July 10, THEWILL) – Singer Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua, otherwise known as Seyi Shay, caused quite a lot of conversation when she made her judging debut and run on last year’s Nigerian Idol competition.
After a year as a judge on the popular and prestigious show, she left the judging panel.
This year, she and other judge on her season, Soseneyayi Amar-Aigbe, aka DJ Sose, were replaced by singers, Simisola Bolatito Kosoko, aka Simi and Dapo Oyebanji, aka D’Banj.
The season went on to still be a roaring success, but a number of people still missed Seyi Shay and wished she was on the show.
But the singer has emphatically said she isn’t going to be on the show ever again.
Speaking of her time on the show, she said, “Being a judge on Nigerian Idol this year was one of the most challenging jobs I’ve ever done in my life because I had so much backlash.
“A lot of people were not expecting me to be on their TV screens everyday for six months. They were not ready.
“But I think by the end of it, I made some great new fans and Nigeria found a sweetheart because I’m not a bad person.
“I feel like in the beginning when you have to be strict and find a superstar for your country, you gotta be firm. But by the end of that Nigerian Idol journey, I fell in love more with my job and the show and my fans and vice versa.
“So it was a great experience all in all. I am not doing it again though. I’m not doing that kind of thing again, no, thank you!
“I think that era is gone. I did it. came, saw, conquered. Like, I’m good. It was a really challenging time and it took a whole six months of my year. I couldn’t do anything else.
“Now, I have loads of other exciting things to unravel to the world, so I won’t be doing the next season cuz I’m a big girl now and we gotta move. But I loved it, I’m not going to take that away.”
