The Countdown to African Music’s Biggest Night has Begun!
By Nomphelo "Lelo" Ndzimela , 10 Nov 2011
Dineo MoeketsiThe 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards, brought to you in association with Hyundai and presented by South Africa’s Dineo Moeketsi and Nigeria’s Banky W, will be broadcast LIVE on Friday, 11 November at 21:00.
It will be preceded by a one-hour V-Entertainment Channel O Music Video Awards Red Carpet special hosted by Siyabonga “Scoop” Ngwekazi and Lalla “Miss LA” Hirayama.
The fun-filled, super glamorous Vuzu special will showcase the fashion, the stars, the celebrities and the build-up to the LIVE event as well as several inserts that look back at the best moments in Africa’s longest-running continent-wide awards event.
The 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards will feature a host of star-studded, unique live performances that will thrill viewers at home.
Although details of each performance are being kept a surprise, South Africans AKA, L-Tido, Khuli Chana, DJ Cleo, Professor and Theo as well as Uganda’s Keko and Navio, Zambia’s C.R.I.$.I.$, Nigeria’s Ice Prince and Flavour, Kenya’s STL and Angola’s Cabo Snoop will all be taking to the stage at the Sandton Convention Centre.
Just who will take home the highly-coveted Channel O Music Video Award statuettes will be revealed on Friday – but there’s no doubt that with a LIVE line-up like this and such strong nominees, the undisputed winner is contemporary African music in all its brilliant diversity.
- Voting for the 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards is now CLOSED.
- Tune in to Vuzu on Friday, 11 November at 19:00 for V-Entertainment LIVE from the red carpet. Straight after, catch the exclusive premiere of AKA’s new video titled “Bang” which features Khuli Chana.
- At 21:00 tune in to Channel O for this year’s Channel O Music Video Awards, LIVE from the Sandton Convention Centre!
