Africa's biggest corporate supporter of entertainment and integrated telecommunications service 

provider, Globacom, is sponsoring a Reality TV Show that will change the face of entertainment 

in the continent. 

Tagged “Dance with Peter,” the reality show is a 13-week dancing competition in partnership 

with the sensational African dance prodigy, Peter Okoye, the twin brother and partner in the 

sensational and multiple award winning musical group, P-Square.

Addressing a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday, Globacom said that “Dance with Peter” was 

designed to promote and glamourise the dance culture among West Africans and assist those 

who may want to go into the dance profession to discover their prodigious talents.

“It is going to be the biggest reality TV show in recent time, with huge benefits for the 

participants in the competition, entertainment lovers and television viewers generally,” the 

company promised.

It disclosed that the winner of the competition would go home with a brand new Toyota RAV 4 

with N3million and the rare opportunity of featuring in P-Square’s next music video. 

The first and second runners-up, on the other hand, will go home with a brand new Honda Civic 

car, N2million and a brand new Kia Rio car with N1million respectively and a chance to feature 

in a top Glo Ambassadors music videos, Globacom disclosed, adding that dance legends such as 

Peter, Kaffy and Flex will feature in the show as judges while Ehis Okoegule of MTV Base will 

be the host.

Auditions for the show will be held in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Benin and Abuja in Nigeria as well 

as in Accra, Ghana. Six dancers will be selected by the judges from each location for the real 

battle in Lagos.

Glo explained that the show would run for 13 weeks, with the first two weeks spent on profiling 

and auditions, while the next 10 weeks would be for the elimination series which will all be 

themed. The last episode would be the grand finale of the show which will be held in Lagos with 

international superstars. 

"Dance with Peter is in line with our commitment to keep on delighting our teeming subscribers 

and adding value to their lives, economically and socially. Fun seekers on the continent in 

general and in West Africa in particular are about to witness the best dance show ever. It is going 

to be 13 weeks packed full of excitement,” it said.

Showbiz  superstars and Glo ambassadors  will feature as Guest judges in the competition. 

R03;Dance with Peter will be broadcast on Afrimagic, AIT in Nigeria, TV3 in Ghana amd ORTV in 

Benin Republic. Broadcast times will be announced shortly. 

Globacom said registration for the competition has started  and it is open to only Glo 

Subscribers in Nigeria and Ghana. “Registration costs N100 for Nigeria and 0.5GHc for Ghana. 

Subscribers are required to send ‘DANCE’ to the short code 55517 in Nigeria and 3030 in 

Ghana. They will then be requested to send their details such as Name and Location at no extra 

charge. All successful registrations will get a confirmatory SMS with instructions on what to do 

next.