WINNING METHODOLOGY
To identify and announce the winners, the VIGA Music Awards follows a rigorous, transparent, and Fan’ involving approach to ensure fairness and accuracy, maintaining the highest level of integrity and fairness throughout the entire process. Below is how it works:
Stage 1: Nominations
- The Nomination Panel evaluates media and industry trends based on a clearly defined criteria, to generate a list of top performers and outstanding works as nominees in their respective categories. This panel comprises various stakeholders, including producers, media personnel, music executives, and scholars, drawn from key music and media institutions.
- Upon nomination, all nominees automatically grant VIGA Music Awards the right to use their name, likeness, and nominated works across various media platforms for marketing and promotional purposes, unless one officially writes to VIGA Music Awards to decline ever being nominated in the Awards before nominations are announced.
Stage 2: Public Voting
- The nominees undergo public voting through a transparent and fan-driven online voting system to decide the winners. The voting progress is displayed at selected intervals to generate excitement and encourage participation. Candidates are encouraged to mobilize their fans to vote. Public voting contributes 60% and Judges account for 40%. Voting may also be conducted via SMS and/or any other communicated means.
Stage 3. Winners Announcement
- Winners are announced at the regional Awards galas, and the Grand Finale. The nominees with the highest combined votes in each category are crowned the winners. Vote integrity is ensured through a secure and reliable voting system, with results transparently displayed on giant screens at the events during the winner announcements.