So, voting season for
The MOBO Awards has officially been declared open. On Wednesday at
London's St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, this year's nominees were
announced to a packed house, full of members of the press, bloggers,
artists and their labels. Oh yeah, and I did the voice-over for the
VT everyone was shown which was pretty cool.
This year has seen MOBO
introduce their first ever Award category exclusively voted for via
Facebook. 'Best Newcomer' exists to recognise the hard work of newly
established artists, with nominees for the category including Jessie
J, who cleaned up at The BRITs earlier this year, Rizzle Kicks, Emeli
Sande and Wretch 32.
I was lucky enough to
be at the event, interviewing nominees for MOBO TV (something else I
do) and even got to break the great news to some of the nominees
before the announcement had been officially made! Check below for
some of the best interviewing you will likely have EVER seen. Joke.
There are loads more interviews from the event at www.mobo.com where you can also vote for your favourite artist. Check it out!
Although we all
probably have our suspicions as to who will win the main categories,
legions of less established artists' die-hard fans using social
networks, especially in the 'Best Newcomer' category, are set to keep
the bigger names on their toes this year.
