The live shows begin on The Voice Nigeria! •Stars, fans grace special screening in Lagos

The first live episode of The Voice Nigeria seasontwo aired on Sunday the 27th of August, and an excited audience was present at Terra Kulture in Lagos to experience thrilling performances from the contestants on Africa’s biggest singing reality show.

Celebrities like Akpororo, Linda Ejiofor, Kemi ‘Lala’ Akindoju, Mawuli Gavor and the finalists of last season’s Voice were just a few of the known faces in attendance, as popular television personality Ozzy Agu hosted the on-ground event set for the screening of the live broadcast .

The live shows involve four members of each team performing, with the coach choosing to save one contestant and the three remaining contestants put up for public voting. One lucky contestant who amasses the most votes ends up being saved.

#TeamPatoranking got the show rolling as the contestants took to the stage one after another. Kessydriz performed Tina Turner’s What’s love got to with it, whilst Afolayan sang J Martin’s E No Easy. Hightee thrilled with Lauryn Hill’s ‘Doo Wop’ and Voke sang Reekado Bank’s ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’. Patoranking saved Hightee.

#TeamYemiAlade was up next with Chris Rio performed Stiches by Shawn Mendes. Ifeoma touched a few nerves as she sang Andra Day’s ‘Rise up’. Jahnomso followed with ‘Show me love’ by Robin S and Bunmi sang YemiAlade’s ‘Want you’. YemiAlade eventually made a call and saved Ifeoma.

Following this string of impressive performances was #TeamWaje with Efezino kicking off with a rendition of Clean Bandit’s ‘Rockabye’. Glowrie gave an emotional performance of Adele’s ‘Hello’ while Favour sang Tiwa Savage’s All over and Wow, the 80s man, raised the bar with his performance of Kool and the Gang’s ‘Get down on it’. Glowrie was saved by Waje.

#TeamTimi had Bada who sang Sean Kingston’s ‘Beautiful girls’ while Amarachi (sister to Dawn from Season one) performed Meghan Trainor’s ‘No’. Wolei sang Brymo’s ‘Ara’ and finally the strong voiced Precious regaled the coaches and audience with his lovely performance of Whitney Houston’s ‘Nothing’. Precious was saved by Timi.

Public voting opened immediately after last Sunday’s show and closes on Thursday, the 31st of August, 2017. Already, many fans of the various contestants have taken to social media platforms to solicit for votes in order to help their preferred ones scale through to the next round.

The Voice Nigeria Season 2 has gathered impressive following and viewership, thus becoming one of the most watched reality competitions airing at the moment. The judges also have made the show quite interesting, revealing parts of themselves not known to their fans before now. The show continues this Sunday.