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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