This year the MOBO Awards were held in Glasgow, once again, and hosted by the gorgeous Sarah-Jane Crawford and Trevor Nelson.
As much as I look forward to this award show, every year it seems to get less entertaining and is slowly declining into a bit of a joke.
The night included a lacklustre audience, awkward technical difficulties and lacked any real star power from outside of the UK to lift the energy of the show.
With the awards celebrating their 18th birthday, you would expect some big name performances or special appearances. . . but there was no bang, just a hesitant fizzle throughout the night.
Looking back at the 1999 show, for example, Jay-Z, Destiny's Child and Method Man are some of the few who were not only in attendance but also performed that night. This year we were given Rudimental, AlunaGeorge and Fuse ODG, who were all brilliant - don't get me wrong - but they are not on the scale of previous years performers.
I think the awards is slowly losing it's touch which is a shame because the concept behind the night - celebrating music of black origin - is a rarity in the UK and it has so much potential in being a well-respected and highly anticipated night.
Maybe have a comedian host the show alongside a young music presenter like Reggie Yates and throw in a couple more categories to celebrate more genres. Add bigger performances, I mean where was Robin Thicke with the biggest song of the year (he was in the country because he performed on the X Factor the following night) but most importantly, you need a bigger and better crowd.
Take the show back to London, throw in more artists, add some scandal and there you have an enjoyable night.
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