The Next Star (Nigeria)

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The Next Star
Awarded forEmerging Raising Star
Country Nigeria
Presented byThe Next Star, Kennis Music
Website Official website
Television/radio coverage
Network StarTimes, TheNextStar
Produced by VJ Adams, Balloon Technologies [1]
Directed byVJ Adams

The Next Star currently known as Sing and Win Contest [2] and Naija Star Search [3] is a music award collective competition in Nigeria established for emerging singers and music performers. [4] [5]

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History

Since 2022, the Contest was made for online competitions and auditions [6] [7] performed by emerging musicians through a platform accessible to anyone for voting for his/her favourite contestant. [8] [9] The music award also has a subsidiary for emerging child singers and music performers known as The Next Child Star. [10] It was established alongside its parent company The Next Star. [11] [12]

Naija Star Search also called The Next Star or Nigeria Star Search established for emerging singers and music performers, [3] [13] is hosted by VJ Adams. [14] It is presented by coaches, ID Cabasa, Kenny Ogungbe, Asha Gangali and more. [15] [16] The TV show is on a collaboration with Kennis Music Records and it airs on StarTimes Nigeria. [17] [8] Consisting of two seasons, the competition is open for artists above 18 year old. [18] The seasons 1 of The Naija Star Search was made up of 17 contestants. [19] [20] 'Skimzo' emerged the winner of the show. [21] In 2024, Cobhams, Vector & Sasha P were announced as the judges for Season 2 of Naija Star Search. [22] [23] On-air personality, Do2tun also invited young artists to join the contest through social media. [24] [25]

Season 1

Top 3

#ContestantsResults
12
1SkimzoTOP 3WON
2MeloTOP 3Nominated
3EniolaTOP 3Nominated

Other Recipients

The Next Star Awards

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