First of all thank you to Mediacorp Suria for the media invitation to this inaugural awards show ‘AnugeraHitz.sg’ media conference. It’s a collaborative effort by Mediacorp Suria, Mediacorp radio stations Warna 94.2FM and Ria 89.7FM and Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS).

I’m totally glad that we’re having our own award show and honoring the increasingly high quality work of our Malay local musicians. It’s been a buzz of among our local acts and finally this award show is going to happen at Mediacorp TV Theatre on Saturday, 3rd April 2010 at 8.30pm. It will be shown live on Suria as well as air live on Ria 89.7FM.

This show will be hosted by Fauzie Laily and Fiza O. This award show will honor 10 categories:
+ Artis Baru Terbaik (Best New Artiste)
+ Duo/Kumpulan Baru Terbaik (Best New Duo/Group)
+ Artis Terbaik (Best Artiste)
+ Duo/Kumpulan Terbaik (Best Duo/Group)
+ Penulis Lirik Terbaik (Best Lyricist)
+ Komposer Terbaik (Best Composer)
+ Lagu Terbaik (Best Song)
+ Album Terbaik (Best Album)
+ 3 Lagu Paling Popular (3 Most Popular Songs)
+ 3 Artis Paling Popular (3 Most Popular Artistes)
For the list of finalists/nominees: AnugeraHitz.sg

All finalists were chosen by credible panel of judges from the three organizers, they are Mr Azmeer, an acclaimed Singapore-born singer and composer who made it big in Malaysia, Mr Indra Shahrir, a prolific Music Director and Mrs Hartinah Ahmad a well-known writer and lyricist.

As for the ’3 Most Popular Artistes’ categories, you may vote for your favourites thru SMS or Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS), each votes cost $0.60cents excluding GST.

The 10 popular artistes that you can vote for and they are Didi Cazli, Fauzie Laily, Hady Mirza, Hyrul Anuar, Konspirazy, Kraton, Sarah Aqilah, Sleeq, Syed Azmir and Taufik Batisah.
Instructions on how to vote, please visit: AnugeraHitz.sg

Leading up to anugeraHitz.sg, there will be a 3-parter programme, Hitz.sg on the nominees. Hitz.sg will debut on Saturday, 13th March 2010, 8.30pm on Suria hosted by Fauzie Laily and Fiza O. Details of this programme are as follow:

Hitz.sg: Episode 1
Recording date: Sunday, 28 Feb 2010
Time: 8.30pm (To be seated by 8pm)
Venue: Studio 1
Artistes involved: Maiya Rahman, Sharil Bahri, The Sallys, Hyrul Anuar, Verbalize Flo, Zaibaktian, Sarah Aqilah
Tramission: Saturday, 13 March 2010, 8.30pm on Suria

Hitz.sg: Episode 2
Recording date: Monday, 1 March 2010
Time: 8pm (To be seated by 7.30)
Venue: Studio 1
Artistes involved: Sleeq, Rancour, Diorama, Sound Salvation, Revalina
Transmission: Saturday, 20 March 2010, 8.30pm on Suria

Hitz.sg: Episode 3
Recording date: Monday, 1 March 2010
Time: 9.30pm (To be seated by 9pm)
Venue: Studio 1
Artistes involved: Syed Azmir, Aqmal N, Didi Cazli, Hady Mirza, Imran Ajmain, Taufik Batisah
Transmission: Saturday, 27 March 2010, 8.30pm on Suria

For more details and other coverage of this inaugural awards show please visit the link(s) below:
+ AnugeraHitz.sg (Official Site)
+ [izk]-ed™ (Entertainment Blogger)
+ PujanggaMalam (Entertainment Blogger)

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