Pwani Celebrity Awards 2015-Nomination Categories

Good morning everyone! This post starts by appreciating you all for your response and the efforts you all have put in making Pwani Celebrity Awards one of the most talked about shows not only in Kenya, but East Africa as a whole. We could not have done it without you. We say thank you to everyone for everything. Few years ago when this idea was conceived, many had doubts whether it would go anywhere. Most people compared it to the then successful Awards' Shows and quickly concluded that this was going nowhere, but with the hard-work, wisdom, dedication and self-drive from our very own C.E.O , we have been able to surpass expectations and here we are today; setting standards (proudly).

For the past few years that this show has been on, we have been trying to give the very best, in the best of our abilities. Challenges have been there, mistakes have been made and repeated, we cannot deny that, but what is important is that we kept going, growing and trying to live up to your expectations, with each year bringing you bigger and better.

Of all the past shows, this stands out to be uniquely different; different in the sense that the entire process is as directed by you, meaning you are the boss. For the first time ever, we gave you, our loyal fans the chance to share with us your idea of what Pwani Celebrity Awards should be like, a process in which you generously cooperated. You picked the categories and you are now nominating your favorites. For the past three weeks, we have been giving you bits of the categories you suggested and at the same time asking you to nominate personalities by sending in their names to pwanicelebrityawards@gmail.com. This you did, without disappointing, and as we speak, our email inbox is overflowing. Again, we thank you for the feedback. For those who may have missed the chance to view the categories that we have been posting, do not worry, we love you too and we provided the list below just for you:

Music:

1. Hip Hop Artist of The Year. (Male&Female)
2. Male Artist of The Year.
3. Female Artist of The Year.
4. Music Group of The Year.
5. Upcoming Artist of The Year.
6. Spoken Word Poet of The Year.
7. Gospel Artist of The Year. (Male & Female)
8. Best Collaboration of The Year.
9. Producer of The Year.
10. Video Producer of The Year.
11. Deejay of The Year.
12. Emcee of The Year.
13. Gospel Emcee of The Year.
14. Dance Group of The Year.

Fashion and Design:

1. Male Model of The Year.
2. Female Model of The Year.
3. Fashion Designer of The Year.
4. Campus Model of The Year.
5. Mr. & Miss Campus.
6. Photographer of The Year.
7. Graphic Designer of The Year.

Media:

1.  Radio Station of The Year.
2. Radio Show of The Year.
3. Male Radio Presenter of The Year.
4. Female Radio Presenter of The Year.
5. Blogger of The Year.
6. Entertainment Magazine of The Year.
7. Facebook Personality of The Year.
8. Swahili Tv Program of The Year.
9. Male Actor of The Year.
10. Female Actor of The Year.
11. Entertainment Icon of The Year.
12. Lifetime Achievement Award.

Cooperate:

1. Entrepreneur of The Year.
2. Mentor of The Year.
3. Humanitarian Award.
4. Appreciation Award.
5. Honors' Award.

If you happen to notice any difference; any new categories; any categories omitted, kindly note that these are as suggested by you and that is what the organizing team shall stick to.
The nominations are still on, and the window will officially close on 15th June 2015 at exactly midnight. You have until then to submit your nomination to our official email address pwanicelebrityawards@gmail.com

Regards,
C.E.O

What Next After The Nominations?

For a while now, Pwani Celebrity Awards has grown to be one of the most talked about shows in Kenya and, at some point, attracting international attention. Despite so much praises, the show, and the event organizers in particular, have had their fair share of criticism from aggrieved fans who feel like their expectations have not been lived up to yet. It is for this reason that the very able C.E.O and founder of this whole project, Miss Anita of Ashantyz Promotions vowed to give her all in ensuring the success of this show this year, making necessary adjustments here and there in ways only she knows best.

In last year's show, our voting system and criteria stood out to be the punching bag for critics, claiming the whole thing was not transparent. Because of this, the organizing team came up with a genius idea of letting the public run the whole thing. How? You may be wondering; well, this year a chance has been given to the public to propose ways in which they think the show can be made a success and at the end of the day have very little, or no criticism at all. The first step was to let you, our esteemed fans, propose the categories that you would like to see candidates nominated to be voted for. This was done by engaging you through our various social media platforms, through which you came out to voice your opinions which we aboded to.

Secondly, we asked you to nominate the candidates of your choice to be voted for in the various categories getting released through our social media platforms on a daily basis. The process is ongoing, with our email address currently overflowing with your nominations, which we really appreciate. So far, we have released nineteen (19) categories as below in which you have been nominating your preferred candidates:

1.  Hip Hop Artist of The Year.
2.  Best Music Group of The Year.
3.  Upcoming Artist of the Year.
4.  Male Gospel Artist of the Year.
5.  Female Gospel Artist of the Year.
6.  Radio Show of The Year.
7.  Best Collaboration of The Year.
8.   Emcee of the Year.
9.  Gospel Emcee of the Year.
10.  Producer of the Year.
11.  Video Producer of the Year. 
12.  Male Radio Presenter of the Year.
13.  Female Radio Presenter of the Year. 
14.  Female Model of The Year.
15.  Male Model of The Year.
16.  Mr. & Miss. Campus.
17.  Fashion Designer of The Year.
18.  Photographer of The Year.
19.  Graphic Designer of The Year.

  (The above categories are in no particular order, nominate your preferred candidates' name by emailing their name and respective category to pwanicelebrityawards@gmail.com)

At this point, it will be of importance to state that all the above voting categories are as suggested by you. So far, we have seen a number of people seeking nominations from their fans who have shown them support by making the number of entries now be a hundred and six (106) for the above mentioned categories, which are still being released by the way.

Now, after last year's claims that some of the winning persons were not known to you and that had done very little or nothing of contribution towards the growth of the entertainment scene in Mombasa, we have decided that after you guys are done with nominating your candidates, our technical team will sit  and analyze them, eliminate where necessary until we remain with only five (5) entries in each category, for it will be nonsensical to have two hundred (200) nominees in one given category. These lucky five (5) in each category will then be taken through a series of interviews by our technical team, seeking them to let us all know what they are about. The videos will then be posted on our Youtube Channel for you to watch and judge where necessary,

Having cleared the air concerning what you guys should expect moving forward, the writer of this post welcomes your opinions and any questions to our official email address pwanicelebrityawards@gmail.com. 

This is Pwani Celebrity Awards 2015, let's make it a big deal!