By Dianah Mutimura
At a Blissful moments witnessed by a full packed Amahoro stadium, Tom Close emerged the overall winner among the ten competitors on Saturday night and walked away with a Frw 6 Million majestic prize.
The young musician beat his fellow citizens with whom he had remained in the competition included King James, Jay Polly and Dream Boyz after the three-month battle.
The Prize he worn also included a one year contract with Bralirwa as a Primus Beer representative and to record a song and its video with famous singer Sean Kingston.
There was noticeable tension when the host Lion Imanzi was smiling on stage set to make the big declaration of the winner of the night.
When Tom Close was declared a winner, he flashed a big smile, to his admirers as King James walked away sure that his chance had ended.
Tom Close ended the night by thanking his fans for making it possible for him to win, but his speech was disturbed by furious fans of the winner’s opponents, who started throwing stones at him and the star at once was taken away by security staff.
Dream Boyz, despite their popularity in Rwanda only managed a fourth position as Jay Polly took the second runners-up position.
The battle continued among the two famous King James and Tom Close who were fighting for the popular position as Tom Close stroked him.
All the 10 Primus Guma Guma Superstar contestants, including those who were eliminated during the first and second eviction put an eye catching performance to show their fans that despite the fact they lost, they can still put a sizzling performance.
Mani Martin had a lovely performance which overwhelmed the audience when he sang Enrique Iglesias’s “hero”, and his popular “amazi magari” track.
Rafiki jammed his Coga style and impressed the audience with his “bigambo” hit and followed it with Jose Chameleon’s “kipepewo”. The energetic young star move down on the stage to adhere his fans not be discouraged with what happened to him.
Riderman did not miss the opportunity of shining to his fans where he performed his version of “umwana w’umuhanda” and “bombori bombori”.
Urban Boyz sang a love song “mbabarira” and went off on stage after making the audience yearn for more of their songs after singing “ishamba”. , Dr. Claude performed “Contre succes” and only a chorus line of “baramujyanye.”
The four contestants who were fighting for the big prize were not left behind to impress the crowd with their excellent performances.
“I wanted urban boys to win from the first and when they were evicted I felt bad but had nothing to do,” uwamaho Janet of Kigali institute of science and technology (KIST) lamented.
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