VI Icon Awards nominees announced
Twenty awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award and a Young Emerging New Talent Award, will be given during the show on Sunday, July 6, 2025.
Award categories
The following individuals were nominated for awards as follows:
The Alvera Maduro-Caines Award for Religion/Spirituality/Inspiration: Elizabeth Harley (St Williams Catholic Church), Jovan E.L. Cline (New Life Baptist Church), Kilver E. Nisbett (Word Up Wednesday), Michael and Shondrea Turnbull (Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church), and Rhonda Victor-Pinnock (Gender-based Domestic Violence)
The Walkers Award for Entrepreneurship: Amandla Engineering (Sean Hartley), Brain Train (Tiye Hodge), Plant Wise (Jamal Bradshaw), and Speedy’s (Coralie, Corrine and Camile George)
The Walkers Award for Commerce: CTL Home Center, International Motors, P3, and Road Town Wholesale 1975 Limited
The Republic Bank Award for Education and Youth Development: Andre S.L. Brathwaite (Elmore Stoutt High School Music Department), Debra Hodge (HLSCC), Ericca Fredrick (Fast Lane Track Club), Orlandette R. Crabbe (Ministry of Education and Culture), and Stacy R. Mather, MBE (Youth Empowerment Project)
The National Bank of the Virgin Islands Award for Corporate Social Responsibility: CIBC, Rosewood, Little Dix Bay, Top Priority Security Services, Virgin Gorda Transport- Speedy’s, and VP Bank
The Skelton Group of Companies Award for History/Culture/Traditions: Bernadine Walters Louis, Kickin’ It, Lavern Denice Blyden, The Ministry of Education & Culture Fungi Choir, and Janice A. Stoutt.
The Caribbean Insurers Limited Award for Healthy, Lifestyle and Fitness: Alpha Fitness VI (Jermaine and Shackema Henry), BrivaDerm (Dr Shakima Stoutt Ottley), Crossfit-Castaways (Tom Wilson), Dr Amber V. Wheatley, and Purple Dragon (Bevon Baptiste)
The UniteBVI Award for Humanitarian Efforts: ATU- The Annual Grocery Giveaway, Rotary Club of Road Town, The Jaleel Cameron Foundation, Valley/Sound Lions Club, and WINBVI
The Wellness Center Award for Live Entertainment Ensemble: Brent D.R. Hoyte (The Harsh Reality), CAL J [Calvin James], Island Fusion Duo, The BVI Heritage Dancers 45th Anniversary Concert, and The Razor Blades
The Penn Medical Awards for Sports-Performance, Athlete of the Year: Adeajah T. Hodge (Track & Field), Rikkoi A.R. Brathwaite (Track & Field), and Thad A. Lettsome (Sailing)
The Media Presenter of the Year: Angelle A. Cameron, Claude O. Skelton-Cline (Honestly Speaking), Dean H. Greenaway aka 'The Sportsman' (ZROD & ZCCR Sports & Beat Magazine), Ronn A. Grant (The Art of a Distinguished Gentleman), and The Association
The Icon Award, The Show: Da Morning Braff Show (Tola Radio), The Love Link Show (Signal BVI), Talking Points (ZBVI), The Big Story (JTV), and The Overflow with Brother K (ZKING Radio)
The Guana Fund Award for Tourism: Lynette L. Harrigan, Rhodni A. Skelton, Sef Graham (Hike BVI), and Vionie Pickering
The Premier Dental Award for Writing and Publishing: Amia and Declan Wheatley, Andria Flax, Dr Charles H. Wheatley
The CIBC Award for Musical Performance- Performer of the Year: Adam O, Banco Bizmol, Melanie A. Amaro, Ova Drive, and Stefan
The 2025 VP Bank Lifetime Achievement Awardee is Deborah Reynolds.
Mr Jahnai L. Caul of Virgin Gorda is the 2025 Earnest and Young Emerging New Talent Awardee.
Five new categories
Five new categories will be introduced during this year’s VI Icon Awards.
Mr Kareem Nelson-Hull, Executive Producer, said, “We know our show isn’t that old, but we still want to keep it fresh by introducing these five new and deserving categories.”
The new categories and their nominees are:
The House of Luxury Award for Excellence from the Family Islands: Dr Amber V. Wheatley (Virgin Gorda), Hakim T. Creque (Virgin Gorda), Jerry and Tish O’Connell (Jost Van Dyke), Lyra George (Virgin Gorda), and Shirley Vanterpool (Anegada).
The Marckeson Award for Customer Service Excellence: Collin Butler, Denise Rouse, Garon Dixon, Mahkayla Pickering, and Tinika Tibery.
The Virgin Islands Icon Award for Choreography and Dance: Amanda Georges (BVI Dance School), Emery Che Pemberton, Heather Butcher and Eileene L. Parsons (BVI Heritage Dancers), and Natisha and Lakisha Claxton (Nouveau Royale)
BVI Ports Authority Award for Industrial Action and Development are Autland Heavy Equipment, James Todman Construction, OBMI, and Skelton Group of Companies
VP Bank Award for Visual Arts-Photography are Dame Peters (Dame Peters Photography), Jerome Edgar Morton (JM Photography), Khari J. Adams (Khaptured Photography), Ronnielle Frazer (Photo Journalism, Government of the Virgin Islands), and Shaun Black (John F. Black Photography)
“One of the rules set out by the Virgin Islands Icon Awards requires that any time a producer, a judge or a close family member is selected in any category as a nominee, that category has to automatically be decided by public vote,” Mr Nelson-Hull explained.
This year, the Virgin Islands Icon Award for Choreography and Dance and the House of Luxury Award for Excellence from the Family Islands will be decided by the public.
The Marckeson Award for Customer Service Excellence will also be decided through public vote, as is customary.
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24 Responses to “VI Icon Awards nominees announced ”
It was the NDP Government that give away our moneys to Bank of Asia $50m and $7m to BVI Airways. Now they coming back for more. We want an investigation.
That so-called church that the so-called performer pastor acts at …can’t say preach…performs at…has a lot of people going there who want to have one foot in the world and a toe leaning on God because they have a leader who does the same thing.
It’s a popularity thing making a mockery of God.
No shame with some of these nominations that’s a friend thing.
Educators are hardly recognised in this country. Guess they're just glorified baby sitters.
Anyway, Mr. Mather should win his category. He's doing a great work with YEP.