West African Vibes on Project Fame?

Hey folks, whats going down today?... I am here, wondering what is making me feel unhappy, i kinda feel a little worn out, i really cant say what is wrong with me but i seem to have this funny feeling that something is not right, something is happening that shouldnt be, i really have not been able to put my finger on it...i hope to be for todays end...am i allowed to say am feeling depressed???............

Anyway,i dont know how many of you have been following the MTN PROJECT FAME thang but i have, and from day one, i had said that something was definately not right with the show.

I dont know how many of you guys will agree with me but i watched Idols West Africa from the auditioning to the final contestants who made it to the house and was even part of the live recordings and i can say that the amount of talents that made that show contributed to its immense success; i really cant say the same thing for project fame.

The night of West African hits on Project Fame last weekend was filled with drama as 5 students were put on probation by the judges. However, before we get into all that I must register my complete disappointment with the choice of songs for the contestants. When I heard that they were going to perform hit songs from West Africa, I was like, great! I knew I was going to hear some renditions
from the repertoire of some of the best musicians out of the west coast.

However it turned out be a celebration of Nigerian musicians as 12 out of the 15 songs performed were all by Nigerian artists. Either the than the rest of West Africa; or they are completely clueless about the remarkable list of great musicians out of the sub-region. Whatever the case, it was a poor account on the ‘academy’. In the least, contestants from the Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone could have performed a song each from their countries instead of being forced to sing songs by Nigerianorganizers are conceited, thinking that Nigeria is bigger artists.

Anyway, here were the highlights from the weekend. On Saturday, Sierra Leone’s Brenda was the second contestant to be evicted as the public voted to save Praise and the faculty opted to save Dorcas. The vote of the fellow students was in favor of Wilmot so Brenda had to bid the academy farewell.

On Sunday, the not so West African thingy happened and all 15 contestants pulled off some nice performances but the night without a doubt belonged to Nii who was lucky enough to have a song from his home country, Ghana. He tore off the roof with a stunning rendition of VIP’s ‘Ahomka Wo Mu’ which was a massive hit Nigeria some three years ago. No wonder he had all the audience up singing and dancing. So you see, it was all about Naija!

After all was said and done, someone had to go on probation, and here came the drama. The judges put 5 people instead of the usual 4 on probation because they felt that the performances of those 5 students were not up to scratch on the night. This angered Nollywood screen goddess, Joke Silver, who is also the Principal othe fact remains that Sopriye, Wilmot, Dorcas, Ijeoma and Bisola are on probation and one or perhaps two of them will be evicted this week.f the academy who vented her anger. I couldn’t tell if she was really serious or she just felt she was filming on location. She couldn’t believe that, after the judges had concluded that the ‘West Africa night’ was amazing, they would go back on their word and put 5 students on probation. This sparked a childish confrontation between the faculty and the judges but at the end of the day.

Honestly, am sincerely hoping that the show will improve on its content and also the song choice for contestants needs urgent attention.