I Would Have Stopped Singing If I Didn’t Win – Jeff

Jeffrey Ufedo Akor, 18-year old winner of the MTN Project Fame West Africa season 8 shares his success story and other issues.

in this exclusive interview.

-How do you see yourself compared to previous
winners?
“I will be myself and make sure I do good music. I intend to do music that will last, not for a week, or a year, but
evergreen.”

-What was your most challenging moment in the competition?
“The day I was on probation and I had to perform again. It was the only day I cried. I cried because after I finished performing, Uncle Ben said ‘West Africa, what is Jeff doing on probation!’ That really touched me, and I’m grateful because the Faculty saved me that day.”

-What female co-contestant did you have a crush on?
“All the ladies are beautiful. I didn’t have a crush on any of them. We were all focused, and we had our gaze on the prize.”

-What is your status on social media now that you are winner of the competition?
“Wow! I’ve been overwhelmed with congratulatory messages from people. I’ve been expressing my appreciation to them all.”

-What artistes will you like to work with?
“I’d like to work with Yemi Alade again. She is a great artiste, she’s free spirited, and has good energy too. I’d also like to work with Praiz, Cobhams, Timi Dakolo, and so many others. We have very amazing artistes in this country. If I could work with all of them, I would.”

-Why do you think West Africa voted for you?
“I think it was just God’s favour upon me. I don’t think it was just because of my singing.”

-Run us through your educational background
“I did a one year training in Sound Engineering at the SAE institute in Cape Town. But I still intend to go further by getting a Bsc in Sound Engineering.”

-Which is your favourite football club?
“I’m a big fan of Manchester United FC.”

-What would have happened if you didn’t win the competition?
“I would have been very disappointed. I participated in a competition with my brother when I was just 13 years old, and everyone thought we were going to win. In the
end we didn’t get anything. So when I registered for Project Fame, my sister told me to be careful because she was sure if the first thing that happened to me occurred again, then I would just give music a break for a while. And it is true.”

Guess who won project fame west Africa season 8???

Jeffrey Akoh has emerged as the 2015 MTN Project
Fame winner. The 18 year old beat 5 other finalists
to emerge the winner of the 8th season of MTN
Project Fame.
Jeff is a Sound Engineering graduate from the SAE
Institute, Cape Town and has consistently wowed
judges and the audience by going all the way in
each of his performances.
  
He joins the likes of
Iyanya, iMike, Ayoola, Chidinma, Monica, Olawale
and Geoffrey as a Project Fame superstar.
       Jeffrey Emerges 2015 MTN Project Fame Winner
Third runner up in the competition was Ada, with
second runner up being Anderson and Pearl being
the first runner up...

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Financial Crisis Hits MTN Project Fame

The yearly MTN sponsored Project Fame West Africa
music competition has been hit with financial crisis,
Biggieblog.com can authoritatively reveal.
The prestigious competition, which is at the final stage of its
season eight audition, has been battling the financial mess
for not less than five consecutive seasons now, and the
situation is apparently getting messier.
Biggieblog.com gathered that Ultima Limited, the producers of the
competition, have been having serious challenges with MTN,
the sole sponsors of the talent hunt competition since 2010
when South Africa hosted the FIFA world cup soccer
competition.

After South Africa hosted the world cup, which was
sponsored by MTN, the telecommunication company has
been reluctant to fulfil its financial commitments to Project
Fame. And even when such obligations are met, they rarely
come as at when due.
Naij.com correspondent gathered that on several occasions,
Ultima Limited has been left with no option than to continue
running the competition from their personal purse till MTN
eventually redeems their pledge.

Apart“It hasn’t been a sweet experience for Ultima before
they are facing hard times from MTN. In fact, certain things
will change on this year’s Project Fame in a bid to cut cost.
They are looking into every area to ensure that the financial
cost of organising the competition this year is limited ,”
Biggieblog.com source squealed..