Ghanaian comic Ebenezer Dwomo has renewed his name for solo comedians to host music award ceremonies in Ghana, particularly the Telecel Ghana Music Awards, to make sure a greater viewers expertise.
His feedback add to an analogous dialogue earlier made by fellow comedians Alumni Amponsah and Rexy Decomic in regards to the effectiveness of comedians as hosts of main leisure occasions.
Mr. Dwomo reignited the dialog on Fb on Thursday, January 15, 2026, arguing that comedians are greatest suited to host awards ceremonies alone due to their potential to handle rigidity, improvise and stabilize occasions when sudden conditions come up.
“The perfect MCs at award exhibits and leisure occasions are comedians,” he wrote. “They use jokes to defuse the strain that builds among the many candidates and the fan base, permitting everybody to make the most effective of the night time, win or lose,” he added.
Based on him, humor is crucial when issues go fallacious on stage.
“In addition they use humor to neutralize the state of affairs when there’s a dangerous efficiency, technical downside, or on-stage mishap or incident (gun capturing lol) and the occasion returns to a secure state as if nothing had occurred,” Ebenezer additional stated.
Mr Dwomo cited worldwide examples to assist his place, saying this method has been confirmed in international locations with developed leisure industries.
“This has been confirmed time and time once more… Katt Williams and Kevin Hart have hosted the BET Awards, James Corden has hosted the Tony Awards, and Trevor Noah and Ricky Gervais have every hosted the Grammys and Golden Globes 5 occasions,” he stated.
Mr. Ebenezer, who can also be an expert architect, emphasised that comedians’ true worth can solely be realized once they act as solo hosts.
“The one time you will get the most effective out of a comic is when the comic is a solo host and never a co-host,” he stated, implying that solo hosts have produced “iconic and legendary host performances.”
Whereas Dwomoh acknowledged that pairing a comic with a non-comedian co-host could seem stylish and aesthetic, particularly when the opposite particular person is a revered business determine, he argued that such an association limits spontaneity.
“Nonetheless, this inhibits comedians’ potential to improvise jokes,” he wrote, explaining that improvised humor is usually influenced by occasions that happen on the spot.
He cited comedians like Clement Suarez, Rexy DC, Parrot Mouse, Ato Pug and Foster Romanas as masters of improvisation, however famous that they typically lose their timing when a co-host takes over the microphone.
“If the comic is considering of a joke and the co-host has already began talking, the comic might have to attend. On this case, the comic can’t return to the joke…The comic simply strikes on and we are going to by no means put that joke right here once more. Joke no at nasuo mu. Shika no ahe.”
Dwomoh additionally warned that having two hosts lengthens the occasion and forces comedians to chop their jokes brief, typically defeating the aim of hiring a number within the first place.
“Having a solo comedian host isn’t solely an integral a part of the occasion, however could also be the most effective resolution organizers could make if they’re to have the most effective TGMA expertise,” he concluded.
Charterhouse, the organizers of the Telecel Ghana Music Awards, have experimented with completely different hosts and co-hosts for the occasion over time. Though comedians akin to Humorous Face and Foster Romanus have served that goal up to now, Ghana’s first-ever music awards system is but to function a standalone comedian host.
