Ten Contestants Jostle for 7 Slots at Dance with Peter

One of the contenders, G Xtreem, during the Africa Contemporary Dance performance.

The 10 remaining contestants at the ongoing Dance with Peter reality TV show being sponsored by Nigeria’s next generation network, Globacom, will this weekend slug it out to emerge among the final seven to proceed to the grand finale.

The contestants who have survived 12 weeks of intense competition from 20 other contestants will fight with all they have to be among the final 7 in the academy. The contestants include C-Fly, Julius Fakta, G-Xtreme, Tee Jay, T-Rubber, Amazing Amy, Kelvin, Miracle, Da Octopus and Mali Hot Boy.

The theme for this week’s competition is Contemporary African Dance. Three of the ten remaining dancers will exit the competition at this stage, with the rest seven going ahead to fight for a slot out of the five slots available in the Grand Finale.

Mali Hot Boy raises a portrait during his performance.

Viewers of this weekend edition will find out who among Kelvin, Teejay, Julius Faktah, T-Rubber and Miracle who were put on probation in the last edition will make it and who will go home.

The show will be broadcast on African Magic Urban (Channel 153 on DSTV) at 7 p.m. on Saturday.  Viewers can also watch it on African Independent Television (AIT) at 5 p.m.  on Sunday and on MTV Base on Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. 

Dance with Peter Contestants all performing an opening act during the semi final stage of the Competition.

The public can vote for their preferred contestant by sending his or her code to 55518 at the cost of N50 per SMS. Voting lines are open from 8 p.m. on Saturday to 12 midnight on Monday.

Dance Director, Wale Rubber, said the focus this week was meant to showcase the rich African culture through dance and examine the ability of the housemates to switch and adapt to African music and dance.

Glo ambassador, Van Vicker, is expected to be the guest judge in this week’s episode. “I came here to be entertained and have fun, I just want to see raw dance talents from the contestants,” he declared.