An Evening with Timi!

Timi's Fan Club is hosting him at Planet 44, Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos from 7:00 pm. All fans should be seated by 7:00 pm. Timi will sing for his fans!

This event is strictly by invitation.

Call any of these numbers for details: Fred - 08023409167; Ken - 08024300786; Tayo - 01-8142524; Nkechi 0823339306/01-8768075; Az – 08023117325/01-7256142; Lee – 08023236147/1-7220254.

You may also send an email to azizauko@gmail.com or fruyi@yahoo.com.

An Evening with Timi!

Timi's Fan Club is hosting him at Planet 44, Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos from 7:00 pm. All fans should be seated by 7:00 pm. Timi will sing for his fans!

This event is strictly by invitation.

Call any of these numbers for details: Fred - 08023409167; Ken - 08024300786; Tayo - 01-8142524; Nkechi 0823339306/01-8768075; Az – 08023117325/01-7256142; Lee – 08023236147/1-7220254.

You may also send an email to azizauko@gmail.com or fruyi@yahoo.com.

@Lawyerchap, I apologise for the bribery comment. I think he meant it as a joke. Unfortunately, it did not come off well on you. Sorry about that. I know Bonini loves you. He just loves Timi better.

Timi's Fan Club is throwing a party for him in Lagos on Friday, June 15, 2007.

Timi will perform for his fans. It sounds like fun!

The party team leader is Fred. He can be reached on <fruyi@yahoo.com>; 08023409167, 017200118. Another team leader is Edikan <edikanlee@yahoo.com>; 017220254, 08023236147.

If you are interested, get in touch with any of them.

Well, well.

@ chukky76: You talk of album sales as if you live in the furture. Neither Timi nor Omawumi has an album in the market. Can't we just wait for the market to speak before we go on and on about record sales?

Idols is first a singing competition. Timi out-sang, out-performed, and out-entertained every other contestant on that stage. Let's just leave it at that.

Lawyerchap,

Thanks for your response. I wish to point some remarks you made that I refer to as mud slinging.

In response to Icon you said; "By the way, we know who the champion is at going off-beat, and he happened to still win Idols, so big-deal." I consider this an attempt to discredit Timi's superlative performances except one, as attested by you. Second, you've made remarks like Timi will not sell records; He will only sell because Africa is a continent of simpletons, etc. Personally, I think some of these remarks made in attempts to prove your point that Omawumi would have made a better Idol is just pushing it beyond the limits of decent debate. Also, you've said something like Omawumi would have done better with Timi's single, I love You and Timi would have done an awful job on Omawumi's single, I Got You. I don't even understand where that comparison comes from. Apparently, the songs were chosen for them by Sony BMG after evaluating each of them. I believe they used a producer's lenses in deciding a song that suits each of them. I think it is like saying, John Legend will do a bad job on Beyonce's Irreplaceable; and Beyonce would have done a better job on John Legend's Ordinary People; therefore, Beyonce is a better singer than John Legend. The logic is flawed. They are both different kinds of artistes.

You said, "However we all agreed that the Idols title should go to someone who is as close to the finished product as possible and that package would include looks, communication skills, stagecraft, intelligence, self-confidence and of course a good voice." To this, may I humbly ask who constitutes the "we"? Because the people who matter, the viewing public, spoke loud and clear 63% to 37% that Timi is the Idol they want.

Just for debate purposes let's even take these issues one at a time.

Looks: What is wrong with Timi? He has a good height, strong facial features, healthy skin, even dark complexion, dark full hair, sexy Africa lips, long white teeth, great smile, flat tummy, he walks with a spring in his steps, he is masculine , Truth is that if you are looking out for something in someone, good or bad, you will see what you want to see. Everyone may not find Timi beautiful to behold, but I know many people who do.

Communication skills: Timi always got his message across. He always spoke English not vernacular. If you read his blog on the mnet website, he always got his message across. He was always straight to the point. He had a central theme in all his messages. His fans understood him. That is communication. That is more than I can say for some of the other top 10.

Stagecraft: I don't have to say much. He was a trailblazer. I even noticed that Eric started mimicking his moves at a point.

Self confidence: Do you know something we don't know about Timi? Because if all you did was watch him on TV like the rest of us then you would have seen that at his top 24 performance, he did showed lots of confidence. I saw lots of attitude from him on stage. His body language always showed a man in control of his environment and his destiny. Remember at the end of the top 3 show, he took the two ladies hands and danced with them? Give Timi a break. Only a man with lots of self confidence could have smashed the stage the way that Timi did.

Intelligence: Till I see the results of a standard IQ test, I think it is unfair to declare someone whom you have never taught or sat in class with as having low IQ just because he forgot the lyrics of a song on stage.

Good Voice: No debate.

I have been a silent reader as my recall of the subject's history shows. That doesn't diminish my rights to speak my mind like everyone else. I think Timi should be given a break. Let his album hit the stores. Time and the market will tell.

@ uchetob: Thanks. You are right. I meant no fight.

LawyerChap,

I happen to have followed your summaries of the show from the beginning. I found your posts a source of impartial, level-headed, and reliable information on what was going on. Of recent, I guess after the top 4 performances, you seemed to had it in for Timi. You started sounding speculative and you started throwing up issues that had nothing to do with the Timi's performances like self-esteem issues and IQ issues. At a point you even said he "had loads of issues." May I ask, did Timi offend you personally in anyway? I cannot connect your ealier comments on Timi, see below, and your recent mud slinging. At a point, you even insulted the whole of Africa by saying that we do not know what good music sounds like. Com'on.

Just to refresh your memory see some of your previous posts:

Top 10 Performance:
One of the surefire hits of Idols West Africa is Timi. With a distinct voice that is instantly recognizable once you’ve heard him sing, Timi brought the house down with a version of Luther Vandross’ Dance with my father that had tons more attitude than the laid-back original. The crowd went wild as Timi sprang the song’s variations on us. Already a firm favourite for the title, a fan club appears to be forming around Timi. Arguably the strongest male performer on the night.

Top 8 Performance:
Timi came with his A-game on Sunday night singing Clay Aiken’s “Don’t let the sun go down on me.” I was speechless from the first note. He connected with the audience in a phenomenal way, particularly with the knee slide with the microphone stand true rocker style. His voice fitted the song like a glove and he managed just the right inflections of feeling to give the song a life different from what all the great artistes who have done this song managed to give it. It was obviously the performance of the night. Watch out for Timi. He could be in the Top3 as well.

Top 7 Performance:
Timi. Oh Timi. From the moment Mike Majic announced that he would be singing Lionel Richie’s “Stuck on you” I knew Africa was in for a real treat seeing as it seemed like the perfect kind of song for his voice. But nothing prepared me for what the boy from Bayelsa was about to show us. The first note sounded like a milk-rich cappuccino sliding all warm and silky down your throat. And he kept it there, warm rich undertones highlighting a perfectly modulated rendition of the timeless masterpiece. He was already looking good for the performance of the night but he was not done with us yet. Not by a long shot. As he wound down his performance, singing with pure soul he reached down to the front row and picked out a young lady in white whom he tenderly led up the steps onto the stage. He gave her a slow twirl singing to her all the while and folded her into an embrace on his final note. It was pure dynamite. And Planet One exploded. The audience was in a frenzy of adoration. The judges were on their feet applauding hard. Abrewa Nana was beside herself with emotion. Whether Timi had scripted the move or if he had decided on it on the spur of the moment, it was powerful enough to reduce Nana to tears. It was very moving indeed to see a seasoned musician moved to tears by someone who was completely unknown two months ago. Trust me, everyone who saw that performance will be voting for Timi. That gives Timi the performance of the night two weeks in a row.

Top 6 Performance:
Timi the current darling of Idols fans (across Nigeria at least) was next singing Sunny Neji’s Wedding Anthem “Oruka.” That warm voice never fails to get the crowd going and Sunday was no different. He was getting into the groove with the audience when catastrophe struck. He appeared to lose concentration and consequently totally lost track of the beat. It seemed like an otherworldly experience to hear Timi singing off beat and try as hard as he could, the damage from missing his cue was all but irreparable. But he showed real class and quick thinking by abandoning the script and improvising brilliantly for all of ninety seconds with a spur of the moment ad-lib extravaganza that seemed scripted. I was speechless with admiration for this gifted young man who had turned certain disaster into a resounding triumph. I think he’s the Idol if he can fight off Jodie for these remaining few weeks.

Top 5 Performance:
When Timi was announced as performing Flying Without Wings, a song performed by Westlife and reprised by Reuben Studdard on American Idol, I got all warm and tingly because I thought Timi was going to totally bring it with that track. And he got off to a beautiful start. There’s no quarreling with that voice. It’s a voice that will sell millions of cds, if he can just manage to stay with the beat. For the second performance in a row, Timi lost concentration and went off beat. Not many noticed as they were carried away with the sheer appeal of that honeyed voice, but he lost track of the beat and tried to improvise with much less success than last time. If you know that song, listen to the end of Timi’s rendition and you’ll find that it doesn’t quite sit with the music. Timi, pay attention to the music. Leave the fans alone, they love you anyway. Mess up again and you’ll find out just how fickle Idols fans are.

Timi needed to redeem himself from his first performance and he did so brilliantly with another great performance. This time it was Michael Bolton’s “How am I supposed to live without you.” He brought that voice to full effect singing a song that seemed written for it. Timi is definitely the favourite for the title. He truly is a phenomenal singer and performer.