GLO X FACTOR JUDGES AT WAR: ...Rockstone Replies MI, says This War Is Do Or Die ...Contestants Fears MI

The battle for Globacom’s N24 million prize money for the winner of X Factor, the world’s biggest singing reality TV show, has assumed an interesting dimension, with the judges of the show taking on each other at the Boot Camp.

As the remaining contestants at the camp battle to secure a place in the Top 9 stage of the contest, the judges are also seeking to out-do each other to ensure that the candidates they are mentoring do not only go far in the competition but also end up winning the ultimate prize.

The contestants are divided among the three judges, Onyeka Onwenu, MI and Reggie Rockstone, whose duty it is to mentor the singers assigned to them and help prepare them for the live performances and progress in the contest.  The contestants are grouped into the “Under 23”, “Over 23” and “Group singers”.

Rockstone, father of hiplife music in Ghana, fired the first salvo. “This is war. I need the best army to go to this war, he declared. “People say I am cocky, I’m over-confident or whatever. So I’m gonna stay that way. But tell you something, I don’t know what category or who I am mentoring. But everything I touch, midas, gold. I am winning this competition,” he boasted in his American accent.

“For me, this is do or die,” MI fired back. “It is MI’s time now. And that difference is going to show. I am not looking for great. I am not looking for average or ok, I am looking for someone with the ‘X’ and he is going to come from my camp,”

The Elegant Stallion is not to be outdone either. “I am ready. I do not take risks. I know about entertainment. Period. I can work with any of the groups but I think the real challenge for me will be to work with the ‘Under 23’ and that is what I will like to do”, Onyeka stated, promising to work hard to ensure that her group produces the winner of Glo X Factor.

How will this battle among the judges progress? How will the contestants fare with the judges at the Boot Camp? Television lovers will find out on the next episode of X Factor on Saturday on AIT and Soundcity at 7.00 p.m., and on STV and V Channel at 8.00 p.m.

The show is also broadcast on Sunday on NTA at 5.00 p.m., WAP TV at 6.00 p.m., ONTV and Real TV at 7.00 p.m. as well as on TVC at 8.30 p.m. and Kennis Music at 9.30 p.m.

Glo X Factor contestants fear disqualification over MI’s task

The 135 contestants in the Boot Camp of X Factor, the singing reality TV show sponsored by Globacom, are currently facing a hard task of satisfying the judges for a place in the next stage.

The judges’ tasks for the 135 singers who made it from the auditions in Nigeria and Ghana were part of measures to reduce the number of those moving into the next round.

 After scaling the tasks set by two of the judges, Onyeka Onwenu and Reggie Rockstone, the lucky contestants are battling to impress the third judge, rapper MI, who gave them the unenviable job of singing one of 5 songs he said he despised the most.

While Onyeka asked them to sing one of five selected love songs to impress her, Rockstone gave the contestants only one hour to learn to sing and dance and come back to the stage to perform ‘song and dance’ at the same time. For those who impressed the two judges, they now face a bigger challenge of scaling the hurdle put in their way by MI.

 “It is self-belief, focus and drive that have brought me this far. There are five songs I absolutely hate. I despise the songs and I don’t want to hear them in my life”, he told the contestants. “Your task is to learn one of those songs and come and try not to irritate me. I will bury my head on my table. If I look up, it means you have got my attention, if I don’t, it means you have failed the task,” he concluded. 

As the contestants left the stage to begin the assignment, they wondered aloud, “how do we sing a song which MI despises in a way that he will like the song?”

Viewers will know who cracked MI’s puzzle in the next broadcast of the show over this weekend.

 The programme is broadcast on Saturday on AIT and Soundcity at 7.00 p.m., and on STV and V Channel at 8.00 p.m. Viewers can also watch the show on Sunday on NTA at 5.00 p.m., WAP TV at 6.00 p.m., ONTV and Real TV at 7.00 p.m. as well as on TVC at 8.30 p.m. and Kennis Music at 9.30 p.m.

July 06, 2013