Ayoola Ayolola

Ayoola Ayolola
Born	(1987-01-12) January 12, 1987 (age 38) Kano, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Education	Covenant University
Occupation(s)	Media personality, Singer, Actor
Children	1

Ayoola Ayolola (born January 12, 1987) is a Nigerian musician, singer, and actor. ^{[1] [2]} He won the 5th Project Fame West Africa on September 29, 2012. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Early life and education

Ayolola was born in Kano, northern Nigeria. He is the oldest of five children. He attended Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State where he studied biochemistry. ^{[6] [7]}

Career

Project Fame West Africa

Ayolola won the 5th edition of the Project Fame West Africa, where he was gifted a car, 2.5 million naira cash price and a year recording deal. ^{[8] [9] [10]} He previously participated in another singing contest Nigerian Idol where he got evicted in the first round after making the final 12. ^[11]

Acting career

Ayolola suspended his music career for acting in 2015, he featured as Mide in the YouTube series Skinny Girl in Transit afterwards. He also featured in movies such as Isoken. ^[12]

Filmography

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TV shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2018-20	The Men's Club	Aminu Garba	A web series by Red TV	[14]
2017	Shagayas and Clarks	Chidi Clark
2017	Jemeji	Oviyon	An Africa Magic original
2015-20	Skinny Girl in Transit	Mide	A web series by Ndani TV	[13]
2012-15	Lekki Wives

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2024	Ojai	Professor	Drama / Sci-Fi	[14]
2022	Come With Me	Jason	Drama
2020	Lemonade	Ayo Daniels	Drama
2019	The set up	Bamidele Esho	Crime / Drama
	Bling Lagosians	Yoruba Demon	Drama
	The Crescent		A sickle cell awareness movie	[15]
2018	If I am President	Zinachi Ohams	Political Thriller	[14]
2017	Little Drops of Happy	Femi Ojo
	Ever After	Akin
	Isoken	Seye
2015	Fifty	MC
	Hex	Bode	Horror / Short

References

1. "Why acting has displaced my music career – Ayoola Ayolola". Punch. Retrieved 7 Feb 2020.
2. "Actor Ayoola contradicts TMC team, says producers aware of 'temporary' relocation". Punch Newspapers. 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
3. "AYO emerges Project Fame winner". Premium Times Nigeria. September 30, 2012.
4. ""Actors are the most genuine set of people so far"". Pulse Nigeria. June 28, 2017.
5. "'Skinny Girl in Transit' star Ayoola Ayolola talks Music, Acting & Love on a New Episode of "Talk with Temi" | Watch | BellaNaija". Bella Naija.
6. "Project Fame Winner, Ayoola: 'I wouldn't have been where I am today without Covenant University". April 17, 2014.
7. Africa, Channel. "Ayobami Ayoola Ayolola, Actor (Nollywood), Speaker, Singer and 5th Winner of the Project Fame West Africa" – via iono.fm.
8. "Winning MTN Project Fame is a dream come true – Ayo". October 5, 2012.
9. "Our grass to grace story and Hurdles we crossed to become superstars –Reality TV shows' winners".
10. Inyang, Ifreke (September 30, 2012). "And the winner of MTN Project Fame West Africa 5 is... AYO!".
11. Ghana, News. "Ayobami Ayoola Ayolola wins Project Fame season 5!".{{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
12. "5 reasons we love "Skinny Girl in Transit" actor". Pulse Nigeria. January 12, 2017.
13. Nwogu, Precious (2020-02-14). "Highlights from the season premiere of SGIT 6: Is Tiwa pregnant?". Pulse Nigeria. Archived from the original on 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
14. Posner, Abigail (2020-09-16). "Top facts about Ayo Ayoola: State of origin, family, movies, is he married?". Legit.ng . Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
15. BellaNaija.com (2019-10-15). "Watch Trailer for Adaora Nwodo's Sickle Cell Awareness Movie "Crescent" Starring Ivie Okujaye, Dino Melaye, Chigul, Ayoola Ayolola, Michelle Dede". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2021-03-21.

External links

Ayoola Ayolola at IMDb