MR. GHANA TIPPED FOR BIG BROTHER AFRICA, ZUGAH & EUGENE SAFO BOUNCED.

Big Brother Africa is undoubtedly the most viewed television program in this continent. Following the anticipation of this year’s edition, the BBA’s finally held its Ghana auditions over the weekend at the plush Holiday Inn Hotel and being a guest at the auditions, the Trace Report definitely has a lot to share.

Ghana’s many unsuccessful attempts in Africa’s major reality show has raised concerns for patrons in the industry haven seen the likes of Sammy B, Kwaku T, DKB, Keitta, Eazzy and Elikem’s inability to return with the cash.

The turn up for its first open call was promising as patronage only appreciated with time. What struck our attention though was the presence of celebrities who were there to also try out their luck, some lived up to expectations and others didn’t forget to disgrace themselves.

All through 2014, Mr. Ghana Nii Tackie Laryea did well to capture attention from the panel (judges), the ladies and our writers. We are unreliably informed he is the favorite of them all. His persona, awesome physique and good looks worked like magic.

Other celebrities who were present and yet were shown the door includes Eugene Safo of Peace fm online, actress Vickie Zugah and Salma Mumuni, Percy the comedian, beauty queens from Miss Malaika, Miss Ghana and Ghana’s Most Beautiful amongst others.

The Trace Report is strongly vouching for him to represent Ghana in the upcoming Big Brother competition. Nii Tackie Laryea is likely to bring the $300,000 home for the first time.

REAL NAMES OF SOME GHANAIAN MUSICIANS

Real Names Real Names Of Ghanaian Musicians Revealed

I must confess most of Ghanaian musicians have very nice names. But how comes they don’t make their names known to the public and prefer been called nicknames.

One the positive side, a new revolution is here with us where some of them are are going back to their root using their family names (surname)

Check out this list of real names of your favourite musicians

Reginald Osei (Reggie Rockstone)

Michael Kwesi Owusu Addo – Sarkodie

Rashid Mugeez – Mugeez

Faisal Hakeem – Paedae

Emmanuel Andrews Samini – Samini

Nii Addo Quaynor – Tinny

Frank Elinam Cobinah – Atumpan

Emmanuel Ababio – Promzy (VIP)

Joseph Nana Ofori – Prodigal (VIP)

Abdul Hamid Ibrahim – Lazzy (VIP)

Christelle Akua Sika Amankona – Lousika

Elom Adablah – E.L

Kwame Amet Tsikata – M.anifest

George Kwabena Adu – Kwabena Kwabena

Jane Awindor – Efya

Kwaku Nsiah- Boamah – Stone- Flowking (BRADEZ)

Kwaku Nsiah Amankwah – Kunta Kinte BRADEZ

Kwame Nsiah Appau – Okyeame Kwam

Rebecca Acheampong – Becca

Emmanuel Botchwey – Kwaw Kese

Osei Kweku Vincent – Strongman

Nana Wiafe Asante-Mensah – ASEM

Desmond Kwesi Blackmore – D Black

Nana Yaw Oduro Agyei – Trigmatic

Mildred Ashong – Eazzy

Fianko Bossman – Chase



Nana Kwaku Okyere Duah – Tic Tac

JoshuaAmpah – KECHEPA

Andrew Kudjoe – KECHEDE

Paul Nuamah Donkor – JaySo

Darlington Kwasi Agyekum – D.Cryme

Diamond Appiah – Diamond

Denning Edem Agbeviadey – Edem

Tiffany Owusu – Itz Tiffany

Jeffery Klu – Klu Monsta

“I DON’T NEED FACEBOOK, ARREST IMPOSTERS FOR ME” – AKROBETO

Ace Kumawood movie actor who is undoubtedly one of the best actors in Ghana, Akwasi Boadu popularly known as Akrobeto, last week Friday said on Pluzz FM’s morning show ‘AM Pluzz’ that success of his career can never be predicated on social media presence.

In an interview with host Sammy Flex, Akrobeto was asked if he was active on social media especially Facebook and his response was in the negative.

“What is Facebook? Is Facebook the key to life? Those who want to do Facebook are doing it and those who are not interested are also doing their own thing. It adds or takes nothing away from my career because that is not what will feed me. Most of my people are on Facebook but I don’t think I will waste my time on that thing,” he said.

When he was told that an advantage of the social media as a celebrity is for his fans to interact with him in and around the whole world, he answered: “It’s a headache, I am a busy man. Even for the past year, I haven’t stayed in my house for a week. Anyone who needs me for business will surely come to look for me and contact me. When was Facebook introduced? Were we not working successfully without Facebook before it was created?” Akrobeto asked.

“There is a facebook that bears the name Akrobeto. Is it not your page?” he was asked.

“It’s not me. About thousand people are complaining that when they send messages I don’t reply. Someone has created that page in my name and I haven’t given anyone the authority to do so. If it’s illegal you can arrest the person but for me I don’t have my image on it. My life is different,” he replied.

This comes at the back of the fact that most deals for showbiz people in modern times come with condition that the showbizer has strong presence on the internet, particularly the social media.

This was one reason why last year, some local movie actors who won topmost awards in Ghana Movie Awards were declined selection to have been part of actors that were flown to France for the Cannes Film Festival.

Could the absence of celebrities like Akrobeto from social media be attributed to sheer ignorance on their part or a choice to do what they want in life?

OFORI AMPONSAH PULLS CELEBRITIES TO HIS CHURCH

One time multiple award-winning high life artiste Ofori Amponsah now a man of God in an exclusive interview with Flex newspaper has revealed he wants to win more celebrities for God.

When he was asked if Ghanaians should be expecting another album from him, he said he was focusing on the calling because it’s not an easy task.

“I have to prepare myself for what God has called me to do. With regards to the music, it got to a time the interest wasn’t there. It could also be that for the past twelve to thirteen years I have always been in the studio trying to bring out something new, so I may say tiredness has set in but now another thing is that God gave me a platform in the music industry but I feel there is nothing to achieve anymore over there than to concentrate on the calling that I am doing now,” he revealed.

When he was asked if he will reduce the spate at which he produces music and pay attention to the calling, he said: “Exactly so, but for now I am bringing a serious one out. The main purpose is to evangelize the word of God. I am in the studio recording this new one that blow every one’s mind.

He explained that the first gospel album ‘Hallelujah’ was the beginning of his calling so the concentration wasn’t that massive. Music is a powerful tool that can be used for evangelism and that is what he is doing now.

According to Prophet Ofori Amponsah, Ghanaians accepted his first gospel album and even now radio stations keep playing it. “Actually the attention wasn’t like the past that I composed and sang high life songs. This time it won’t be like before and the expectation that it will be like the previous one is different. This one talks about God and humankind,” the man of God stated.

When he was asked how successful his ministry has been, he said he started the ministry before entering into the music industry which people didn’t know. “The ministry is something that if I don’t do, I wouldn’t know what do to because that‘s the higher calling but it depends on us to respond to that call. After gaining everything, one thing I lost was the relationship with Jesus Christ and that is what I wanted to achieve by drawing closer to the Lord Jesus Christ and by the grace, I am able to direct lost souls with the gift I have,” he revealed.

When he was asked if he still associates with his former colleagues in the secular world scene he responded: “My church is lucky because we have stars like Prince David Osei and more sometimes we get stars who visit us. There is a notion that when you are a secular artiste you are evil. Sometimes when I go for evangelism and God is working, people keep on asking if it’s for real because they feel I can’t be called but they forget that God calls the dirty ones and use them as his vessels.”

SHATTA WALE BLAMES THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FOR CASTRO’S DEATH

The mysterious disappearance of Hiplife artiste-Castro De Destroyer is bringing several issues to bear and attracting comments and attention from different people both from Ghana and outside Ghana.

Social commentators, Politicians, Journalists, Spiritualists, Musicians, and all sorts of people are adding their voices to what will go down in history as one of biggest mysteries of our time.
As Ghanaians and the world pay close attention to what is going on in connection with the alleged death of Castro and his lady friend, Janet Bandu.

Controversial Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale (2014 VGMA Artiste of the Year) is the latest to add his voice to the many others who are still wondering where Castro is-dead or alive. He could not hold back his thoughts and opinion in relation to the tragic alleged accident Castro and his friend encountered whilst jet skiing at Ada.

According to Shatta Wale, he will put the blame on the Ghana Music Industry. As he put it out in a facebook post, Shatta wrote the below statement (unedited).

“I DONT BLAME ANYBODY BUT WILL BLAME THIS INDUSTRY THAT MAKES ARTISTE FEEL LIKE POPPERS..THIS INDUSTRY KILLED TERRY BONCHAKA BECUASE HE WASNT PAID GOOD ENOUGH TO EVEN AFFORD A BETTER CAR,NOW CASTRO IS ALSO DEAD ALL BECAUSE HE TRUSTED HIS BROTHER(ASAMOAH GYAN) WHO WOULD HAVE MADE HIM A BETTER STAR IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BECAUSE OUR INDUSTRY WASNT MAKING HIM,HE WAS PUSHING HIMSELF TO THE TOP…MAY OUR GREAT GOD SET PEACE IN YOUR SOUL..WILL ALWAYS LOVE U..#CASTRO”

MY SISTER IS NOT ‘MAAME WATER’ – CASTRO’S MYSTERY GIRL’S SISTER SPEAKS

Family of the mystery lady identified as Janet Bandu who has disappeared with Hiplife life artiste Castro is shuttered in disbelieve that their dear sister and daughter has been missing since Sunday and she is feared dead.

As if difficultly dealing with the disappearance of their daughter was not enough, the Bandu family also has to deal with some rumors about Janet suggesting that she is a sea goddess.

Gifty Bandu Janet’s elder sister stated in an interview on Neat FM’s “Entertainment Ghana” that people should stop insinuating that her sister is a goddess and asked Ghanaians to stop referring to her missing sister as is ‘Maame water’, also known as mermaid – a mythical sea creature that has the body of a woman from head to waist and the body of a fish from waist downwards.

Gifty Bandu, pleaded with the public to understand the pain and trauma the family was going through now and stop making things worse with allegations that Janet is a mermaid who has eloped with Castro to marry him under the sea.

“My sister is not ‘maame water’. She is a human being. She was in I’m in Love with Bomaye’ and people know her …When we hear such reports, it brings us a lot of pain. Maame (Jane) is not‘maame water’. She is a human being like any other person. She is my sister. And we are praying that she would be found and Castro too would be found. People should stop saying she is ‘maame water’ and stop saying absurd things about her,” Gifty Bandu stated.

“There way people are talking about my sister we cannot contain it anymore it is too much for us. I want people to know that my sister is a human being and she belongs to a family. I am pleading with Ghanaians that it is an accident and we should pray for her life and that of Castro rather than spreading false rumors because I still believe my sister is alive”. She disclosed that Janet is 24 years and the last of five children of which one was deceased. According to Gifty, Janet was studying Fashion Designing at Mayfair Design School at Cantonments in Accra.

Gifty disclosed further that the Bandu family, on seeing Janet’s picture in Daily Guide on Monday, realized she was the unnamed lady reported to have gone missing in the Volta River with Castro and therefore they took a trip to Ada to look for her.

“We got to Ada and went to the Ada Police Station to talk to them. We don’t know what to do and where to go but we would return there today to continue to look for her,” Gifty narrated and said the family was yet to make any contact with Asamoah Gyan because they had no idea how to reach him. Janet is also said to be an upcoming actress who worked briefly with Socrates Safo’s Movie Africa Production. She also featured in a reality TV show dubbed “I'm In Love with Bomaye” aired on Multi-TV in 2012.

Her father is Staff Sergeant Joe Bandu (retd.) and according to him his daughter schooled at Kasoa in the Central region before continuing at Mayfair Design School. He said the family lives at Kasoa and knew Janet was in school until Sunday when they heard of the incident. The ex-service man said he had just returned from northern Ghana after attending the funeral of a brother.

Castro and Janet were said to have taken one of the sea scooter (Jet Ski) out on a cruise on the Volta Lake when the accident occurred. Sources said Castro and Janet suffered the accident on the Volta Lake while on a weekend getaway with Black Stars’ striker, Asamoah Gyan, his brother Baffour Gyan, their manager Sammy Anim Addo among others.

As at the time of filing this report this afternoon Wednesday July 9, 2014, Janet and Castro were yet to be found and the search is still on.

YVONNE TAKES OVER FROM JACKIE APPIAH

Hot Actress Yvonne Nelson, according to information available to News-One, is one of the lead female characters in the sequel of the movie,’ Cheaters’.

Yvonne was contracted to play the lead role after archrival Jackie Appiah, who played the female major character in the first and second episodes of the movie, was kicked out of the cast.

‘Cheaters,’ is a romantic comedy which has been segmented into episodes.

Director Frank Rajah calls each episode, a book.

Book 1 & 2 had Jackie Appiah and Adjetey Anang starring as the lead characters.

However Frank has wrapped the shoot for Books 3 & 4 of the movie with an entirely new cast including Yvonne Nelson, Eddie Watson and wife Naomi Watson, Kweku Elliot and Zynnell Lydia Zuh among others.

Sources said the development was generating some controversy in the ‘Characters’ camp as Frank Rajah is under pressure to satisfy the casts on the divide.

He told an Accra based radio station over the weekend that he took Jackie Appiah off the role because she was away in Brazil and he couldn’t wait for her to comeback.

Besides, he said, the episode he shot had an entirely different story from the previous one, hence the decision to kick Jackie and others out.