Come Saturday, 29 November Channel O would celebrate the biggest night in African music; the 2014 Channel O Africa Music Video Awards.
Broadcast live from Nasrec Expo Centre in Soweto, this year’s show-stopping event will be hosted by the ever versatile, seasoned TV presenter and director Siyabonga “Scoop” Ngwekazi alongside Charming TV darling and actress Eku Edewor.
Hailing from Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, Siyabonga gained an interest in Arts from a young age and cut his teeth in the industry when he presented the pop culture magazine show Street Journal. Since then, he alongside Nonhle Thema, became the face of Vuzu when the youth channel launched in 2009 co-hosting the weekday celebrity news magazine show V Entertainment. “I am honoured and privileged for this awesome opportunity to be hosting Africa’s longest standing music video awards show,” says Siya.
His striking & multi-talented co-host is a graduate of English and Theatre from the University of Warwick and has trained as an actress at the New York Film Academy. Whether gracing the covers of magazines or interviewing stars on 53 Extra, Eku has established herself firmly in the African entertainment industry as a talent on the rise. Born Georgina Chloe Eku Edewor-Thorley in London to Nigerian and British parents, Eku’s first job in entertainment was as a production assistant to film producer, Damian Jones (The Iron Lady, Belle). Her first major movie role was in Flower Girl, which has gone on to win several awards and is being showed worldwide. She will appear on the UK television series The Rules of Engagement and recently wrapped shooting the movie When Love Comes Around in Ghana. “I feel incredibly blessed that I have been given a great opportunity to display how much I love what I do and I look forward to having a great night celebrating our musicians on the largest music platform in Africa,” adds an elated Eku.
The Channel O Africa Music Video Awards are the only public voted annual music video awards show broadcast around the continent that exclusively feature African artists. Voting takes place across a wide range of digital platforms: via the website and mobile site – voting on the website and on the mobile site [www.channelo.tv] is free and you are allowed to vote up to 100 times on both platforms respectively. Voting is still open and closes on the 23rd of November at midnight.
Here is the full list of nominees:
MOST GIFTED MALE | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
CASSPER NYOVEST | DOC SHEBELEZA |
DAVIDO | AYE |
RIKY RICK FT OKMALUMKOOLKAT | AMANTOMBAZANE |
K.O. FT KID X | CARACARA |
SARKODIE | ILLUMINATI |
MOST GIFTED FEMALE | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
THEMBI SEETE | THUNTSHA LEROLE |
BUCIE FT HEAVY K | EASY TO LOVE |
LIZHA JAMES FT UHURU | QUEM TI MANDOU |
TIWA SAVAGE FT DON JAZZY | EMINADO |
SEYI SHAY | IRAWO |
MOST GIFTED NEWCOMER | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
DREAM TEAM FT TAMARSHA, AKA & BIG NUZ | TSEKEDE |
CASSPER NYOVEST | DOC SHEBELEZA |
EMMY GEE FT AB CRAZY & DJ DIMPLEZ | RANDS AND NAIRAS |
DIAMOND | NUMBER ONE |
PATORANKING | GIRLIE O (REMIX) |
MOST GIFTED DUO, GROUP OR FEATURING | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
UHURU FT OSKIDO & PROFESSOR | Y-TJUKUTJA |
DJ CLOCK FT BEATENBERG | PLUTO (I REMEMBER) |
R2BEES FT WIZKID | SLOW DOWN |
K.O. FT KID X | CARACARA |
KCEE FT WIZKID | PULL OVER |
MOST GIFTED DANCE | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
UHURU FT OSKIDO & PROFESSOR | Y-TJUKUTJA |
DAVIDO | SKELEWU |
DJ CLOCK FT BEATENBERG | PLUTO (I REMEMBER) |
P SQUARE | PERSONALLY |
BUSISWA FT VARIOUS | NGOKU |
MOST GIFTED RAGGA DANCEHALL | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
BUFFALO SOULJAH | TURN UP |
OREZI | RIHANNA |
JESSE JAGGZ FEAT WIZKID | BAD GIRL |
PATORANKING | GIRLIE O (REMIX) |
SHATTA WALE | EVERYDOBY LIKES MY TING |
MOST GIFTED AFRO POP | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
DAVIDO | AYE |
MAFIKIZOLO FT MAY D | HAPPINESS |
DIAMOND | NUMBER ONE |
FLAVOUR | ADA ADA |
IYANYA | JOMBOLO |
MOST GIFTED KWAITO | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
UHURU FT OSKIDO & PROFESSOR | Y-TJUKUTJA |
CHARACTER FT MONO T & OSKIDO | INXEBA LENDODA |
BIG NUZ FT KHAYA MTHETHWA | INCWADI YOTHANDO |
DJ VETKUK VS MAHOOTA | KHABA LENJA |
DJ CNDO | YAMNANDI INTO |
MOST GIFTED R&B | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
2FACE FT T PAIN | RAINBOW |
JIMMY NEVIS FT KWESTA | BALLOON |
GB COLLECTIVE FT BRIAN TEMBA & REASON | CHOCOLATE VANILLA |
DONALD | CRAZY BUT AMAZING |
NIYOLA | TOH BAD |
MOST GIFTED HIP HOP | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
CASSPER NYOVEST | DOC SHEBELEZA |
KHULI CHANA FT DA L.E.S & MAGESH | HAPE LE HAPE 2.1 |
PHYNO | ALOBAM |
K.O. FT KID X | CARACARA |
AKA | CONGRATULATE |
MOST GIFTED SOUTHERN | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
DJ CLOCK FT BEATENBERG | PLUTO (I REMEMBER) |
CASSPER NYOVEST | DOC SHEBELEZA |
AKA | CONGRATULATE |
ZEUS | PSYCH |
K.O. FT KID X | CARACARA |
MOST GIFTED WEST | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
R2BEES FT WIZKID | SLOW DOWN |
DAVIDO | AYE |
BURNA BOY FT D’BANJ | WON DA MO |
OLAMIDE | TURN UP |
DR SID FT DON JAZZY | SURULERE |
MOST GIFTED EAST | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
SAUTI SOL | NSHIKE |
DIAMOND | NUMBER ONE |
NAVIO | NO HOLDING BACK |
EDDY KENZO | SITYA LOSS |
ELANI | KOOKOO |
MOST GIFTED VIDEO OF THE YEAR | |
ARTIST | TITLE |
EMMY GEE FT AB CRAZY & DJ DIMPLEZ | RANDS AND NAIRAS |
DAVIDO | AYE |
K.O. FT KID X | CARACARA |
BURNA BOY | RUN MY RACE |
TIWA SAVAGE FT DON JAZZY | EMINADO |
DR SID FT DON JAZZY | SURULERE |
RIKY RICK FT OKMALUMKOOLKAT | AMANTOMBAZANE |
CASSPER NYOVEST | DOC SHEBELEZA |
SARKODIE | ILLUMINATI |
DJ CLOCK FT BEATENBERG | PLUTO (I REMEMBER) |
AKA | CONGRATULATE |