ALL YOUTHS TUSH AWARDS [@tushawards] 2014 [AYTA 2014]

1.0 CALL FOR NOMINATION ENTRIES
Its the 6th successive edition of the annual ‘The TUSH Awards’
presented by TDA Multimedia which is a platform for encouraging,
recognizing, honouring, acknowledging, and supporting great talented
youths who has worked very hard morally, academically, and in their
various chosen careers from across the nation.

MISSION
TUSH Awards event is aimed at projecting the YOUTH to the society,
bringing them together, enhancing collective improvement of the country
at large and collective contribution to Nigeria’s development and also
reward academic, social, and entrepreneurial excellence while building a
long lasting inter-school and interpersonal relationships amongst our
concerned cadres.

VISION
Our vision is to empower, develop and entertain the average Nigerian
youth wherever they are and in whatever they do hereby motivating them
to impact positively on the society in which they live.

1.1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AWARDS

TUSH Awards 2009

Tush Awards ’09 was the first edition of the yearly all youths event
held at Kola Rintz Suites and Gardens, Ogbomosho December 19, 2009. The
event started around 5pm and came to an end at exactly 8.00pm. The show
was handled by MC Honey Tongue (the Best Campus Comedian 2009) a student
of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. It was basically
a platform for the up and coming stars to really make a point. The show
was ushered by Prelude Ushers and the Lightings & Decorations of the
hall done by Walters Media. It had an encouraging turn out of youths
around, and was described as an impressive start. The coverage of the
edition was LAUTECH, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo and FUNAAB. It was
held December 18, 2009.

Tush Awards 2010.
This was the show that really announced Tush as a brand to watch out.
You need to ask anybody that you know that was present at the awards to
give you an insight into what happened. It was held at Oodua Hall,
Kokodome, Cocoa House, Dugbe. It was anchored by StuntChild (Splash fm,
Ibadan), MC Zlatan and Sparkle (Star fm, Lagos). The coverage increased
to Over 5 Universities and it was well attended. It was held December
10, 2010

Tush Awards 2011
This event made our stand known as one of the best all youths Awards in
the country. At the awards, we had a celebration of youths all around
selected campuses in a three weeks train movement that involved the
likes of popular musicians, comedians, and artiste of such. We covered
the whole of the South West with Celebrities like Jhybo, Jaywon, Minjin,
Lineo, Maheeda, Monimo, Korede Bello, Labzy Lawal, Babeeboi, MC
Acapella, Joel and the ever Funny Seyilaw. It was massive. It was held
December 2011.

THE FOURTH EDITION, Tush Awards 2012
The FOURTH edition of the awards was held at the prestigious GeneSix
Hotels and Suites, Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos. It had Lineo (Elepepe Master),
Femi Daniels and CocoIce as the Hosts for the day. This edition was
sponsored by Nigezie TV. It was held Saturday December 1, 2012

THE FIFTH EDITION, Tush Awards 2013
The last edition of Tush Awards held at De Hall Event Place, Off Obafemi
Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos. It was hosted by Rainbow fm’s Timi Kay and
Ini. Also Co Hosts for the event includes Pat Obilor (NTA), Femi Daniels
(Hip TV) and Minnie Marj (UK). Even for the fact that it held during the
ASUU strike, it wasn’t enough to disturb the event as it was an
atmosphere of value. It was held Friday November 30, 2013.

The 2014 All Youths TUSH Award ceremony would feature four major
categories which are
*Student Category
*Youth Celebrity Category
*The Special Recognition Award Category
*The Role Model Awards Category

1.2 CATEGORIES FOR ALL YOUTHS TUSH AWARDS 2014

The full Category list for All Youths Tush Awards (AYTA) 2014 is
detailed thus:

1.2.1 STUDENT CATEGORIES

1.MOST BEAUTIFUL
2.MOST POPULAR MALE
3.MOST POPULAR FEMALE
4.MR & MS. FASHIONISTA
5.BIG, BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL
6.MR PERSONALITY
7.MISS PERSONALITY
8.VOICE OF THE YEAR (for Student OAPs Only) (Cash Prize Included)
9.STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT OUTFIT OF THE YEAR (Cash Prize Included)
10.STUDENT SPORTS MAN/WOMAN OF THE YEAR (Cash Prize Included)
11.BEST LEADERSHIP TRAIT (STUDENT UNION LEADERS) (Cash Prize Included)
12.STUDENT ARTISTE OF THE YEAR (Gets signed into a Top Record Label)
13.STUDENT COMPANY OF THE YEAR (Cash Prize Included)
14.STUDENT COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR (Cash Prize Included)
15.BRAIN OF THE YEAR (1ST CLASS STUDENT) (Cash Prize Included)
16.ENTERPRISING STUDENT OF THE YEAR (Cash Prize Included)
17.STUDENT MODEL OF THE YEAR (Cash Prize Included)
18.STUDENT OF THE YEAR (Cash Prize Included)
19.CLUB CHIEF OF THE YEAR
20.RAVE CLUB OF THE YEAR
21.NEXT RATED CLUB OF THE YEAR

1.2.2 YOUTH CELEBRITY CATEGORIES

1.BEST YOUTH COMEDIAN
2.BEST YOUTH ACT (MUSIC) MALE
3.BEST YOUTH ACT (MUSIC) FEMALE
4.REVELATION OF THE YEAR (MUSIC)
5.BEST NEW ACT (MUSIC) DIASPORA
6.MOST PROMISING ACT (MUSIC)
7.ON AIR PERSONALITY
8.ON SCREEN PERSONALITY
9.BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
10.YOUTH MAGAZINE OF D YEAR
11.BEST NIGERIAN DJ
12.BEST YOUTH ACT (MOVIE) MALE
13.BEST YOUTH ACT (MOVIE) FEMALE
14.BEST USE OF ADVOCACY/CAUSE
15.BEST YOUTH DESIGNER
16.YOUTH ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

1.2.3 ROLE MODEL CATEGORIES

The 5 Role Model Awardees for All Youths Tush Awards (AYTA) 2014 will be
unveiled at the Press Conference to be held August 2014.
Nomination for all listed categories will start TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014
and it will run till for 2 months. Nominations will be done purely on
our website (www.tushawards.com)
PARTICIPATION: ALL Nigerian Youths Home and Abroad
For individual category sponsorship and other enquiries, contact:
2014@tushawards.com, +2348057177331, +2348169420643, +2348137019923

1.3 TUSH AWARDS 2014 PRESS CONFERENCE
The Tush Awards 2014 Press Conference will be held August 2014 in the
city of Lagos. We will have the opportunity to unveil all other details
of the awards like the Venue, the Hosts, the time of the awards, the
Gate Fee, the exact cash prize for each category and the sponsors for
the All Youths Tush Awards 2014 (AYTA 2014).

1.4 TUSH 2014 PRE AWARDS TOUR
The tour of the 2014 Tush Awards Pre Activities will continue July 2014
as it had already started with a visit to Bowen University in the event
tagged “Fashion meets Comedy” March 2014.
The continuation of the series of activities will traverse at least 30
Tertiary Institutions in the country and also across West Africa. The
train will involve Comedians, Musicians, Fashion Exhibitors and Houses,
amongst others which will be revealed soon. Also, the schedule of
Tertiary Institutions to be visited will also be revealed on
www.tushawards.com soon.

1.5 CONCLUSION
ITS YOUR TIME TO NOMINATE, ITS YOUR TIME TO PUT YOUR SCHOOL AND YOUR
TEAM ON THE SPOTLIGHT, ITS YOUR TIME TO BE REWARDED. Dont relegate that
authority to anyone else, kindly do that yourself and do that now as you
can proceed to TUSHAWARDS.COM to nominate. It is open to all and
free of charge also.

TDA Multimedia (owners of the Tush Awards brand) reserves the right to
remove, add or edit award categories.

Thanks and God bless.
Tush Awards 2014 (Inspire it, Scheme it, Plan it, Achieve it)

Signed.
KAREEM Mayowa
Director, External Relations