Idyl (musician)
Daniel Diongoli, professionally known as Idyl, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and recording artist. He is the winner of Season 2 of The Voice Nigeria and is signed to Universal Music, Africa. He is from Bayelsa state in southern Nigeria. Early career Idyl auditioned unsuccessfully for four seasons of Project Fame West Africa between 2012 (season five) and 2015 (season nine). He also had unsuccessful auditions on Nigerian Idol (Seasons two through five) and X-Factor Nigeria. In 2016, he released of the song ‘Tari’, for which he won the Next Rated Artiste Award at the Bayelsa Media Awards. In the same year, he also won an award from Roger Hammond Memorial Trust Fund in London; which came with a music scholarship at the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) School of Music, where he learned to play the piano, and studied music theory and vocal training. In 2017, Idyl auditioned for season two of The Voice Nigeria and was selected by singer Timi Dakolo into his team for the competition. In September 2017, after a 3-month long competition, he was announced as the winner of the reality TV series, ahead of 48 other contestants who qualified for the finals. This was