The 21st Awit Awards were held on November 26, 2008, at the Eastwood Central Plaza located in

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. They gave excellences to the best of Filipino music for the year 2007.

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received the most nominations with thirteen.

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followed with twelve while Jonathan Manalo received ten nods. The awards ceremony was broadcast live through

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website. The pre-show was hosted by Richard Poon and

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while the main show was hosted by

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and

Nikki Gil Monica Pauline "Nikki" Santos Gil-Albert (; born August 23, 1987) is a Filipino singer, actress, host, model, and video jockey. She is known for being part of the afternoon remake of '' Carlo J. Caparas' Pieta'' (2008–2009) and, in 2009, f ...

Yeng Constantino Josephine "Yeng" Eusebio Constantino-Asuncion (born December 4, 1988) is a Filipino singer, songwriter, composer and guitarist. She is referred to as the ''Philippines Pop Rock Royalty'' and is regarded as one of the biggest hitmakers in Ph ...

and Civ Fontanilla won most of the awards with five.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. Nominated

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s and

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are not included in this list, unless noted. For the full list, please go to thei
official website

Performance Awards

Creativity Awards

Technical Achievement Awards

People's Choice Awards

Special Awards

Performers

This is in order of appearance.

References

External links

Official Website of the Awit Awards
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