Warri’us Music Search lights up garden city

Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital is currently in frenzy mood ahead of the commencement of Warri’us Music Search Season Two, with the organisers targeting over 10,000 contestants. Already, the release of registration forms for participants has set the tone for the show.

The first auditions are slated for September 2 to 3, 2016, while forms are selling at the cost of three thousand naira (N3,000) each at all Fidelity Bank branches in the South-South region, Fidelity online marketplace, www.greenmall.ng and www.warrius.com.

According to the organisers, the scope of Warrius 2016, which will climax on October 1, in Warri, Delta State, has been expanded to accommodate the six South-South states. Zonal auditions will be held in Port Harcourt, Benin City, Calabar before the grand finale in Warri on October 1.

This year, the judges will include Trizonna McClendon, Emmy Award 2015 winner, who will be supported by other celebrity judges at the grand finale in Warri. Meanwhile, there will be a Nigerian celebrity judge to represent each zone at auditions.

Warrius is a brainchild of Autoserve Entertainment Centre boss, Mitaire ‘Mimi’ Okumagba. According to him, the show, which offers N1m star prize alongside a music recording deal, is aimed at discovering the enormous talent imbued in several unprivileged youths residing in South-South Nigeria.

All finalists, Okumagba said, would also go home with consolation prizes, which further serves as a platform to take the mind of the youths off crude oil wealth and focus on ways to harness their God-given potentials.

Warri’us 2016 ambassador, Victor AD, who won the 2015 edition, is already making waves in the music industry with his first single, Bigger You, with his video to be shot by Unlimited L.A, Headies Award 2015 winner.

“Winning Warrius 2015 has now given me a bigger platform to express myself musically. I encourage upcoming musicians not to give up on their dreams. Bigger You is my prayer, as you aspire regardless of your present challenges,” the young talent said.