In an exclusive interview with THINK
AKWA IBOM! Abasiakan Hanson from Eket,
Akwa Ibom State, speaks on his shocking exit from Nigerian Idol.
By Nse Peter
How did you get to know about the Nigerian
Idol competition?
I
heard of the competition three years ago, then last season when my little
sister enrolled and didn't make it past top 50 we started following it…. So, I decided to enter after I was motivated
the more by the American version of the show, hoping it had the same values and
standards.
Well,
I've been singing in church, but I have no single, no album. I have featured in
one or two singles which I can't say have gone into mainstream yet, if that's
what you mean by musical performance.
When you enrolled in Nigerian Idol, were you
convinced that you could win the competition?
Yea,
I thought it was gonna be a piece of cake for me to win.
Now that you have been evicted, are you disappointed
with yourself or with the competition itself?
With
myself? No, not at all because I gave my best. With the competition? Yes, but
not completely.
How do you mean?
You
know, when you can vote multiple times with one phone line in a competition
like this, it is easy for unexpected or undesired outcomes to be perpetrated.
But if it's one vote per line, or a limited quantity of votes per round per
line, the results can be more realistic and more acceptable by the viewers.
So, if you have your way, you would propose for one
man, one vote at a time, for the competition?
Why
not! Very well, because if the show is supposed to show the world the best,
then that measure is the most viable method to realise that goal. But as you
know, the organizers of the show know best, so my opinion may not hold enough
water.
When you entered the competition, were you going for
fame or the money?
Hmmm......
Fame, but most of all, to show Nigeria that music can be good here too, and
also encourage us to uphold and if possible raise the bar of the standard and
depth. And make people have me at the back of their minds when it's 7pm on
Sunday (laughter).
And going by how viewers reacted angrily to your
eviction, it shows that you may have achieved fame already, though you didn't
win the competition?
Yes,
and am glad about that…. The interesting thing is that, those reactions you saw
online is just a minute percentage of those who are not happy about my eviction.
What's your reaction to some commentators who said
though you have a good voice and energy, but you weren't able to connect
perfectly with the crowd?
Well,
it's possible, you know.....You never know what people are looking at; you
never know what you look like when you're performing, although with such a
criticism in mind, I can get better in my performances.
What would you say was your most awesome moment
during the competition?
Hmmm.....When
I did Invincible by Lemar!
How was it like?
The
feeling or the performance?
The general atmosphere? The feeling? I mean what
really made it awesome?
I
think you should see the video on Youtube, honestly it's hard to explain...but
I felt invincible after hitting that high-pitched ending.
I am sure your fans kept increasing each day while
you were in the competition. Have you had any unique encounter with any of your
fans so far?
Hmmm...yes
oh, I got a free ride from Akwa Ibom Airport to Eket by someone who saw me on
tv...I'm asked for autographs very soon and photograph takes also. Last week I
got a fan who called and was even crying on the phone after my exit.
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