorous fashion and awesomeentertainment, The Voice Nigeria 3 continues to dazzle to the very grand finale.
UN1TY Limited and Livespot360, producers of the globaltalents reality series, also emphasised that public voting has become verycrucial at this final stage to keep participants on the voice Nigeria season 3, as sponsored by FirstBank, Baba Ijebu andAirtel.
Scores of vocalists have performed on the highlycompetitive musical TV reality series but dropped out going through theAuditions, Blinds, Knockouts, Battles and Live Show stages.
Whoever emerges as the winner will automatically make hisor her coach the winning coach of the season.Waje, who has been part of the show since its inception,won the inaugural season.
Apart from versatile singers including Darey, Yemi Alade,Waje and Falz who doubled as both celebrity coaches and judges, Nancy Isime andToke Makinwa, co-hosts of the show have added great colour to the third season.
The first season of The Voice Nigeria was broadcast onAfrica Magic from April 10 to July 31, 2016.
Agharese Emokpae popularly known as A’rese, a 28-year-oldstage actress, won the first season while Daniel Diongoli, professionally knownas Idyl, won season 2.
The music reality TV show is designed to discover andpromote talented singers to actualise their dreams of becoming internationalstars.
Lead show sponsor, First Bank in a statement by its GroupHead, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Folake Ani-Mumuney, reiteratedthat The Voice Nigeria 3 is a Reality TV show designed to discover and promotetalented singers to actualise their dreams of becoming international starswhich aligns with First Bank’s commitment to providing a platform for nurturing
and showcasing talents and driving social cohesion.
The Financial giant added that its support for The VoiceNigeria 3 is a demonstration of First Bank’s commitment to contributing to theprojected revenue of US$86m by 2021 from Nigeria’s music industry aimed atpromoting a diversified economy in line with the Federal Government’s
diversification policy.
For more details on the show, do visit the Bank’sofficial website https://www.firstbanknigeria.com/the-voice-nigeria/
