Project Fame update: Jennifer and Deborah are first to be evicted ... Richie, Tejiri back on probation

Jennifer and Deborah have become the first contestants to be evicted from the ongoing music talent hunt, Project Fame West Africa. The elimination show, which drives home the point of the competitive side of Project Fame West Africa, held last Saturday, and two out of the five contestants that were placed on probation the previous week ended their journey in the competition after they were eliminated. The contestants not on probation opened the elimination show as they teamed up for their first group performance, a medley of Chris Brown’s Deuces and Beyonce's End Of Time, which was delivered in flawless harmony. Tejiri, Richie, Jennifer, Deborah, and Kumi then performed one after the other, for a chance to redeem themselves and remain in the competition. Afterwards, the judges and faculty attested to the fact that their performances were much better than the ones that landed them on probation. Then Tejiri was revealed to have garnered the highest votes from the viewers, Kumi was given a second chance by the faculty, and that left the fates of Deborah, Richie, and Jennifer in the hands of their fellow contestants. Eventually, Richie was saved by the contestants as he had more votes than the rest. Without a choice, Deborah and Jennifer expressed their gratitude for the opportunity to be on a platform as huge as Project Fame, and they each performed for the last time before they took a bow. Deborah performed Have You Ever by Brandy, while Jennifer performed Best Thing I Never Had by Beyonce. With the evictions having brought it home to bear on the remaining contestants that they have to bring their A-game to every one of their performances, as the competition is obviously now not just about having the ability to sing well, but to also showcasing related essential skills, it was obvious that last Sunday’s Nomination Show was going to be super-charged, and it was indeed. The show kicked off with the grand entry of the hosts, Joseph Benjamin and Bolanle Olukanni, who were well-dressed as always. Quickly, they made welcome the illustrious judges, faculty members, esteemed audience and also announced that the remaining 14 contestants were ready to thrill everyone. Going straight into the business of the day, Jeff opened the show with ‎There Goes My Baby by Usher. Biko followed with the rendition of I Wanna Love You by Akon. In quick successions, Arewa did Where Do Broken Hearts Go by Whitney Houston while Pearl performed I Bet by Ciara. Her twin sister Ruby followed suit with Celine Dion’s All By Myself. Kumi, who just got back from probation, had Talking About Revolution by Tracy Chapman and Ada performed Drunk In Love by Beyonce. With these first set of performances, the atmosphere became really charged and exciting. Anderson then came up to perform Chris Brown’s Crawl, Deinde: Crazy by KC and Jojo, Tejiri: All At Once by Whitney Houston, Chike: The Man by Aloe Blacc, Richie: No One Else Comes Close by Joe, Oluchi: Nicki Minaj’s Pills And Potions and Joy closed the show with a beautiful rendition of ‎A Long Walk by Jill Scott. Though they all gave their best, Chike, Deinde, Richie, Tejiri, Oluchi and Ruby were adjudged the worst of them and they are now facing elimination which comes up later tonight and that only their guardian angels will save some of them from.