Top 10 Best South African Ads of 2009
Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Cassandra in Advertising, Cherryflava TV
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Although the SABC can barely afford to broadcast them, there are some really great ads made by South African ad agencies.
We’ve compiled this list of those that we think deserve to be showcased as the best South African Ads of 2009 to date.
With such good work as inspiration, hopefully we can see an improvement in some of the other attempts at product flogging:
#10 VW Jetta ‘Sand’
This is what happens when you leave your car windows open in Muizenberg
#9 Lunchbar – Dancing in the Subway
#8 Hansa Pilsener – “Vuyo’s Wors”
#7 Orbit – ‘Squid’
- Yummy!
#6 Medal Paint “Bed”
#5 South African Dairy Board
#4 Chicken Licken “Pregnant”
#3 Allan Gray “Legend”
#2 BP “Mammas VS Cafe Owners”
AND the #1 Best South African Ad of 2009 goes to Vodacom “Single Ladies”
YouTube Link: #9
Zoopy Link: #8
YouTube Link: #7
YouTube Link: #5
YouTube Link: #4
YouTube Link: #3
YouTube Link: #2
YouTube Link: #1
Update: Without dropping anyone, we forgot about the VW ‘Lucky the cheetah’ tear-jerker that surely has to be included in our 2009 list.
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emma
17. Nov, 2009
what about castle lite ad with vanilla ice??
Jonathan Cherry
17. Nov, 2009
It sneaked in at no. 11
coda
17. Nov, 2009
Nice list, with the exception of “Single Ladies” (it makes me barf, I think I have a mental block against Vodacom advertising thanks to their rodent thing).
My top 10 would have to include Mweb’s Lost (for Inge Beckmann on vocals alone), VW’s Lucky the Cheetah and Momentum’s Seconds – very inspiring!
coda
17. Nov, 2009
(and no, I don’t have acrotomophilia!)
Menke
18. Nov, 2009
South Africa produces some brilliant ad’s – some of the agencies in the UK could learn a few things… but i guess there are only so many ways to advertise car insurance, travel insurance, household insurance, child insurance, foot insurance, underpants insurance…
How did “brand power: helping you buy better” not make it onto the list? if I had a shotgun I would have blown my TV to telly heaven thanks to those clowns.
I think its extremely lazy to rather make use of obnoxious advertising techniques like irritating music or lyrics to make a product stick than making an ad that you dont mind watching again. I will rush home in hope that they will screen “high five for germ free hands” during WWE all evening.
Jonathan Cherry
18. Nov, 2009
Thanks Coda – we forgot about the VW ‘Lucky’ ad to be honest. It would be in the top 5 for sure.
vuyo
23. Nov, 2009
the vuyo ad rocks, proudy south african ad
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09. Mar, 2010
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