#SAMA28 announces seasoned panel of judges

The South African Music Awards have announced an impeccable line-up of judges who were responsible for selecting nominees and winners of this year’s awards.

The esteemed panel of over 120 individuals, selected from across the country, include broadcasters, media experts, journalists, music critics, music compilers, academics and music promoters.

The judges were selected by the RiSA Steering Committee made up of representatives from record labels, and based on their expertise, deployed to preside over various genres. After being presented with entries and without any correspondence among them, the judges independently use an online system to input their scores and justifications.

The information is handed over to auditors for collation and verification before the top 5 in each category is announced as nominees. The winner is made public at the gala event.

RiSA CEO Nhlanhla Sibisi: “The calibre of judges that we have secured for this year’s awards spans across the media landscape. They have all been selected based on their industry knowledge and are the cornerstone for a credible adjudication process. We owe them a debt of gratitude for this important and selfless exercise that takes up their time and energy. All roads lead to Sun City and we are confident that their invaluable expertise will result in the acknowledgement of the best of the best.”

#SAMA28 will be hosted in Sun City and broadcast live on SABC1 on 28 August 2022 at 8pm.

The full panel of #SAMA28 judges: