The management of Africa StarX led by Dr. Benjamin Peters have unveiled the first season of the sports reality show.
In a press unveiling, which was held at the Ibis hotel in Ikeja on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, Dr. Peters expressed delight at the upcoming show scheduled to hold in the last quarter of 2022.
“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 and get to the zenith of their careers through management and endorsement deals that we would be providing for the eventual winner,” Dr. Peters said.
The event also had in attendance, Olanrewaju Bamidele Jaiyeola, the Managing Director/CEO at Honeywell Flour Mill PLC, the VP of Nigeria Basketball Federation, Babs Ogunade, Omotayo Henry Adeniyi, the project lead, Phillip Braide, Ogoh Odaudu, and Kolade Adu.
At the event, sports journalist Femi Adefeso was announced as the show host while Ogoh Odaudu, Chris Nomingo, Taiye Adeniyi, and Shola Shomala were announced as coaches for the participants.
Speaking on the format, the project coordinator and lead, Henry Omotayo disclosed that for the maiden season of Africa StarX, participants with interests in basketball, across the country, will be picked through entry submission on the website between August 31, 2022, and September 30, 2022.
“Physical auditions will follow immediately after the entry submissions in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kaduna, Enugu, and Lagos after which a team of coaches will select the last 25 that will enter the house to participate in the show. The 25 participants are expected to bond and engage in different challenging activities for 30 days while slugging it out as a team and later as individuals to win the reality show,” Omotayo said.
Omotayo also touched on the humanitarian side of the Africa StarX tagged Africa StarX cares. The project lead and coordinator noted that the Africa StarX cares is the human angle to the project which will see participants visiting charity organisations to donate and also contribute their quota to humanity.