M-Net's Mzansi Magic (DStv 161) on Tuesday afternoon at Summer Place in Hyde Park announced the nominees for the second DStv Mzansi Viewers’ Choice Awards 2018 with Bonang Matheba as the master of ceremonies and who will also return on 24 November as the host of the special live broadcast award show on the channel done from the Sandton Convention Centre.
Mzansi Magic and Bonang Matheba both got rave reviews from TV critics as well as viewers for the excellent spectacle and high production values of the inaugural DStv Mzansi Viewers’ Choice Awards that took place in 2017, with the channel that decided to repeat it and also add a Favourite Personality of the Year category for 2018.
The Gqom sensation, Destruction Boyz, and their smash hit, Omunye, lead the nominees list with an impressive three nods for Song of the Year, Favourite Rising Star and Favourite Music Artist/Group.
Nipping close at the heels with two nominations each are Prince Kaybee and Kagiso Rabada.
Prince Kaybee is nominated in the Song of the Year and Favourite DJ categories, while Rabada appears in the Favourite Sports Personality of the Year and Favourite Personality of the Year lists.
Mzansi Magic and Bonang Matheba both got rave reviews from TV critics as well as viewers for the excellent spectacle and high production values of the inaugural DStv Mzansi Viewers’ Choice Awards that took place in 2017, with the channel that decided to repeat it and also add a Favourite Personality of the Year category for 2018.
The Gqom sensation, Destruction Boyz, and their smash hit, Omunye, lead the nominees list with an impressive three nods for Song of the Year, Favourite Rising Star and Favourite Music Artist/Group.
Nipping close at the heels with two nominations each are Prince Kaybee and Kagiso Rabada.
Prince Kaybee is nominated in the Song of the Year and Favourite DJ categories, while Rabada appears in the Favourite Sports Personality of the Year and Favourite Personality of the Year lists.
Rabada will have to beat stiff competition from media
darling Bonang Matheba, crowd favourite Papa Penny Ahee, Mzansi sweetheart
Nomzamo Mbatha and the flamboyant reality TV star Somizi Mhlongo.
"The DStv Mzansi Viewers' Choice Awards launched in 2017 to great fanfare," said
Reneilwe Sema, director of local entertainment channels at M-Net.
"The calibre of nominees, is testament to the quality shows and magnitude of the talent South Africa has to offer. With the viewers voting for the favourites in every category - this is anyone’s race."
"The DStv Mzansi Viewers' Choice Awards is a way for us to give our viewers a platform to choose their favourite entertainers, who have become a significant part of their daily lives. Another important aspect of the awards is that they recognise both seasoned and new professionals, therefore contributing to the growth of Mzansi talent."
"The calibre of nominees, is testament to the quality shows and magnitude of the talent South Africa has to offer. With the viewers voting for the favourites in every category - this is anyone’s race."
"The DStv Mzansi Viewers' Choice Awards is a way for us to give our viewers a platform to choose their favourite entertainers, who have become a significant part of their daily lives. Another important aspect of the awards is that they recognise both seasoned and new professionals, therefore contributing to the growth of Mzansi talent."
Last year, fan favourite Thembisa Mdoda walked away with the prize as Mzansi’s ultimate favourite personality, a hotly contested category
that had fans furiously casting a combined one million votes across categories.
This year there is the addition of a new category, Favourite
Personality of the Year, which will be awarded to a personality that has
gone above and beyond to have an impact in our society.
There’s also a hardworking and dedicated community leader
who will be bestowed the Life Changer award. This is a person who has worked tirelessly and
passionately for the betterment of their community to create positive change.
South Africans can vote in 11 categories and the nominee with the most votes out of all the categories will be named the ultimate viewers' choice.
Below is the full list of categories and nominees:
South Africans can vote in 11 categories and the nominee with the most votes out of all the categories will be named the ultimate viewers' choice.
Below is the full list of categories and nominees:
1. FAVOURITE SONG OF THE YEAR
A.
PRINCE KAYBEE & LASOULMATES FT ZANDA ZAKUZA & TNS – CLUB CONTROLLER
B.
DJ MAPHORISA FT DJ TIRA, BUSISWA & MOONCHILD SANELLY – MIDNIGHT STARRING
C.
HEAVY K FT NOKWAZI & BUCIE – INDE
D.
DISTRUCTION BOYZ FT DLADLA MSHUNQISI & BENNY MAVERICK – OMUNYE
E.
KWESTA FT WALE - SPIRIT
2. FAVOURITE TV PRESENTER
A.
LERATO KGANYAGO
B.
THOMAS MLAMBO
C.
PEARL MODIADIE
D.
CAROL TSHABALALA
E.
ANELE MDODA
3. FAVOURITE COMEDIAN
A.
SKHUMBA
B.
FELIX HLOPHE
C.
TUMI MORAKE
D.
SMOWKEY NYEMBE
E.
MPHO POPPS
4. FAVOURITE RISING STAR
A.
SMASH AFRIKA
B.
LUVO MANYONGA
C.
DISTRUCTION BOYZ
D.
LANGA MAVUSO
E.
LUNGI NGIDI
5. FAVOURITE RADIO PERSONALITY
A.
ANELE MDODA
B.
NTATE THUSO MOTAUNG
C.
DUDU ‘LADY D’ KHOZA
D.
DJ FRESH
E.
SELBY ‘SELBEYONCE’ MKHIZE
6. FAVOURITE ACTOR
A.
WARREN MASEMOLA
B.
HAMILTON DLAMINI
C.
MDUDUZI MABASO
D.
MASOJA MSIZA
E.
KHULU SKENJANA
7. FAVOURITE ACTRESS
A.
THEMBSIE MATU
B.
RAMI CHUENE
C.
LINDA SEBEZO
D.
MOSHIDI MOTSHEGWA
E.
LESEGO MARAKALLA
8. FAVOURITE MUSIC ARTIST / GROUP
A.
LADY ZAMAR
B.
SHEKHINAH
C.
DISTRUCTION BOYZ
D.
KHUZANI
E.
AKA
9. FAVOURITE DJ
A.
MS COSMO
B.
DJ MAPHORISA
C.
PRINCE KAYBEE
D.
DJ TIRA
E.
BLACK COFFEE
10. FAVOURITE SPORTS PERSONALITY
A.
KAGISO RABADA
B.
PERCY TAU
C.
CASTER SEMENYA
D.
PITSO MOSIMANE
E.
SIYA KOLISI
11. FAVOURITE PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
A.
PAPA PENNY AHEE
B.
BONANG MATHEBA
C.
NOMZAMO MBATHA
D.
SOMIZI MHLONGO
E.
KAGISO RABADA
12. LIFE CHANGER – SEPARATE COMPETITION
13. ULTIMATE VIEWERS’ CHOICE – MOST VOTED IN TOTAL
