Singapore’s TGIF wins dance competition

SINGAPORE – MediaCorp’s TV Theatre was transformed into a dance arena of sorts the best dance groups from Singapore and Malaysia pitted their creativity and dancing skills two-country dance showdown, Dhool vs Yutha Medai on Saturday (March 14).

It was an exciting showdown between the top two teams from Singapore’s Dhool V dance competition (TGIF and MegaGeniz) and Malaysia’s Yutha Medai dance competition (Agokavi and Double D). Hosted by popular DJ Jaynesh Isuran, the competition was judged by five prominent dancers and choreographers, all veterans in the industry - Sreedevy Sivarajasingam and Kavitha Krishnan from Singapore; and Malaysia’s Revathi Murugappan and Sharmala Subramaniam Yogaiswaran. India’s prominent dance choreographer, popularly known as Kalyan Master, was the guest judge.

The two-hour dance extravaganza saw the four groups take one another one in three challenge rounds that had them showing off their creativity and coordination, but in the end, it was Singapore’s TGIF who took the crown, in what the judges described as “a closely-fought battle”. TGIF won the grand cash prize of S$25,000. MegaGeniz was second and took home S$10,000; while Double D and Agokavi came in third and fourth, respectively, bringing home S$5,000 and S$2,000. Double D also walked away with the Best Duo award.

This is the second time that such as dance competition has been held between Malaysia’s ASTRO Vaanavil and Singapore’s Vasantham channels.