Baaba Maal, Selif Keita, Yossour N'dour, Late Franco Makiadi and many other African stars have recieved INTERNATIONAL recognition and stardom...Nobody cares about the language they sing in as long as the voice and the beat is fine...
....and just to help him DICTION means 'clarity with which somebody pronounces words when speaking or singing'. It has nothing to do with understanding a different language. You can have good or poor diction in Luo, Kikuyu, English etc.
....On this one Bwana Judge owes people an an apology!!!
...He unfairly kicked out K-Denk out of the competition when the boy was a darling to many simply because he could not pronounce swahili words.

I think I'm the wrong person to reply to this thread because I tend to agree with everything Ian says just that I would not easily find such mean words to describe the performances as he does. But I guess that's why he's the judge and I'm not.

I was horrified to note that Ian's hair was dyed black.....Probably wants to remain relevant til TPF 40....BK

@njung'e and @magigi - Aren't you guys being overly critical and unfair to the fellow? Dying one's hair is a personal choice. I don't see how it concerns the rest of us.

Yap, he has gay tendencies.... ama ni maringo tu...