Robots for Christ was declared the winner by NGT
presenter, Andre Blaize at a grand finale held at the weekend at the Dream
Studios in Lagos before the three celebrity judges, Dan Foster, Kate Henshaw
and Yibo Koko and thousands of guests chief among which include the management
and staff of Airtel Nigeria, the lead sponsor, management and staff of Optima
Media Group, Malta Guinness and members of the media. Continue...
The occasion lived up to book makers’ billing as the
only non-discriminatory reality show per excellence with series of fun-filled,
exciting and breath taking performances from the ten finalists who sought to
convey a message of unity in diversity and Bash, a stand-up comedian who
captivated both guests and audience with rib-cracking jokes.
Speaking in his welcome address, the Chief Executive
Officer and Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya, while
congratulating the finalists for putting in their best, said the foremost
telecoms operator shares in the dreams of the Nigerian youths hence the
creation of worthwhile platforms such as the NGT to identify, nurture, reward
and celebrate the talented.
“As an innovative company, we value talent and
will always go any distance to identify and celebrate talented Nigerians. We
are extremely delighted to be associated with Nigerian talents because we are passionate about
creating credible platforms that celebrate and reward innovation and
originality. The Airtel brand is not just red, bold and jazzy but youthful,
exciting, unique and full of fun,” he said
The Airtel Chief Executive also reiterated the
commitment of the company to the brand vision of becoming the most loved brand
in the daily lives of Nigerians.
His word, “We are committed to driving our brand
vision of being the most loved brand in the daily lives of Nigerians. As a
company, we are passionate about building reputable platforms for the
celebration of talented Nigerians, we will continue to support initiatives that
will bring excitement and happiness to the door steps of all our stakeholders. We
have been consistent in bringing laughter, pure joy, excitement and plenty of
fun to the homes of Nigerians through our various platforms”
Ogunsanya also listed some of the other platforms
through which Airtel has been bringing excitement to Nigerians homes asides
Nigeria’s Got Talent to include, Airtel Rising Stars,Tinsel, partnership with
Arsenal Football Club, Big Brother Africa, the Lagos Countdown Festival,
CSR-based Adopt-A-School initiative among several others.
In his own speech, the Group Managing Director of
Optima Media Group, Rotimi Pedro said the whole idea of the multi-talent
reality is to create a platform that would help to discover talented
individuals, put them on stage in the hope they would cut a career for
themselves.
He also revealed that Got Talent franchise has a global
franchise currently in 53 countries
making it the most wide travelled and most watched by households.
Top dignitaries on the bill of Airtel who
accompanied the CEO-Ogunsanya and his wife in gracing the event include Maurice
Newa, Chief Commercial Officer; Mrs. Segun Ogunsanya; Jibril Saba, Director of
Human Resources; Obinna Aniche, Director, Brand and Marketing; Nitin Anand,
Products and Services; Ajay Bakshi, Director, Customer Service Delivery; Rama
Krishna, Director, Supply Chain; Dinesh Balsingh, Director, Segment and U
&R; Rahul Chaudhari, Director, Marketing and Revenue Planning; Adebayo
Osinowo, Regional Operations Director, Lagos; Wole Abu, GM Acquisitions;
Ifeanyi Egbuawa, Senior Manager, Brand Assets, and, Adefemi Adeniran, Head of
PR.
The Airtel NGT 2 train had successfully combed the
nation for talents for months beginning with regional auditions in eight cities
across the nation followed by theatre auditions in Lagos from which the top 40
were selected to participate in the semi-finals in groups of eight over a
period of five weeks with two best acts from each group going through to the
finals.
The other finalists include Laff Doctor, David, Korede
Odukale, Daniel ‘8 Strings’ Azuka, C.I.D Squad, D’ Flex, Elevators NG, Praize
Puppets and D Naturals
The
show commenced on October 9 with nation-wide
auditions in select cities including Abuja, Port- Harcourt, Asaba, Calabar,
Enugu, Benin, Ibadan and Lagos .The semi-finals opened on December 29 while the
finals held weekend of February 8, 2014.
It
is the only talent competition show that is open to any age and any talent,
with auditions taking the show to numerous cities in search of a one-of-a-kind
gifted or skilled individual.
Nigeria’s
Got Talent is sponsored by Airtel and is ably supported by Malta Guinness,
Tetrazzinni, Soul Mate Hair Products and Nig.info among other partners.
Airtel’s NGT 2 was shown on both terrestial and
satelite TV stations including NTA Network (5-6 pm), STV Network (9-10pm)
Ontv(6-7pm), Soundcity on Dstv(6-7pm), Hip TV on Dstv & Gotv (Channel
324-8-9pm), V Channel on Startines (Channel 124-8-9pm), Oodua TV on Startimes
(Channel 112-8-9pm), A+ Channel on Mobile Tv(8-9pm),Wap TV on Startimes
(Channel Ii6-7-8pm), Amc on Startimes (Channel 144-8-9pm).
Meanwhile, the Result Show is aired on both terrestial
and satelite TV stations including NTA Network (3.30-4 pm), STV Network
(7.30-8pm) Ontv(6-6.30pm), Soundcity on Dstv(6-6.30pm), Hip TV on Dstv &
Gotv (Channel 324-8-8.30pm), V Channel on Startines (Channel 124-8-8.30pm),
Oodua TV on Startimes (Channel 112-8-8.30pm), A+ Channel on Mobile
Tv(8-8.30pm),Wap TV on Startimes (Channel Ii6-9.30-10pm), Amc on Startimes
(Channel 144-7.30-8pm).
For embeddable clips and full episodes of the show as well as artwork, visit www.GotTalentNigeria.com. ;www.Facebook.com/NigeriasGotTalent; www.Twitter.com/NigeriasGotTalent and www.airtellive.com .
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