| Tusker Project season 4: A shellacking good time |
| Tuesday, 12 October 2010 11:43 |
 Its butt clenching time at the academyThe auditions around the country had been coming every Sunday for the last few weeks and we have been treated to quite the spectacle. Every Ndinda, Ndirangu and Wanyonyi who thought that they could sing flooded the audition centres and let’s just say that very few of them could hold a note. As the weeks went along I must say that with the comedy that we have been exposed to that TPF4 should be considered for a Kalasha Awards in the comedy section next year. It would probably win based on some of the characters that we all saw including Dar Es Salaam's 50 Cent, Kisumu's Michael Jackson, Nairobi's Makmende (who Judge Ian beat), Nyeri's Mzee in a maroon suit, Kampala's Bobi Wine's groupies, Juba's I-phone Air force ones man... The characters on there were so many that it would take a whole week to transcribe each and every one of the dudes and dudettes that made our Sunday evenings so much fun. If there has to be a Kichekesho league table for the towns and how they made me laugh it had to be starting with the funniest; 1. Kisumu 2. Kampala 3. Nairobi 4. Nakuru 5. Nyeri 6. Juba 7. Kigali 8.Dar Es Salaam 9. Mombasa. So on Sunday evening the laughing was over and we were onto the serious business of polishing musical talent. No need for people to go down never discovering that they were musical prodigies like this dude now is it? I was at the Ruaraka to get a look and the new contestants. We had a quick stint in a holding dome before we checked into the project fame set proper and you will not here me complaining as there were some cold drinks, very comfortable seats and cool peeps all around in that grassy tented area. Cindy and Liz were in there and the former of the two was not amused when she tried to check in she was frisked like was a buibui clad person trying to get into any American bound plane. That lass was violated by security. In there were the likes of singers Iddi Achieng and Atemi Oyungu who was one of the judges for the Nairobi auditions and way too nice to the awful singers. Also in there were people like this nice lady who was recently given a very nice profile by these guys. Also spotted was the guy who recently unleashed this blog. There was a rare treat on today. Those who had missed Omar, Honey La Rochelle and Jonas who had a concert on Saturday were treated to a set from these smooth jazz stars. Honey is hot, Omar has a hairstyle that looks like a battered and bruised question mark and Jonas doesn't look like much until he starts belting out his tunes. Sijui niseme. Pity the sound was not ideal. With the crowds warmed up we then went through more batteries of security (for our safety) and we eventually sat in the venue proper and the show proper was to start being hosted by Sheila she of the singing, radio presenting and recently billboard model who will be causing accidents in this town as people drool at her lovely bod. Alongside her was Mitch who is taking his second run at hosting the awards and somehow I have forgotten who was hosting the awards before him.  Judges Ian, Juliana and Hermes have their work cut outAnd we were introduced to the new players in the house. First the judges who were as usual Judge Ian (formerly Umoja), Juliana Kanyamozi (Uganda) and Hermes (Tanzania). And then came the faculty... First Edu of Sarakasi Trust who di d his dancing thing with the young guys who had sagging skinny jeans: #fail. And there was Kavutha she of the awesome voice and great bod (I was sitting where this was very evident). The sound was off here as well. And then came musical tutor... R Kay... WTH? Whatever happened to Joseph Hellon? That dude was funny as hell. We want Hellon. Haki yetu! Haki Yetu! OK I realise that the guy lost it but something is not quite right with having R kay as a faculty member AND musical director of the show. They couldn't get someone else? And don't tell me they didn't know that they needed a new person as Hellarunga was months ago. Laziness or mumenyano? You make the call. His performance was not convincing. The last faculty member was Helen Mtawali who gave such a powerful performance that you raise questions at her suitability as academy principle at the peril of your own credibility. If she can teach the academy students to do one tenth of what she does, we have a star on our hands. There were other performances in there from former academy members including one by Nganga'lito and Carol the Ugandan. Lito was pretty decent but for me the kudos went to Carol who sashayed across the stage singing "Nakupenda" and I was left sweating. That lass really knows how to shake what here mama gave her.  Its a shellacking good time being had hereWe were also introduced to the new TPF4 academy members and those Rwandan girls are so pretty golly. My eyes were just enjoying the eye candy up on that stage. More shall be said of the academy members in the next few weeks although that Steve dude representing South C did blow us away with his rendition of “Marcelina”. . P.S. I cannot end this post without mentioning that this evening could have been much better without the many glitches that were apparent chief being a black out that left us cut off the rest of the world for a long while. Can they at least consider the concept of a "generator" for future performances? A generator is this amazing gizmo that backs you up when @kplc_kenya messes your event. If there is an issue with finding out what a generator is please click here for more information. P.P.S. The fashion on show this time was just on point says the man who goes to a gala event in a Thika United football jersey. P.P.P.S. Now Tusker Project Fame is on twitter with the handle @officialTPF4. >> Similar links  |
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