Entertainment
The Charly Boy Show Bounces Back
Fans who have sorely missed the popular Television series, the Charly Boy show now have a reason to smile as the weekly sketch/variety show which featured music comedy and celebrity appearances and produced by iconic Nigerian singer, songwriter, TV presenter, publisher and producer, Charly Boy, born Charles Chukwuemeka Opita is making a retire.
This time it is exclusively on Ogelle, Africa’s first User Generated Content (UGC) video sharing platform for Africa content only. Charly Boy and the management of Ogelle on Monday signed an agreement to relaunch the Charly Boy Show.
The show which will air exclusively on ogelle.com beginning on May, promises to be the hub of entertainment if you are looking for entertainment, here is where to be, but beyond entertainment, Charly Boy said through the show the young will also pick up lesson that will be valuable in their various endervouy,it is a rare opportunity to hear the success story of that music icon, that movie star, that comedian, that football legend that you admire.
This is why we are bringing back the Charly Boy show not only entertainment, but also to teach through entertainment. We need to revive the African values of family, brotherhood success through hard work, consistency in any chosen field and so on”, Charly Boy said.
He said he was glad that the Charly Boy Show was coming back at a time when technology has enabled a wider reach, but even more excited that Ogelle the platform when the show will air exclusively is 100 percent African. He described ogelle as a platform that all African both home and in the diaspora and lovers of African culture should look up to.
Osita Oparaugo, founder of ogelle said the entire ogelle team was optimistic at the prospects of the return of the Charly Boy Show exclusively on the ogelle platform.
Oparaugo noted that the difference between the Charly Boy show of the late 1990s and the new show Ogelle is that while the former had traditional undertones, the new show will be purely entertainment though there will be plenty of lessons to learn along the way.
We sincerely think Charly Boy also known as ‘Area Fada’, content shapes the world and there is no better time than now for Africans in Africa and in the diaspora to change the narrative and no better platform than Ogelle being a user generated video content sharing platform dedicated to African content only.
It’s our prayer that more and more Africans will understand that the west is saturated and have finished telling their beautiful stories, it is our time, Africa’s time to tell our stories through ogelle”, he said.
The Charly Boy Show first launched in NTA 3, channel 5 Lagos and was later syndicated across other stations in the country. The cast included Charly Boy, his wife Diane, actress Stella Damascus, singing duo Tunde and Wunmi One among others. However, the Charly Boy Show could not be continued and was cancelled in 2001after 10 years on air.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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