The 6th
Annual South African Film & Television Awards
The ultimate prize: The goldem horn given to every award acceptor |
A shocking
withdrawal
Besides the fact that the awards failed to begin airing at
the correct time of 19h30; there was yet another PR blunder which took place. Popular
South African television channel; ETV decided to withdraw its entire programme and
presenter participation from the awards.
Although they disagreed to provide a reason for doing this; the SAFTA
team believed it was due to ETV not agreeing with their way of judging. This was a very bad move by the channel
because it reflects to their stakeholders in a very bad way, especially with
concerns to the Public Vote category. Any supporter would be disappointed to
find out that the votes they contributed for their favourite shows would completely
go to waste!
http://www.drum.co.za/articles/Entertainment/etv-withdraws-from-Saftas
I really think Etv made a shocking announcement when they decided to withdraw from the awards. A lot of people, including myself; love the channel and really hoped to see them take home the people's vote award. However; without the correct motivation people get disappointed! The shows and actors that were rewarded trully deserved the wins!
ReplyDeleteThe success of any organisation is dependent on its stakeholders which include the viewers in the case of ETV. To avoid any chaos, they could have at least made an announcement to it's viewers to let them know why they made the choice of withdrawing. However; at the end of the day, the final decision was made and the awards still went on regardless
ReplyDeleteI'm still not happy about Naomi from Rhythm City not being one of the nominees in the category fro best actress in a soap. I honestly hope this wasn't because of Etv's withdrawal or unless ETV withdrew because of that. In any case though, it still leaves us; ETV viewers in the black on why the decision was made by the channel
ReplyDeleteIt is still unclear as to why ETV made that decision. However; the stakeholder should always be considered first by any organisation!
ReplyDeleteI think all the winners really deserved their wins. However; the show had a lot of slip-ups such as the sound and microphones at a point in time! That really made me lose interest as the show went on!
ReplyDeleteIt all falls back on the event organisers. The success of any event is a reflection of its organisers. Hopefully such mistakes won't be witnessed at next years event
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