MTN Unveils Season 5 Contestants
Tuesday, August 07, 2012Omoba
The much anticipated unveiling of the successful music
talents who have been admitted into the MTN Project Fame West Africa music
academy for the 5th season of the show will take place this Saturday August 4
with a sensational Opening Gala ceremony.
The event is meant
to let out a tip of the ice-berg to the 10 week musical-feel, as theywould be
prepared to dish out their talents in front of the Judges, Faculty and expected
massive audience. Check out the profiles of each contestant and let us know which contestant(s) you will be voting for this year.
The ever-smiley Adetoun
Adekoya is a bubbly 26 year-old woman whose confidence exudes in leaps
and bounds. She is a studio-rat as far as she’s concerned, and has done a lot
of back-up work for established artistes. Adetoun is a graduate of
Mass-Communication from Olabisi Onabanjo University and is a caterer for a
living. She’s got a very outgoing personality and confesses that even though
she is friendly, and a people-person, she is highly competitive in nature.
Ayobami Ayoola Ayolola is the 25 year old personal
assistant to a renowned saxophonist. Apart from his involvement in this
saxophonist’s band, Ayo’s father is also a pastor and was a choir director for
many years. In Ayo’s own words, ‘my father discovered the music in me’ – and
for this he is grateful to his dad who he speaks of with pride. Ayo is also a
thespian and has had a few stints on television. He says he cannot run away
from acting but music is his first love and seeing as this is fifth stab at
Project fame West Africa, he intends to milk the opportunity for all it is
worth.
Brenda Adigwe is a 16 year old go-getter. She is a
third-year mass communication undergraduate of the Littoral University,
Porto-Novo, Benin Republic. Brenda tends to come across as older than her age
and even though the competition is open to only people eighteen years and
above, she returned for another season of auditions to give it another shot and
convinced the academy to let her in. Brenda is very close to her mother and
hopes to make her proud by going far in the competition and possibly emerging
as the winner.
She’s 23 years old, studies Linguistics and
African Languages at University of Benin, Edo State – Nigeria, and is in love
with a young man who she calls her best friend. He’s a base guitarist and her
number one fan apart from her family. Chinyere is the last-born child and she receives
a lot of support from her older siblings who are all married and living in
their own homes. Chinyere is a bit shy and taciturn but she does express
herself well enough and her biggest asset is her crystal-clear cutting-edge
voice.
The dark-skinned and very expressive Christian is of
mixed Nigerian heritage. His father is Yoruba and his mother is from Benue
state. Christian has lived in Markudi for most of his life and is a fourth year
Computer-Science student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Markudi, in
Benue state, Nigeria. Even though he has lived in the middle belt for most of
his life, Christian emphasises that he is a Yoruba boy through and through and
nothing can change that. Christian loves television, movies, and travelling. A
very jovial sort, Christian does not fail to point out that he is only jovial
and happy-go-lucky when he wants to be. He takes his music seriously and
intends to win this competition, bringing the first prize back to Benue like
Monica Ogah did in Season four.
Dimipre Kosu likes to be known as
‘Diddy’. He is 20 years old and an Engineering fourth-year undergrad at Niger
Delta University. Diddy Kosu is playful and has his own style which he believes
tends to stand him out from the crowd. He loves rock jazz and soul music and
really loves to dance. At the slightest opportunity, Diddy is likely to break
into ‘Azonto’ – the now famous dance of Ghanaian origin which the young man
seems to have mastered and given his own unique twist
Edward is a 26 year-old college who’s being
doing music and song-writing for a living ever since then. He has a little
daughter and a girlfriend both of whom he loves very much. He says he’s a good
guy but doesn’t smile much because his eyes have seen ‘too many things’ i.e.
gory sights from the war that besieged Sierra-Leone several years ago. Edward
says he isn’t religious but is quite spiritual and is very connected to God. He
certainly doesn’t see himself as a ladies’ man but is not averse to making new
friends along the way, if they can accept him for who he is. 
Grace Mark is a smallish twenty-four year
old. Pretty-faced and with a chirpy speaking voice, she comes alive when she’s
singing. Grace is from a large family – she has nine siblings and apparently,
almost everyone in her home has a flair for music.
Joshua Owusu Effriyie is 20
years old, dark skinned, quite charming, and has a personality that draws you
in. The young Ghanaian singer says he loves to eat, and therefore, loves to
cook. He spends a lot of time in the kitchen but when he isn’t cooking up a storm,
he is really into his video games and his music. Joshua plays the saxophone,
the guitar and the keyboard and is a staunch Arsenal Football Club fan.
Kemi is a 20 year-old ND-1 student of Federal
Polytechnic, Offa – Kwara State. She grew up with her mother who is a fashion
designer. Kemi is also a talented seamstress but unlike her mother, is yet to
master the art of cutting design-patterns. Kemi loves singing and wants to take
it to the highest height. She believes she picked up the talent from her father
who used to sing and play several instruments during his lifetime
Marvellous Odiete is 33 years old. He is a
graduate of the University of Ibadan. His father is a pastor and Marvellous
sometimes works in the church’s music department. Marvellous has a very strong
voice which he seems to know how to use well. Having done some studio gigs to
earn a living, he believes it is time for him to take the bold step and do
something really big with his talent, hence his participation in the
competition. Marvellous says that despite his desire to win, he only sees
himself as a competitive person, but not a desperate one and so he intends to
do the best he can, take advantage of the platform which MTN Project Fame West
Africa presents, and see where this takes him.
Musulyn Myers is a 19 year-old Liberian
girl who likes to laugh a lot. Bubbly-spirited and sweet, Musulyn says she is
kind-hearted and likes to put a smile on people’s faces. Musulyn is best
friends with her mother but points out that it hasn’t always been that way. As
a result of the war, she and her mum had to move to the United States of
America when the young Musulyn was two years old and only returned three years
ago in Musulyn’s mid-teens. Musulyn says that having grown into a young adult,
she finds that she and her mother understand each other a lot more and so their
relationship is tighter now than it ever was. She loves singing and dancing and
also plays the keyboard.
Oyinkansade Akande, is a dark-skinned handsome young
man with a calm demeanour and an air of wisdom around him. Oyinkansade knows
what he wants and this isn’t a new trait of his. Always hoping to have formal
knowledge of music, Oyinkansade felt that the stars shined on him when he
finally got the opportunity to study music in Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, Osun State. He now has a diploma in the subject and is happy to have
made the choice to go for it when he did. He however feels that he doesn’t know
enough about music to make a successful career of it and for this reason he hopes
to go far in the Project Fame West Africa competition. Oyinkansade is
south-pawed and plays the left-handed guitar.
Sonia Obi is a 22 year old student of Peace Studies and
Conflict Resolution at the National Open University. She is social and likes to
talk. She however tends to be pretty sensitive and emotional especially
concerning her late mother whose ring she still wears as a keepsake.
Tega Apochie is a 22 year-old Delta State
babe who has a non-identical twin brother Tejiri. Tega loves singing but if she
wasn’t following the path of music, she would like to try her hands at
fish-farming. She has her own style fashion-wise and readily admits to liking
attention
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