Nigeria, May 11 -- After two weeks of excitement, the theatre week for Nigerian Idol season 6 came to an end on Sunday night as the judges finally selected the 11 contestants who will be battling it out in the finals to become Nigeria's next biggest singing sensation.

Initially, 68 contestants were selected for the theatre week, but after a series of tests and performances only 11 scaled through.

During the second week of theatre week, contestants were assessed on the strength of their voice and their overall stage performance.

It turned out to be the end of the road for many of the contestants, as the judges felt they were either not strong enough to compete or had shown little to no improvement in the past week.

The contestants had ...