By Our Reporter
Uganda’s Desire Tusiimire has progressed to the knockout phase of The Voice Africa.
Desire was able to advance to the knockout phase after beating Madagascar’s Rinah Arifenitra in their duet performance, ‘You are beautiful’ by Christina Aguilera. She was saved by Coach Awilo during the 17th episode.
She will be competing with 31 other African contestants as they battle for the grand prize of 100,000 US dollars.
Since its debut in March this year, the Airtel-sponsored competition has seen 100 talents across 14 African Countries; Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Madagascar, Chad, DRC, Malawi, Niger, Zambia, Seychelles, Rep of Congo, Gabon and Nigeria, participate in the different stages of the vocal contents including; The blind auditions, the battles, now the knockout phase.
During the Knockout stage, talents will be paired against each other, selecting a song to perform individually while their direct competitors watch and wait. Coaches will choose the winner, and the Artist who is not selected will still have the opportunity to be saved by any Coach to remain in the competition.