The list which was expected to have been released not too long after the final audition experienced a week delay with all registered contestants been kept in suspense.
As against the traditional twenty (Five finalists in each category), this edition eventually list out Twenty-three finalists with the breakdown: Music- 6 finalists, Comedy- 4 finlists, Dance- 6 Finalists and Modelling- 7 finalists.
The Coordinator, #UNLEASHSeasonV, Princess Aderoju Ladega posited in the official press release that “our resolve to rebrand and repackage the content and resultatnt effect of the project UNLEASH Your Talents series led to the delay in selection of the finslists. We had to go through the painstaking process of collating results from the Judges recommendation from stage 1 of the audition, the contestants’ online rating, their behavioural tendencies and finally the scores from the Final audition before arriving at this list.”
On why the additional Three as against the traditional Twenty, Princess Ladega stated that “it relly was a tough call especially in the Dance, Modelling and Music segment. While collating the results, we just couldn’t afford to entertain any form of sentiment, we tasked ourselves with the sole objective of bringing out the best only on merit and without any form of bias. Also, we discovered one or two of the contestants had their rating at par, forming a tie, hence, we had to give them the chance to prove their mettle at the camp and finally at the Grand finale.
The list of finalists is as follows:
MUSIC
1. OLOSUNDE EUNICE TEMITOPE
2. OKUNADE SUNDAY AYODELE (HOJAY Sunny)
3. DUROJAIYE WASIU
4. ANTHONY N. CHRISTOPHER
5. OGBOLU ONYEKACHI MERCY
6. AHMED AMEERAH BOLATITO
COMEDY
1. OYAKALE TEMITOPE
2. ADEBAYO TOSIN
3. ALOZIE MATTHEW
4. FAKUNMOJU SOLOMON AYOBAMI
DANCE
1. FLEXIBLE TWIST
2. DANCE 2 FAMILY
3. ROOTS OF DAVID
4. FRUITFUL STEPPERS
5. AKINFOLARIN BUSAYO
6. IZAH CHRISTIAN
MODELLING
1. EBHODAGHE BLESSING
2. AZIAPONO FAITH INIFOME
3. ATOYEBI AFOLASHADE
4. UMORU MUBARAK
5. ADARAMOLA OLUWASEYIFUNMI
6. AKINOLA OLAMIDE
7. OBASI STEPHANINE
The #UNLEASHSeasonV camping is scheduled to kick off a week before the Grand finale which is slated to hold Sunday, 21st of August 2016.
This year edition has the identification leading telecommunication Giant, Airtel Nigeria, as well as the support of leading Mobile devices sales/service company SLOT Nigeria and other private and government establishments such as Intercontinental Distillers, ICare Foundation, Legendary Gold Ltd, G & M Dry Cleaners, Glorious Opportunity, Globatech World Computers, Laspotech, StojaIct and Corsican Brothers. Other supporting brands includes Organization of Party Entertainers of Nigeria (O.P.E.N), Gravido Fashion, DuoSystems, Chess Int’l and Ikorodu Ambassadors, D.O.M.F among others.
Official partners for UYT Season V include:
Eroz Place (Official Chops Partners); Beeth Events (Official Catering Partners), Nikimore Ltd (Official Decorations Partners); 226 Makeovers (Official Makeover Partners); Five Star Beauty Parlour (Official Hair Partners); Owambe Group (Official Clothing Partners); Dicxon Apparels (Official Branding Partners); NETBOSS Services (Official IT Partners); D’Jos Hotel (Official Hotel Partners); Covenant Music Institutes (Official Music Directors); Rhoda Youth Centre (Official Audio-visual Partners); Kingscourt Events Centre (Official Events Hall Partners); DJ Tonyz Da Blastmaster (Official DJ) and UPTOWN Beauty World.
UNLEASH Season IV: Media Partners
HipTv, Yes Int’l Magazine, Encomium Magazine, ICON Magazine, Acada Xtra Magazine, The Impact Newspaper, Owanbe Magazine, Ikorodu Oga Radio, Sahara Weekly Magazine, Kosofe News, E-247 Magazine, Waves Pictures Affairs, TopNaija Music, Moreklue Group, Root Tv, Digital Interactive Image, and a host of blogs and online Newspapers like Mike Angelo News, The Eagle Online, Hottestgistsinnaija, Livefeeds.com, Helen Events Blogs, Kinggsblog, Ikoroduliving.com, Talkless.com, MetroNews, Nosingnews, Naijanewsrave, Proudly Mumu, Howfa9ja, Blackbox Nigeria, SSMG Promotions, and Omo Naija Blog.
