So you know your boy G is always got the hook up on each and everything thats happeneing in music and the latest events, so this week i had the pleasure of attending the SAMA(south african music awards) which happened on sunday 29 and monday 30 in Sun city. The SAMAS was celebrating its 18th year, it was finally legal and also the fact that it was bac where it began Sun City, unlike the previous one in Monte casino and the fact that there was a new MTNSAMA Ceo Randall Abrahams(RSA Idols judge), who had to take on a big responsibilty.
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| Zahara with her one of her 8 awards. |
You've never seen the SAMAs unless you see them live, so many people don't know there two SAMA events one hosted on Sunday which they don't air on Tv and also the main event which is aired live on Tv which took place on monday. The Sunday awards were on point i think even better than the main event ones, with the host being comedian Tumi Moroka(lLOL on mzansi magic) and also upcoming comedian Tats Nkonzo who managed to keep the crowd entertained through the whole of the event through the night. Zahara and DJ cleo dominated take home 2 awards on that night and the best part of the night was when the gave the life time achievement award for their contribution to the South African music industry to Ray Phiri and also Vusi Mahlasela and they did a live duet on stage a once of performance.
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| Dj cleo |
Than came the event that everyone was looking forward to the Monday live event that was shown on TV sabc 1 it started showing live around 8:30, what you didn't see was the first four awards that were handed out before the live event, which was hosted by Pearl Thusi(RGB presenter) which lasted for 30 minutes. and than came the main event where Zahara opened the show with a beautiful performance and she managed to take home 8 awards the notable one being album of the year and female artists of the year and Dj Cleo took another award for best overall downloads and the performances all of them were on point especially Micasa and Zakwe closing performance was on point, the best one of the night.
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| The yellow carpet. |
To findout more about the other winners
http://samusicawards.co.za/profiles/blogs/the-18th-annual-mtn-south-african-music-awards-and-the-winners-ar
overall it was the best award ceremony they ever threw, the sound quality was briliant and the lighting and graphics this year were the highlight and also if you noticed that the SAMA award trophy had a new design, Randall Abrahams did a good job, looking forward to SAMA19 and thank you MTN for the tickets and Sun international for the accomandation.
Gift I agree with you, the event was a success compared to previous years.e.g last year's event was a bore and was not well planned. Athur was not prepared to be the M.C of the event which actually made a poor introduction of the function. I must congradulate the pantsula dancer (HHP bosso ke mang)for a wonderful performance on stage.
ReplyDeleteIT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT OVERALL, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT HE DID A GOOD JOB PERSONALLY, THEY JUST WANTED TO CATER TO EVERYONE
Deletegift my question is why why are you thanking julius malema?"thank you MTN for the tickets and Sun international for the accomandation and Julius "juju" Malema" i am so lost here
ReplyDeleteSORRY THAT WAS TYPING ERROR AND IM THANKING MTN FOR THEM GIVING ME THE TICKETS TO ATTEND AND SUN INTERNATIONAL FOR THE BEAUTIFUL HOTEL ROOM WITH A BEAUTIFUL LAKE VIEW AND A WONDERFUL THREE DAYS
Deletethe samas were different compared to last years sun city always has a vibey thing going on big ups to dj cleo(bosso ke motho o winnang di sama asa nominatwa.)and congrats to all those who won
ReplyDeleteIT WAS DJ CLEOS 11TH SAMA HEY CONGRATS TO HIM, HE TOOK HOME THE SOUGHT OUT AWARDS OF THE NIGHT, WHICH WERE NOT NOMINATED BY THE JUDGING PANEL, BUT THE FANS VOTED
DeleteAND THIS YEARS SAMAS THIS YEAR WERE WELL PLANNED THEY OUT DID THEMSELVES THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY ON THE LIGHTING
DeleteAm not truely a music fan and i didnt get a chance to watch the awards but from what i have heard from people it was a nice and prepared event.
ReplyDeleteIT WAS THE BEST PREPARED EVENT HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA
DeleteYOU COULD SWEAR IT WAS THE GRAMMYS
Deletethe samas this year where on another level, they organisers did an outstanding job.
ReplyDeleteRANDALL ABRHAMS AND THE TEAM DID A SPLENDID JOB,THEY WORKED DAY AND NIGHTS JUST TO PULL THAT OFF, U COULD SEE BY THE LIGHTING TEAM
DeleteThe event for this year went well but if i were to put my suggestion to the organnisers of the event i would say they should publish a number of adverts to the various media so that they attracts more viewers or audiences
ReplyDeleteI DONT KNOW WHAT YOU WERE WATCHING WERE WAYCHING, BUT THE SAMAS WAS IN ALMOST EVERY MEDIA PLATFORM YOU CAN IMGINE, FROM RADIO, TV, MAGAZINES, EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT
DeleteI just think that this event is a good experience for artist and the audience of this event because artist are Given the platform to expose their talents and audiece are given the platform to enjoy themselves ,meeting new people ,taking photos. SAMA AWARDS ROCKs!
ReplyDeleteAND ALSO INTERACTING WITH YOUR FAVOURITE LOCAL CELEBS,FROM TELEVISION, MUSIC, RADIO ,THEY WERE ALL THERE
Deletethis event was great an dmust have been a great experience for those who could of been there to witness in live.
ReplyDeleteit was a wonderful experince, the live entertainment rocked by far
DeleteAlthough i did not manage to watch the event, but i heard that the event was super and i am defiantly sure that they were far much better than last year.
ReplyDeletethey were much better than last year, everything was well planned
DeleteWe should just call them MTN ZAHARA SAMMA AWARDS.that woman dominated.big up to ZAHARA
ReplyDeletelol, yeah she dominated, she worked hard she deserved it all, and also cleo dominated other categories, which were the highlights of the night
DeleteThe SAMA's this year were boring for me; I mean the performances were not as good as that compared to the past years. The only thing that was done right was making sure that they went back to Sun City and not repeat the last year Monty casino which was not a very good venue to host the SAMA;s
ReplyDeletei dont know which ones you were watching, but we all agree to disagree, the performance was all incredible especially micasa performance
DeleteWow just by reading this blog I could just picture the event sounds awesome man I wish I was there...I didnt watch the show on tv but I saw snippets of it on Selimathunzi and 3Talk It looked of much better quality than the past couple of years South Africa really is moving with the times I must say great job Randall.
ReplyDeletehe did a great job, many people doubted that he could pull it off, he did it like a pro and made it the best samas in history
DeleteHonestly feel like the samas have lost value from the other previous years...But i would've loved to see ray perform, he is a very good artist.
ReplyDeletelets all support south african music and quit the hate,
Deletehe samas where great they should build on the hype they created around the event
ReplyDeletethey were a great event, another big achievement for south african music, its showing the growth we are experiencing over the years
DeleteThis years samas where better than last years but honestly the metros are awy better than the samas
ReplyDeletethey were it was well planned, everything was in order
DeleteI did not know that there are two SAMAs, and the event was realy a success & the perfomance were good, but i just watched the SAMAs because of Zahari, her song got meaning.
ReplyDeletethanx to Gift know you know, i told you i will inform you about each and everything that happens in music, she is one of the talented divas we have here in south africa
Deletethis years event was well planned from Zaharas first note to zakwe last note
ReplyDeleteit was well planned, big ups to all the other behind the scenes people who worked just as hard, no sleep
Deleterandell did a splendid job, big ups to him, next year i have a feeling it will be bigger than this years awards ceremony, proud to be south african
ReplyDeletewow gift, you went to the SAMAS, how was the live experience?
ReplyDeleteyes i did, the experience was very good, it is better than watching the samas on tv, and seeing those stars up close
DeleteThe SAMAS were executed well and proud of the quality of the awards and RiSA was showing support and against piracy and during adverts were all about anti-piracy and supporting local by the end of the show you were thinking about supporting local more and after seeing awards you see that the quality of South African Music is really worth supports.
ReplyDeletethis was a great event indeed and all the planning executed into it was well reflected that night!
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