Bright Finalists:

We are delighted to announce the finalists of the ‘Bright Lights Nominations’.

We had a stellar line-up of candidates which were whittled down by our equally stellar line-up of judges following a phenomenal number of nominations from the public.  Choosing the final three was incredibly tough and a great many of the submissions took us by surprise with their level of heartfelt openness, bravery, creativity, innovation, inner strength, love, belief, support, and commitment, to name a few of the attributes which helped shape the final decisions worthy of community recognition!

Whether you have been previously nominated, or have won a BLAC Award, you can still enter again.

There will be no additional voting in this section; the overall winner from each of the categories will be decided by our esteemed Judges and announced on the night.

OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSON

Elijah Frederick (London)
Zelda Manteaw (Harrow)
Miai Phillip (London)

OVERCOMING ADVERSITY

Tamika Bent-Hylton (Manchester)
Beverley Dobbs (Hertfordshire)
Letricia Black (London)

SERVICES TO VOLUNTEERING

Mac Ferrari-Guy (London)
Margaret Noel (London)
Fix 8 (London)

OUTSTANDING CARER (over 18)

Carers4Carers (London)
Juliet Gee (Essex)
Ian Mills (London)

BEST COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEUR

Sophia Morgan-Genus (Birmingham)
Kwabena Benko (London)
Paulette Watson (London)

OUTSTANDING YOUNG CARER

Te'Jahney Isaac-Messam (London)
Rodrick Watupa (Scotland)
Alana Brown (London)


BEST NEIGHBOUR

Sandra Joseph (Birmingham)
Dr. Ronx Ikharia (London)
Levi Scarlett (Coventry)

BEST PARENTAL GUARDIAN

Danielle Maynard (Birmingham)
Sheron Campbell (London)
Angela Parkes (Leicester)

SERVICES TO YOUTH MENTORING

Kowawole & Oluwatobi Britto (London)
Rommell Raj Wallace (London)
Chris Hodge (London)

SERVICES TO CAMPAIGNING

Marguerite Haye (Leicester)
Trish Bergan (Nottingham)
Aba Graham (Manchester)

BEST EATERY

57 Restaurant & Lounge (London)
Jerk N Juicey (Manchester)
Moziah's (Luton)

BEST GENERAL BUSINESS

Xina Gooding-Broderick (Leeds)
Charlotte & Grace (London)
Aunty Jean (London)

BEST JOURNALIST

Simone Stewart (Wolverhampton)
Nadine White (London)
Mandingo (London)

BEST WRITER

Dominique Deveraux (Southampton)
Annie Palma (Northern Ireland)
Pamela R. Haynes (London)

BEST BARBERS

Super Hair Design (Scotland)
Wayne's Barbers (Telford)
Yemi's Barbers (Liverpool)

BEST HAIRDRESSER

Hair By Bev (Birmingham)
Sizzla C (Nottingham)
Body @PhD (London)

BEST STAGE-SHOW PROMOTER

Orlando Gittens (London)
Cecil Reuben (London)
Bagga John (London)

BEST NITE VENUE

Porkies Wine Bar (London)
Apollo Nite Club (London)
Bojangles (London)

BEST COMEDIAN

Smash Entertainz (Birmingham)
Glenda Jackson (Nottingham)
Ping Wing (London)

BEST SOUND SYSTEM

Luv Injection (Birmingham)
Channel One (London)
Qualitex (Bristol)

BEST RADIO STATION

Gloucester FM (Gloucester)
Roots Yard (Nottingham)
Arawak (Coventry)

SERVICES TO EDUCATION

Camille London-Miyo MBE (Leicester)
Dr. Doirean Wilson MBE (London)
The Music Klub (London)

BEST RADIO PRESENTER

Jah Will & Allan Brando (London)
Tony Roots Bailey (Birmingham)
Mosty Gee (London)

BEST ONLINE TV

Britain's Got Reggae (Leicester)
Shine Out Loud (London)
Walk With W (London)

BEST ONLINE MEDIA

Talks With Monikah Lee (London)
Afro Woman Online (London)
Sharron Spice (London)

BEST RECORD SHOP

Unable to make contact due to Covid-19
complexities which has heavily
impacted this industry.

BEST RECORDING STUDIO

Positive Vibrations (Manchester)
Bac Pay (Birmingham)
Stingray (London)

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