Africa StarX reveals Nigeria’s first sports reality show

The Chief Executive Officer of Africa StarX, Benjamin Peters unveiled Nigeria’s first Sports ‘Reality Show’ in Lagos.

The unveiling of the show took place in a press briefing on Wednesday.

According to Peters, the show would be a blessing to many youths in Nigeria, adding that the portal for the upcoming reality show was now open to the public and would be fun filled.

Peters said that the reality show would be a fusion of sports, lifestyle and entertainment, focusing on basketball in its first season.

“It is with joy and delight that we open the portal for submission of entries for the first edition of the Africa StarX, where professionals and the general public will be determining that next big basketball star.”

“The project has been designed as a platform to give opportunities to talented sportsmen to showcase their talents.”

He added that, “through this platform the interested youths will be able to get to the zenith of their careers through management and endorsement deals that we would be providing for the eventual winner.”

The project coordinator and lead, Henry Omotayo explained that for the maiden season, participants with interest in basketball would only be accommodated.

“Only those with interests in basketball, across the country, will be picked through entry submission on the website between Aug. 31 and Sept. 30.”

“Physical auditions will follow immediately after the entry submissions in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kaduna, Enugu, and Lagos.”

“After this, a team of coaches will select the last 25 both male and female, that will enter the house to participate in the show.”

“The 25 participants are expected to bond and engage in different challenging activities for a duration of 30 days while slugging it out as a team and later as individuals to win the reality show,” he added.

He further explained that the Africa StarX was established as a humanitarian project to see participants visiting charity organisations donate, engage in community services and also contribute their quota to humanity.

“The auditioning for the reality show will be after the interested applicants must have registered at our website www.africastarx.com,” he said.

The VP of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Babs Ogunade, lauded the organisers for the initiative.

“It is a wonderful development that will further contribute to the growth of sport and basketball in Nigeria,” he said.

Sports journalist Femi Adefeso was announced as the show host while Ogoh Odaudu, Chris Nomingo, Taiye Adeniyi, Shola Shomala, Adewunmi Aderemi, and Abdullrahman Mohammed were announced as coaches for the participants.

The best team gets a cash reward of N10 million while N2.5 million, management deal and contract for international tryouts, goes to the Most Valuable Player (MVP), and one participant will also get a college scholarship.

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