Are you ready for the drama, loads of laughter
and tears?
Big Brother Africa will never disappoint! Get ready
to be dazzled when Africa’s biggest reality series
hits the screens on 7 September 2014!
It’s Big Brother Time and since the first season,
the reality series has attracted some funny,
dramatic, weird and wonderful characters that
have kept viewers glued to the screens 24/7.
Some housemates who have been part of this
huge show have had their talents realized and
have gone on to grace TV screens; newspapers
and have their profiles trending on every social
media site, blog and website.
Season 9 is no different; in fact, housemates and
viewers alike will be pleasantly surprised at how
Biggie intends to rise to this one.
And in true Big Brother fashion, fans of the show
and potential housemates will have to wait and
see how he will turn dreams of some deserving
and eager youngsters into reality and transform
them into household names.
Entry is open to the same 14 countries with the
only exception being Angola which will be
replaced by newcomers Rwanda.
As a result of the change, participating countries
this year are: Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya,
Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Rwanda,
South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and
Zimbabwe.
Entries are only open to persons over the age of
21, who are citizens of one of the participating
countries and must have a valid passport.
Producers are looking for persons who are
entertaining and passionate about the Big Brother
experience; and they have to be fluent in English.
Big Brother Africa is produced by Endemol SA.
Audition dates will be finalized in June and more
information on BIG BROTHER AFRICA 9 will be
made available over the next month, so stay
tuned to DStv, follow the action on Twitter and
Facebook and keep checking the website;
www.africamagic.tv/bigbrother.
Or better still keep an eye on this blog as we bring you more Infos
Source: Multichoice, Accra
The fourth edition of the Ghana Meets Naija
concert was held at the Accra International
Conference centre with over 10 artistes gracing
the stage from Nigeria and Ghana.
Tickets were sold out days before the concert
explaining the huge attendance at the auditorium
which seats 1600 people, yet teeming fans had to
be part of the experience from the aisles due to
inadequate seats.
The amalgamation of popular music from the two
familial nations with so much rivalry opened by
Mz Vee and AK Songstress with a splendid
dancehall performance reassuring the industry of
a bright future for the music genre especially with
the involvement of women.
The stage was illuminating with beautiful designs
notably a replica of Ghana’s Independence Arch
with the black star on top.
Double, gave a short performance which ushered
in DJ Black, the headline DJ for the night as Nii Ayi
Tagoe held the fort at the forecourt of the
auditorium concurrently.
The MC for the night, actor Chris Attoh, in the
midst of beautiful ladies took charge while
dispelling a connotation of competition between
the two countries emphasizing the objective of the
concert which is for the love of music.
Guru took the stage with a rousing applause and
sing-along as he introduced Lil Win who was
ushered onto the stage by macho men while
performing his part of their popular Azonto Boys
song. They rocked the night especially Lil Win who
couldn’t help it but dance his heart out.
Selebobo from Nigeria opened for the Nigerian
acts with his track, Yoyo, getting the crowd off
their seats. He finally sang a piece of his new
song Selfie which should gain the attention of
VVIP.
Wizboyy got the Wizolingo going as the party
mood was set. DJ Spin from Nigeria and DJ Solo
from Ghana locked horns on the turntables as the
crowd got a taste of both nations.
The mood was charged when Edem surprisingly
joined the bill and performed his new song Koene
after Castro had taken over the stage with his
songs from the past to present.
The ‘Limpopo’ man, Kcee took his turn creating a
rapport with the audience gaining a positive
response. He worked the crowd to a dance
marathon including a short dance competition he
organised on stage rewarding the winner $200 in
between his performance.
Then came the arguably best rapper in Ghana,
Sarkodie who literally added heat to the already
warm auditorium as the audience got ecstatic. A
lady fan jumped onto the stage, as he performed
with Castro, just to touch his feet to which he
gave her a hug that almost got her collapsed to
the ground in emotions. Sarkodie got emotional
but wiped his face and the music continued.
The excitement was so intense during Sarkodie’s
performance that it got Bola Ray, CEO of
organisers, Empire Entertainment, to shower him
and his DJ with money during his performance as
a display of appreciation.
The concert got to another level of hyper when
Sarkodie performed Adonai with Castro.
Symbolically, Castro passed a basket around to
the audience for offertory as expressed in the
song, surprisingly the audience responded to it
and dropped money into the basket which was
later showered on Sarkodie by a fan.
The final act from Nigeria was Davido who had his
song, Aye, sang back-to-back by a seemingly
worn-out crowd.
The concert came to an end with the final act,
Shatta Wale who was ushered onto the stage with
a very formidable security team made up of over
a dozen military personnel, private security men
in uniforms, personal bodyguards and a huge
entourage with four huge dangerous looking
guard dogs.
He performed his usual as his fans trooped to the
front to take photos at close range. He shouted:
“Free Bull Dog” in the middle of his performance
and asked the crowd to repeat after him in a
show of solidarity to his Manager, Bull Dog, who is
in Police custody as a suspect in the murder of
Fennec Okyere, another artistes manager killed
some weeks ago at his home.
This year’s Ghana meets Naija concert organised
by Empire Entertainment would go into the
history books as one of the best shows ever
organised in Ghana.
Source: Ismail Akwei-GhanaWeb
Two weeks ago, Shatta Wale was in Guardian
Newspaper , UK as the top five artistes to watch
out for from Africa and funny enough the
newspaper said, Shatta Wale is a Nigerian.
Today, Sarkodie got nominated again at the
BET 2014 and the picture above shows how they described our
rap star. “a 13-man band of super producers”?
SMH
Another masterpiece has been cooked by the man
who clearly seems never to lack ideas.
James Ebo Whyte has for the past 13 years
cooked some of the most amazing productions at
the National Theatre and his latest work, ‘Games
Men Play’ is no exception.
The play, which showed for the first time at the
National Theatre Thursday night, is an excellent
craft. It is witty and superbly woven.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup kicks off in June in Brazil
and before the referee’s whistle blows for the first
kick of the prestigious tournament, Ebo Whyte
and his Rovernman Production team have already
taken a bit of the action.
But their showpiece is not nerve racking, there is
no heart breaks or disappointments. On the
contrary, one is assured of a perfect dose of
laughter and excitement as Uncle Ebo Whyte
dribbles his way into the hearts and minds of
patrons.
‘Games Men Play’ captures scenes from the senior
national team, the Black Stars’ hotel in Brazil.
Series of interesting tales unravels when the
coach is caught in an undesired, but not too
strange a web of an arrogant ‘Best’ player, a juju
man, a match fixer, a Ghana football boss, and a
very tempting journalist.
Ahead of the Black Stars match against the USA, a
juju man, whose praise names are: “The only
Nana with swag; the only Nana with the Better
Ghana Agenda; and the only Nana with spiritual
six-pack”, approaches the coach with an offer.
The juju man asks for $10,000 for the only goal in
the match, a deal the coach, Nana Badiako
rejected. As if that is not enough, a juicy offer
from a match fixer follows.
Just when he manages to run away from those
temptations, including a sexy female journalist
who was ready to give her all, the coach was
sacked a few hours to kick off.
‘Games Men Play’ is full of drama and
unadulterated comedy. The hundreds who
trooped to the National Theatre Thursday night
couldn’t have asked for more.
The play gave them the needed fun and
excitement. The intermittent laughter and
applause said it all.
Patrons who spoke to Myjoyonline.com after the
play thanked Ebo Whyte for “another
masterpiece” and that they wouldn’t hesitate to
watch it “again.”
‘Games Men Play’, plays at the National Theatre
on Saturday, May 24, Sunday, May 25, on
Saturday, May 31, and Sunday, June 1. There
would be two showings at 4:00pm and 8:00pm
each day of those days.
Source: Myjoyonline.com
Fashion designer, and Ghanaian finalist at last
year’s Big Brother Africa reality show, Elikem
Kumordzi, is to clothe the entire Black Stars team
at the World Cup in Brazil.
Enewsgh.com is told he would be responsible for
designing their official off pitch apparel during
their stay at the games.
A highly placed source tells us Elikem has been
handed the sole role of making the entire
contingent look their best.
A good break, it would add to his already
impressive portfolio as a fashion designer.
The Black Stars begin their pre World Cup
campaign with a friendly against the Netherlands
on May 31 in Holland.
They are due to play a special match today at the
Accra Sports Stadium, against the local Black
Stars.
Source: enewsgh.com
The two top dancehall artistes in Ghana, Samini
and Shatta Wale, for some time now have been
throwing jabs at each other calling themselves
names. Several songs have been released by
these dancehall acts using foul words to describe
the other.
If what Shatta Wale is saying is anything to go by,
then OMG!Ghana.com can confirm that the feud
between him and Samini has come to an end.
Shatta Wale who appeared as a guest on last
Saturday’s Diva’s Show on TV3, showered praises
on Samini for the energy he exhibits during his
performances. He again defended Samini’s
performance at the recently held Ghana Music
Awards accusing Charter House, organizers of the
event, of not allowing the ‘Linda’ hitmaker to
perform with his band.
“When you get shows like Ghana Music Awards,
promoters don’t allow you to perform with your
band. Samini came on stage and found out that
that wasn’t his band because if that was his
band, he was going to deliver so good. When I
watch him with his own band, I like the way he
performs.”
He advised that promoters need to take artistes’
requests into consideration when they are master
planning for their events to help the artiste give
off his best during the show.
When Nana Aba Anamoah, host of the show
queried him on when he is collaborating with
Samini, the ‘Dancehall King’ hitmaker said ‘we will
be working on it don’t worry. I want it to be a
surprise”
He added that, “I’m an artiste and I need to work
with all the great artistes in Ghana. I like him you
know”
He revealed that he has recorded a track with
Sarkodie which will be released soon.
Shatta Wale, Sarkodie, Guru, Castro and Lil Win
will lead Ghana to face Davido, Kcee, Wizboyy and
Selobobo from Nigeria on Saturday, May 24th at
the Accra International Conference Center for the
fourth edition of Ghana meets Naija concert.
Source: Zionfelix.com
Actress Yvonne Nelson has opened up
about her life in an exciting interview with Jessica Opare Saforo on the
Traffic Avenue. The gorgeous actress took Jessica on a joy ride when
she answered questions related to her career, love life and the
controversies.
It is said that sometimes one’s predicaments serve as blessing to
others, and this was the case when CEO of Bull Hause Entertainment,
Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson aka Bulldog made his cell mates enjoy food
items that were sent to him by family and friends.Ghana music’s big night all went down well
last night till this morning. It was a blissful
night full of thrills, disappointment,
spectacular performances and awards. Some
musicians made themselves proud, whilst
others went home with sad faces. The show
saw all celebrities from across the country.
We saw the likes of Joselyn Dumas, Yvonne
Okoro, John Dumelo and all the musicians
from Ghana. Here are the musicians who
made themselves proud by winning an award.
The winners below.
Gospel Music Of The Year
OJ – May3 S3 Mo P3n
Highlife Song Of The Year
Castro – Odo Pa
Reggae/Dancehall Song Of The Year
Shatta Wale – Dancehall King
Afropop Song Of The YeaR
Fuse ODG – Million Pound Girl
Hip Hop Song Of The Year
Sarkodie – Lies (Feat. Lil’ Shaker)
Hiplife Song Of The Year
Guru – Boys Abr3
Gospel Artiste Of The Year
Sonnie Badu
Highlife Artiste Of The Year
Kwabena Kwabena
Hiplife/Hip Hop Artiste Of The Year
Sarkodie – Down On One
African Song Of The Year
Davido
Best Collaboration Of The Year
Kwabena Kwabena – Adult Music
Best Video Of The Year
Knii Lante – Baby Take Good Care
Best Female Vocal Performance
Efya
Best Male Vocal Performance Of The Year
Sonnie Badu
Best Rapper Of The Year
Sarkodie
Best Group Of The Year
R2Bees
New Artiste Of The Year
Joey B
Vodafone Most Popular Song Of The Year
Shatta Wale – Dancehall King
Album Of The Year
Sarkodie – Sarkology
Artiste Of The Year
Shatta Wale
Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West, Ursula
Owusu Ekuful, has revealed that the murdered
artiste manager, Fennec Okyere had sleepless
nights over his marriage with Amakie.
Ursula, a foster mother to Fennec, has also
promised to love and care for his only child and
said she tried in vain to teach the deceased to
love with his head and not his heart but the
young man could simply not learn to do that.
“I grieve and mourn too because I know how
much you were hurt and the sleepless nights you
had because of the way your marriage turned out
…Two months after you got married, your wife
left the matrimonial home and never returned.
You shed countless tears, pleaded, begged and
cajoled her to return to no avail. I say this with a
lot of pain for I know how it hurt you,” Ursula
noted: “You just loved her as Christ loved the
church, wept and all, but it wasn’t reciprocated.
We kept telling you to move on, but you wouldn’t,
you couldn’t and kept hoping. I know you are at
peace now and no one can hurt you again. SE
ASA! I promise to love and care for your son.”
Ursula’s accusations against Fennec’s wife were
part of her tribute to him during his burial service
last Saturday. It is already public knowledge that
Fennec’s wife, Amakie, was prevented from
attending and taking part in the funeral of her
late husband.
The widow has announced that she would be
organizing yet another funeral service for her
husband, tomorrow Saturday, May 3, although his
corpse was buried on Saturday, April 26.
Amakie has also revealed she does not know
where her late husband was buried and did not
even set eyes on his corpse because his family
prevented her from partaking in the burial,
memorial and thanksgiving service of her late
husband.
Amakie and Fennec have a young son and were
not divorced prior to his death.
