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10-Year Old Dazzles At Glo-Sponsored ‘Dance With Peter’

A 10-year old girl on Friday stunned judges and others at the Benin City audition of the dance reality TV show, ‘Dance with Peter’, sponsored by Nigeria’s fully integrated telecom operator, Globacom.
The girl, Sophia, a primary five pupil of Cherish Montessori Academy, Warri, Delta State, was among over 500 dancers who converged on the Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre, Benin to vie for the six qualifying tickets from the Benin audition of the show.
Sophia displayed scintillating skills and convincingly secured the nod of the judges to proceed to the  next level of the audition.
“I am happy that I made it to the next stage. I will give everybody here a wow performance when next I come on stage and all of you will say wow, this girl is wonderful”, she said.
The little girl said that if she made it to the final contest in Lagos, “I will do my best to win the prize and use the proceeds to further my education and dancing career.”
Other equally talented Nigerian youths slugged it out among themselves to bag the much coveted qualifying tickets, making the job very tough for the panel of judges, comprising the dance diva, Kaffy, Don Flexx and Dipp who stood in for Peter of Psquare, to select the best 6.
“We had an amazing pool of outstanding talents to choose from,” said Kaffy at the audition.
Another group of dancers, Fantastic 4, who also did their best to impress the judges, said: “we very much hope to impress the judges and make it to the Lagos final.”
Another group, The Dance Overflow, led by Eggisohe Akpes, promised “a mind blowing performance to appreciate Globacom for providing this huge platform for us as a group to demonstrate our talents.”
A female dancer, Blessing Ebruphilor, in her own comments praised Globacom for “consistently supporting Nigerians and for believing in the greatness of this country.
Another female dancer, Mercy Obehi, said: “beyond my desire to qualify for the next stage, I want to give credit to Globacom for organising this youth engagement show. I will forever remember today in my dancing career”. ‎
“Dance with Peter” is a Reality TV show championed by Peter Okoye of PSquare fame and sponsored by Globacom.
In the first two auditions in Abuja and Accra, Ghana, six dancers were selected respectively, making a total of 12 contestants who will and join other finalists from Benin, Port Harcourt and Lagos to contest for the star prize of N3m, a brand new Rav4 SUV and a lifetime opportunity to feature in the next video of PSquare.
First and 2nd runners-up will go home with a Honda Civic car plus N2m and a Kia Rio plus N1m respectively. Both will also have the chance to feature in a Glo ambassador’s music video.
Glo Sponsored DanceL-R: Blessing Ebruphilor, Jimoh Quincy, Precious Aihebhoria & Mercy Obehi, all contestants at the Benin audition of the Glo-sponsored” Dance with Peter” Reality TV Show held at the Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre, Benin City, Edo State, on Friday, September 4.