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Pictured:
Intro
Image: Thread Editor Megan Johnson and award winner
and NZ Idol Ben Lummis
Main Image: Keisha Castle Hughes dwarfed by drag queens
at the award
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NZ Music Awards
Scribe
is the new Bic, perhaps no coincidence as they both have
pen names. The articulate hip-hop star cleaned out winning
seven of his nine nominations and touched the crowd with
his sincere, poor-boy-made-good story of his rise to fame
and the people who believed in him along the way.
Fashion
at the Awards
Unlike
the Grammy Awards, the TUIs are not known for their glamour.
Scribe’s yellow Timberlands and matching cap were surpassed
in naffness only by Fast Crew’s female singer’s outfit of
a sparkly blue disco top and heels fronting a hip-hop band.
Mikey Havoc arrived in a procession of drag queens in a
white faux fur coat and hat designed by WORLD to echo his
last appearance in 1992 winning with his rock band, Push
Push. Prime Minister Helen Clark mocked his coat as being
an albino possum as she opened with the Classical award,
very warmly received to my surprise, and looking the best
I’ve seen her, in a feminine, shaped black trouser suit.
Co-presenter
Jacqui Brown looked stunning in a WORLD pink satin corset
dress but is so over-rated; I tried to like her as she’s
so cool but she just doesn’t say anything good, funny or
interesting. Best dressed musician was Hayley Westenra in
a tunic over jeans and hip belt, as she thanked her hairdresser
in her speech. “What for; straight mousey brown hair?” snarled
the girl behind me.
Celebrity
Presenters
Jonah
Lomu was a popular presenter back in health after his kidney
operation, and joined other All Blacks on stage including
Carlos Spencer but disappointingly no Olympic gold medal
winners presented. The sports stars were more eloquent but
not as pretty as models Nicky Watson and Aja Rock, and Whale
Rider actress Keisha Castle Hughes looking sexy and grownup
in her strapless top. Newsreaders Carol Hirshfield and John
Cambell quipped that they had never seen an audience this
big on TV3, before breaking into air guitar moves on stage
to the delight of the enamoured crowd.
Performances
Highlights
of the awards were performances from Scribe and Blindspott
opening the show, and Hayley Westenra’s finale as backing
singer to hip-hop and dancers. Elemeno P’s rousing rendition
of Verona, then accompanying jazz winners The Rodger Fox
Big Band, was another great fusion number.
Bad
Manners
The
crowd around me, bar the pretty girls from TV Guide, was
so rude I had to shift seats; shouting out offensive remarks
mocking everyone on stage. Intolerance for different religious
beliefs is a bit off really. The chubby prom dress-wearing
teen in front of me yelling out ‘Get some clothes on’ to
Aja Rock knows who she is.
The
After Party
The
Export Gold girls and guys in underwear and bodypaint were
very popular, as naked people bearing free alcohol at a
party often are. After an over-long show of 3 hours, the
party was packed enjoying the live DJs and limited range
but copious amounts of sponsor’s product. I did find a cocktail
but it seemed to be vodka and cough syrup, must be a new
formula (44?) At least I don’t have a sore throat this morning.
So,
who were the winners on the night?
PLAYSTATION®
2 ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Winner: Scribe – The Crusader
Other finalists: Brooke Fraser – What To Do With Daylight,
Dimmer – You’ve Got To Hear The Music, Goodshirt – Fiji
Baby, Phoenix Foundation – Horsepower
SINGLE
OF THE YEAR
Winner: Scribe – Stand Up
Other finalists: Brooke Fraser – Lifeline, Dimmer – Getting
What You Give, Goldenhorse – Maybe Tomorrow, Goodshirt –
Buck It Up
EXPORT
GOLD BEST GROUP
Winner: Dimmer – You’ve Got To Hear The Music
Other finalists: Elemeno P – Love & Disrespect, Goodshirt
– Fiji Baby
EXPORT
GOLD BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Brooke Fraser – What To Do With Daylight
Other finalists: Adeaze – Always And For Real, Minuit –
The 88
BEST
MALE SOLO ARTIST
Winner: Scribe – The Crusader
Other finalists: Greg Johnson – Here Comes The Caviar, Nathan
Haines – Squire For Hire
BEST
FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Winner: Brooke Fraser – What To Do With Daylight
Other finalists: Bic Runga – Live In Concert, Hayley Westenra
- Pure
SONGWRITER
OF THE YEAR
Winner: Scribe, P-Money, Con Psy & Savage – Not Many
- The Remix!
Other finalists: Brooke Fraser – Lifeline, Greg Johnson
– Save Yourself
HIGHEST
SELLING NEW ZEALAND ALBUM
Winner: Hayley Westenra – Pure
Other finalists: Bic Runga – Beautiful Collision, Scribe
– The Crusader
HIGHEST
SELLING NEW ZEALAND SINGLE
Winner: Ben Lummis – They Can’t Take That Away
Other finalists: Blindspott – Phlex, Scribe – Stand Up
CHANNEL Z BEST ROCK ALBUM
Winner: Dimmer – You’ve Got To Hear The Music
Other finalists: Elemeno P – Love & Disrespect, Goodshirt
– Fiji Baby
L&P
BEST URBAN / HIP HOP ALBUM
Winner: Scribe – The Crusader
Other finalists: King Kapisi – 2nd Round Testament, Mareko
– White Sunday
BEST
DANCE / ELECTRONICA ALBUM
Winner: Salmonella Dub – One Drop East
Other finalists: Concord Dawn – Uprising, Shapeshifter –
Riddim Wise LP
C4
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Winner: Chris Graham & Scribe – Stand Up (Scribe)
Other finalists: Gary Sullivan – Getting What You Give (Dimmer),
Mark Trethewey & Shane Mason – Fools Love (Misfits Of
Science)
VODAFONE
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Winner: Scribe
Other finalists: Brooke Fraser, Elemeno P, Goodshirt, Steriogram,
Zed
INTERNATIONAL
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Winner: Hayley Westenra
Other finalists: Bic Runga, Scribe
AIRPLAY
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Winner: Goldenhorse – Maybe Tomorrow
Other finalists: Bic Runga – Listening For The Weather,
Carly Binding – We Kissed
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