Dance With Peter Meets Drama @ Lagos audition
There is this claim that Lagos the entertainment capital of West Africa. And so the city strove to lived up to that billing with some razzmatazz when the auditioning crew of the dance reality show, Dance with Peter powered by Globacom, hit the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria on Tuesday.

The Lagos audition was replete delightful twists, turns, frills, thrills and pleasant surprises, making it one of the most interesting auditions so far.

The amasement began with the show promoter, Peter Okoye of P-Square, mounting the stage at some point to challenge a contestant who was making a "mess" of the legendary 'Bad' steps of the late Michael Jackson.
Peter Okoye’s perfect re-enactment of the famous Michael Jackson steps in the Billy Jean track sent the Dream Studio, Bamako Estate, Omole, Lagos, venue of the audition into wild applause and cheers
However a fellow judge and dance legend, Kaffy, sent the hall into wild laughter when she delivered her verdict as follows: "looking at you from here and given what we are looking for in this show, I say come back to your seat and you are ruled out of contest."
Yet at some stage during the audition, the show host, Ehis Okoegule, 'stormed' the judges stand to protest the 'no' verdict passed on the twin dancers, Oliver and Emmanuel Wilson, who despite a scintillating performance were sent packing for what the judges  described as 'something missing'
Ehis practically held the judges to ransom until they changed the 'no' to a 'stand by' verdict, which gave the twins the opportunity to come back on stage and fight for one of the six slots available in the Lagos audition.
While the 'tension' was dying down, 13-year old Angel Ukaro-Agunbiade, a Junior secondary school three student of Grange School, Lagos,  took the audition to the next level with her marvelous dance steps which earned her a 'yes verdict' from the panel of judges, with an emphatic nod from Don Flex, the choreographer for the P-Square crew.
More drama was to come when Alozie Malachi, an ex-student of Nnekede Polytechnic, Owerri, climbed on stage with a framed picture of his girlfriend, whom he described as his muse.  

He placed the picture in one corner of the stage and went on to   thrill the judges and got a unanimous 'yes' verdict.  When prompted by Peter to show the hold he had on his girlfriend, Malachi tore his shirt to display a well chiseled broad chest with six packs which sent the ladies in the studio into frenzy.

At the audition were more than 300 individuals and groups, including an all-female dance group, Terrific Steppers, from the Love world Creative Arts Academy, a dance academy of the Christ Embassy Church. Terrific Steppers said they were ready to dazzle the judges and emerge with a qualifying ticket which will earn them a place in the final contest.

There were also the duo of Precious Ighofese and Hero Zaria of the Fire Flame, who travelled all the way from Ugheli in Delta State for the audition, "coming to Lagos after we missed the Benin audition last week is very fulfilling for us and as you know say Warri no dey carry last, expect the best from us. We go show the judges say dance dey Delta".

Dance with Peter auditions have already been held in Abuja, Accra, Ghana, and Benin City. The last one held in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, September 10. 

Subsequently, the final showdown is slated for Lagos where 30 selected contestants will slug it out for the star prize of N3million, a Rav4 SUV and a rare opportunity to feature in P-Square next music video. There are also a Honda City plus N2m and a Kia Rio with N1m for the first and second runners-up respectively. The first and second runners up will also have the grace to dance with a Glo ambassador each in their next music videos.