The picture is gradually becoming clearer and the dance battle for the 10 Million Naira grand prize getting more intense as the Maltina Dance All 8 academy makes steady progress. The Leonard and Maisamari
families could not stand the twist, turns, frills and intensity of the
show as they became the first two families to be evicted from the show.
Osas Ighodaro
The two were evicted from the show after performing the “WaZoBia” (Nigeria’s indigenous dance) and “Jive”
dance routines. They got the judges sledge hammer because of their
inability to creatively satisfy them with their performances.
The first eviction showdown had four families locking horns to remain in the Academy. The Dide and Leonard families had earlier been placed on possible eviction list after their “WaZoBia” performance, while the Oladapo and Maisamari families could not impress the judges after the “Jive” performance. After what the judges’ trio of Muyiwa Osinaike, Comfort Fedoke and Jeffery Page
described as an unsatisfactory performance at the various performance
shows, they were given an order to redeem their image and justify their
stay in the academy.
The Oladapo Family set the tone for the “WaZoBia” performance at the eviction night with “Nkpokiti” dance from Eastern Nigeria; the Maisamari and Leonard families rocked with “Owigiri/ Agene” and the Dide family nailed it with the “Bata” dance from the South West.
Muyiwa Osinaike said most of the
families who have participated at the eviction show down from the past
till present always come back to the stage with so much vibrancy and
determination; he thus commended them for their “WaZoBia” performance.
Muyiwa Osinaike, Comfort Fedoke & Jeffery Page
The “Jive” performance, which turned out to be a night of emotion, opened with an energetic display by Dide family with a song titled “This head I Hold“. They left the floor for the Leonard Family with “One way or Another“. The Maisamari’s hit the stage with “Living La vida Loca” while the Oladapo’s closed the night performance with “Don’t Stop Me Now“.
When it was time for the judges to
announce the families that would be evicted, the tension in the
atmosphere was quite palpable as they found it challenging determining
the two families that would leave the academy. One of the judges Comfort
Fedoke, a professional dancer said the “Jive” performance described the family performance as an improvement from the initial show.
After the high powered judges
deliberations, they collectively reached the conclusion that the Leonard
and Maisamari families did not prove that they could make it to the
next phase of the competition, this earned them their evictions.
Jeffery Page, one of the judges, disclosed the families lacked the basic elements of “WaZoBia” and “Jive”
and that their performances was a comedy of error because he did not
feel the power and technique needed for them to perfect the routines.
This notwithstanding, the evicted family representatives commended Maltina
for the opportunity granted them to display their inbuilt talent and
learn new dance styles. They promised to keep working on what they had
learned from the judges’ corrections and improve on the dance routines
outside the academy.
Apart from the 10 Million Naira grand
prize, the first and second runners-up in the competition will take home
3 Million and 1 Million Naira respectively.
The show, which hit the airwaves on
Sunday 7th September 2014, is being shown on AIT (7PM – 8pPM daily);
Silverbird TV (9PM – 10PM) and Ebony Live TV (7PM) Weekdays and (8:30PM)
Weekend. The grand finale would be aired live on AIT and Africa Magic
channels on DSTV. Viewers who miss any edition can still catch all the
action on YouTube, Facebook and the Maltina website.
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