Nigerian Idol Season 7: Progress Pips Zadok To Win N30m, Recording Deal, Brand New SUV 

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The season finale of the blockbuster singing competition, Nigerian Idol Season 7 took place on Sunday 22 May 2022 with Progress Chukwuyem, simply known as Progress beating off competition from runner up, Zadok reports Prime Business Africa.

Progress and Zadok received rave reviews from million of Nigerians who took a liking to their distinctive voices, dexterity and stage presence, clinching millions of votes on weekly bases.

The last lady standing, Banty was third and was eliminated from the competition last week Sunday.

The Delta state born music producer won a prize money of N30m, a recording deal, a brand new SUV and other gifts worth N100m.

The Nigerian Idol was sponsored by Fintech company, Binance and soft drink giants, Big Cola and was live on African Magic channels for four months with additional three months being when the audition was held.

There were great performances on the stage from two of three judges, Simi and D’banj as well from Season 6 winner, Kingdom Kroseide who were joined by the top 10 contestants from this season, ably backed by other singers.

IK Osakioduwa was the host of the show like previous seasons.

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.

He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.

Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.

He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.

Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.

Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.

He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.

Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.

He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.

Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.

Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.


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