Dancing sensations from Mangalore 'Boyzone' win '7UP Dance for Me' to bag Rs 51 lakh

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June 5, 2012

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Mangalore, June 5: 7UP began an amazing journey more than two months back when they launched Dance For Me contest. That journey of UPtimism and dance culminated Monday as 7UP brand ambassador and actors Allu Arjun and STR, along with actress Hansika Motwani declared 'Boyzone' as the winner of '7UP Dance For Me' to win Rs.51 lakhs as cash prize! The seven talented members of 'Boyzone' are from Mangalore and are captained by Dikshith.

With multiple city and state auditions, the 7UP Dance for Me Contest reached out to close to 4.3 million people to make it a true UPtimistic dance extravaganza. Seven teams were selected from a total of 1365 teams from across 21 cities in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala basis the judging parameters and online voting by consumers.

The teams went through multiple rounds before the best of the best were selected to perform in front of 7UP brand ambassador and actors Allu Arjun and STR. At each round, 7UP made sure all the teams remained UPtimistic by sharing customized goodies. Finally, the winner of Dance for Me, 'Boyzone' will be awarded a whooping Rs. 51 Lakhs and the other 6 teams win themselves IPods, X-Box and prestigious participation certificates!

Speaking at the grand finale, Ms. Ruchira Jaitly, Executive Vice President - Marketing, Beverages (Flavours), PepsiCo India said, “Heartiest congratulation to Team Boyzone for winning 7UP Dance For Me. I'd like to thank all our participants for making 7UP Dance for Me such a grand success. It has been a long journey where a lot of budding dancers got a chance to showcase their talent. We are thrilled with the encouraging response Dance for Me has received with the initiative reaching out to more than 4.3 million people and we hope to come back with much more excitement and UPtimism…”

Actor and 7UP brand ambassador Allu Arjun commented at the 7UP Dance For Me Grand Finale, “We saw a well deserved win by Team Boyzone. All 7 members were a treat to watch and were beautifully coordinated. The other 6 teams also displayed some wonderful talent and it was very difficult for us to choose one winner. I want to encourage all participants to continue to infuse positivity and UPtimisim through dance, as it is one of the most expressive forms.”

Actor and 7UP brand ambassador STR added, “I enjoy dancing and I'm very happy to see the passion for dance in so many youngsters. 7UP Dance For Me has given a chance to a lot of dance enthusiasts and I hope they had as much fun performing as we did watching the routines! Congratulations to Team Boyzone!”

An ecstatic captain Dikshith of the winning team 'Boyzone' said, “We are thrilled to win 7UP Dance For Me! It was a dream come to true to perform in, front of Allu Arjun and STR. We have worked very hard to get here and this means a lot to all of us. Thanks 7UP!”

Dance enthusiasts registered at their city auditions in teams of seven and top two teams qualified for the regional finale in Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad. One more team from each city was selected through online voting by consumers for the regional finales. Then the top 2 teams from the three regional finales and one wild card entry, again through online voting by consumers, were selected as the finalists. They were given a chance to take part in a specialized dance workshop in Chennai to get them ready for the biggest dance off.

7UP, the refreshing clear drink with 100% natural lemon and lime flavour was created in 1929 and was launched in India in 1990. For the last 4 years, 7UP is amongst the fastest growing brands in the carbonated soft drinks category in India. It is available in various pack sizes of 330 ml Can, 250ml Slim Can, 200 ml and 300 ml returnable glass bottles (RGB); 500 ml, 600 ml, 1 litre, 2 litre and 2.25 litre PET bottles. Nimbooz is India's first nationally available packaged Nimbu Pani (lemonade), launched in 2009. It is available in 350ml PET, 200ml RGB and 200ml Tetrapak.


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Bengaluru, Mar 31: Venkara Raghava, a software engineer from Bengaluru, who was infected with the coronavirus has recovered and is currently "doing perfectly well".

"I am doing perfectly well now. I had travelled to Los Angeles via Heathrow airport and that is when I came in contact with many travellers. I might have picked up the infection there," Raghava told news agency.

It was in Los Angeles when he started getting a 'low-grade fever' which led him to prepone his flight to Bengaluru. "When I landed back in Bengaluru on March 8, I had a fever and I isolated myself. The same day I went to a hospital where my travel history was taken and I tested positive for COVID-19", he said.

The next day, he was admitted to the isolation centre. His entire family was also tested but the results came back negative.

When asked about what does suffering from COVID-19 feel like, he responded that it was a like a regular viral fever and was "nothing to be scared of". "The fever is very grinding, and since my childhood, I never had a fever. I had a fever for almost 15 days consistently 100 degrees (F)," he said.

About his experience at the isolation centre, he said that it was an experience unlike that of a hospital. "At the isolation centre, one has to take care of themselves, unlike a hospital where doctors and nurses take care of the patient. I had to put a wet cloth on myself and you cannot overdose yourself with Calpol or Paracetamol," he said.

For him, "The tough times are now over" and now he has fully recovered but in the process, he ended up losing about five kilograms. "After the fifteenth day when I woke up with no fever, they took a test for the nose and the throat and it came back negative," he recalled, and on March 22, he was set free.

For one week, he has been in self-quarantine at home "being completely watchful" that the symptoms do not reoccur.

The number of total coronavirus cases reached 1,251 on Monday. There are 1117 active cases in the country, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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Police said that the Labourers comprising of men, women and children had been travelling towards Rajasthan in a goods truck without permission from Karnataka and even from their home State Rajasthan.

In the morning hours, police and other department personnel manning the check post near...check post near Hirebagewadi detained them.

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Mangaluru, May 5: Even as the coastal city entered third phase of lockdown to contain the spread of covid-19, a wild bison was spotted in Mangaluru today. 

According to sources, local residents at Hathill area and Mannagudda area spotted bison. It is not sure whether it was the same bison or two different bison.

Some reports claimed that it was spotted in Kudroli area too triggering panic among people. 

With the help of local residents and police, the forest officials managed to catch the bison around noon. 

It is assumed that the wild animal must have come to the city as there was less movement of people and vehicle due to lockdown for past few weeks.

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