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2012 BET Awards - all the winners

Written by TVSA Team from the blog BET on 02 Jul 2012
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2012 BET Awards Lira
Nominated Lira.

The 2012 BET Awards went down at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday night (1 July) and air in a delayed broadcast on BET on TopTV on Tuesday (3 July) at 21h00.

Please note: if you don't want to know who the winners are before watching the broadcast, please don't read on.

Samuel L Jackson 2012 BET
Samuel L. Jackson, behind-the-scenes, before the ceremony.

The ceremony was hosted by Samuel L. Jackson for the first time and opened with a performance by Kanye West who turned proceedings into reality TV when he headlined with his feelings for Kim Kar’trashian.

He performed his track Cold and placed centre-stage emphasis on the lyrics: "And I'll admit, I had fell in love with Kim, Around the same time she had fell in love with him, Well that's cool, baby girl, do ya thang, Lucky I ain't had Jay drop him from the team."

Everyone ooh’d, aah’d and tweeted about it and the ceremony went on to hand out awards in 23 categories. Performances included a special tribute to Whitney Houston featuring Mariah Carey, Brandy and Whitney's mother Cissy.

Our Lira didn’t win the Best International Act: Africa category unfortunately but as you can see from the snap, she made up for it with her pizzazz on the red carpet.

Without further adieu, the winners are:

Best International Act: Africa
Camp Mulla (Kenya)
Ice Prince (Nigeria)
Lira (South Africa)
Mokobe (Mali)
Sarkodie (Ghana)
Wizkid (Nigeria)

Best Female R&B Artist
Marsha Ambrosius
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Rihanna

Beyonce Award
Beyoncé accepting her award.

Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Bruno Mars
Miguel
Trey Songz
Usher

Chris Brown BHS BET
Chris Brown behind-the-scenes, before the ceremony.

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
Big Sean
Drake
J. Cole
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Young Jeezy

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Nicki Minaj
Diamond
Trina
Brianna Perry

Best Group
Bad Meets Evil
Diddy-Dirty Money
Maybach Music Group
Mindless Behavior
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West)

Best New Artist
A$AP Rocky
Big Sean
Diggy
Future
Meek Mill

Best Collaboration
Beyoncé ft./ J. Cole – “Party””
Big Sean ft./ Kanye West & Roscoe Dash – “Marvin & Chardonnay”
DJ Khaled ft./ Drake, Rick Ross, and Lil Wayne – “I’m On One”
Drake ft./ Lil Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto”
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) ft./ Otis Redding – “Otis”
Wale ft./ Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb”

Video of the Year
Beyoncé – “Countdown”
Beyoncé – “Love on Top”
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) – “Ni**as in Paris”
The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) – “Otis”
Usher – “Climax”

Video Director of the Year
Beyoncé and Alan Ferguson
Benny Boom
Chris Brown and Godfrey Tabarez
Kanye West
Hype Williams

Best Gospel
Yolanda Adams
Kim Burrell
James Fortune & FIYA
Fred Hammond
Trin-I-Tee 5:7

YoungStars Award
Astro
Diggy
Jacob Latimore
Keke Palmer
Willow Smith

2012 BET Awards Diggy
Diggy on the red with Jacob Latimore.

Viewers’ Choice Award
Drake ft./ Lil Wayne & Tyga – “The Motto”
Beyoncé – “Love on Top”
Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music”
Mindless Behavior – “Hello”
The Throne ft./ Otis Redding – “Otis”
Wale ft./ Miguel – “Lotus Flower Bomb”

Centric Award
Common
Estelle
Robert Glasper
Robin Thicke
Tyrese

Best International Act: U.K.
Estelle
Labrinth
Emeli Sande
Sway
Wretch 32

Best Actress
Angela Bassett
Viola Davis
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Zoe Saldana

Best Actor
Don Cheadle
Common
Idris Elba
Kevin Hart
Denzel Washington

Best Movie
Good Deeds
Jumping the Broom
Laugh at My Pain
Red Tails
The Help

Sportswoman of the Year
Skylar Diggins
Candace Parker
Brittney Griner
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

Sportsman of the Year
Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Victor Cruz
Kevin Durant

FANdemonium Award: Chris Brown

BET Lifetime Achievement Award: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly

BET Humanitarian Award:  Rev. Al Sharpton




15 Comments

Justin_
02 Jul 2012 15:17

That is not Diggy's brother in the picture with him. It's singer/actor Jacob Latimore.

TVSA Team
02 Jul 2012 15:25

Thanks for the alert Justin - sorted!

Justin_
02 Jul 2012 15:17

That is not Diggy's brother in the picture with him. It's singer/actor Jacob Latimore.

Name here
02 Jul 2012 19:47

Diggy did not win Best New Artist that award went to Big Sean.

TVSA Team
02 Jul 2012 15:25

Thanks for the alert Justin - sorted!

Name here
02 Jul 2012 19:49

Huh? Wretch 32 beat Emeli Sandé for the prize?

Name here
02 Jul 2012 19:47

Diggy did not win Best New Artist that award went to Big Sean.

Name here
02 Jul 2012 19:49

Huh? Wretch 32 beat Emeli Sandé for the prize?

Name here
02 Jul 2012 19:47

Diggy did not win Best New Artist that award went to Big Sean.

Name here
02 Jul 2012 19:49

Huh? Wretch 32 beat Emeli Sandé for the prize?

wesbuw
03 Jul 2012 07:57

I thot Lira wud win wth al da fuss they been making bt i guess she wil nxt tym

TVSA Team
03 Jul 2012 10:40

Hey everyone - a headsup that the awards are on at 21h00 instead of 20h00. We were originally told 20h00 when we asked TopTV but it's changed to 21h00 because of the time difference between zones.

Mrs Chix
03 Jul 2012 13:27

Eish on Top TV??? DSTV woke up please

TVSA Team
03 Jul 2012 10:40

Hey everyone - a headsup that the awards are on at 21h00 instead of 20h00. We were originally told 20h00 when we asked TopTV but it's changed to 21h00 because of the time difference between zones.

Mrs Chix
03 Jul 2012 13:27

Eish on Top TV??? DSTV woke up please


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