Airtel's NGT produces 8-years old Millionaire ~ Amarachi, Primary five pupil

Dancing sensation Amarachi Uyanne has emerged the winner of the N10 million grand prize of the Nigeria's Got Talent Season One reality show sponsored by leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria. She won through a public voting process independently managed by Forbes Limited.

Amarachi, who was unveiled at the weekend at the grand finale of the reality show in Lagos, shrugged off a fierce challenge from top contender, Violinist Godwin Ogechukwu and eight other finalists to go home with the winner-takes-it-all prize.

The eight years-old primary five pupil from Igbodo in Delta State is now the youngest non-inheritor millionaire in Nigeria having broken the previous record set by Solomon Ebuka Nwanke Ubani who became a millionaire at age 20.

Amarachi emerged from a cast of ten finalists, reduced to six, then four and finally three based on votes cast by viewers. Voting ended on Friday, December 7, 2012.

Rapper Chuka, DJ Nath, the Expendables and Dr. Bariyu, a ventriloquist and puppeteer became the first casualties in what would be the beginning of a series of evictions.

Impulse, the acapella group from Port Harcourt, dancer extraordinaire, Boniface Ukeme and Toke saw their hope of winning the coveted prize dashed after they formed the successive sets of evictees.