The Travellers Scoop Four Trophies At First-Ever Lovin Music Awards
Gozitan boy band The Travellers were the big winners at the first-ever Lovin Music awards last night, winning four trophies, including the Best Performance of the Night Award.
The six-piece band also won Best Band, Best Live Act and Best Song for Ersaq fil-Qrib.
Around 2,500 people attended the concert which was held at WH21, a brand new venue in Kordin, to listen to 15 performances, including a surprise performance of Xemx by the original members of The Tramps, accompanied by vocal powerhouses Claudia Faniello, Amber, Federica Falzon and Nicole Frendo.
The second biggest winner of the night was Ira Losco who won three awards: Best Solo Act, Best Pop Act and Best Collaboration for Hey Now with Owen Leuellen. The rapper from Valletta, who finished second on last year’s X Factor, also won the Best Upcoming Male award.
Owen Leuellen with Ira Losco
Ira Losco also performed an 11-minute medley of some of her biggest songs including her latest Cannonball with Michela, who represented Malta at Eurovision last year.
Meanwhile, Michela won Best Upcoming Female and Best Music Video for her Eurovision song Chameleon.
Other winners included The Busker for Best Album, Joseph Calleja for Best Classical Artist, Emma Muscat for Best International Success and Chris Birdd for Best Urban/Hip Hop Act.
Ziggy was awarded Best DJ, Place by Micimago won Best Dance Track, Brikkuni won Best Alternative Act and Martyrium won Best Metal Band.
Michela Pace won the Best Upcoming Female and Best Music Video awards
Howard Keith won Best Producer and Freddie Portelli won the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The winners were chosen by the public, who cast some 40,000 votes in the run-up to the show.
A surprise award was also given to Steven Levi Vella, the creative director of the Lovin Music Awards and one of Malta’s most prolific music video producers. He was awarded for his contribution to Maltese music. Lovin Music Awards was co-organised by Lovin Malta and events planning company Ovation.
The event was supported by Festivals Malta and sponsored by Cisk, Go’s Music Wildcard and Malta Public Transport.
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