32 Ghanaians qualify for Glo X Factor boot camp
Factor singing reality show at the final phase of auditioning at the National Theatre
in Accra. The 32, drawn from a total of 50 aspirants who scrapped through preliminary
selections in Kumasi and Accra respectively, are the survivors of rigorous
screening by celebrity judges, Regie Rockstone, Onyeka Onwenu and Jude
Abaga, aka MI. The mood at the main auditorium of the National Theatre was electrifying as the
three judges carefully gleaned out contestants for voice quality, showmanship and
other qualities. This was in the presence of a live audience of hundreds of youth, family and
friends of contestants who thronged the National Theatre on Wednesday to cheer
on their favourites as they sang to impress the judges. Those who qualified for the Lagos boot-camp phase have inched close to the
$150,000 prize money put up by Glo along with a career-breaking recording
contract with the Sony Records Label. Ghana's successful contestants incidentally included a Liberian and three
Nigerians, all resident in Ghana. The auditioning exercise was not without some humour as some contestants
virtually sang themselves out of contention and others literally begged the judges
to allow them to progress to the next stage with a promise of improving their show. But judge Rockstone and his colleagues could not be fooled, as they ensured that
only the best and most potentially gifted talents were selected. The thirty-two successful contestants will join their Nigerian counterparts for the
boot camp after candidates selected a fortnight ago in Port Harcourt and Abuja are
auditioned in Lagos next week.
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