The last round of elimination of the Naga Orpheus Hunt 2011 was held on November 26 at Niathu Resort in Dimapur. It was a live band round and the contestants sang to the beats of one of Nagaland’s most celebrated band, Incipit. All the 11 contestants performed a local dialect song which was later followed by English songs.

From 11 contestants, the evening initially brought down the contestants to six. Imtisenla, Sungtinaro Zarina Longchar, Athrong Sangtam, Kokliba Jing’s and Vetulu were the six contestants who made it to the finals based on the votes received and the judges’ scores.
Gradually, with the culmination of their evening performances Tsapila Anar, who was among the five eliminated contestants wooed the judges and made her way back into the show joining the top 6 finalists  finally leaving the show with Top 7 finalists.


Toshipokba, MLA was expected in the show as the guest of honour but due to unexpected emergencies he could not attend the show. However, in a letter addressed to the MDACC he lauded them for successfully conducting the show for the last 5 five years and called out to the people to cooperate with organizations like MDACC to uplift youngsters in this field. He also conveyed his best wishes to all the finalists.

The judges of the evening were Bambi Kevichusa, Tali Angh and Rudy Wallang. Former Naga Idol Moanungsang and Kalvina Sumi proprietor of the Glamazon salon were the mentor and the make-up artist for the evening respectively.

The Top 7 finalists will be performing at the Hornbill’s achievers night on December 1 before they finally perform at the grand finale on December 15 at the M-fest in Mokokchung.

The final round of voting starts on November 27.
Voting cards are available at Crescendo Music Store Dimapur, Virtual Point Kechuchar Building Mokokchung and Lineage Enterprises, Opp new Nst bus station, Kohima.

Top 7 Finalists
Athrong Sangtam-07
Tsapila Anar-01
Vetulu Curhah-03
Sungtinaro Zarina Longchar-05
Imtisenla-08
Kokliba Jing’s-19
Kezevilie-13