A 28-year-old English school teacher, Hapiness Ayomide, who said she resigned her appointment to be contest in the television game show, Star The Winner Is, has made it to the semi-final stage of the show.
The show offers a grand prize of N10million and a brand new car, and Ayomide, for her spectacular performance in episode 3, has joined previous winners, Philip and Brenda to compete for the prize at the semi-final stage.
The teacher, during her session on the game show, gave a vocally outstanding performance of ‘At Last’ by Etta James, which gave her the edge in the first round duel against opponent, Michael, with a whooping 99 votes from the 101 jury.
“I had to resign my job to come for this show so that my kids won’t suffer, I am absolutely glad that this has paid off,” she said excitedly.
The final duel round of the episode between Happiness and Chize Ordu gave the judges a tough time selecting a winner, however, Happiness emerged victorious with an impressive soulful rendition of Alicia Keys ‘Brand New Me’.
With great songs from astounding artistes such as 2face Idibia, Onyeka Onwenu, Praiz, Barrywhite, Whitney Houston and others, all the contestants, Ayomide, Chize, Oluwaseyi, Micheal, Victoria and Brigid had delivered a thrilling show that kept the jury members and audience at the edge of their seats.
Sponsored by Star Lager, a brand of Nigerian Breweries Plc., The Winner Is airs on Saturdays on African Magic at 10:00pm; Sundays on AIT Network at 10:30pm; Sundays on WAP TV at 10:30pm; Thursdays on ONTV at 10pm, as well as other stations nationwide.