The
winners of the 8th annual Nigeria Entertainment Awards were
announced in New York at the NYU Skirball Center of the performing
Arts.
The
860-seat theater was full to capacity as tickets were sold out hours to the
show; New York was definitely ready to see what this year’s awards would serve
up and the show did not disappoint. Guests and nominees began to arrive to walk
the red carpet at about 6pm, and the show kicked off at about 8pm. In
attendance were Olamide aka ‘Baddo’, Iyanya (Kukere Master), Sean Tizzle, Dammy
Krane, Phyno, Emma Nyra, Ajebutter, Ayo Jay, Niyiola to mention a few. Representing
for Nollywood were Rita Dominic, Ramsey Nouah, Ebbey Bassey, and Gbenro from
Tinsel. Also in attendance were Akpororo, Elenu, and Ajebo representing for the
comedians. Other industry members present were Matthew Ohio of Industry Nite,
Ubi Franklin manager of MMMG label.
The
show opened with a performance by Mish and the Calabar dancers, and then the
host and the man in charge of the day, Basketmouth took to the stage to
officially open the show and kept the audience laughing all through the show
with his jokes. Other artists who took to the stage with great performances were
Iyanya, Emma Nyra, EME’s Niyiola, Phyno, Ajebutter, Dammy Krane, Sean Tizzle
and newcomer to the music scene Ayo Jay. Some of the winners of the night include
Iyanya’ Kukuere for Hottest Single of the Year, YBNL by Olamide for Best Album
of the Year, Rita Dominic for Best Lead Actress in Film, and NotJustOk for Best
Entertainment Blog.
The
award show came to a close with Phyno and Olamide performing their hit song
‘Ghostmode’ together, and then Olamide shutting it down and getting the entire
audience up on their feet by performing hit songs from his album. The audience
loved every bit of it and was even more excited when he got off the stage and
interacted with the audience while performing; they danced and sang along and
the award show was transformed to a concert.
The
producers of the NEA Awards are extremely thankful for a successful event and
to the sponsors, partners, team members and volunteers who made it all
possible. Special thanks to Arik Air, MTech, YSGHubs, BeatFM 99.9, CoolFM 96.9,
Mayven PR, Firematic Ent, UnderdaRock, 745 Entertainment – We look forward to
doing this again next year, and making it even bigger and better.
NEA Awards 2013: List Of Winners
The 2013 NEA Awards was held yesterday September 1st in New York
and hosted by Basketmouth. We had performances from Sean Tizzle, Dammy Krane,
Olamide & Phyno, Iyanya, Emma Nyra, Niyola, Akpororo and more.
Below, find list of NEA 2013 winners...
BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR
YBNL - Olamide
HOTTEST SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Kukere - Iyanya
BEST NEW ACT OF THE YEAR
Burna Boy
GOSPEL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Sammy Okposo
BEST POP/R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Davido
BEST RAP ACT OF THE YEAR
Ice Prince
MUSIC PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Spellz
MOST PROMISING MALE ACT
Endia
MOST PROMISING FEMALE ACT TO WATCH
Emma Nyra
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
JJC
BEST INDIGENOUS ARTIST/GROUP
Olamide
BEST COLLABO
Ghost Mode - Phyno & Olamide
BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN FILM
Rita Dominic
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN FILM
Ali Nuhu
BEST FILM DIRECTOR
Tunde Kelani (Maami)
BEST TV SHOW
Big Brother Africa
PAN AFRICAN ACTOR
John Dumelo
PAN AFRICAN ACTRESS
Nadia Buhari
WORLD DJ
DJ Bayo (UK)
BEST COMEDIAN
Basketmouth
ENTERTAINMENT PROMOTER
Coko Bar
RADIO ON AIR/TV PERSONALITY
Freeze - Cool FM
TV PERSONALITY
Labi Layori
ENTERTAINMENT BLOG
NotJustOk
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