THE BOX AND AKAI THROUGH TO THE FINAL OF SKY1 HD'S GOT TO DANCE ALL FINALISTS NOW REVEALED!
Sky 1 / HD · TV Week · 13 Feb 2010 · by: Sky
The biggest televised competition to find the UK’s best dance act: Sky 1 and Sky 1 HD’s Got To Dance, tonight ten year old Akai from Orpington, Kent and Glasgow based youth ballet troupe The Box have made it through to the live final.
Pushed to their limits, they will battle it out against four other acts for the highly coveted title of Winner of Got To Dance 2010 and receive a life changing cash prize of £100,000 on Sunday 14th February at 6pm.
Hosted by Davina McCall, Got To Dance has scoured the nation for Britain’s best crews, troupes and solo dancers of all styles and ages.
On the judging panel are three dance experts – Ashley Banjo leader of Diversity, Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt and Adam Garcia, tap dancer extraordinaire and movie actor.
Of Akai and The Box, our judges said:
Ashley Banjo
THE BOX: “You guys are phenomenal, your strength, flexibility and control is amazing and you are the cutest group of dancers I have ever seen”
AKAI “You showed us some real technique, and you have left me speechless. In fact when you perform next week please can you make sure you don’t show me up as I am dancing too and you are too good!”
Kimberly Wyatt
THE BOX “You are unbelievable, you give me chills and take me on a journey.”
AKAI “You have major skills, you won me over”
Adam Garcia
THE BOX “ You have set the standard for tonight, I almost had to stop the tears”.
AKAI “ You can do everything, you have such a gift and you gift the audience an infectious joy”.
To see clips of The Box and Akai dance at the semi final please go to www.sky.com/dance.
From each semi-final, the public will decide via phone vote which two acts will go through to the live final.
The competition’s culmination will be a 90-minute action-packed show where the final six will become a final four and then those three will battle it out to be crowned winner of Got To Dance 2010. The following performers will be battling it out in next week’s live final to scoop the £100,000 prize, next Sunday 14th February 2010 at 6pm Sky 1 HD and Sky 1.
