4 October 2008
Luanda — Maya Cool won the 2008 edition of the yearly national top-ten music contest Friday in Luanda, with the song "Ti Paciência".
The musician got 21,890 votes from listeners of the State-owned Radio Nacional de Angola broadcasting station, corresponding to 26,81 percent.
He received the equivalent to 15,000, plus an additional Usd 500 for his participation. Lucas de Brito "Maya Cool" has thus succeeded to Matias Damásio, winner of the 2007 edition with the song "Porquê".
Ary, with the song "Teu Grande Amor", 8,620 votes (10,56 percent) and Paulo Flores, "Je Pê", 5,790 votes (7,56 percent), came second and third, respectively.
A total of Usd 8,000 went for the second placed, whereas the third got 5,000, plus an additional 500 each for their participation.
Other contestants were Bruno M, Konde, Melvy, Cristo, Socorro, Konde and Yuri da Cunha.
100,000 coupons were released around the country for the public to vote for their most beloved singer. Of that number, 81,640 were used, with Luanda responding for 27 percent of the votes valid, according to the organisers.
The awarding gala, that served to honour Angolan late musician, Alberto Teta Lando, was witnessed by more than 400 people, with stress to the ministers of Culture, Rosa Cruz e Silva and Education, António Burity da Silva, Luanda governor, Francisca do Espírito Santo, and the national director of Social Communication, Luís de Matos.
Bellow is the chronology of the Top Ten Contest:
1982 - Individual Category - Pedrito
Band Category - Jovens do Prenda
1983 - Proletário Jovens do Prenda
1984 - Pedrito Os Kiezos
1985 - José Kafala Os Kiezos
1986 - Pedrito
1987 - Mamborró
1988 - Jacinto Tchipa
1989 - Jacinto Tchipa
1990 - Os Pacíficos
1991- Moniz de Almeida
2001- Jovem Leão
2002 - Euclides da Lomba
2003 - Patrícia Faria
2004 - Sabino Henda
2005 - Bangão
2006 - Mig
2007 - Matias Damásio
2008 Maya Cool
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