at Mon, 04 May 2009 23:461 by dj nastic
whether you won or you didn\\\'t you gospel artist ARE SO AWESOME ......... YOU KEEP ME CLOSE TO NGAI.... NISIPATWE NA MUHADHARA!!!!!! .....
| GROOVE AWARDS 2009 RECAP |
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NAIROBI - The much hyped Groove Awards, Kenya's premiere Gospel Awards show finally went down on Saturday 2nd May 2009 at the KICC Tsavo Ball Room. After a month long voting process, where most nominees rallied their supporters to lock in votes, Jimmie Gait's Muhadhara song (view video) emerged as the biggest winner scooping three awards for Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Cellulant Ringtone of the Year. Daddy Owen emerged winner of the hotly contested Male Artist of the Year beating Jimmie Gait, Juliani, Kanjii, Rigga and Bantu as singer Kambua Manundu bagged the Female Artist of the Year award beating Eunice Njeri, Emmy Kosgei, Mercy Wairegi, Neema and Ruth Wamuyu. View the complete list of winners here
This year's edition proved to be arguably the best awards show in its history. Not only did the artists show much more enthusiasm in rallying for votes and creating a lot of buzz for the show, but the general public turned up in large numbers and filled the nearly 3000 seater hall. The event was also televised live on NTV and was the first time an awards show was broadcast live in Kenya. This is the first awards show of the year (and is looking to being the only one) as Kisima Awards, KORA Awards and Chaguo la Teeniez Awards were all postponed.
VIEW MORE PICS OF THE EVENT But the awards show is not complete without the performances, sideshows as this is one of the rare times in the year that we get to see most Gospel artists in suits and evening wear. Performances were from MOG, Daddy Owen, African Childrens Choir , Mbuvi, Kambua, Jimmie Gait, Emmy Kosgei, God's Image, Rose Muhando and Kanjii and also featured appearances by K24's Jeff Koinange as well as comedians Churchill (Daniel Ndambuki) and Eric Omondi.
Prior to the winners announcements, KenyanGospel.com made predictions on who we thought would win. This was not a scientific polling and was loosely based on how their songs faired on radio and their general popularity as well as the buzz the artists were creating to drum up support for votes, both online and on the ground. We got 13 of the 25 categories including very competitive Dance Group of the Year for Ignitaz and Hey-Z for New Artist of the Year. Some of the categories were easily predictable like Live Performance of the Year going to Kanjii and MOG bagging Group of the Year. Check out the predictions and see where we hit the nail on the head and where we completely missed. Groove Awards 2009 Winners PREVIOUS EVENT Groove Awards 2008 Winners
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at Tue, 05 May 2009 01:162 by Concerned
Out of curiosity, were those awarded to the work done in 2008 ama 2009. There were winners awarded for work that just began. Look at Crossover 101 which started recently. Was it nominated as soon as it is started. Makes me suspect that these awards are given to the organisers' favorites.
at Tue, 05 May 2009 21:313 by kenyan babe
Again, congratz on all who won!!! by the way am luvin daddy owen's nu hair styl......
at Wed, 06 May 2009 11:334 by missaskenyah
aaaaah. congrats to all who won. and all who were nominated. ahaha. i was also loving Daddy Owens mad hott style. ahmean. didcha see his kaaaute liltte tie he had. lol. tehee. mmmm. concerned. am feeling ya.---but maybe the work they did really did deserve an award. ya know. i say neva judge unless you know the full story ya know. ---[jus some thoughts] =].
at Wed, 06 May 2009 16:295 by Julz Nduva
Wow..i am looking at all this and I am in awe, all the artists are just amazing,then the organisers did an awsome job..for real,the venue..the outfits,aaauuuwiii..I am so loving it.Long live Groove awards,to me,everyone was a winner!
at Thu, 07 May 2009 19:236 by kenyan babe
yo man, u rely deserved them awards............luv ur song so much, thanx 4 making us diasporan kenyan feel @home!!!!!! May God continu 2 blez u each n evry day!!!!
at Sun, 10 May 2009 09:247 by Nonnie
Ati video of the year Mwanga by Mozay na Boo??Heh!Wana marafiki wengi basi coz that video was defnitely 2010 miles away from being all that.
at Mon, 11 May 2009 11:438 by kenyan babe
ma previous comment wuz meant 4 Jimmie Gait.......
at Wed, 13 May 2009 16:599 by missaskenyah
Jimmie Gait's Muhadhara video is AMAZING!! it deserved that award. anyone who HASNT watched it---i COMMAND you to go and watch it. lol. you will crack a smile. lol. its not only funny but has a deep meaning behind it lol. laughing jus thinking bout it. =].
at Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:3710 by Queen4Christ
Absolutely love Jimmie Gait! Definitely one of the best Kenyan Inspirational singers ever!!!! love muhadhara as well as africa and all the other videos. Hope 2 c him live sometime soon :)
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