Metro FM Explains Why Kwesta and Babes Wodumo Lost To Nasty C

Following the 16th annual Metro FM Awards that took place at the Durban ICC on Saturday this past weekend, many artists including Kwesta, Riky Rick, Babes Wodumo and Khuli Chana publicly expressed their disdain at the results, hinting that the votes just don’t add up. Meanwhile, a number of high-profile celebs including Nandi Madida, Black Coffee, L-Tido and Culoe De Song took to social media to share their frustration at the awards and “corruption” in the music industry at the moment.

Outraged fans also took to social media to demand answers and made the rapper’s snub one of the most talked about topics on Twitter. The usually laid-back Kwesta was not impressed at being overlooked and took to Twitter to vent his frustration.

Kwesta joined hundreds of his fans in lambasting the Metro FM Music Awards for seemingly snubbing him, saying that it was time for “bullsh*t” to be called. The rapper, who went to the awards with four nominations, left the ceremony empty handed and bitterly disappointed. Babes Wodumo scored four nominations this year, and she also did not win in any of her categories.

Despite mounting calls for the voting system around the 16th annual Metro FM Awards to be relooked, the public broadcaster has said that no decision has been made as yet.

The SABC said that artists were aware of the voting system at the time of the launch and made it clear that there were only 500 SMS’s allowed per number for votes. Previous competitions allowed for an unlimited amount of votes per number.

The SABC isn’t really concerned it seems and insists that the rules were made clear from the start.

“Everybody could campaign and I still said at the launch that these are the rules and they can’t be changed at the end of the game,” said SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago.

He’s referring to the fact that one telephone number was limited to 500 SMS votes. One person could have many numbers but each number was limited, whereas in the SABC Summer Song of the Year competition the amount of votes per number was unlimited.

“The voting was audited by an external company and we were informed of the winners on the day, except for the Song of the Year category, which saw votes close on the night of the awards.”