Hi everyone and welcome back to the 1st annual Polly awards. This is the part of the show where we honour those artistes who have been nominated in the Non-Chronological categories. The awards are basically the same, but the scope is much wider, and allows some artistes who may not have qualified for an award to be in with a chance of scooping a Polly.
So let's get underway as Alicia tells us about the nominations for the first award.
Thanks, Stacey-Lynn, and welcome back everyone. We've been requested by the Gardai (Irish police) to remind you that if you took a drink during the intermission, you should be sure to make use of the many taxis outside the venue, and your car will be returned to you in the morning by our valeting service. Do your bit to keep alcohol-related driving accidents to a minimum this year. Thank you.
And now, the nominations for the first category in the Non-Chronological Pollys. The award is for Best Album Cover, and here are the nominations:
And the winner of the Polly is...
Steve Thorne!
How about that? The oldest of our nominated album covers scoops the Polly. Well done, Steve, and we wish you well in your future projects. Next is the award for the Most Surprising or Impressive Album, and Laura will read the nominations for this.
Hi everyone. The nominations in this category are as follows:
Antimatter, for “Planetary confinement”, released 2005
The Gaslight Anthem, for “American slang”, released 2010
Steve Thorne, for “Emotional creatures, part 1”, released 2005
Lake of Tears, for “Forever autumn”, released 1999
And the Polly goes to...
Antimatter, for “Planetary confinement”!
Well done guys, very much a deserved win. Just shows though how an album can still make an impression years later, when one of the nominations there was from over ten years ago! That brings us to the award for Best Male Vocalist, and Helen will read the nominations for this.
Hi everyone, welcome back. The nominations for Best Male Vocalist in the Non-Chronological category are:
Janne Hurme, of Human Temple
Benoit David, of Mystery and later Yes
Jan Henrik Ohme, of Gazpacho
Steve Thorne
And the winner is...
Jan Henrik Ohme, of Gazpacho!
Thanks Helen, congratulations to Jan. Which of course brings us neatly to the award for Best Female Vocalist. Li-Chang?
The nominations for Best Female Vocalist are as follows:
Judie Tzuke
Lana Lane
Kim Seviour, of Touchstone
Faith Hill
And the award goes to...
Kim Seviour, of Touchstone!
Great stuff! Kim just missed out on an award in the Chronological sections, good to see her being properly recognised here. And that takes us to the award for Most Innovative Album, and it's back to Laura for this.