Ugandan is second in idols
WE do not know exactly by how much, but Uganda’s East & Southern African finalist Nicolette Kiige, 19, is significantly richer after coming second at the grand finale of the M-Net TV reality show held at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi on Saturday night.
She was in the final with Zimbabwe’s Eric Moyo, 26, after four months of the show in which hundreds of contestants from seven African countries were eliminated. But she was not really disappointed.
“I don’t feel disappointed at all, coming second is not that bad,” she said at a press conference held after the show. ‘I’ve come a long way since I auditioned, and I feel personally I’ve achieved a lot. I’m happy for Eric because somebody had to win, but I will still go on with my music.”
The Grand Finale featured each of the last two singing three songs, one of their own choice, one which the judges chose, and another specially written for each one.
There were also performances from the rest of the Top 10, and last year’s idols West Africa finalists Eric and Omawumi.
Clad in a shimmering blue outfit, Nicolette did not show much reaction after it was announced that Eric had won the US$80,000 first prize, and another US$20,000 in CD sales guaranteed by sponsors Celtel. But she cried just before the announcement when scenes from the show were replayed.
Her father, Christopher Kiige, who works as an expatriate in Zimbabwe, was present at the show, and said afterwards he was proud of what his daughter had achieved.
He said initially he was opposed to what his very intelligent daughter (she got grade A in maths at A-Level) was doing, but was now glad she had persisted in it. Nicolette is set to join Makerere University in the next few weeks.
source: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/641435
She was in the final with Zimbabwe’s Eric Moyo, 26, after four months of the show in which hundreds of contestants from seven African countries were eliminated. But she was not really disappointed.
“I don’t feel disappointed at all, coming second is not that bad,” she said at a press conference held after the show. ‘I’ve come a long way since I auditioned, and I feel personally I’ve achieved a lot. I’m happy for Eric because somebody had to win, but I will still go on with my music.”
The Grand Finale featured each of the last two singing three songs, one of their own choice, one which the judges chose, and another specially written for each one.
There were also performances from the rest of the Top 10, and last year’s idols West Africa finalists Eric and Omawumi.
Clad in a shimmering blue outfit, Nicolette did not show much reaction after it was announced that Eric had won the US$80,000 first prize, and another US$20,000 in CD sales guaranteed by sponsors Celtel. But she cried just before the announcement when scenes from the show were replayed.
Her father, Christopher Kiige, who works as an expatriate in Zimbabwe, was present at the show, and said afterwards he was proud of what his daughter had achieved.
He said initially he was opposed to what his very intelligent daughter (she got grade A in maths at A-Level) was doing, but was now glad she had persisted in it. Nicolette is set to join Makerere University in the next few weeks.
source: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/641435
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