Tagged “Dance with Peter,” the reality show is a 13-week dancing competition in partnership with the sensational African dance prodigy, Peter Okoye, the twin brother and partner in the sensational and multiple award winning musical group, P-Square.
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Head of TV Reality Show and Special Projects, Globacom, Yemi Halim;
Guinness Book of Records title holder for the longest dance, Kaffy;
Peter Okoye
of P-Square who doubles as a Dance instructor and P-Square's
Choreographer, Flexx, during the launch party for ‘Dance with Peter
Reality TV show, sponsored by Globacom, at the Silverbird Galleria in
Lagos on
Saturday.
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The show was launched at a glamorous and well attended event held at Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday evening.
Leading entertainment figures including Peter and Paul Okoye (PSquare),
rap king, MI,
new female sensation, Di’Ja of Marvin Records and Guinness Book record
holder for longest dancer, Kafayat Shafau Ameh, popularly known as
Kaffy, attended.
Globacom said that “Dance with Peter” was designed
to promote and glamourise the dance culture among West Africans and
assist those who may want to go into the dance profession to discover
their prodigious talents.
“It is going to be the biggest reality TV show in
recent time, with huge benefits for the participants in the competition,
entertainment lovers and television viewers generally,” the company
promised.
It disclosed that the winner of the competition
would go home with a brand new Toyota RAV 4 with N3million cash and the
rare opportunity of featuring in P-Square’s next music video.
The first and second runners-up, on the other hand,
will go home with a brand new Honda Civic car, N2million cash and a
brand new Kia Rio car with N1million cash respectively and a chance to
feature in a top Glo Ambassador’s music videos.
Globacom said that outstanding Nigerian dancers such as Peter, Kaffy
and Flex will feature in the show as judges while Ehis Okoegule of MTV
Base will be the host.
Auditions for the show will be held in Lagos, Port
Harcourt, Benin and Abuja in Nigeria as well as in Accra, Ghana. Six
dancers will be selected by the judges from each location for the real
battle in Lagos.
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| Dance Merchants: Host of ‘Dance with Peter’ Ehis Okoegule; Guinness Book of Records title holder for the longest dance, Kaffy; Peter Okoye of P-Square fame and Dance instructor cum P-Square's Choreographer, Flexx, at the unveiling of Dance with Peter Reality TV show sponsored by Globacom, at the Silverbird Galleria, Lagos. |
Glo explained that the show would run for 13 weeks,
with the first two weeks spent on profiling and auditions, while the
next 10 weeks would be for the elimination series which will all be
themed. The last episode would be the grand finale
of the show which will be held in Lagos with international superstars.
"Dance with Peter is in line with our commitment to
keep on delighting our teeming subscribers and adding value to their
lives, economically and socially. Fun seekers on the continent in
general and in West Africa in particular are about
to witness the best dance show ever. It is going to be 13 weeks packed
full of excitement,” said Globacom.
Showbiz superstars and Glo ambassadors will feature as Guest Judges in the competition.
Dance
with Peter will be broadcast on Afrimagic, AIT in Nigeria, TV3 in Ghana
and ORTV in Benin Republic. Broadcast times will be announced shortly.
Globacom said registration for the competition has started
and it is open to only Glo Subscribers in Nigeria and Ghana.
“Registration costs N100 for Nigeria and 0.5GHc for Ghana. Subscribers
are required to send ‘DANCE’ to the shortcode 55517 in Nigeria and 3030
in Ghana. They will then be requested to send
their details such as Name and Location at no extra charge. All
successful registrations will get a confirmatory SMS with instructions
on what to do next.
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