By Andrew Kareba
Tom Close on Wednesday received a cheque of six million Rwandan Francs after being crowned the winner of Primus Guma Guma Super Star 2011. He will also travel to USA to record a song and a video clip with Sean Kingston and have a concert on 17th September in Kigali.
“We are overwhelmed by the competition. It is beautiful to see how the Rwandan public and Artists respond with excitement and passion to the competition,” said Sven Piedriet Bralirwa’s Managing Director
Piedriet added that Primus Guma Guma Super Star competition enabled young performers to grow artistically and we are looking forward to the next edition.
Aline Asselot Bralirwa’s Marketing Manager said, “It was a shocking attitude we did not expect from Rwandans to throw stone on the stage and we truly believe that, violence is never a solution.”
More on that, asselot notes: live shows, technical problems like sound, and RTV as some of the challenges hindered Guma Guma Super Star.
“I apologize on what I said that I am confident that I will take the trophy” I did not mean to hurt people I just wanted to comfort my fans, Said Tom close In front of Journalists and producers.
He further said that, the first trophy was to bring me closer to my fans in the whole country and before being a superstar, “I was Muyombo” he says.
“You cannot make fire one wood” This award is giving me more responsibilities and tasks as someone to represent Rwanda, he elaborated.
After leaving him out of breath impatiently waiting for the final verdict of Guma Guma Super Star, King James said, “If we could charge the fans during the campaign, there could only be the well off ones”. I thank all people who support Rwandan music,” he said.
We were the new kids on the block in the tournament and used the chance to appear in final four before the thrilling minutes of suspense, said Platini from Dream Boys.
“We did not expect the tournament to have such outcomes,” said Joseph Mushyoma, from East African Promoters and calls up on Rwandans to support the second edition.
Sven Piedriet assured King James, Jay Polly and Dream Boys to sponsor their Album Launch.
Guma Guma Super Star in collaboration with East African Promoters (EAP) offered music fans fantastic moments for the past months, where the ten contestants toured the whole country through road shows and all three elimination phases with the objective of improving Rwanda music and encourage music talents.
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