Emmanuel Yawson won the fifth season of the Stars of the Future singing contest Saturday night at an exciting grand finale at the National Theatre, Accra.
He beat Daniella Dankwah-Coffie, Wiyaala Noela, and Kwame Wiredu to second, third and fourth positions respectively after two rounds of competition.
The four finalists opened the show with a group performance of R Kelly�s �Sound of Victory�. Winner of season 4, Bertha later did two of her own songs before the first round of competition began. For the first round, Daniella opened with Beyonce�s �Halo�. She was followed by Emmanuel with �Hero� by Enrique Iglesias. Kwame also performed Chris Brown�s �Crawl� while Noella took on Shakira�s �Waka Waka�.
After the first round, there were back to back performances Dr Cryme, Zigi and a surprise appearance from Eazzy. Round two was the round of own-compositions and the finalists performed songs that they had written by themselves. Daniella performed her �Love Note� produced by Kaywa, while Emmanuel did �It�s My Time� produced by Richie. Kwame�s song was titled �She Dey Go� and was produced by Jayso while Appietus produced Noella�s traditional song.
Before the winner was announced, third place winner of Stars of the Future season 1, Efya gave some delightful performances. Emmanuel won a recording contract and a brand new salon car Hyundai in addition to the Stars of the Future title.
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