Bigo Live, the Singapore-based global livestreaming platform, held the fourth edition of its annual flagship event, the BIGO Awards Gala 2023.
Making a return to its physical format after a two-year virtual presence, the BIGO Awards Gala 2023 was held at Singapore’s historic Capitol Theatre on Saturday, 7 January 2023.
The ceremony was attended by 1,000 people who flew into the island state from North and South America, Europe, Southeast and South Asia.
Over 270 Bigo Live broadcasters and close to 100 Bigo Live families were acknowledged and honoured.
The event was livestreamed on the Bigo Live platform and saw close to 4 million viewers tuning in globally, doubling the viewership from last year.
“This year’s BIGO Awards Gala is a testament to the creativity and hard work put in by our broadcasters to make the best out of the tumultuous years before. We are very proud to bring the BIGO Awards Gala back to Singapore and showcase the best of our platform’s talents to the world. For a long time, we have been looking forward to bringing together the people who make our community what it is today, and we could not have asked for a better start to the new year with our annual event. The BIGO Awards Gala has provided our broadcasters and users with a platform to showcase their talents and passion, and we cannot thank them enough for being a part of this journey,” said Mike Ong, Vice President of BIGO Technology.
Centred around the theme ‘We Live Together’, the BIGO Awards Gala 2023 was hosted by renowned Singaporean actor-comedian Hossan Leong and Singaporean actress Pamela Oei.
The three-hour event recognised the best of Bigo Live’s community through a variety of award categories and saw TracTrac from the United States winning ‘Global Top Broadcaster’, BB&BG from Vietnam winning ‘Global Top Family’, and Pikalydia and TBSinger from Italy winning ‘Most Popular Performance’.
Since its inception in 2016, Bigo Live now have more than 400 million users across 150 countries worldwide.
Throughout the past year, Bigo Live has been growing its talent pool of broadcasters and content creators and expanding its localised premium content library with a focus on pan-entertainment offerings, social commerce, gaming, and music content, via various cross-industry partnerships and a series of in-market activities globally.
As part of its ongoing efforts to provide its users with an engaging and immersive livestreaming experience, Bigo Live launched and introduced features in 2022 which included ‘Virtual Live’ and “Community”.
Virtual Life is a virtual and augmented reality-enabled feature that allows users to create personalised 3D avatars to represent themselves in real-time.
Community is an interactive feature allowing users to create, join and manage online communities and connect with other users with similar common interests.
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Is bigo another social media app like instagram & tiktok?
yes but with its own unique features and focus on live streaming and forming interactive communities. Give it a try!
Hmm … I’ll download the app over the weekend to check it out.