By ‘Dayo Showemimo
A few weeks back, when the nominees’ list of the 2014 Channel O Music Video Awards was unveiled, the Nigerian social media space went agog as multiple award winning pop star, Davido got a total of 5 nods.
Fast forward to the night of the awards late yesterday, November 29, 2014 and Davido is not exactly a happy man as he lost out in all the 5 categories for which he was nominated.
Davido lost the Most gifted Dance Video to South Africa’s Busiswa, the Most Gifted Afro Pop Video went to Tanzania’s Diamond while Nigeria’s Olamide clinched the Most Gifted West African Video at his expense. South Africa’s Casper Nyovest went home with both the Most Gifted Male and Most Gifted Video of the Year awards. This means Davido came back from the event empty handed, something he is not familiar with.
Davido, who began the year on a winning note by winning the BET, NEA and MTV awards as the Best African Act, has lost a number of awards in recent times. First, he lost out at the MOBO awards to Fuse ODG of Ghana, then he also lost out to Sauti Sol of Kenya at the 2014 MTV EMAs as well as the Soul Train Awards.
The crowning disappointment is not winning any of the 5 nominations at the just-concluded 2014 edition of Channel O Music Video Awards.
