Nigerian Idol season 7

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Season of television series

Nigerian Idol

Season 7
Hosted by| IK Osakioduwa
Judges|

* Obi Asika
* Simi
* D'banj

No. of episodes| 10
Release
Original network| Africa Magic
Original release| February 2022 (2022-02) –
present (present)
Season chronology

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Season 6

The seventh season of Nigerian Idol premiered in January 2022. There hasn't been any winner so far.

## Weekly Song Choices and Results[edit]

### Top 12 (20 March)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Abigail  | 1  | "Rain On Me" by Lady Gaga | Safe
David Operah  | 2  | "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi | Safe
Faith  | 3  | "Driver's Licence" by Olivia Rodrigo | Safe
Jordan  | 4  | "Rolling In The Deep" by Adele | Safe
Zadok  | 5  | "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran | Safe
Progress  | 6  | "Heartbreak Anniversary" by Giveon | Safe
Joel  | 7  | "Easy On Me" by Adele | Eliminated
Banty  | 8  | "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran | Safe
Gerald  | 9  | "Leave The Door Open" by Silk Sonic | Safe
Precious  | 10  | "Felony" by Ckay  | Eliminated
Itohan  | 11  | "Shallow" by Lady Gaga | Safe
Debby  | 12  | "Monalisa" by Lojay  | Safe

### Top 10: African Greats (27 March)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Zadok  | 1  | "Back To The Matter" by Wizkid | Safe
Debby  | 2  | "Vul'indlela" by Brenda Fassie | Safe
Gerald  | 3  | "Ifunanya" by P-square  | Elimimated
Faith  | 4  | "Never Far Away" by Lagbaja  | Safe
Itohan  | 5  | "If You Ask Me" by Omawumi  | Safe
Abigail  | 6  | "Emergency" by D'banj | Safe
Progress  | 7  | "Joy" by Wizkid | Safe
Jordan  | 8  | "Ye" by Burna Boy | Safe
Banty  | 9  | "Aye" by Davido | Safe
David Operah  | 10  | "Street Credibility" by 9ice  | Safe

### Top 9: Inspirations (03 April)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Jordan  | 1  | "You Say" by Lauren Diagle  | Safe
Progress  | 2  | "Uncle Suru" by Jon Ogah  | Safe
Itohan  | 3  | "Can't Give Up Now" by Mary Mary | Safe
Abigail  | 4  | "Higher Love" by Whitney Houston | Eliminated
Zadok  | 5  | "Wish Me Well" by Timi Dakolo | Safe
David Operah  | 6  | "Dance With My Father" by Luther Vandross | Safe
Debby  | 7  | "Happy" by Pharrell Williams | Safe
Faith  | 8  | "Next To Me" by Emile Sande | Safe
Banty  | 9  | "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers | Safe

* The Top 10 performed "Stand Up" by Cynthia Erivo for their group performance.

### Top 8: Greatest Soundtracks/This is Me (10 April)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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David Opera  | 1  | "Great Nation" by Timi Dakolo | Safe
Itohan  | 2  | "I Look To You" by Jon Whitney Houston | Safe
Zadok  | 3  | "Soul Provider" by Micheal Bolton  | Safe
Banty  | 4  | "Greatest Love Of All" by Whitney Houston | Safe
Faith  | 5  | "Charlie" by Simi | Safe
Jordan  | 6  | "This Is Me" from The Greatest Showman | Safe
Debby  | 7  | "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion | Eliminated
Progress  | 8  | "I need An Angel" by Ruben Studdard | Safe

* Yinka Daives was a guest judge of this live show.

### Top 7: Showstopper (17 April)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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David Opera  | 1  | "Wonderful" by Burna Boy | Eliminated
Banty  | 2  | "Finesse" by Jon Bruno Mars | Safe
Zadok  | 3  | "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" by Whitney Houston | Safe
Progress  | 4  | "Bang Bang" by Ariana Grande | Safe
Jordan  | 5  | "Titanium" by David Guetta ft Sia | Safe
Faith  | 6  | "Koroba" from Tiwa Savage | Safe
Itohan  | 7  | "Only Girl (In The World)" by Rihanna | Safe

* Ice Prince was a guest judge of this live show.

### Top 6/5 (24 April)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Jordan  | 1  | "Anybody" by Burna Boy | Safe
Banty  | 2  | "Love Don't Cost A Dime" by Jon Magixx | Safe
Itohan  | 3  | "Na Gode" by Yemi Alade | Eliminated
Zadok  | 4  | "Laye" by Kizz Daniel | Safe
Faith  | 5  | "Emiliana" by Ckay  | Eliminated
Progress  | 6  | "Bloody Samaritan" by Ayra Starr | Safe

* Fommer winner Kingdom and 2nd runner up were guest performers.

### Top 4 (1 May)[edit]

Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Progress  | 1  | "Wait for Me" by Johnny Driller  | Safe
Jordan  | 2  | "Airplane Mode " by Fireboy | Eliminated
Zadok  | 3  | "The Vow" by Timi Dakolo | Safe
Banty  | 4  | "Babanke" by Asa | Safe

## Finalists[edit]

(ages stated at time of contest)

Contestant  | Age  | Hometown  | Gender

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Gerald  | 28  | Anambra State | Male
Abigail  | 28  | Bayelsa State | Female
Jordan  | 22  | Kaduna State | Male
Itohan  | 17  | Edo State | Female
Banty  | 26  | Warri | Female
David Operah  | 30  | Lagos | Male
Zadok  | 27  | Edo State | Male
Faith  | 22  | Delta State | Female
Progress  | 21  | Delta State | Male
Debby  | 25  | Benin City | Female
Precious  | 25  | Bayelsa State | Female
Joel  | 23  | Abia State | Male

## Elimination Chart[edit]

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## References[edit]

1\. https://www.dstv.com/africamagic/en-ng/show/nigerian-idol. Official Site of the Nigerian Idol season 7. 2\. https://www.idolssa.net/nigerian-idol-2022-season-7-top-12-contestants/. Meet the Top 12.
*[No.]: Number