The Bi Awards: Recap

Hey everyone! The Bi Awards were certainly a huge success this year. There were a few surprise winners this year and others pretty predictable. While the ratings were down compared to last year, I still think this was a far superior ceremony. Below is a breakdown of how things went down.

RATINGS

This year's ceremony drew in a rating of 50.22 million viewers. While these are certainly high numbers and stand as the highest this year, second only to the Superbowl, they are down significantly from last year's inaugrual ceremony rating of 69.69 million viewers. I blame the blog's blackout the past year. This led to a lack of promotion when compared to last year. Another culprit was that pretty much all the shows are down this year thanks to the writer's strike. This would of course affect award shows to a greater degree. Nonetheless, the show was greeted with critical acclaim across the board and considered a vast improvement over last year's rushed and disjointed ceremony.

MUSIC

This was the show's most anticipated and difficult category where some obvious choices won and others shocked. Britney Spears was clearly the big winner. She broke the record for most wins, previously held by Justin Timberlake with four. Britney took home 5 Bi Awards for Best Female Artist, Best Album, Best Pop Song, Best Dance Song, and Hottest Celebrity Scandal. She also celebrated our 2,000th post milestone with a wet and wild performance of "...Baby One More Time." Right at Britney's heels was Rihanna with 3 Bi Awards for Song of the Year, Best Collaboration and Best Hip-Hop/R&B Song. Carrie Underwood and Maroon 5 also took home 2 each. The shocker of the night though was when The Spice Girls won best group over frontrunners Maroon 5. They clearly won for sentimental reasons but deserved it anyway. Here is the bearkdown of the winners:

Britney Spears (5): Best Female Artist, Best Album, Best Pop Song, Best Dance Song, and Hottest Celebrity Scandal
Rihanna (3): Song of the Year, Best Collaboration and Best Hip-Hop/R&B Song
Carrie Underwood (2): Best Ballad and Best Performance
Maroon 5 (2): Best Rock Song and Best Video
Jordin Sparks (1): Best New Artist
The Spice Girls (1): Best Group
Timbaland (1): Best Male Artist

TELEVISION

This category was easier than the others and three clear winners emerged. Ugly Betty and newcomer Gossip Girl led the pack pactically sweeping most of their categories. Ugly Betty and America Ferrera dominated their categories for the second consecutive year. Make Me A Supermodel was another newcomer that made a splash. There were few surprises. The only major one was in the Best Actor - Drama race, where favorite Penn Badgely, Gossip Girl, lost to Matthew Fox from Lost.

Ugly Betty (4): Best Comedy, Best Actress - Comedy (America Ferrera), Best Supporting Actor - Comedy, Best Supporting Actress - Comedy
Gossip Girl (4): Best Drama, Best Actress - Drama (Blake Lively), Best Supporting Actor - Drama (Chace Crawford), Best Supporting Actress - Drama (Leighton Meester)
Make Me A Supermodel (2): Best Reality Series and Best Reality Series Performance (Perry and Casey)
American Idol (1): Best Reality Series Host (Ryan Seacrest)
How I Met Your Mother (1): Best Actor - Comedy (Neil Patrick Harris)
Lost (1): Best Actor - Drama (Matthew Fox)
Family Guy (1): Best Animated Series

MOVIES

This category was more diverse than the others as no one movie clearly dominated the awards. No real surprises here!

300 (3): Best Action Movie, Best Actor - Action (Gerard Butler), Best Supporting Actor - Action (Dominic West)
Juno (3): Best Comedy Movie, Best Actress - Comedy (Ellen Page), Best Supporting Actress - Comedy (Jennifer Garner)
El Cantante (1): Best Actress - Drama (Jennifer Lopez)
Rendition (1): Best Actor - Drama (Jake Gyllenhaal)
The Bourne Ultimatum (1): Best Drama Movie
The Simpsons Movie (1): Best Actor - Comedy (Homer Simpson)
Transformers (1): Best Actress - Action (Megan Fox)

THE HOTTEST

This category is fairly simple. Jake Gyllenhaal got his second win of the ceremony, as did Jennifer Lopez.

Jake Gyllenhaal - Hottest Male
Eva Longoria - Hottest Female
Jennifer Lopez - Hottest New Mom
David Beckham - Hottest Athlete
Britney Spears - Hottest Celebrity Scandal


Well everyone, that's it. The Bi Awards are done for the year! It was really fun planning it all and I think it was so worth it. Congratulations to all the winners. See you next May for the 3rd Annual Bi Awards!

The Final Performance

Well folks, there you have it! The 2008 Bi Awards have officially concluded. Today we have handed out an amazing 44 awards. This is a new record, far surpassing last year. There have been plenty of shockers but I am proud of the outcome this year. And now, for our 33rd and final performance, we have Mariah Carey performing my request, "Bringin' on the Heartbreak!"

The Bi Awards: Music

And now, we have the final award of the show! We fucking made it! This proved to be yet another difficult category as all the albums were exceptional. However, one clearly stood out from the pack. The nominees for Best Album are:

As I Am by Alicia Keys
Blackout by Britney Spears
Brave by Jennifer Lopez
Good Girl Gone Bad by Rihanna
It Won't Be Soon Before Long by Maroon 5
My December by Kelly Clarkson


And the final Bi Award of the night goes to:


Blackout by Britney Spears!

And Now...

In her last performance of the show, I give you Madonna and her new single "Give It 2 Me!"

The Bi Awards: Music

The toughest category of the night was Best Female Artist. The nominees are:

Kelly Clarkson
Alicia Keys
Jennifer Lopez
Rihanna
Britney Spears
Carrie Underwood

And the Bi Award for Best Female Artist goes to:


Britney Spears!

The Bi Awards: Music

The nominees for Best Male Artist are:

James Blunt
Timbaland
Justin Timberlake


And the winner is...


Timbaland!

Up Next...

Performing her #1 hit single, Leona Lewis with "Bleeding Love!"

The Bi Awards: Music

The nominees for Best New Artist are:

Amy Winehouse
Jordin Sparks
Taylor Swift


And the Bi Award goes to...


Jordin Sparks!

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The nominees for Best Group are:

Good Charlotte
Maroon 5
Matchbox Twenty
The Spice Girls

And the Bi Award for Best Group goes to:


The Spice Girls!

Chris Tucker and Posh Present...

Rihanna! Performing her Bi Award winning "Umbrella"!

The Bi Awards: Music

The nominees for Song of the Year are:

Gimme More by Britney Spears
I'll Stand By You by Carrie Underwood
Makes Me Wonder by Maroon 5
No One by Alicia Keys
Sober by Kelly Clarkson
Umbrella by Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z


And th Bi Award goes to:

Umbrella by Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z!

Mischa Barton Presents...

Maroon 5 performing their Bi Award winning, "Wake Up Call!"

The Bi Awards: Music

The nominees for Best Pop Song are:

Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood
Headlines
Gimme More by Britney Spears
Makes Me Wonder by Maroon 5
Piece of Me by Britney Spears
Que Hiciste by Jennifer Lopez


And the Bi Award goes to:

Piece of Me by Britney Spears!

The Bi Awards: Music

The nominees for Best Hip/Hop-R&B Song are:

Give It To Me by Timbaland Featuring Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado
Mile In These Shows by Jennifer Lopez
No Air by Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
No One by Alicia Keys
The Way I Are by Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson
Umbrella by Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z


And the winner is:

Umbrella by Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z

And Now...

Bi Award nominated artist Avril Lavigne returns with "When Your Gone."

The Bi Awards: Music

The nominees for Best Dance Song are:

Break the Ice by Britney Spears
Don't Stop the Music by Rihanna
Feedback by Janet Jackson
Gimme More by Britney Spears
LoveStoned by Justin Timberlake


And the Bi Award goes to:

Gimme More by Britney Spears!

The Bi Awards: Music

The nominees for Best Rock Song are:

Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne
Haunted by Kelly Clarkson
How Far We've Come by Matchbox Twenty
I Don't Wanna Be In Love (Dance Floor Anthem) by Good Charlotte
Never Again by Kelly Clarkson
Wake Up Call by Maroon 5

And the Bi Award for Best Rock Song goes to:

Wake Up Call by Maroon 5!

Our Next Performer...

She already has two wins today! Here is Carrie Underwood with her Bi Award winning song, "I'll Stand By You."

The Bi Awards: Music

The nominees for Best Ballad are:

Brave by Jennifer Lopez
Headlines by the Spice Girls
I'll Stand By You by Carrie Underwood
No One by Alicia Keys
Sober by Kelly Clarkson
This Is My Now by Jordin Sparks
When You're Gone by Avril Lavigne

And the Bi Award goes to:

I'll Stand By You by Carrie Underwood

The Bi Awards: Music

The nominees for Best Collaboration are:

Give It To Me by Timbaland Featuring Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado
No Air by Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
Rehab by Amy Winehouse Featuring Jay-Z
The Way I Are by Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson
Umbrella by Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z


And the Bi Award goes to:

Umbrella by Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z