TOP 10 TPF CONTEST TO RECORD AT UNIVERSAL

The top ten contestants in the ongoing Tusker Project Fame 5 may see their music careers rise to a different level after Universal Music group revealed that, the ten will record an album before the end of the show.  The announcement was made on Saturday night by Gerrard Forster, the Head of New Business Development for Sub-Saharan Africa for UMG International, who is also the forth judge in Tusker project fame 5. The 10 track album will be released by the tim

e the Tusker Project Fame's fifth season ends, on 29 July 2012.
The five contestants on probation that evening had to fight for the three slots to make it into the top ten in order to get this chance of a life time. Judge Ian Mbugua advised the contestants who made it to the top ten to prove they deserve the unique chance to see their music recorded by a top music label. His sentiments were echoed by Judge Julianna Kanyomozi who implored the lucky contestants to make the best of the opportunity. Eunice Guttu, Allan Roy Sekiranda and Nancy Chan were the lucky contestants to be saved from eviction while Tanzanian Damian Mihayo and Fatuma Muhonza from Rwanda, did not make it and had to leave the TPF academy. They also lost the chance to be featured in the upcoming album.
Twenty-eight year old Fatuma said she would not about to give up. "I will be going straight to the studio from the academy. I am disappointed because I performed much better tonight."

Damian on the other hand explained his dismissal from the academy, "I come from Dar es Salaam where it is very hot. It is much cooler in Nairobi and I had to warm up more than any other contestant in the academy. This affected my voice." The remaining contestants continued to battle for survival in the academy on Sunday. The announcement by UMG International seemed to have given them impetus to work harder as most of the performances were much better than seen in previous weeks. Ugandan musician, Jackie Chandiru of the "Gold digger" fame performed to an already charged audience that had been thoroughly entertained by the top 10 contestants who sang their hearts out to stay out of the nomination list. Kenyan favourite Ruth Matete brought the house down with her rendition of the Mariah Carey track "Anytime you need a friend". Principal Hellen Mtawali praised her command for the stage. Nancy Chan, who had a bad performance last week had a much better performance and managed to keep off  the nomination list. Jackson, who had a hard time getting the dance moves during the week, performed Pepe Kale's "Moyibi" to great applause from the audience.But that did not save him from probation. By the end of the night he was one of five contestants on probation. The others are Allan Roy Sekiranda who is in the hot seat for the third week in a row, Jackson Kalimba from Rwanda and, Kenyans Steve Homes, Doreen Nyawira and Eunice Guttu. The fifth edition of Tusker Project Fame now features a narrowed down list of ten contestants from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Southern Sudan and Burundi battling it out for the top prize – a KSh5 million cash prize and a recording deal worth KSh10 million with Universal Music Group, one of the world's leading music production and merchandising companies.

SHAGGY, SNOOP PLANT TREES IN HONOR OF WANGARI MATHAI

SHAGGY planting a tree

cabo snoop planting his tree at Karura forest

The Tusker All Stars prime guests Shaggy and Cabo Snoop and icons Msechu, Alpha and Davies, today joined the East African Breweries Ltd E-Green Team at the Karura Forest for a tree planting session as part of Karura Forest Conservation efforts. The Stars, who are in Kenya for East Africa’s biggest musical fete, the Tusker All Stars Concert, planted a selection of various indigenous trees and took time off to enjoy serenity and bond with nature at one of the country’s most famous conservation names. Speaking during the tree planting event, EABL’s Marketing Director, Kenya, Caroline Ndungu said, “Environmental conservation, as one of the EABL Foundation key pillars, is not only an initiative that we invest a lot of resources into but also a calling that is deeply embedded in our corporate social responsibility mission,” “Bringing the Tusker All Stars to Karura Forest, one of our country’s greatest environmental assets, therefore gives them the crucial and memorable opportunity in lending a hand in its conservation.” She added. Adding his voice during the exercise, American musician, Shaggy said he was excited to be part of the initiative.”Sustaining the environment is an obvious concern across the world and as responsible global citizens, each one of us has a responsibility to play in ensuring that we do all it takes to conserve the planet for future generations,” Shaggy said. “I thank EABL for giving us the opportunity to join them in this very symbolic and historical initiative,”
On his part, Angolan musician, Cabo Snoop in his native Portuguese noted that trees are one of the planet and humanity’s most valuable assets and whose conservation calls for genuine commitment from all. “As plantas sao importantes para o ser humano, por isso vamos manter a nossa missao em conserva-las (trees are important to mankind, let us make it our mission to conserve them.” Said Snoop.

CONTROVERSIAL TPF JUDGE TO JUDGE FASHION

Reality show judge Ian Mbugua will take up a new job as a judge but this time as a fashion cop judge. Ian will judge the competitors’ costumes at the AccessKenya Africa Concours d’Elegance to be held by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club at the Nairobi Racecourse on September 25.
He will be joined by Millicent Ogutu, a popular actress at Phoenix Players.
Ian said, “These will be worn by a significant number of competitors in the Concours d’Elegance while they parade their cars and motorcycles for judging. The costume contest adds to the status and style of the event and is a popular gathering point for spectators in the Racecourse grand stands. It is hoped that as many entrants as possible will enjoy competing for the lavish awards.”

NTV TO AIR TPF4

After they stole the whole show in the World Cup deal,beating KBC and Kiss TV, now Citizen have a reason to cry. They have lost a big deal to air a reality show. And NTV is the new broadcasting station that will air this year's Tusker Project Fame reality show. Sources revealed to us tha the Nation Media Group owned TV station has been considered by the brewers to air the show.  NTV broadcasted the first TPF show, before Citizen TV took over in TPF 2, since NTV chose Zain University Challenge over TPF.