While in the competition, Timi’s grandmother died, a week before the viewing of the Top 24 performances. In the final three weeks of the competition it was revealed by the producers of the show that Timi had the highest number of votes each of those weeks. While in the competition, Timi Dakolo was never in the bottom 3. A week before the viewing of the Top 24 performances, Dakolo received the news that his grandmother had died.ĭakolo first auditioned in Calabar, Cross River State of Nigeria with Commissioned More Than I and Lemar’s Time to Grow. His vocals impressed the judges, and he was seen as a contender for the prize. His songs of choice were Commissioned’s More Than I and Lemar’s Time to Grow. In 2006, Dakolo auditioned for reality show Idols West Africa in Calabar. Around that same period, Timi won a local talent hunt contest G.E FACTO held in Port Harcourt. They dominated the Port Harcourt club circuit, but disbanded in 2005 as all its members had gained admission into the University of Port Harcourt. In 2003 he joined the singing group Purple Love as a founding member. Timi started singing in church at the age of twelve. So deep was their relationship that Timi declined an offer to move to Lagos with his parents, opting to stay back in Port-harcourt with his grandmother. His grandmother Ateni Dakolo and his aunty Susan Larry, who lived in Port Harcourt raised him, and he credits her as his early singing teacher. Despite being born in Ghana, Timi has a Nigerian passport and does not claim dual citizenship. Timi Dakolo was born in Accra, Ghana to a Nigerian father, Bayelsa-native David and a Ghanaian mother, Norah, who died when Dakolo was thirteen. With his victory, he got a recording contract with Sony BMG, in addition to other prizes. He emerged winner of the inaugural season of Idols West Africa in 2007. One day you go run this town oh amen amen amenĮdit bioTimi Dakolo (born January 20, 1981) is a Nigerian singer. This life go still make sense oh amen amen amen If you believe me say amen oh amen amen amen One day you go be land lord amen amen amen If you believe me say amen amen amen amenĮverything you put your hand go work amen You self go be a boss amen!!! amen!!! amen!!! It does not store any personal data.Everything you put your hand go work amen! The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
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