In an interview with Doreen Avio on Daybreak Hitz, he described the group’s failure to campaign or acknowledge the nomination as “disrespectful.”

“Inasmuch as we are doing ministry, we find ourselves in an industry. We have to respect and acknowledge whatever the industry gives to us,” he stated.

Scott Evans added that by refusing to acknowledge their nominations, Team Eternity was reinforcing criticism already made by media personalities such as DJ Slim and Nii Noi.

“For me, I think it’s so disrespectful and it’s not right for them to get a nomination and not acknowledge it, not to post it,” he said.

He cautioned the group about the possible consequences of such behaviour.

“This is just your first global song, and you’re behaving like this. What happens if you don’t get it again, or you get it again and they refuse to give you their time and platform? If you want the media to respect you, you also need to respect them,” he noted.

In a honest reflection, Scott Evans expressed that it’s not yet his time to win these prestigious awards.

He remarked that it is important to be honest with oneself as an artiste, acknowledging that everything in the music industry takes significant resources.

He believes that, considering the year under review, his works haven’t positioned him as a frontrunner over other nominees.

Despite his songs performing well, he recognizes that there are other artists who have consistently dominated the charts and the industry since the beginning of the year.

“It is clear those who will win; it is so glaring,” Scott Evans remarked, noting that while he ticks all the categories for which he was nominated, the reality is that others have had a more impactful year.

He firmly believes that when the fullness of time comes according to God’s plan, his moment to win will arrive.

Scott Evans highlighted that it is necessity for artists to stay in touch with reality to avoid self-destruction and disappointment.

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Earlier, Akesse Brempong had in a tweet, wondered why gospel songs were not nominated in the highlife category.

“Mediated by the worship experience in Pentecostal-Charismatic churches, we can observe that an aesthetics of liveness has reentered highlife music through the idiom of gospel (F. Carl 2014). But no gospel song in the HIGH LIFE CATEGORY of VGMA24,” he wrote. 

Another gospel musician, Kofi Owusu Preprah, also wrote: “There’s so much VALUE that gospel brings to the award schemes. Organizers must seriously consider  opening up to gospel across all categories. Gospel is “The Message” and not merely the rhythm. Today GH appreciates gospel in hi-life + all rhythms!”

Speaking on Joy FM’s Twitter Spaces show on Wednesday, May 9, 2023, Scott Evans said he even submitted his song ‘Best Side’, to the VGMA Board to be nominated in the Afrobeats/Afropop song category but it did not earn a nomination. 

“Amazingly, when I was filing for the VGMA, I filed for Afrobeat Song of the Year,” he told Kwame Dadzie.

Asked if he was disappointed he didn’t earn a nomination in that category, Scott said “it is one of those things.”

According to him, it is about time the scheme went beyond just nominating gospel songs by just their message but also the rhythm. 

In his response the Head of Public Events and Communications at Charterhouse, the organizers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Robert Klah, said although the issue of nominating gospel songs in the various genre-categories had been raised at the VGMA Board meetings before, they would still make room for further discussions. 

According to him, it is an attestation that, his work has been recognised and it will also propel him to work harder.

Scott Evans disclosed this in an interview with Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz, Thursday.

“I think my nomination is a big mileage for me and I’m going to use that as an opportunity to work harder” the ‘Ma Pe K3’ hitmaker stated.

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Scott Evans who has been nominated in the Best New Artiste of the Year as well as the Best Gospel Song categories for this year’s music awards is optimistic of winning.