After winning Nigerian Idol, she went on to acting and got her first role where she played Lucia in the 2013 Yvonne Nelson’s movie titled House of Gold.
Her music prowess made her a standout contestant and she eventually went on to win the competition. In 2012, Mercy Chinwo auditioned for season two of the music talent competition Nigerian Idol. She continued in the choir until she graduated to the adult choir where she now became the choir’s music director. She started singing at the age of eight and was a member of the children’s choir at her church. She was born in Port Harcourt Rivers State, Southsouth of Nigeria on the 5th of September 1990. Mercy Chinwo is a Nigerian gospel singer and songwriter.