So the Channel O Awards came and went, leaving a bad taste on EVERYONE'S tongues.

First off, as with most events in S.A, the awards ceremony started late. After having being told that my VIP tickets were at the front desk, I had a bit of an embarrassing situation with people not finding my name or my ticket on their list. Without my tickets, I did the sensible thing and walked right past burly security guards and bouncers, and set about trying to find the person responsible for making sure that I had tickets. In my quest to find what I (much later) found out was the VIP desk, I landed up in the dressing rooms of the artists!! After spending some time with D'banj and his chilled out producer Don Jazzy; Crazy Lu of Jozi; Samini; Nameless; and a host of other artists, I set out to look for the rumoured "VIP DESK". After looking in all sorts of nooks and crannies of the City Hall building in downtown Jozi, I found the desk in the bowels of the building. There was a ridiculously long queue of VIP's trying to get their passes and tags! Not being one to queue, I went straight to the front of the desk and lo and behold my passes were nowhere to be found!! Media and VIP's STILL hadn't got their passes by the time the event started!

It's 6 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes and about 38 seconds :-) until South Africa once again puts on the annual glamorous award show at Sun City to honor South African, Swazi, Tswana and Sotho musicians that have excelled, to say the least, in their respective genres, and have made a significant contribution to the South(ern) African entertainment industry.

I, for one, am an angered woman because it seems I will always miss the opportunity to go to this event. I am wondering why it is never held during the festive season? Actually, the best albums are usually released during this season, so by the time the awards come, they have enjoyed their mass airplay on YFm, Metro FM, Kaya FM, Ikhwezi FM and others, as well as had their share of dancefloor madness. You can find all these radio stations online, just let google do the work for you :-)