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Last week’s episode
of Nigerian Idol featured the last group of ten of the Top Fifty.
Unlike the week before where there seemed to be a glut of talents, only
one person amongst this group managed to really deliver on the wow
factor.

Singing ‘Bleeding
Love’ by Leona Lewis, Toni gave a performance that could best be
described as stellar. She sang the song not only with a beautiful voice
but with right facial expressions and body movement, making it possible
for the audience to connect with the song and with the artist.
Hopefully, the votes would go in her favour and she would make it into
the Top Ten.

Speaking of stage
delivery, worthy of mention is Yetunde, who sang the up-tempo classic
‘Girls Wanna Have Fun’ by Cyndi Lauper. Backed by only a piano, she
still managed a dance routine that could best be described as
over-the-top. As this is a TV reality show, it might as well serve the
viewers well for her to move to the next stage as she is bound to
deliver on the theatrics and provide so much needed excitement to the
show.

For some obscure
reason, probably owing to production style or the quality of
contestants, the show has not been able to evoke as much excitement as
one is used to with other musical talent shows.

However, as it
moves to its final stage, here is hoping that there would not only be
an increase in the quality of performance from contestants but also
less of the scripting and more of spontaneity production-wise.