Nigerians with their copy-cat attitude, they don come up with Nigeria Idol o.
http://odili.net/news/source/2005/jun/12/223.html
A new talent hunt programme is set to hit the Nigerian entertainment industry as Royal Stride Entertainment Group has secured the patent rights to host the Nigerian Idol contest for the movie and music industry respectively.

Briefing newsmen on the development, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Royal Strides, Mr. Okey Dimoji, said the initiative which was fashioned after the 'American Idol' and United Kingdom's 'Pop Idol' in the United States and Britain respectively, will attract prizes and record/movie deals and promotions for winners of the contest.

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the link ain't working...and they're not copy-catting. shebi Europe or whatever had their own too and they competed against American Idol.....maybe we can be able to compete worldwide too.

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link aren't woking

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I agree with you.

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American Idol sef na copy-cat cos na dem steal Pop Idol. Most of the reality shows sef america dey copy from Uk, eg Wife Swap, Queer Eye for the Straight guy copied from british version Fairy Godfathers, Survivor etc etc
So naija no be dem start copy-cat for that one. Besides the organizers bought the franchise from the original Idol trademark owners.

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IN OUR DREAMS MAYBE
BEFORE WE COMPETE THERE WOULD SOMEONE TO SPOILE IT SOMEHOW OUR PEOPLE NO LIKE PROGRESS.

A lot of countries have the Idol thing going on...They once had a competition for world Idol about 2 years ago..so Why not?

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So is this now about Nigerian Idol or about copy-cating?
Anyways I find it good, when they do such shows! We have so many talents in Naija that simply just need one single chance to make something out of themseleves. Not everybody was born to be a doctor

Yeah..people like you right??? Always jinxing something before it's even birthed

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"Be still and know that I am God"- Psalms 46:10a

Enu won ni o pawon Babatunde o damiloju..eye orobo to bimo meji to ni le ohun ti kun shosho, asiko tito ta o so fun won p'asiwaju yin laje. Ko ni buru fo'ri, ka de fila k'ori kun lese...ko ni buru fori ka de fila k'ori kun lese...enu won mefa enu won meje...AWA O B'ELENU MEJI SERE MO!- Haruna Ishola

For real men

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"Be still and know that I am God"- Psalms 46:10a

Enu won ni o pawon Babatunde o damiloju..eye orobo to bimo meji to ni le ohun ti kun shosho, asiko tito ta o so fun won p'asiwaju yin laje. Ko ni buru fo'ri, ka de fila k'ori kun lese...ko ni buru fori ka de fila k'ori kun lese...enu won mefa enu won meje...AWA O B'ELENU MEJI SERE MO!- Haruna Ishola

"Nigerian Idol"... the name kuku get as e be.

how?

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Nice one, this aint about copy-cating at all, Amercians did it, Britico did it, South Africa did it, so y is it naija's r d first in COPY-CATING?

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There's no copy-cat anything. The Idol template was originally developed by Simon Fuller. THE FIRST VERSION WAS 'Pop Idol' in the UK and it Is now like a FRANCHISE that has been exported to so many other countries in the world-SA, America, Arab countries, Sweden, Australia, Norway......so why not Nigeria? It is actually a good thing for us especially in this era of globalisation. If Naija, SA and other African nations have their versions then we could also have an African idol/Superstar contest (thank God for GSM phones to help with voting) which will help integrate our entertainment industry and ofcourse offer bigger record sales. Up Naija! na small, small. e go bera.