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Since Emmy Kosgei exited the local Kenyan gospel space, after her marriage, a new gospel queen from the Rift Valley seems to have filled the vacuum.
In fact, Lillian Rotich, the awesomely vocally talented singer who also doubles as a radio host at Kass FM was there even before Emmie got married in Nigeria. However, Emmy’s exit seems to have given her the breathing space she needed to get her major breakthrough.
She is one of the seven female artistes nominated in the Female Artiste of the Year in this year’s Mwafaka Gospel Awards besides being listed in the Kikwetu Rift Valley Artiste of the Year category.
But the question is not really how big she is. Everyone is just eager to see how this competition between her, Size 8 and Gloria Muliro will play, even after the awards. The three now seem to be in a class of their own and we can only let our fans decide who they think is worthy being crowned the female gospel queen this year.
It is the same headache the two newcomer gospel artistes; Willy Paul and Bahati seem to be having. The two have been head-to-head throughout this year and just like two great athletes, they have been exchanging podium spots. There is this growing belief that the two are having a cold war, a matter they have both dismissed. Bahati is winning many fans thanks to his humble nature and Willy Paul is receiving love for his new ‘bad boy of gospel’ sort of controversial image. Just who among the two is the bigger one this year?
That is not all the war the Mwafaka Awards is brewing. One of the hotly contested categories is the TV Presenter of the Year slot. The category has at long last put KTN’s prolific Friday Brief ing host presenter Betty Kyalo against NTV’s Larry Madowo. Statistics aside, the debate on who of the two commands the biggest following has been on for some while and it has now been left to the voters. Is it gonna be Larry Madowo or Betty Kyalo? What is your say?
And lastly, it will be interesting to see how the top TV gospel shows will play it out this time round.
We are talking about Citizen TV’s Kubamba, KTN’s Tendereza and Krossover 101. Who is the sheriff ruling the airwaves?
