Whilst at the Accra International Conference Center on April 14 evening busily enjoying this year’s Ghana Music Awards, one top Ghanaian actress whose name I cannot mention questioned me if TV3 went off because Nana Aba Anamoah came on stage to present an award.
Whilst at the Accra International Conference Center on April 14 evening busily enjoying this year’s Ghana Music Awards, one top Ghanaian actress whose name I cannot mention questioned me if TV3 went off because Nana Aba Anamoah came on stage to present an award.
Well I was lost at what she was saying because I was not watching the event on TV to know what exactly happened so I threw the question to my followers on social media – Twitter and Facebook to explain to me what actually happened and per what they narrated, they believe TV3 intentionally cut the 2018 Ghana Music Awards transmission because their former employee had come on stage to present an award and they did not need her on their platform.
According to the social media commentators, the Media General-owned TV station played music videos when they went off whilst Miss Anamoah was on stage. Viewers who were glued to their TV sets enjoying the show further said they were given the chance to watch the program after Nana Aba Anamoah who is currently with EIB Network’s GhOne TV had left the stage after presenting her award.
A Facebook user by name Kwadwo Bonnah however gave a different reason. He revealed that the break was a fault but not thought out in advance. According to him “It wasn’t intentional from what I have been told. Tv3 normally goes off getting to midnight, so the technicians just had to change the port. It’s very unfortunate it happened when Nana Aba was on stage. Just a coincidence. My country pple!“.
Movie producer and director Peter Sedufia also disclosed that “Apparently, DSTV is their partner.
They didn’t want to give advertising airtime to Trace TV which is a competitor to DSTV, hence, a smart cut in transmission. Nothing to do with Nana Aba.“
We at Zionfelix.net cannot tell if TV3 indeed intentionally went off due to the news anchor’s presence on stage or it was a technical hitch since all efforts to reach top officials of the television station have proved futile.
Most social media commentators who talked about the break in transmission expressed gross disappointment in the official TV partner for the 19th edition of Ghana Music Awards.
Just after filing this report, we decided to check on Twitter to see what others are saying about Nana Aba Anamoah and lo and behold, we saw TV3 apologizing about the break in transmission blaming it on a technical problem.
The 2018 Ghana Music Awards hosted by John Dumelo and Berla Mundi witnessed great performances from musicians like Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, Samini, Efya, MzVee, Kidi, King Promise, Adina, Kuami Eugene, Joe Mettle, Akosua Agyapong, Tiwa Savage, Nasty C and many others.
Below is the full list of winners for the 2018 VGMAs.
Zionfelix.net has the full list of winners for th2018 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
Artiste Of The Year
Ebony
Gospel Song of the Year
‘Bo Noo Ni’ by Joe Mettle
Hip Pop Song of the Year
‘Grind Day (Remix)’ by Kwesi Arthur
Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year
‘My Own’ by Samini
Hiplife Song of the Year
‘Total Cheat’ by Fancy Gadam ft Sarkodie
Afro Pop Song of the Year
‘Sponsor’ by Ebony
Highlife Song of the Year
‘Odo’ by Kidi
Gospel Artiste of the Year
Joe Mettle
Highlife Artiste of the Year
Kuami Eugene
Hiplife/Hiphop Artiste of the Year
Sarkodie
Songwriter of the Year
Bullet for ‘Maame Hw3’
Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year
Stonebwoy
Best Collaboration of the Year
Shatta Wale & SM Militants (Taking Over)
Rapper of the Year
Sarkodie
Best Group of the Year
Wutah
Best Music Video of the Year
‘Obi Agyi Obi Girl’ by Gyo of Phamous Philms
Best Male Vocalist of the Year
Joe Mettle
Best Female Vocalist of the Year
Adina
African Artiste of the Year
Davido
Record of the Year
‘State of the Art’ by Teephlow
Best New Artiste of the Year
Kuami Eugene
Song of the Year
‘Total Cheat’ by Fancy Gadam ft Sarkodie
Album of the Year
Bonyfied (Ebony)
Traditional Artiste of the Year
Amamerefo Music and Dance Ensemble
Instrumental Artiste of the Year
Dominic Quashie
Lifetime Achievement Award
Mary Naa Amanua Doodo of Wulomei