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I would first and foremost want to commend TV3 for the good work done over the years in relation to the organization of TV3 Ghana’s Most Beautiful. A beautiful initiative designed to unearth, nurture and promote talent of young female hopefuls in Ghana, with the desire to positively manifest the beauty inside-out of the noble Ghanaian woman. A simple mistake however can mar the beauty of this great initiative. Credibility is the basis for which GMB stood out among pageants organized within Ghana and seem to have the attention of many Ghanaians annually.
For lack of a better word, I would say it is unfortunate that the organizing committee brought back two contestants (from Ashanti and Ahafo regions) who were evicted earlier to join the race, with the notice that they were voted back in to the house which I strongly doubt. But be it as it may, I think that move was just a much ado about nothing. The week in which they were brought back was supposed to be the last week of eviction going by the original schedule. I stand to be corrected if I choose to call it a replacement rather than an eviction, because they were seven (7) contestants left in the house and we were told five among the seven would pull through to the finals, two contestants were evicted and two were brought in keeping the total number still seven.
Let me be quick to mention that, the introduction of those two contestants was what led to the extension of the date from 3rd November to 10th November as the date for the grand finale. Is TV3 being fair to all the contestants that are evicted from that date on if they don’t also get the chance to be voted back in to the house? Are we not encouraging and celebrating laziness here if a non performing contestant is evicted, sent home for some weeks and later brought back in to the house to the disadvantage of those that have struggled from scratch to keep themselves in the competition.
I do not want to toe the tangent that a particular contestant was unfairly treated, but I hate to conceal the truth. We were made to understand that voting took 70% while the effort of the contestant on stage alongside her conduct in the house took 30% of the judgement. On the sad night ZARA SULEMANA (the northern regional representative) was evicted she led the voting chart with 12,538 votes. Her performance was on live TV and the world could tell she did well on her stage craft and delivery, yet she was kicked out. Like seriously? Is this to suggest the criteria for judgement was different on that night? A particular judge (name withheld) seemed to have a problem with the fact that he/she didn’t understand the proverbs she used on stage because they were all coded in Dagbani. ZARA did well to translate all that in to English, but could that have been her crime? I thought judges had always encouraged the fusion of native languages to their
performance. Show me a GMB contestant that has never used a native language on stage. Is it now ZARA’s fault that you don’t understand Dagbani? I hate to play the tribal card but pardon me to ask, is it because she was a northerner or because she spoke Dagbani? I follow this contest keenly every year, there have been instances where a contestant comes on stage and speak 90% Twi and was applauded by same judges. My heart bleeds for this.
It is obvious to me now, that the rules of GMB are like the spider’s web, only small insects are trapped.
Now let me give you the mathematics, a competition on live TV isn’t the type people would blindly say the judges know best. Evicting ZARA SULEMANA on a night she was the most voted contestant simply downplays the assertion that voting takes 70% of the competition. Two contestants were evicted earlier in the competition, they were home for a number of weeks whiles their colleagues in the house stressed daily (energy loss), the public continually voted to make sure they stayed in the competition (economic loss), they didn’t have the opportunity to have personal contact with the general public after being sent in to the GMB house to appeal for votes and support, and all of the sudden, two contestants that enjoyed all the above at home are brought back in to the house to compete with them. If the organizers call this #fair I think they are using a different dictionary from the ones we all know. I have a personal feeling that, this whole thing was well orchestrated to bring a single contestant back to the house but in an attempt to reduce public backlash they chose to bring back two contestants and later evict one of them. Imagine Serwa of Ashanti region is ‘handed’ the crown, with which pride would she carry it? Court of public opinion would help me answer this. And even if the organizers out of guilt and wounded ego become unable to hand her the crown they should be well aware the damage can’t be undone.
Organizers of GMB owe us answers. Let it be on record that the effect of what they have done might only be felt in their subsequent editions. I am a disappointed #Northerner. And like our elders would always put it “a poor man may lack what to eat but not what to say” these words are mine and mine solely and I take full responsibility for the write-up. Ignore the mistakes, as this was written with a heavy heart. (GMB DIARIES EPISODE TWO LOADING) let’s make the voice louder by sharing this till it gets to the organizers.
WRITTEN BY: DADINKAI MOHAMMED TAWFIQ (KING-BRAINS)
mdadinkai@gmail.com/0242711108
