The Ekubo family from Port Harcourt, Rivers State has been crowned Nigeria’s number one dancing family as the curtains finally fell on the popular family TV reality show Maltina Dance All (MDA) season five sponsored by Maltina, a premium non-alcoholic malt brand from the stable of Nigerian Breweries Plc. The Expo centre of Eko Hotel and Suites was agog and filled to capacity as the Ekubo family danced their way to the winning the grand prize of N5million and a brand new Toyota Siena SUV at the live grand finale of the show.
The
Dare and Utogo families came second and third respectively with a cash prize of
N1 million and N500, 000.
The
Ekubo family alongside four families that qualified for the finals; Dare,
Owolabi, Utogo and Ngwu families gave their last performance to thrill the
audience and boost their votes. The grand finale show hosted by the Kemi
Adetiba had the Owolabi family open the first phase of the show with a
performance thrilling the audience with Diana Ross’ “He lives in You” followed
by the Utogo family with an entertaining piece of Angelique Kidjo’s “Agolo”.
The Ekubo family performed with Infinity’s “Olori oko”. Next on stage was the
Ngwu family with an exciting dance style with Terry G’s “knack u apako”. Dare
family closed the first phase of the show with Cabo Snoop’s “prakatatumba”.
The
second phase of the show was the hip-hop performance and was opened by the Ngwu
family dancing to Chris Brown’s “Tonight is the
Night”. Next to perform was the Dare family giving an exhilarating performance
with Tpain and Florida’s
track “Low”. Owolabi family was next to perform dancing to Prince’s “Give it to
me” followed by the Utogo family giving a marital performance with Dr. Sid’s
“Something about you”. The Ekubo family closed the show with Neyo and Pit
Bull’s “Everything”.
The
dance instructors and judges of the MDA
Academy crowned the show
with a captivating performance that drew accolade from the audience and earned
them a standing ovation.
Mr. Jacco Van der Linden, Marketing Director of
Nigerian Breweries Plc who spoke prior to the presentation of the cheque and
car keys to the Ekubo family said viewers’ votes will crown one family the
biggest and best dancing family of Nigeria.
“I am very glad to say that we have doubled the price money; this year truly is
the biggest Maltina dance all ever. N5million is the winning prize plus a brand
new family SUV waiting here outside. Also we have in the last few weeks gotten
over forty thousand fans that have been following and commenting on Facebook”.
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