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Emmanuella wins big at the 2021 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards
Emmanuella Samuel. [Courtesy]
Teen comedy star Emmanuella Samuel has won the Nickelodeon Kid Choice Awards 2021 in the ‘Favorite African Social Media Star’ category.
Emanuella, who won by public voting, was nominated alongside Nigerian comedy group Ikorodu Bois, South African Magician Wian Van Den Berg, Ugandan Youth Dance Group Ghetto Kids, Kenyan social media sensation Elsa Majimbo, and South African media personality Bonang Matheba.
Taking to social media, the 10-year-old comedy star could not hide her excitement as she expressed gratitude to her fans, who have been supportive throughout her comedy journey. Emmanuella s lost to Ugandan singer Eddy Kenzo in 2018 when she was first nominated.
Popular YouTube comedy star, Emanuella Samuel, has won Nickelodeon’s Kid Choice Awards 2021 in the ‘Favorite African Social Media Star’ category.
Emanuella won the voting-based award but was in good company with fellow nominees in the same category being, Ikorodu Bois, Magician Wian Van Den Berg from South Africa, Uganda’s Ghetto Kids, Kenya’s social media sensation Elsa Majimbo, and South Africa’s Bonang Matheba.
Emanuella was first nominated for the Kids Choice Awards in 2018 alongside Davido but they lost to Ugandan singer Eddy Kenzo.
The Ikorodu Bois received tons of praise for their creativity of using everyday stuff to craftily make their videos and were invited to the world premiere of Netflix action flick ‘Extraction 2′ after they remade the first trailer.
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