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PH Set For Music, Dance Jamboree …As Maltina Kicks Off Audition, Today
All is now set for this
year’s regional auditions of Maltina Dance All Seasonal Eight (MDA8), the popular dance show sponsored by Maltina, the nation’s number one malt drink from the stable of Nigerian Breweries Limited.
The Tide Entertainment gathered that hundreds of thousands of enteries from potential contestants have been received and as the process of selecting Nigeria’s top dancing family enters a critical stage, contestants are gearing up by dusting their dancing shoes ready for action.
The exciting and emotional process will be kick started with regional auditions in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital at the Atrium Event Centre on Friday July 18th and Saturday July 19th 2014. Aside Port Harcourt, the other auditioning centres are Lagos and Abuja.
The regional auditions are used as the platform to select family representatives who are expected to qualify their families before the show proper kicks off. During these regional auditions, consumers and respective family members also stand a chance to win any of the fantastic regional dance competition prizes.
Speaking on the event, the senior brand manager, Maltina, Mr Adewole said, “we are glad with the evolution of the Maltina brand over the years and the impact it has made thus far. We are also very excited about what Season Eight of MDA have in store for us”.
According to him, “eight years is a long time for a show to still remain relevant and we are very glad that Maltina through MDA, continues to bring the brand experience of sharing happness and fun to the consumer. He assured that the MDA ‘Rhythm of Happiness Edition’ will be refreshing by unique because they have put a lot of work into it to ensure that every year, there is something bigger and better.
On the prizes to be won, Adedeji disclosed that the winning family will go home with a grand prize of N10 million, the first and second runners up will also get N3 million and N1 million respectively which is an increase from N6 million, N1 million and N500,000 won last year by contestants.
It would be recalled that the 2007 edition was won by Onye Family, 2008, it was the Opuwari Family, 2009 was won by Ibiams, 2010, the Adejos, 2011 by the Ekubo’s while in the 2012 edition, the nation’s number one dance family were the Greens and 2013 edition was won by the Briggs Family, other families are expected to emerge in the 2014 edition titled Rhythm of happiness.
Dancers performing on stage
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.