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There will be at least three judges who are expected to play different roles in terms of how they critique the debaters. They balance one another out in their judging style and this ensures absolute objectivity in the eventual choice of a winner.
They must be able to articulately express themselves and their opinions in a coherent, objective and concise manner that shows clearly that they know what they are talking about. These are experts in their field, well informed professionals who are able to make technical critiques of the debaters.
Judging Process
- Week after week, contestants will debate on selected topics, either as individuals or as teams.
- The contestants will not be kept in fixed groups, so that they learn how to work as a team with different personality types.
- The teams will prepare for each debate with the help of a debating coach.
- The judges will pass comments on the performances of the debaters and score them, either as teams and as individuals.
- The contestants with the lowest scores from the judges will be voted for by viewers, who will choose to save their preferred Debater.
- At the finals, the judges will pass comments and the viewers will vote for a winner.
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| THE VERIFIERS |
| The firm of Alexander Forbes will serve as the Verifiers of the results of the show. Their role is to ensure the transparency and integrity of the entire judging process. |
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| Richie Dayo Johnson |
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Founder of Richmond Johnson Academy, Richie is an accomplished Master of Ceremonies and an acclaimed international speaker who has delivered several customised keynote presentations, facilitated workshops, seminars and boot camps on effective communication skills and personal development strategies for individuals and organizations whose outcome is determined more by the way they think than how they work.
A radio and television broadcaster by training with further education at Teesside Management School, Middlesbrough, Richie worked at GEC, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham and IBM London before becoming Joint Managing Director of Universal Communications Group and later Deputy Managing Director of The Job Paper, London. |
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He spent 18 months in Norway and Sweden working on a United Nations funded project – Media Empowerment for Africa. In 2004, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce.
Richie Dayo Johnson is a past and founding president of Speakers of Croydon Toastmasters, immediate past area governor for East Surrey & Kent and a leading associate of Speakers Bank -- a national network of professional speakers and trainers. His raison d’être is: “doing things well and exceeding expectations”. Richie believes that “You must be willing to do today what other people will not do in order to have tomorrow what they will not have”. He is also an ardent believer in his late grandmother’s aphorism that “No matter how rich or poor, how educated or illiterate, good manners will take you through? “
He founded the earlier mentioned Richmond Johnson Academy on the dictum that there is basic goodness in everyone and it is the foundation upon which all other great values can be built. Building a strong personal brand and gliding through life with glowing manners are essential ingredients of extraordinary living.
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| Karen Aribisila |
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Educated in Nigeria, England, Wales, Guyana, Barbados and Italy, Professor Karen King-Aribisala is the current Head of the Department of English, University of Lagos where she specializes in African and West Indian literature. She is the recipient of several awards all with merit and distinction in elocution and drama from the prestigious London Academy of Dramatic Arts.
She is also an academic having published various articles in journals and books. Furthermore she is a creative writer. Her first book Our Wife and other Stories won the Best First Book Prize (1990) (African Region) –Commonwealth Writers Award and her most recent work The Hangman’s Game won the Best Book Prize (African Region) Commonwealth Writers Award in 2008. |
She is the recipient of a number of grants and fellowships including a James Mitchener Scholarship and Fellowship(University of Miami); Camargo Foundation(France); Commonwealth Foundation; British Council-- and she represented Nigeria at ROMAPOESIA, an international poetry festival in Italy.
She loves to paint, design clothing, bake scrumptious cakes and sing and dance and is an ace embroiderer. She has created a puppet theatre for children. She is married to Dr, Femi Aribisala her childhood sweetheart who she met in Rome at the age of fifteen. The couple have one son, Femi Kevin Aribisala.
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| Remi Abere |
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A university of Ife graduate, Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant and Chartered Accountant of Nigeria. Remi has a diverse career incorporating experience in Banking, Operational & Project Management, Training, Human Resource and Fashion Design.
An experienced entrepreneur who has helped set up a number of small and medium size companies including Data Capture Company, an Internet Service Provider and a training outfit.
She possesses excellent interpersonal, leadership and communication skills and has the ability to develop and maintain productive internal and external relationships.
Trained as an executive coach at the Kaplan University U.S. and a life coach at Coaching and Mentoring International U.K. |
she strongly believes ‘that you can get everything in life you want if you help enough people get what they want – Zig Zigler
Remi Abere is also a wellness coach, and has delivered a few workshops.
She believes that being well in mind, body and spirit is the key to true happiness and inner peace.
Remi is the current President of the premier Toastmasters International Club in Nigeria, the Eagles Club, a keen speaker and workshop facilitator.
She is currently the Project Director of Credit Awareness Nigeria a non profit organisation involved in a national wide project to increase financial inclusion and the financial literacy level in Nigeria.
Remi has recently taken up Yoga. She is a keen biker, enjoys swimming and has a passion for adventure. She is married with 5 kids.
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