Nadiah Adu-Gyamfi has been crowned the first-ever winner of Walk the Line.
The singer fought off tough competition from four other acts in the final episode of the ITV series to win a whooping £500,000.
Judges Gary Barlow, Alesha Dixon, Dawn French and Craig David were back behind the desk to offer their advice as the five nervous acts sung their hearts out.
Over the past five nights, presenter Maya Jama has introduced viewers to different performers hoping to walk away with the eye-watering cash prize.
Nadia Adu-Gyiamfi won the public vote for a second night in a row on Thursday after she chose to walk the line against new competition, going with the judges and her family’s advise.
This followed her first win on Wednesday night that pushed competition favourite Ella Rothwell out of the running.
Although, Ella did not walk the line for her fourth night following her hatrick win since the series air, but decided to play it safe and take the £40,000 offer that she grew from a £10,000 win each night.
Nadiah battled it out against Greg Charles, The Beatbox Collective, Rodney Earl Clarke and Scarlet Thomas in the series finale on Friday night.
Presenter Maya later revealed to Nadiah that Scarlet was her biggest competition and the contestant had to decide if she wanted to cash out for £20,000 or “walk the line”.
Nadiah decided to take the risk and it paid off as the performer ended up being named the winner of the show.
Fans rushed to social media to give their verdict on the first winner of Walk the Line.
Taking to Twitter, one fan penned: “Nadiah absolutely smashed it!”
Another added: “WOW @ Nadiah Adu-Gyamfi”
A third person posted: “Well done Nadiah”
After her win, Nadiah was joined by her mum on stage, as she said: “I just want to say thank you to every single person who voted for me. I get to actually help change your life mum. You deserve it so much.”
Before making her decision, Nadiah had one minute to receive some words of wisdom from the judges.
Gary told her: “Nadiah, I’d go for it. I really would, this is life-changing. I’d take the risk.”
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Whilst Craig added: “You’re this close to getting £500,000, I think you need to walk the line.”
Alesha said life was “about taking risks” as both her and Dawn urged Nadiah to bet on herself and her talent.
Nadiah’s mum also encouraged her to walk the line but it was down to the singer to make a final decision.
It paid off and now Nadiah is now £500,000 richer.
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
