It has been an exciting Kajive Season 3. The Blantyre Cultural Centre (BCC) in Blantyre, Club Inferno and Kamuzu Institute for Youth in Lilongwe have played host to competition participants.
At one point, BCC had to host 27 contestants that had registered in the competition, an indication that Kajive Season 3 had sparked dancers’ interest.
Unfortunately, only 10 could make it to the regional finals and fancy their chances of laying their hands on a cool K2 million prize money.
Not to be outdone, Lilongwe proved that it was the centre where everything Malawian holds because it beat Blantyre’s number of registered contestants. At Club Inferno, 28 groups converged to try their luck.
But, like in Blantyre, only 10 contestants could make it to the top 10 of the regional finals.
In the words of Kajive chief judge, Kenny Clips, there has been increased competition in Kajive Season 3 due to a number of factors.
“To begin with, K2 million is a lot of money. It is not every day that companies such as Times Television and Airtel Malawi pump K2 million into something they see no value in. I also think there has been increased interest in Kajive Season 3 because dancers from the Northern Region will also take part. It is a truly national competition.
“I can only expect stiff competition and a mouth watering finale because those who were not good enough fell by the wayside. To say the truth, Kajive has changed perceptions towards dancing and people have started taking dancing seriously. We have seen some Kajive contestants signing deals,” Kenny Clips said.
For Times Group Chief Commercial Manager, Dumisani Ngulube, tomorrow’s finale will be hotter than any other.
“To begin with, people should look forward to a great finale because we have invested in sets, the acts will be diverse and we have groups from three [administrative] regions competing,’ Ngulube said.
On top of everything, it can be said that Kajive Season 3 is different from previous seasons. To begin with, dancers were not being dictated to in terms of what to do. This is a departure from previous two seasons where weekly acts are said to have given, the contestants limited time to prepare.
This time, contestants were given long breaks to prepare for their acts.
“Times Group has a philosophy which says ‘Leading is our way of life’ and this is simply a testimony of what we do. We open new roads, we dismantle barriers, we go into unimaginable spaces— because this is our way of life,” Ngulube said.
Let the battles begin and end right there at Robin’s Park in Blantyre. The finale has not been set for the afternoon for no good reason. There is no sweet without sweat.
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