Benin on fire as Iyanya, Timaya, Banky W, Dr. Sid, Praiz headline MTN Project Fame concert

Iyanya thrilling in Benin

 The season seven of one of West Africa’s most entertaining musical reality shows, MTN Project Fame, began on a high voltage at the weekend, in Benin City. SHOWBIZPLUSng learnt it started with a star-studded concert, that featured Banky W., Timaya, Iyanya, Dr. Sid, Praiz and other superstars, at Emporium, in GRA.

In fact, there is a growing optimism that this year’s edition will go down as the best ever.

Timaya and Banky W. who were recently unveiled as two of several high-profile MTN ambassadors added spice to the concert. Their charismatic stage performances asides Iyanya’s compelling unique dance steps and voice resonated with thousands of Project Fame’s fans who attended the concert.

Commenting about the concert and the reality show, Iyanya said “It’s amazing how fame and fortune come quickly”. He added, “I was just like everyone here in the audience some years ago, but see what Project Fame and MTN has made of me”.

Meanwhile, the fun and great artistry did not end with these two artistes. Timaya, Dr. Sid and Praiz thrilled the audience. The MMMG artistes comprising of Emma Nyra, Selebobo, Bacci and Teckno also had a fantastic evening likewise Project Fame’s past contestants led by Roy.

The concert at Emporium paved way for a two-day audition, organised to comb the city for fresh talents, at Constantial Hotel, on Airport Road. Thousands of youths turned out to be part of the scout for exceptional superstars.

It will be recalled that auditions have already been held in other West African countries where thousands of youth seeking to build a career in music were in attendance. The rate of participation at the sub regional level has created high expectation in Nigeria.

This expectation is not devoid of the fact that, the Project Fame musical academy has been known to produce at least a star per season. These stars go ahead to dominate the music industry across the West Africa sub region.

Now in its seventh season, the constellations of super-stars who have grown through the rank are set to bring Nigeria to a stand-still their show of talent.

MTN Project Fame is a strong musical platform that gives West African youth the opportunity to develop into superstars. Sponsored by Nigeria’s top most telecommunications and ICT Company, over seven of the sub regions current leading artistes have passed through the musical academy.