Western Showbiz Awards Festival Launched And Categories Released

Pipigee promotions Event planning and management consultancy, a Ghanaian and a western region-based event organising company, has launched this year’s sequel edition of the Western Showbiz Awards (W.S.A 2018 FESTIVAL) at the Snnit Hall for in takoradi last Saturday between the hours of 11:00am.

The short and brief launch ceremony which attracted a large number of stakeholders in the Showbiz industry, including musicians living in the western region and beyond.

However, organizers of this Award scheme took the opportunity to open nominations to the general public.

The awards scheme, according to the organisers, is being organised to reward, motivate, empower and restore competitive spirits to all showbiz stakeholders and  personalities in the western region who has contributed immensely towards the showbiz  industry in the western region..

The awards ceremony which has been slated to happen on November 24th will also witness performances from all successful music criteria nominees and other guest artistes.

They added that nomination has been open for free to public patronage forms can be downloaded at the official Facebook handle of yge Award scheme (Western Showbiz Awards).

These Rules and Regulations, Categories and other important Dates relating to this biggest showbiz Awards festival  were However Released to guide Nominees in their fillings.

1. A person or An Act must be a westerner (come from the WESTERN region) to stand a partial chance of becoming a nominee under this Award scheme.

2. A person or An Act is not eligible to be a nominee under this Award scheme if he/she does not come from the western Region or operate his/her showbusiness in the western Region.

3. A person or An Act can successfully become a nominee under this Award scheme after his/her nominations has pass through the scrutiny board of jury.

4. A person or An Act does “NOT” Automatically become a nominee after filling his/her Nominations.

5. A person or An Act who has No western lineage but operate his/her showbusiness in the western Region has an absolute eligibility to apply or become a nominee after going through the scrutiny board of jury processes.

NB:  WESTERN SHOWBIZ AWARDS SCHEME OPERATIONS COVERS THESE ENCLAVES OF THE WESTERN REGION. (WESTERN North, WESTERN South, Western East and West).

These evaluation criteria were established to be relevant, comprehensive, well-aligned with the ever-evolving definition of “innovation,” transparent for nominees  and clearly defined for our voting bodies. There are no precise, objective metrics that unambiguously define how companies, individual Acts and concepts is ranked  for each evaluation criteria. We have developed the evaluation criteria and a corresponding set of assessment tools and scales that we believe allow for a  honest and equitable assessment of each entry. All entries will be judged on the following Western Showbiz criteria:

*W. S. A 2018 – AWARDS CATEGORY / CRETERIA*

BEST RADIO DJ

WESTERN BEST REGGAE / DANCEHALL ACT

WESTERN BEST GOSPEL ACT

WESTERN BEST FEMALE ARTIST

WESTERN BEST MALE ARTIST

WESTERN MOST POPULAR MUSIC SINGLE OF THE YEAR

WESTERN BEST BAND/MUSIC GROUP

INDIGENOUS ARTIST OF THE YEAR

WESTERN MOST PROMISING  ARTIST

WESTERN BEST RAPPER

WESTERN BEST HIP POP ARTIST

WESTERN BEST HIGH LIFE  ARTIST OF THE YEAR

WESTERN BEST MALE SINGER

WESTERN LEGENDARY MUSIC CONTRIBUTION AWARD (Honorary)

WESTERN BEST PRODUCER / SOUND ENGINEER

BEST VIRTUAL PRODUCTION HOUSE

BEST WESTERN COMEDIAN

 WESTERN MOVIE OF THE YEAR

BEST WESTERN ACTOR

BEST WESTERN ACTRESS

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

BEST PROMOTER / BLOGGER

WESTERN EVENT HOUSE OF THE YEAR

WESTERN BEST MC

*Western Showbiz Awards Arts Categories*

BEST WESTERN DANCING GROUP

WESTERN BEST GRAPHICS DESIGNER

WESTERN BEST ARTISTIC PAINTER

WESTERN BEST PHOTOGRAPHY FIRM

WESTERN BEST FASHION DESIGNER

WESTERN BEAUTY QUEEN  / MODEL OF THE YEAR

*Western Showbiz Awards Radio industry categories*

WESTERN BEST RADIO STATION

WESTERN BEST ENTERTAINMENT RADIO STATION

WESTERN BEST MALE RADIO PRESENTER

WESTERN BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM OF THE YEAR

WESTERN BEST FEMALE RADIO PRESENTER

WESTERN OVERALL BEST RADIO  PRESENTER

WESTERN BEST RADIO SPORT PRESENTER

WESTERN RADIO PROGRAM OF THE YEAR

*Western Showbiz Award Hospitality/ Accommodation / Leisure firm Categories*

BEST HOTEL

BEST LEISURE FIRM

BEST SPORT ICON

BEST SPORT CLUB

*WESTERN SHOWBIZ AWARDS FESTIVAL 2018 IMPORTANT DATES*

1. 19TH MAY 2018 – OPENING OF NOMINATIONS.

2. 30TH AUGUST 2018 – CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS.

3. 5TH SEPTEMBER 2018 – START OF VOTING

*(4.) SATURDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2018 – AWARDS NIGHT @ TAKORADI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY AUDITORIUM*.

*WESTERN SHOWBIZ AWARDS YEAR UNDER REVIEW FOR NOMINEES*

AUGUST OF EVERY PREVIOUS YEAR TO NOVEMBER OF CURRENT YEAR IN EVERY ANNUAL AWARD SCHEME.

In effect;

August 2017 – November 2018.

#Empowering tomorrow’s showbiz  leaders today#

#BeyondTheOil!

#Restoring competitive spirits#

Signed!

LISTOWEL KUMSON

Director of Communications

Wester Showbiz Awards