After weeks of battling his housemates for the number one spot, it came as no surprise when Jeffrey Akoh emerged the winner of the 2015 edition of MTN Project Fame last Saturday.
Following his victory, the youngster has been receiving accolades from his fans on social media. The 18 year old beat five other finalists to emerge the winner of the 8th season of MTN Project Fame.
One of his followers posted: “Congrats @jeffary_akoh you are a born winner from day 1, throughNaija Sings till now. I have always believed in you and my paddy Fred. Congrats again.”
During his stay in the house, Jeffery, a Sound Engineering graduate from the SAE Institute, Cape Town, consistently wowed judges and the audience by going all the way in each of his performances.
At age 13, he took part in a competition with his brother, and although they didn’t win, he says that he learnt a lot and wants to consolidate on that in the Academy. He lists his musical influencers as Chris Brown, Lawrence Flowers, and Kim Burrell.
As winner of the competition, Jeffery received the grand prize of N5 million, an SUV and a recording contract. The first runner up, Pearl Olanma Awa-Agwu received a car and N3 million while Anderson Emmanuel Amos, the second runner-up got a car and N1 million. In 4th place was Adanoritsewo “Ada” Gold Tosanwumi who went home with a N1 million prize.
By emerging victorious, Jeffery joins the likes of Iyanya, Mike, Ayoola, Chidinma, Monica, Olawale and Geoffrey as a Project Fame superstar.
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