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GT&T Jingle and Competition…Policewoman arrests audience, quiet Lindener sends warning to GT
By Leonard Gildarie
This week, after more than one thousand auditions, results are expected for the Semi Final round of the highly-charged GT&T Jingle and Song Competition.
Already, 15 contestants each have moved through to the English and Bollywood segments, with the Semi-Finals for the former set for the National Cultural Centre (NCC) tomorrow.
The show has been described as one of the most watched on local television, with Essequibo and Berbice being eliminated in the English segment with Demerara and Linden now locked in an all-out battle for a winner.
The judges’ tasks are becoming much harder.
Ten-year-old Nia Allen, the youngest of the lot, continued her strong performance and is in the semis with the oldest Onika Joseph, a 36-year-old, showing that she is maybe one of the top three to beat with her rendition of a fiery “Sugar boy, sugar boy”.
Of the 15 hopefuls remaining in the English semis, an analysis of the stats has revealed some not so unexpected findings.
Georgetown has eight of the 15; Linden 4; East Coast Demerara 1 and West Demerara 2.
Calais Peterkin, 15 and Nia Allen, 10, are the two school students through.
Two students of the University of Guyana- 17-year-old Esther Osbourne and Poonam Singh, 17 have both been holding their own.
Wynette Moses, 30, a policewoman who arrested the audience during her last performance with her all-black outfit and performance will have stiff competition from Aiyodelle Gilbert, a 23-year-old marketing representative whose stunned judges with her high-energy floor split during the Caribbean Night-themed Quarter Finals.
Kevon Lorrimer, 30, is a driver at the Guyana Gold Board, whose rendition of Kevin Lyttle’s “Turn me on” and his fashionable red outfit did enough to warrant his advancement to the semis.
Also through are music student, Ernesta Nelson, self-employed Amanda Peters, 26-year-old mason, Jolyon Harry and teenaged Lindener and crowd favorite, Brandon Harding.
Diana Chapman, 20, despite her baby bump, will also be a force to reckon with her vocals and seductive moves.
But perhaps it is the cool, big-voiced Nikeshia Alexander, 20, whose vocals rang through the Theatre Guild last week in her coming out song, who may be the sleeper to watch.
Yes, it will be fireworks this week in both segments. Tomorrow, we feature the remaining contestants in the Bollywood segment of the show.
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The truth,,Hollywood was and is known for film making and actors,AMERICA,,,,thereafter came Bollywood which was started by India,,a copy cat i do presume ,,,why is it that another name isn,t being selected or formed for so a competition,,this is logical reasoning,,there are enough talented guyanese to find a name for their own culture or happening,,not takng the name of another,,Bollywood isn,t and doesn,t gives the guyanese a good feeling,,it,s a copy cat name,,to the point.the truth