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ETISALAT BRINGS AN EXCITING NEW THIRD SEASON OF NIGERIAN IDOL

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Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications company and
lead sponsors of Nigerian Idol, Etisalat today announced the commencement of
season 3 of the most exciting and the nations favourite reality show. The
internationally acclaimed reality TV show brings together talented singers from
across the nation to perform and discover Nigeria’s
favourite singer. The first season saw artist Yeka Onka walk away with the
prize and in season two, Mercy Chinwo carted away the prize.

Speaking on Etisalat’s sponsorship for the third season, the Chief Commercial
Officer, Etisalat Nigeria,
Mr. Wael Ammar said, “Etisalat as an organisation holds the Nigerian youth very
dearly. One of our major products, easycliq has been designed to take care of
their communication needs, offer them benefits such as free 15MB of data for
browsing on cliq 4 the week, in addition to affordable pricing to ensure that
they are constantly in touch with their peers. This quest which Etisalat shares
with Nigeria Idol is aimed at youth empowerment and also provides opportunities
for young people to excel as they seek to become superstars”.

Speaking on this year’s show, Rotimi Pedro, Chairman, Optima Media Group (OMG),
organisers of the Nigerian Idol Reality show, said that this year’s edition
promises to be the biggest and the best. He added that the competition will
also be stiffer as the judges would be looking to the raise the stakes in terms
of the kind of talent they are looking for. He urged youths across the nation
to come forward and participate as the show offers them a unique opportunity to
actualise their dreams of becoming performing artistes in the Nigerian music
industry.
“To register, participants should go online to www.nigerianidol.com
to download and fill form, and thereaftersend a text with name and audition
location to 5599,” he concluded.

This year’s show will extend its search for young talent to five major cities
across the nation. The cities of Abuja,
Owerri, Port Harcourt, Benin
and Lagos will play host to
hundreds of aspiring performers.


Last edition saw the winner Mercy Chinwo driving home in a brand new SUV. This
year, Etisalat promises something even bigger and better with the introduction
of a saloon car for the second place. Prizes for the season include; N7.5
Million, SUV, N5 Million recording contract deal, Galaxy Tab, Black berry and I
pod for the winner, N1.5Million, Salon car, Galaxy Tab, Black berry and I pod
for the second prize, N1 Million, Galaxy Tab, Black berry and I pod for the
third prize and N100,000 each, Galaxy Tab, Black berry and I pod for all other
finalists.

The show will take place over a six months period which would begin with
auditions and short listing of entrants, after which there will be eliminations
up until the live show. Auditions for the show will take place in Abuja on 13th
and 14th October, move to Port Harcourt from 20th to 21st October, for the
first time in the city of Owerri it will hold on the 27th and 28th October.
Also for the first in Benin City,
auditions will take place on the 3rd and 4th November and finally, on the 9th
and 10th November in Lagos. Airing
of the show will commence in December on STV, NTA and AIT networks.

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