Illbliss (left) late Nomoreloss, show anchor Emma, Vector and Mode 9 on set of The Gist.
For those who follow the Nigerian entertainment industry, Emmanuel Ugolee is not a stranger in this business, having played a vital role in the development of the new age entertainment industry almost two decades ago.
After an eleven year break, the former MBI presenter is back with the current wave of an all entertainment-based talk show, which is causing weekly ripples on social media with trending topics and video clips. The entire week on social media hovered around the hip-hop episode featuring rappers Ikechukwu, Mode 9, Vector and Ill Bliss. With Ikechukwu and Vector’s confrontation, making the week’s number 1 viral video.
Tagged The Gist, the show strictly discuses issues around the entertainment industry in general with key players including Musicians, Actors, Writers, Sports men amongst others as panelists. The high level engagement on social media platforms after each show makes the show a must see.
The programme has so far featured guests such as Bovi, Timaya, Simi, Uti, Saka, Monalisa Chinda, Joseph Benjamin, Alibaba, Segun Arinze, DJ Jimmy Jatt and many more.
Showing on HipTv Channel 324 on DSTV every Monday at 10:30pm with a rerun on Saturdays at 10:00am, the show gives an inside scoop to the inner working of the industry through the dissecting minds of its practitioners. It also has a comedy segment and plays trendy music videos along with a vox pop that samples the pulse of the streets on the subject matters discussed.