The Utere Family Shine as the Maltina Dance All “Rhythm of Happiness” Season 8 Winners at the Grand Finale!

It was a spectacular end to the popular family dance show
Maltina Dance All (MDA) Season 8; as the curtains fell at its
grand finale. Like bees to the nectar, thousands of
consumers were attracted by the glitz and glamour of the
show which climaxed at Expo center, Eko Hotel and Suites
on Saturday 4th September 2014 in Lagos.
The grand finale which was the culmination of weeks of
suspense, drama and excitement saw the Utere family from
Port-Harcourt, Rivers State crowned winners of the 2014
edition of the show. The Utere’s went home with the star
prize of a whopping N10 million after securing the largest
number of votes in the keenly contested competition.
The show which is reputed for promoting family values,
bonding and happiness is sponsored by Maltina; the malt
drink from the stable of Nigerian Breweries Plc . Apart from
the grand prize of N10 million, the Utere family also earned
the title of Nigeria’s number one dance family while the
Uzodinma family who claimed second position went home
with N3 million. The Odigie family who came third were
rewarded with N1 million.

It would be recalled that 10 families were initially admitted
into the famed Maltina dance academy after which they
were subsequently whittled down to the four families –
Utere, Uzodinma, Odigie and Unanka – that took part in the
grand finale.
As anticipated, the show which was beamed live across
select TV stations was filled with excitement. The four
families that made it to the grand finale competed in two
dance styles – Rhythm of Naija and Hip-hop.
The families first competed in the “Rhythm of Naija” dance
style. The Utere family, who were first on stage, set the tone
for an awesome night with a dazzling performance to
“ Shake Bodi” by Skales much to the delight of the audience.
The Unanka family who were next also impressed with their
performance to Mavin ’s “ Dorobucci” hit song. Their
performance was followed by that of the Uzodima family
who danced to Lil Kesh ’s “ Shoki ” and Odigie family who
performed last, danced to “ Ukwu ” by Timaya .
The next dance style performed by the families was the hip-
hop style. The order of performance saw the Uzodinma
family perform first while Utere, Unanka and Odigie followed
suit respectively.