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By Abu-baker Mulumba
WEEKLY OBSERVER
Ugandans in the Tusker Project Fame will jubilate as Naava
Asha Zziwa, 25, survived evictions and no one from Uganda
was put on probation this week.
Now Uganda has the biggest number of contestants in the
house (five) with Tanzania and Kenya having four each.
The teachers saved Naava because they saw potential in her.
Those to face the eviction this week are Kenyans Alice
Waweru (contestant no. 1), Wendy Kimani (14) and Tanzanians
Linah Blanche (9) and Asha Ramadhani Mashauri (2). Asha,
who wept after her nomination, later withdrew from the academy
on doctors’ recommendation, after suffering an overwhelming
sense of nervousness. The Tanzanian had to be rushed to
hospital from where she announced her decision to quit.
The nominations were chaotic this time with MC Gaetano Kagwa
and the Idols’ Simon Cowell wannabe Ian Mbugua arguing
about the judges’ choice of nominees, until Ian snapped
at Gaetano, “…so shut up you twit and stand
there looking confused as usual!”
This prompted the audience to chant “Let Ian Go! Let
Ian Go!”
Even the teachers disagreed with the judges’ choice
of nominees and asked them to remember it is a competition
and make technical choices. The judges argued they had put
some good performers on probation to prompt them to work
harder in case they survive.
Meanwhile a tough talking Principal Achieng Abura had one
stern warning to flirts; they risk being put on probation
for possible elimination.
There was no Ugandan involved in the saga where four contestants
were caught using their note books for writing love messages
and saucy compliments, contrary to the academy rules.
The principal walked into the academy and demanded that
the students specifically Wendy, Hemed Seif Suleiman, Magdalyne
and David Ogola show the contents of the notebooks they
were carrying.
‘I like your nose’, ‘you are beautiful’,
‘such a rare African beauty’, were some of the
messages the Tanzanian Hemed had written to Wendy.
Watch the highlights every weekday at 8:30 p.m. and actions
on Saturday from 8p.m.-9p.m. and Sunday 9:30 -10:30 p.m.
To save a contestant on probabtion, SMS only the contestant’s
number to 0901009263 (utl), 0902009263 (MTN) and 0903009263
(Celtel) for Shs 300.
abaker@ugandaobserver.com
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