Banky W hails MTN Project Fame

 After watching performances, by this year’s MTN Project Fame West Africa’s contestants, Nigerian R and B sensation, Bankole Wellington, popularly called ‘Banky W’, could not contain his admiration for the extraordinary talents and resourcefulness of each of the contestants.

Spotting his trademark dark glasses and a cap, the internationally-acclaimed artiste and music producer, admitted that he had one of his best evenings, having just witnessed such amazing lyrical delivery and vocal quality, exhibited by all the contestants, in the musical academy.

Asked about his opinion of the musical reality show, in comparison, with several other shows which are currently running in the West African sub-region, the ‘Yes, No’ crooner enthused, with utmost certainty, that ‘MTN Project Fame is the best’.

He continued, ‘I mean Project Fame has a track record, at this point, of creating superstars’. To buttress his point he added that the musical reality has ‘a history of coming up with fantastic talents’ like Iyanya Mbuk, Praiz and Chidinma, in Nigeria.

Appraising each of the contestants, he, specifically, expressed his admiration for Immaculate who opened the evening’s performances, with her ever-endearing vocal quality and stage presence, while singing ‘My Funny Valentine’, originally rendered by Chaka Khan. The producer cum musician, subsequently, expressed his optimism to the effect that the current set of contestants, in the academy, will be ‘a big hit’ in a couple of years to come, in the West African music scene and the entire Africa.

Precisely, the most popular musical reality show, in Africa, has produced several superstars, who are currently making waves, locally and internationally, in tandem with the basic objectives of the reality show, which are to entertain and train talented youths to sing and develop basic life-sustaining qualities and standards that can outlive the duration of the academy. Simply put, therefore, the MTN Project Fame is a time-tested nurturing facility for West Africa’s countless talented youths.

Apparently, the current edition is gaining momentum, going by viewers’ commentaries on the social media, like twitter and facebook and the large students turn-out, at the show every weekend. Youths have been reacting to the gradual pruning of the contestants by eviction. In total, four contestants have been eliminated, from the music academy. Leonard and Oluchi were the first to leave the show. Henry and Gbemisola were voted out of the academy, last weekend, while Nancy claimed a spot in the academy having outshone four other wild-card entrants, who uploaded a demo of their best musical renditions on youtube.

However, Johnny, Ayoka, Jimoh and Niniola have been put on probation. Among them, two contestants will be evicted, at the next show, as the battle for a N5 million Naira cash prize, recording contract, Toyota SUV and a lifetime of fame gets intense.