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East Africa has talent. There are so many young people and even those who are not so young who have passion for music and see music as a career. Some of them are in the Academy at the third season of the Tusker Project Fame. Some were not so lucky to get into the academy, their immense abilities not withstanding.
TPF has failed to live up to its objectives and calling. Instead of being a contest aimed at training talent into superstars, what we have is a show for the judges and the faculty. Where creativity and originality ought to have existed, empty and plain performances have taken over.
I still do not know what criterion is used to select the contestants who should be in the academy. In the second season of TPF, participants were expected to have vocal abilities and even be masters in playing at least a music instrument. That seems to have changed this time round. Only a few contestants can claim to play a music instrument.
Africa has so many renowned musicians who are masters in various genres of music. To this end, I do not understand why a performance from Nina and Christian would be criticized as ‘poor choice of song’ yet they are African songs!
It is a good thing that we can finally match the standards of TPF and Idols East Africa. For those who watched Eric Moyo perform Ringo’s Sondela, then you would agree with me that Kenya’s Debarl is no way near the standards of Eric.
More over, so many songs that are being performed at TPF are carry over from the previous seasons. One would wonder then if there is shortage in terms of music from which the contestants are to select their choice.
The decision of judges so far has been, for lack of proper word, Pathetic. I hold no brief for any of the contestant but Christian and Illuminata performed way too well for them to be in probation. As Achieng Abura said, judges ought to be independent of the feelings of the fans. Alpha is talented yes, but to me, he did not perform Oliver Mtukudzi’s Todii to such great heights on the night. On the same note, Patricia, on the basis of monotony of sameness in the choice of her song ‘Freedom’ ought to have been put on probation so that she selects a song with more challenge next time. Ng’ang’a is a favourite of the fans. He can dance so well but on the night of African performance, he did not sing so well and should have been on probation. Nina too did not perform gallantly and should have completed the list of those on probation.
It seems as though the show already has favored contestants. But I know judgment made in the heat of an emotion reaction is rarely sound.
TPF has failed to live up to its objectives and calling. Instead of being a contest aimed at training talent into superstars, what we have is a show for the judges and the faculty. Where creativity and originality ought to have existed, empty and plain performances have taken over.
I still do not know what criterion is used to select the contestants who should be in the academy. In the second season of TPF, participants were expected to have vocal abilities and even be masters in playing at least a music instrument. That seems to have changed this time round. Only a few contestants can claim to play a music instrument.
Africa has so many renowned musicians who are masters in various genres of music. To this end, I do not understand why a performance from Nina and Christian would be criticized as ‘poor choice of song’ yet they are African songs!
It is a good thing that we can finally match the standards of TPF and Idols East Africa. For those who watched Eric Moyo perform Ringo’s Sondela, then you would agree with me that Kenya’s Debarl is no way near the standards of Eric.
More over, so many songs that are being performed at TPF are carry over from the previous seasons. One would wonder then if there is shortage in terms of music from which the contestants are to select their choice.
The decision of judges so far has been, for lack of proper word, Pathetic. I hold no brief for any of the contestant but Christian and Illuminata performed way too well for them to be in probation. As Achieng Abura said, judges ought to be independent of the feelings of the fans. Alpha is talented yes, but to me, he did not perform Oliver Mtukudzi’s Todii to such great heights on the night. On the same note, Patricia, on the basis of monotony of sameness in the choice of her song ‘Freedom’ ought to have been put on probation so that she selects a song with more challenge next time. Ng’ang’a is a favourite of the fans. He can dance so well but on the night of African performance, he did not sing so well and should have been on probation. Nina too did not perform gallantly and should have completed the list of those on probation.
It seems as though the show already has favored contestants. But I know judgment made in the heat of an emotion reaction is rarely sound.
