TheÃÂ 3rd Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards ceremony was sponsored by Almstel Malta and the awards were presented by MultiChoice. It took place on 7 March 2015 at Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos, Nigeria. The awards honour excellence in television, film, and digital content creation in the African entertainment industry. The awards ceremony was televised by DStv, and hosted by IK Osakioduwa and Vimbai Mutinhiri.
October 1 had 13 nominations and won 9 categories. Other notable winners includedÃÂ OC Ukeje, who won Best Actor in a Drama for his role inÃÂ Confusion Na Wa, andÃÂ Kehinde Bankole, who won Best Actress in a Drama for her performance in October 1.ÃÂ The Meetings Femi Jacobs and Rita Dominic were awarded Best Actor and Actress in a Comedy. The awards ceremony honoured C.J. Obasi with the Trailblazer Award, Ayo Makun with the New Era Award and Amaka Igwe with the Industry Merit Award. A new category, Best Indigenous Language Movie (Igbo) award, was introduced.
The awards nominees were announced on 10 December 2014 The nomination announcement ceremony was broadcast on all Africa Magic channels at 20:30 CAT of which viewer's voting commenced after and ended on 28 February 2015. It was hosted by Nick Mutuma andÃÂ Sika Osei.
The awards ceremony was held at the Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos on 7 March 2015. It was broadcast on all stations of Africa Magic by DStv, and was hosted by Vimbai MutinhiriÃÂ andÃÂ IK Osakioduwa. The Marvin and Diamond Platnumz performed music while Basketmouth and Eddie Kadi performed theatrical comedy. Osas Ighodaro presented a spoken speech entitled "What if I am an African?".
Kunle Afolayans October 1 had 13 nominations and 9 awards including Best Movie Overall. OC Ukeje won Best Actor whileÃÂ Kehinde Bankole won Best Actress, both in drama. Best Supporting Actor and Actress were awarded to Blossom ChukwujekwuÃÂ andÃÂ Linda EjioforÃÂ respectively. Rita DominicÃÂ andÃÂ Mildred Okwos The Meeting (2012) won Best Movie (Comedy) and one of its actors Femi Jacobs won Best Actor in Comedy and Dominic, Best Actress in Comedy.
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