It was a night dedicated to  old school music as Nigerian Idol’s final 3 performed home made songs including songs from the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

As Najite took her final bow on the competition earlier in the week, Mercy, Joe Blue and Stephen were the last 3 standing.

On the list of the judges for the night was Grammy-nominated artiste, Femi Anikulapo Kuti, while guest performers for the night were Jesse Jags and Black Magic who wowed the audience with individual performances.

“It has been an incredibly hectic few months and suddenly a star will be unveiled, this what we all have been waiting for from the first day  Project manager Tiwa Medubi highlighted.  For the very first time on the Nigerian Idol stage, performances were opened by the 3 contestants with the song; “Water” by Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

The last girl standing, Mercy started the contest proper with her rendition of Victor Uwaifo’s ‘Joromi’. It was an exotic display of her vocal dexterity. She later rounded up her performance for the night with a superlative version of Fela’s song, ‘Zombie.’

Guest judge, Femi Kuti was so impressed that he rated her performance a triple A plus,mentioning that she reminded him of his grandmother and Fela’s mother, Funmilayo.

Next was Stephen Onochie, who entertained the audience with an energetic and choreographed performance of Flavour’s ‘Adanma.’ It was very evident that he brought his dancing shoes with him as he dazzled the audience with acrobatic steps in addition to his husky voice.