For secondary school students and lovers of live music in Lagos, these are exciting times, as a novel talent hunt, Lagos High School Music Challenge, (LHSMC) kicks off. 

According to the organisers, Lagos High School Music Challenge is a unique contest aimed at harnessing music talents among teenagers in the state while empowering and offering early guidance into the ever growing and exciting world of live music.

The CEO, Entertainment Media Limited and executive producer of the show, Biodun Kupoluyi, said the talent hunt is opened to secondary school students in Lagos and will kick off this month at Multi-Purpose Hall, Eko FM, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos, with over 30 contestants vying for honours.
“The appalling trend of parading music illiterates as the elites of Nigerian music pushed us as an organization to birth this idea. The rich musical history that King Sunny Ade, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Dan Maraya Jos, Bala Miller, I.K Cairo, Ebenezer Obey, Osita Osadebe, Oliver De Coque and all the other legends toiled to build is gradually eroding, dying and that is why we decided to face the next generation to help arrest the situation,” he explained.

Checks on the official website of the competition, www.Lhsbconline.com, shows that registration closed Thursday June 14, 2018 and the excitements among school pupils, music instructors and parents is high.

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Kupoluyi added that schools have since begun rehearsals for the competition that will parade 14 of the 26 bands eliminated during the first round, leaving the remaining contestants to face the battle in front of a panel of industry experts for the second round. Solo talents in music will also be on stage to contest among themselves.

Among the schools qualified for the finals are CMS Grammar School, Igbobi Junior High School, Supreme Education Foundation, Bishop Howell, Seolad Group of Schools, Ziggy Wisdom School, Living Stone Model School, Babington Macaulay, and Baptist Academy. Others include Command Day Secondary School, Stadium Junior Grammar School and Agidingbi Junior Grammar School.

The 12 qualified bands in the first round tagged: ‘Knockout Series’ as well as winners in ‘Solo-Face-Off’ will move up to the grand finale. Contestants are to perform cover songs and original compositions during the competition. The Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Ministry of Education and Eko FM endorse the talent search show.