Mangalore, May 17, 2013: Sizzling Guyz, a highly talented dance troupe from Mangalore has won the First runners up position in the 7UP Dance On 2013 finale held at the MGR Govt. Film and TV Institute at Chennai recently. The team walked away with a cash prize of Rs 15 lakhs.
The first place went to SNV Crew from Hyderabad. It won a cash prize of Rs 21 lakhs.
The second runners up position was bagged by Strangers Crew and Arrow Cochin. Both teams received Rs 7 lakhs each. The remaining 3 teams and Sagar Guys,BFAB,Limitless Chaitanya won Rs 2 lakhs each.
After two invigorating months of spirited and effervescent dance performances across 15 cities in South India, Chennai witnessed the finale. The jury included STR, Allu, Kannada star Puneeth Rajkumar and Vedhicka.
The first round of city auditions across South India began in February. 32 teams from Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh and 28 teams from Tamil Nadu, danced-off against each other at the inter-state auditions on April 24 in Bangalore and April 26 in Chennai. Seven shortlisted teams each from Bangalore and Chennai competed at the semi-finals in Chennai on May 13.
Finally, the 6 best teams danced their way to fame, cash prizes and a place in the finale along with a wild card entrant who got the maximum votes for their performance video uploaded on the 7UP website www.ifeelup.in.