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Digital Services Provider, Globacom, has extended the weekly broadcast of World’s biggest dance reality competition, Glo Battle of the Year Nigeria, to two of the nation’s leading television networks, the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Africa Independent Television (AIT) starting from this week.
This was a follow up to last Saturday, February 5, successful premiere of the dance reality show on Globacom’s mobile streaming app, GloTV,
In a statement in Lagos Globacom said, “This season has begun on successful note with the first episode showcasing explosive contests that featured male break dancers battling in the audition/elimination rounds and quarterfinals of the ‘B-Boys’ dance category of the competition. The one hour show which was exclusively aired on Globacom’s top rated mobile streaming app, featured contests across six regional venues- Kaduna, Abuja, Enugu, Port Harcourt, Benin, and Lagos”.
Viewers will enjoy another broadcast of the action packed first episode of the show which featured different break dance moves by several contestants on NTA by 6pm on Thursday and Friday on AIT by 9pm. It will also come up weekly on GloTV app on Saturdays by 8pm, NTA on Sundays by 8pm and AIT on Tuesdays by 9pm.
In the first episode, a number of gifted contestants qualified for the semifinals after a hard contest which made it extremely difficult for the judges to decide. They include Lil Vic in Abuja; Jamz rock, BBOYs Jerry, Duke, Whirlz in Benin, BBOY Pryme in Enugu and Pizzaro in Lagos who were visibly the best performers. Others contestants that also qualified inlcude Abuja based gymnastics coach, Irah, six-foot tall dancer, BBOY Off, sociology graduate Victor Vic, Enugu based graphic designer BBOY Bliss, and fashion model Softy. Few other who did live up to expectation failed to move ahead.
Show host, Do2tun who gave account of the journey of each of the contestants also highlighted their determination to excel through Globacom’s platform wholly committed to unleashing their potentials and helping them to achieve their dreams of stardom.
The second episode of the show comes up on GloTV next Saturday, February 12th, on GloTV by 8pm. The GloTV app can be accessed by subscribers on myglotv.com.
