Contestants from six regional competitions of the Glo Battle of the Year Nigeria traded tackles on Saturday as the first episode of the show premiered on GloTV, the network’s streaming app just as Globacom says the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and African Independent Television (AIT) will begin broadcast of the show from this week.
The show will run every Saturday on Globacom’s innovative TV streaming service on Android, IOS apps and web for watching live linear TV, Video on Demand and catch-up with premium content including Glo BOTY Nigeria and will be rebroadcast this week only on NTA by 6pm and Friday on AIT by 9pm. Subsequently, the show will air weekly on GloTV app on Saturdays by 8pm, NTA on Sundays by 8pm and AIT on Tuesdays by 9pm.
The company, in a press release issued in Lagos, enjoined viewers to hook up to the electrifying episodes by getting GloTV app on myglotv.com.
The tension-soaked first episode of the show featured male break dancers who emerged from the regional draws from Kaduna, Abuja, Enugu, Port Harcourt, Benin, and Lagos slugging it out in the audition/elimination rounds and quarterfinals of the ‘B-Boys’ dance category of the competition.
Judges on the show had a hard time determining who the best of the dancers were as the boys used all the dancing tricks in their kitty in the bid to outshine one another. Some of them however failed to live up to the billing and were not lucky to proceed to the next round of the exciting show which aired at 8p.m. on Saturday, February 5.
Contestants who qualified for the semifinals from the first episode are accomplished in other areas of their endeavours including 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. The most impressive performances of the first episode were performances from Lil Vic in Abuja; Jamz rock, BBOYs Jerry, Duke, Whirlz in Benin, BBOY Pryme in Enugu and Pizzaro in Lagos.
Host of the show and award-winning On-Air Personality (OAP) and actor, Do2tun showed the trajectories of each of the contestants as well as their intention to ride on Globacom’s unlimited brand promise to showcase their potentials and achieving their dreams of wealth, stardom and global domination. Star crooner, Simi Kosoko was on hand to entertain viewers in a live performance of a few of her greatest hits.
