Alpha Was a Challenge to Work With" says UMG's and TPF Judge Foster

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Gerard Foster (Centre)

Gerrard Forster, the Head of New Business Development for Sub-Saharan Africa for UMG International, who is also the fourth judge in Tusker project fame 5 has come out strongly over remarks by former TPF contestant Alpha in the media this week.

“Alpha was a challenge to work with. First of all he went missing for six months and Gallo could not find him. He also refused to take up the contract so I don’t see how EABL could have sponsored his Rwanda concerts when he had already rejected their first offer,” Gerald told Word Is.

Alpha was claiming that EABL do not support the stars that they produce from the leading reality TV show in the region, going on to state in a Facebook post that other TPF products such as Valerie Kimani could attest to such but do not willingly come out and say it.

Gerard also went on to state that the faculty and the judges have the toughest job in Tusker Project Fame because they saw growth and progress in the musicians and had to mould them to be the best.

The fifth edition of Tusker Project Fame now features a narrowed down list of ten contestants from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Southern Sudan and Burundi battling it out for the top prize – a  KSh5 million cash prize and a recording deal worth KSh10 million with Universal Music Group, one of the world’s leading music production and merchandising companies