Nigerian Idol: Heated campaign as Francis, Kingdom, Akunna fight for finale

<p>Judges in the ongoing sixth season of the popular music talent hunt show, Nigeria Idol, Sunday passed their respective judgements on the remaining three contestants.</p>, <p>The show which premiered on March 14, 2021, and auditioned scores of young Nigerian prospects, is now left with three contestants namely, Francis, Akunna, and Kingdom, battling for the ultimate prize.</p>, <p>About sixty-eight contestants entered the theatre week and while fourteen of them received golden tickets and 39 went through selections, only seventeen progressed to the next round.</p>, <p>The second Theatre Week saw the judges assessing contestants based on the strength of their voices and overall stage performance after which eleven of them were left in the show.</p>, <p>They were: Comfort Alalade, Akunna Okey, Faith Onyeje, Kingdom Kroseide, Dotun Deloye, Francis Atela, Daniel Ikechi, Beyonce Ajomiwe, Clinton Francis, Emmanuel Elijah and Faith-Mac Ebiama.</p>, <p>Comfort was evicted on Sunday, having polled the lowest vote from viewers of the show. The 18-year-old contestant was badly affected by her last week’s performance which the judges also drew her attention to.</p>, <p>The judges, Nigerian music diva, Sheyi Shay, ace Disc Jockey, D.J Sose and Nigerian entertainment industry frontline entrepreneur, Obi Asika and guest judge, Cobham Asuquo on Sunday, seemed to have influenced the viewers choice of what may happen in the next eviction day.</p>, <p>With their respective judgements, Akunna, as in the case of Comfort, may need to work very hard to remain in the game.</p>, <p>The top three contestants will battle it out on the Nigerian Idol stage on Sunday, hoping to be crowned the winner of the competition.</p>, <p>After the top three performance, the judges were dazzled with Kingdom Kroseide, who performed ‘Iyawo mi’ by Timi Dakolo.</p>, <p>While Francis Atela’s performance of ‘Pray for me’ by Dare Art Alade earned him praises from Cobhams, just as Akunna’s Johnny by Yemi Alade earned her some commendations.</p>, <p>Cobhams pra