On Sunday, June 19, 2016, seasoned radio host Igos of Wazobia FM, Lagos hosted the fifth edition of his annual music and comedy show titled The 5th Amendment.
The star-studded event held at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos.
It featured an impressive line-up of musicians, comedians and socialites.
File photo of comedian and radio host Igos
The former first lady of Lagos state Dame Emmanuella Abimbola Fashola was in attendance, among other dignitaries.
This makes it several appearances she’s made at comedy shows of this sort, as she helps support Nigerian entertainment as well as boost ratings of the industry.
It was an entirely packed show.
The humorous media personality did an amazing job of gathering guests, fans and performers on this year’s Father’s Day, a wonderful feat given the current economic situation in the nation.
Looking back, we see some of the major highlights of the show and we give credit to the entertainer for putting up such an event.
The lighting was spot on, stage management was unique and the ushers did the jobs of superhumans.
Audio quality was decent for the most part and it was a generally successful evening.
But like every other Nigerian gig, the issues of timing and punctuality were a considerable flaw as most of the A-list performers wouldn’t get on stage even late into the event so that nearly half of the hall was gone before the major performances really picked up.
One can argue that this was them trying to save the best for last, but to what end were the organizers saving anything when guests were already starting to thin out at the venue?
Again, the red carpet failed to represent what it truly stands for at events, as the major performers were redirected by the organizers, leading them into the venue through an alternative route so that most of the glamour, glitz and razzmatazz accompanying red carpets were lost on the night.
Again, one can argue that the organizers were trying to build suspense and whatnot by bringing on an element of surprise by so doing, but to what end is this when guests and fans already saw the fliers and bought passes in anticipation of an evening with some of their favourite entertainers?
To what end was the redirection when the organizers invited men and women of the press to the event for proper coverage of happenings on the night only to realize that a part as juicy as the red carpet had been deducted from the overall equation? It didn’t add up, at all.
In spite of this, some major entertainers still took the expected route into the venue, the route that led to the red carpet and then into the venue; and as expected they brought some lustre to activities on the red carpet with cameras flashing and a number of interviews taking place.
Celebs like Ali Baba, Reminisce and a few others ‘disregarded’ the alternative route of sorts and came into the venue through the red carpet.
Lastly, The 5th Ammendment was advertised as a music and comedy show and piqued interests of fans and critics alike but at the actual event, it wasn’t exactly as was publicized.
Given, it was a comedian’s show and many of his colleagues in the humour sector of the industry would be on ground to support and whatnot, but be that as it may, there were too many comedians on the night.
In fact, this issue of too many comedians on the night led to the slight imbalance in the overall scheme of things as they nearly caused a sort of monotony, robbing fans and guests of the opportunities to enjoy the event to its fullest.
What this means is nearly half of the hall was gone by midnight and the biggest performers were yet to get on stage, save for Harrysong and a few comedians.
In all, it was a great night of fun, networking and absolute goodness from the performances.
One last thing, Charly Boy was at the venue and he strode in in his typical ‘outlandish’ style. The controversial entertainer came in company of some pretty young ladies, body guards and military men and created a bit of a scene at the event as his ‘escorts’ refused to make way for ushers to get about their normal activities, nor for guests at the VIP section to see properly events taking place on stage.
Again, contrary to expectations, IK Osakioduwa didn’t host the event. Rather, MC Abbey and Helen Paul teamed up for a superb display of humour and acting on the night.
See some photos from the night below:
Comedian De Don at The 5th Amendment by Igos which held on Sunday, June 19 at the Muson Centre.
Guests at The 5th Amendment by Igos which held on Sunday, June 19 at the Muson Centre.
Helen Paul at The 5th Amendment by Igos which held on Sunday, June 19 at the Muson Centre.
Dame Emmanualla Fashola and guests at The 5th Amendment by Igos which held on Sunday, June 19 at the Muson Centre.
