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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

MTN Project Fame audition excites Benin youths




It was an atmosphere of excitement and fun-fare at the audition venue for the sixth season of the MTN Project Fame West Africa, in Benin, last weekend, as over 20,000 youths converged at Constantial Hotel, Benin City, in quest of fame and fortune.
In the first audition to be held in Nigeria for this year’s edition of the popular sub-regional musical reality TV show, the youths commented that they had turned out that much because of the proven record of MTN Project Fame for producing music super stars.

 Speaking to a female Sociology undergraduate from the University of Benin, Augusta Ukwah, who came in the company of her friends to be auditioned, she admitted that, “no doubt the MTN Project Fame holds a wider appeal to youths here, having seen hitherto little known young Nigerians like Iyanya, Chidimma and Praize take advantage of the platform, through the technical supports of the music reality show’s faculty members and judges, to achieve their dreams of becoming music stars”.
 In the same vein, members of the Red Cross Society, Ugbowo Detachment of the University Of Benin, seized the moment at the audition venue, when they created an unusual buzz of drumming and singing to the delight of the thousands of participants attending the audition. Asked why they chose the venue to highlight their activities, some of them said, though they were just passing by on an endurance trek, they chose to identify with a project that is empowering Nigerian youths, who are dreaming big for stardom, in a distinct way that gives hope to young people across the country and the sub-region.
 Music being the passion of Nigerian youths, the massive turn-out, at the centre, attests to the projection by authorities in the music industry that the industry is set for a boom. Meanwhile, the same effect was recorded at the Abuja venue of audition, where thousands of youth also gathered to get an opportunity to showcase their music talents.
 The MTN Project Fame West Africa is Africa’s most enduring musical reality TV show. Having produced not less than 10 musicians who have become household names in different West African countries, under a decade, the show is attracting an overwhelming audience who are prepped for the show's All Stars Concert, featuring Iyanya and Wizkid, holding in Calabar and Lagos on June 21 and 28 respectively.


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