[Submitted via press release]
Channel O May 2012 Highlights
Major highlights:Goal Diggerz Season 2 starts, Wednesday 9 May at 21:00After a hugely successful season 1, Goal Diggerz returns to once more catch-up with Africa’s footballers abroad! The show travels from city to city across Europe to see how the gifted and rich footballers are living and how well they are flying the flag for African football.
2012 Billboard Music Awards (LIVE), Monday 21 May at 03:00am The Billboard Music Award is an honour given by Billboard magazine, the preeminent publication covering the music business. Unlike other awards, such as the Grammys, which determine nominations as a result of the highest votes received, the Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on year-end chart performance according to Nielsen data for sales, number of downloads and total airplay. Awards are given for the top album/artist/single in different genres.
The 2012 Billboard Awards will be broadcast LIVE on Channel O at 3:00am with a repeat on Vuzu at 20:30 on Monday 21 May.
In the first week:Featuring: J. Cole vs. Big Sean, Friday 4 May at 20:00 Grammy nominated J. Cole is eyeing the crown in this Friday face-off! The “Work Out” star is going against one of the rising stars of USA hip-hop - Big Sean, who is signed to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music imprint and hitting the big time with his debut, Finally Famous. Who’s going to come out tops? Tune into Channel O’s Featuring … to find out!
Also,O-Access Season 6 Episode 11: Wale and Elle Varner, Tuesday 15 May at 21:00Dineo is on the trail of the world’s big stars, whilst having some fun herself! Don’t miss out as Season 6 hits its stride and artists like Estelle and Chrisette Michele reveal all to Dineo on Africa’s most original entertainment show!
Featuring: LMFAO vs. Far East Movement, Friday 18 May at 20:00“Party Rock Anthem” (featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock), is the rallying cry of Los Angeles duo LMFAO, made up of Redfoo and Sky Blu – and it’s been a huge hit. But is it enough to win over the hearts of fans of the Far East Movement? Tune into this featuring to find out!
iRequest Season 3 starts, 23 May at 18:00iRequest has grown into one of Channel O’s most popular, viewer-generated content shows. Now comes Season 3 of the show which also uses Facebook as well as Twitter using the hashtag #iRequest to allow viewers to have their say on the music they want to hear when the I-Request cameras are not around!
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Channel O May 2012 highlights.