When the media stormed Next Movie Star house

By Ayo Onikoyi

It was not business as usual when the gentlemen of the press and the media team of the NMS house stunned the 2015 Next Movie Star housemates last Sunday night.

The media men led by the NMS media manager, Sunday Adebayo, was ushered into the warm embrace of the housemates who shrieked and screamed on sighting them.

The house captain welcomed and introduced other housemates to the media men after which they thrilled the media personalities with a welcome number and it was really fun.  Interestingly, one of the media men  expressed  his affection for the show, saying he had been an ardent follower since inception of the show

After the session, the housemates selected four members amongst themselves to take the media guys on a tour round the Next Movie Star House, and explained what everywhere in the house represents, and thereafter engaged all the housemates in a chat.

Precisely, on Monday, November 16, 16 youths, drawn from across eight African countries entered the Next Movie Star House in search of fame, pride and glory. In the first two weeks in camp, the housemates went through several training and grooming sessions by accomplished professionals as part of the organizers’ commitment to engender an informative, entertaining and educative show.

They were thereafter taken to the custom-built NMS house where they had the opportunity to socialise with  celebrities including the world famous former Kennis Music Stars Jaywon,; Foluke Daramola, among others as part of the “Thank God It’s Friday” programme.

Conceived in 2005 to serve as a springboard for unheralded talents to enter the Nigerian movie industry in grand style, the NMS has over the years, produced countless movie stars including Tonto Dike, Annie Macaulay, Moyo Lawal, Eyo, who was also a Project Fame West Africa Alumnus, and Lydia Forson, the Ghanaian contestant in 2007 that went on to become a joint winner of the best actress award at the 2009 Africa Movie Academy Awards.