Patoranking picks Airtel The Voice Nigeria Season 1 Runner-up Brother in 5th Blind Auditions

Chukwuemeka Chike-Ezekpeazu, elder brother of The Voice Nigeria Season 1 runner-up, Osebuka aka 'Chike' ended the fifth blind auditions of the show with a scintillating performance that got social media buzzing.

Chukwuemeka performed “Sugar” by Maroon 5 which got him two turns and a spot on #TeamPatoranking like his brother, Chike who got all four coaches turn at the maiden edition when he performed ‘Roses’ by James Arthur.

Patoranking made the most picks of the night – opting for studio engineer Ebube Obioma and Emuejevoke Efiokpene as well. Ebube performed “Too Close” by Alex Clare while Emuejevoke sang Coach Timi’s song “The Vow” leaving the coach with only one slot left to complete his 12-member team.

Episode 5 also recorded another talent who got all four coaches to turn. 34-year-old music producer, Chuks Aniebonam aka ‘WOW’ lived up to his name with his performance of Backstreet Boys’ “Shape of my heart”. This makes him the sixth talent to get a 4-Chair turn in the blind audition this season.

Chuks chose #TeamWaje with Efezino who sang “I’m with you” by Avril Lavigne leaving Waje with three slots to complete her team as the blind auditions come to an end this Sunday.

#TeamTimi only added Grace Udoh for her “Be without you” by Mary J. Blige performance making the number of talents on his team ten.

#TeamYemi secured Yimika after her performance of “Ordinary People” by Cobhams Asuquo and added Favour Johnson after her rendition of her song “Kissing" taking her team talents to 10 with space for only two more.

Tune in to Africa Magic Showcase (DStv Ch151) and Africa Magic Urban (DStv Ch153) every Sunday at 7pm Nigerian time to catch all the excitement with The Voice Nigeria, proudly sponsored by Airtel Nigeria.