On July 3rd 2012, exactly one year ago, Nigeria marked the birth of the first of its kind gospel music Talent Hunt. This show which gradually became a household name was tagged “Destiny Child Gospel Music Talent Hunt”. The purpose as conceived is to create a platform for Nigerian gospel music singers to showcase their God-given talent and prepare them for a professional gospel music career, as it is evident of abundant talents in most Churches are waiting to be discovered.
Destiny Child Gospel Music Talent Hunt Season One was a great kingdom success, with the emergence of six dynamic prolific gospel music ministers known as the Supreme Six. Making up the group is Israel Funsho who emerged as the winner of Destiny Child Gospel Music Talent Hunt season one, Femi Flame who happens to be the 1st runner up, Rasine Brown the 2nd runner – up, Shalom Olurunfemi, David Agbroko and Ojoh Frances who were the other three finalists. The Supreme Six will embark on a nationwide tour tagged “PRODUCT OF HOPE” during which they shall be performing hit songs from their just concluded albums. The tour begins 4th July to 14th July, 2013 at various locations across the nation as follow:
Location | Date |
Main Auditorium University of Lagos | 4th July |
Adegbemile Cultural Center Akure (the home town of Femi) | 5th July |
Opeyemi Hall Ilorin (home town of Israel Funsho) | 6th July |
Cultural Center Hall in the ancient City of Calabar (home town of Rasine) | 8th July |
Legacy Hall in Port Harcourt the oil rich treasure base of the Nation | 9th July |
House of Mercy Int’l Makurdi in Benue State | 11th July |
M & M eventz center by ICC Abuja | 14th July |
The Supreme Six will be performing songs from their debut album titled Destiny Child before a live audience at all the stated locations. The tour is intended to activate the zones in preparation for the auditions for Season 2 of the Destiny Child Gospel Music Talent Hunt, which will commence in August. Attendance at all locations of the tour is free. The album “Destiny Child” is a compilation of the original songs of the six finalists.
At this point, we will like to announce that Registration for Destiny Child Gospel Music Talent Hunt season two will commence 3rd July through 14th August 2013 while auditions kicks off August 15th, 2013 at nine zones across the Country in the following order:
- ABUJA
- MAKURDI
- OWERRI
- PORTHACOURT
- UYO
- ASABA
- BENIN
- EKITI
- LAGOS
For further information on registration, log on to www.destinychild.com.ng or call 08033338202/07054444747.
The registration is free for all potential Gospel Music singers with Genres ranging from Rock, R& b, Hip Hop, reggae, urban contemporary music etc. Contestants must be eighteen years (18years) and above to participate on the show.
A new Judge has been added to the three Judges from Season One. The four judges for this season include: U-Cheena, Samsong, Tim Godfrey and Wole Oni. They are well-tested in the gospel music scenery as you know. Also, a Host has been added in the person of Iphy. The essence of the additions is to improve the quality of the show this season.
The hunt for ‘Destiny Child’ will be live on the following TV stations Kingdom Africa, African Magic Entertainment, AIT, Channels TV, Loveworld Plus, Praise World Radio, Dove TV, Super Screen, Ekiti TV, CRBC, DBS, Enugu State Broadcasting Tv, X2D, all across the country and the viewing audience will have the opportunity to follow and vote for their candidates to ascertain the three winners for Destiny Child Season Two come December 2013 when the “Destiny Child” will emerge.
The viewing public and the Judges will determine the eventual winners of the show via a 50/50 decision ratio.
Winners of Destiny Child Gospel Music Talent Hunt Season 2 will go with the following fantastic prizes:
1st prize: Brand NewCar, One million Naira Cash Prize, Autograph records deal worth Three Million Naira.
2nd prize: Autograph Records Deal worthTwo Million naira
3rd prize: Autograph Records deal worth One Million Naira.
Ladies and gentlemen, we officially present to you,Destiny Child Gospel Music Talent Hunt Season 2.
Don’t miss out..