Fast-rising singer Ayo Benzi has been crowned the winner of the inaugural ‘Next Afrobeats Star’ competition, clinching the N150 million music record deal attached to the title.
The televised talent show, which launched in August, began its journey with 300 aspiring artistes selected from nationwide open auditions.
Through a rigorous process of training and performances, the pool was first streamlined to 48 contestants, then narrowed further by a combination of judges’ decisions and audience votes to 24, and finally to the top 12…
