EMANUEL JAL COLLABOS WITH MACY GRAY

Rapper Emmanuel Jal has done collabo with Macy Gray. The song titled ‘Walk on the moon’ was recorded about two months ago.
Jal’s autobiography War Child premiered in Kenya to a very receptive audience.

The American R&B/ Soul singer has released four studio albums, one compilation album, and one live album—with her fourth studio album, Big, released in March 2007—and has received five Grammy Award nominations, winning one. She has appeared in a number of films including Training Day, Spider-Man, and Idlewild.

JUA CALI HEADS A BLOOD DRIVE

Jua Cali - Youth Brand Ambassador for Orange presents Kelvin Njoroge 1st year student at KCA University with his latest Album 'Ngeli ya Genge' after he donated blood. Looking on is student John Kimohu


Last Wednesday (August 12), Jua Cali was at the Kenya College of Accountants on Thika Road to spearhead the Donate Damu Kiasi blood donation campaign launched by Telkom Kenya and Bloodlink Foundation. The King of Genge is also the Youth Brand Ambassador for Orange played his role in championing the campaign and encouraging the university students to come out in large numbers to support the cause.

THE KENYAN BROOD OF STARS…

PATRICIA KIHORO – Kenya
23-year old Patricia hates that she still gets stage fright despite some previous experience in public performance but likes that once she sets her sight on something, she will go for it, whatever it takes. She is the only girl and has 2 brothers.



DEBARL CLEMENT INEA – Kenya
Debarl, 32, is the only boy and has 3 sisters. His father passed away on August 12th, a few days before he auditions in Nairobi on August 18th. This was a very trying moment for him, but he believes in himself and is passionate about pursuing a musical career thus did not let this get him down. Debarl describes himself as ‘amazingly patient,’ a trait that he is particularly proud of. He also likes that he is persevering and adaptable but feels that in certain instances he perhaps holds back a little because he worries too much about other peoples’ opinions.



BENARD NG’ANG’A MARANGA - Kenya
23 year old Benard is the third in a family of 2 girls and 3 boys (himself included). He describes his family as social, welcoming and expressive. He reckons that he is naturally very funny and always manage to make other people around me laugh.

MEET THE TANZANIANS

ILLUMINATA RWELAMIRA - Tanzania
Illuminata, 28, loves that she is very diplomatic in her dealings with people. She is also honest but thinks that perhaps she is too forgiving at times and thus can be easily taken for granted. She is 5th in line in a family of 3 boys and 4 girls.



CAROLINE ULIWA – Tanzania
Caroline, 22, finds it interesting that her friends seem to win her trust and confide in her – her friends teasingly call her ‘Oprah’ as she always has a ready ear for all. She says that she is learning to believe in herself a little more. She is the eldest in her family and has 2 siblings: 1 brother and 1 sister.



KELVIN STEPHEN - Tanzania
Kelvin, 24, was inspired to pursue a musical career by his father who is a pianist. He learnt to play the piano from his father and is currently mastering the guitar in music school. He has, however, never performed before (unless family gatherings count… he says). He is the middle child in a family of 3 and has 1 older sister and 1 younger brother.

NOW MEET THE UGANDANS

KAROLYNE NABULIME - Uganda
Karolyne is the 2nd born in a family of 2 girls and 2 boys. She would definitely like to get married in future but for the moment prefers to concentrate on her trying to build a musical career.
The 26-year-old likes her warm and likeable nature but because she smiles often, she feels that sometimes people do not take her seriously.



LEAH ATUTE – Uganda
Leah, 25, was brought up in a large family of 21 children. She has 14 brothers and 6 sisters.
Leah says that her friends tell her she is very kind and has a ‘golden heart’ which she thinks is a good thing. She, however, says she sometimes underrates herself and is learning to believe in herself, thus her new motto ‘Yes I Can.’



MAUREEN KABASIITA – Uganda
Maureen, 26, is the 2nd born and has 3 brothers and 6 sisters. Maureen is proud of her hard-working and determined nature, noting that she paid her way through high school and college as her parents could not afford to settle her fees. She however dislikes that sometimes she can be introverted and is often afraid to challenge other people.

MEET THE RWANDAN STARS

NINA BOLA – Rwanda
23 year old Nina is the eldest child and has 1 brother and 1 sister. Her family is multi-lingual having lived in various African countries. Nina says she is comfortable speaking in French, English, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kikongo and Lingala. She is always happy but her very organized nature sometimes makes her seem too prim and proper – both a good thing and a not so good thing, she says.



CHRISTIAN ROBERT RWIRANGIRA
Christian, 23, wryly states ‘like father, like son,’ noting that he comes from a family of dancers. His grandfather and father were both very skilled in the famous traditional Kinyarwanda dance.
He sees his Tusker Project Fame journey as a predestined journey, noting that his contract on a temporary job had ended a week before he auditioned. He is more comfortable singing in French and says that he only knew 5 English songs but considers himself lucky to have come this far. Christian is gunning for the top prize like everybody else, but wisely adds that more than anything, this is an opportunity to learn about music because he thinks he has a decent voice but needs help in training it. He is in the contest to learn as much as he can.
Christina says he likes the way judge Ian Mbugua makes no apologies for putting them on the straight and narrow because this way he pushes them to reach greater heights if they take the criticism positively. Christian is the 3rd born in a family of 9. He has 4 brothers and 4 sisters.



ALPHA RWIRANGIRA
Alpha, 23, has recently enrolled in a music school to hone his guitar playing skills.
He entered the Tusker Project Fame contest because he loves music. He notes that his family is very musical as his father is a keyboard player and has a cousin who is a popular musician back home. He would therefore like to explore this musical talent that he believes is in him as well. Alpha is the 1st born and has 2 sisters and 2 brothers after him.

TUSKER PROJECT FAME PREMIERES

Former TPF2 contestant Linda Muthama poses with Comedian Nyambane a.k.a Walter Mongare before the show



Big Ted poses with singer Atemi


Inside the dome


Sarakasi dancers on stage wait for thier que during the live recording


Kenyan Patricia performs Sauti Sol's Lazizi


Judge Ian Mbugua



Judge Julia Kanyomozi


Valerie and Nakaaya perform Beyonce's Listen


Amani performs


Esther Nabaasa sings


Contestants chill out after the shooting of the live TV show ends



Twelve contestants drawn from the four East African countries have been selected to join the Tusker Project Fame 3 reality show contest.
The contestants who were unveiled on Sunday 16 at a star studded glitzy event are now set to compete in the ten week reality show which will see the winner walk away with a Shs 5million cash prize sponsored by Tusker not to mention a one year recording contract with South Africa’s Gallo Records.
The contestants have been enrolled at the Tusker Project Fame Academy where they will be exposed to the best in music vocal, song-writing and performance coaching to fully nurture their talent.
Speaking at the Tusker Project Fame 3 Premiere show staged at the TPF Dome in Ruaraka, East African Breweries Limited Marketing Director Debra Mallowah disclosed that the contestants will this year undergo a revised and enhanced curriculum geared at producing the very best from the individual contestants.
“For the first time in the Tusker Project Fame history, we are this year set to witness a more competitive and engaging training process backed by an enhanced training curriculum,” Mallowah said.
And added: “East African Breweries has on its part and through our flagship brand Tusker invested more than Kshs 200million to ensure the success of this program with the overall goal being to produce an authentic superstar from the talent pool of twelve contestants.”