Two more contestants have emerged for the finals of Nigeria’s Got Talent reality show sponsored by Airtel Nigeria. The finals of the competition to select Nigeria’s most talented person is billed to hold early December in Lagos.

Violinist Godwin Ogechukwu and Chuka a rapper at the weekend booked their places in the finals where they will have a run with eight other contestants for the N10 million grand prize. Already, ventriloquist and puppeteer, Dr. Bariyu and Impulse, an acappella group from Port Harcourt, are in the finals, thus bringing the number to four.

The two acts were unveiled at the weekend at the Nigeria’s Got Talent eviction show for the second batch of semi-finalists.

Crowd favourite Godwin Ogechukwu expectedly polled the highest number of votes from the viewing Nigerian public to have an automatic qualification for the finals. Hopes were high for him in the semi-finals where he, playing on his violin to a mix of local and foreign tunes, deftly dazzled celebrity judges Dan Foster, Kate Henshaw-Nuttal and Yibo Koko and the audience with a masterful performance that won him a loud applause.

Unlike Godwin, Chuka had to endure an anxious moment after being pitched against The Lord’s Chosen dancers. Both needed a two-third vote from the judges to scale through having emerged second and third runners-up to Godwin.

“It was tough for me waiting to hear whom the judges would vote for. I had never been that tensed up in my life; my legs were shaking until I heard my name. I would have cried if I had lost to the other contestant,” Chuka confessed.

For modest Godwin who believed that any of the contestants in his episode could have taken his place, the race has just begun.

“I was told the higher you go up the sky, the cooler it becomes, but it is not true here. My eyes are on the prize. I have to go back and prepare myself very well for the finals,” said an elated Godwin.

Meanwhile, nine acts are up for eviction as the semi-finals enter stage three. They include Vodavillz, a dance group from Enugu State, Asuquo Romeo, a juggler/dancer, Azuka, ThePebbles, kid sensation, Toke, magician LionHeart, Debbie, TheExpendables and drummer girl, Blessing.

This set of nine acts is up for eviction through a public voting process. The best two from this stage will qualify for the finals; the act with the highest polls automatically qualifies for the final stage, while the second will be decided by the judges between the acts with the second and third highest votes.

The Season One of the reality TV show commenced on September 16 with nation-wide auditions in selected cities which included Abuja, Port- Harcourt, Warri, Calabar, Enugu, Benin, Ibadan and Lagos.

The on-going semi-finals will end on December 1 with the final and grand finale holding on December 2 and 9 respectively.

The Show airs on Sundays on AIT (10.30 PM), STV (6:00 PM), TVC (9:00 PM), NTA (4:00PM) and Soundcity on DStv (6:30 PM) while fans in the United Kingdom (UK) can watch the show on HITV UK Sky 193 (8 PM).

•Photo shows one of the finalists, puppeteer, Dr. Bariyu.

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