BRIT nominees announced by Fearne Cotton, world feels underwhelmed

And the nominees are...

Tue, 19/01/2010 - 09:55 by HM writer

The BRIT nominations were announced by Fearne Cotton at London's O2 Arena last night, and it would seem that reports yesterday suggesting Susan Boyle would be snubbed from the nominations based on not being "cool" enough might have been right. So how come Paolo Nutini and Mika are up for awards then?

And what were Natalie Appleton and Melanie Blatt doing there?

Here are the nominations in full:

British Male Solo Artist
Calvin Harris
Dizzee Rascal
Mika
Paolo Nutini
Robbie Williams

British Female Solo Artist
Bat For Lashes
Florence And The Machine
Leona Lewis
Lily Allen
Pixie Lott

We thought Florence And The Machine were a band?

British Breakthrough Act
Florence And The Machine
Friendly Fires
JLS
La Roux
Pixie Lott

We thought Florence And The Machine won the Critics' Choice Award last year so how can they still be classed 'Breakthrough'

British Album
Tongue 'N' Cheek by Dizzee Rascal
Lungs by Florence And The Machine
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum by Kasabian
It's Not Me, It's You by Lily Allen
Sunny Side Up by Paolo Nutini

British Single
Breathe Slow by Alesha Dixon
Bad Boys by Alexandra Burke featuring Flo Rida
Fight For This Love by Cheryl Cole
The Climb by Joe McElderry
Beat Again by JLS
In For The Kill by La Roux
The Fear by Lily Allen
Mama Do by Pixie Lott
Break Your Heart by Taio Cruz
Number 1 by Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz

International Male Solo Artist
Bruce Springsteen
Eminem
Jay-Z
Michael Buble
Seasick Steve

International Female Solo Artist
Lady GaGa
Ladyhawke
Norah Jones
Rihanna
Shakira

International Breakthrough Act
Animal Collective
Daniel Merriweather
Empire of the Sun
Lady GaGa
Taylor Swift

International Album
Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
The E.N.D. by Black Eyed Peas
Walking On A Dream by Empire of the Sun
The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z
The Fame by Lady Gaga

Seasick Steve to win everything!

Brit Awards, Fearne Cotton pictures, Fearne Cotton, JLS, jls, La Roux, Pixie Lott

Comments

As Ian Drury would have growled - fahgging 'ell! We all know the awards will go to whoever agrees to turn up. So expect to see all the newbies over-posing and trembling with excitement.
PuddyTwat Tue, 19/01/2010 - 20:31
I used to like Fearne Cotton. But after watching her friends series I felt slightly sorry for her. Her friendship with Peaches Geldoff was some of the most embarrassing TV I have ever seen. And I watched George Best on Wogan and Oliver Read on Michael Aspel. But that thing with PG is definitely up there with em. Sycophantic bastard!
degzy Tue, 19/01/2010 - 17:31
Ah how lovely.....
MJwasakiddyfiddler Tue, 19/01/2010 - 16:57
Isn't 'hard candy' gay parlance for poo?
fuckwit Tue, 19/01/2010 - 16:24
That's not Natalie Appleton, it's Melanie Blatt...jesus, do you do this for a living??
guineapig Tue, 19/01/2010 - 13:13
Getting me "in with one of Hard Candy" sounds like an invitation to paedophilia :'(
MJwasakiddyfiddler Tue, 19/01/2010 - 12:37
There is no probably about it......
MJwasakiddyfiddler Tue, 19/01/2010 - 12:26
I'll try to get you an in with one of Hard Candy. They look thick enough to think you are *the* MJ, and desperate enough to do anything for a handful of Ryvita vouchers (don't ask why I have them. It's Mr Tesco's mum, she's voucher-mad)
tescopop Tue, 19/01/2010 - 12:03
Fuck you weren't joking when you said you were bored.

Why not start working on your real job - ways for me to become famous for doing nothing at all.
MJwasakiddyfiddler Tue, 19/01/2010 - 11:55
- Who are Hard Candy? Why have they named themselves after a film where Juno goes mad and tortures a paedo into killing himself? Or maybe they are retards with no cultural knowledge. In which case, why have they named themselves after a sub-Urban Decay makeup brand?

- What is a BB Fox? I thought it was Dervla Kirwan from BallyK.

- Ellie Goulding? Who? I googled her and am still none the wiser.

- Pixie Lott looks like Dido.

- Why is Lemar there? A better question might be 'why is Lemar?'

- Props to Ellie Jackson for looking like Tilda Swinton on a gay Victorian trip.

- I feel cheated. Yesterday when I listened to Radio 1 (we can't get anything else at work and silence needs drowning out sometimes) Fearne made people text in and tell her what to wear to the party. And I distincly remember her saying she'd eschew the little blue dress for some confection of yellow top and pvc trousers. I cannot believe she lied to her public.

- I may have a lie-down now.
tescopop Tue, 19/01/2010 - 11:33
They're all probably dicks anyway.
tescopop Tue, 19/01/2010 - 11:32
I'll just suffer in ignorance if that's alright thanks Stella, the fact that Tesco doesn't recognise most of them despite being 10 years younger is quite comforting
MJwasakiddyfiddler Tue, 19/01/2010 - 11:20
I'm 22 and I have no idea who 50% of them are. Basically, the only people who do, are foetuses.
tescopop Tue, 19/01/2010 - 11:17
only one nomination for n dubz and only 'featuring'. this is a crime against music. roll on the mobos.
unseemlydogposture Tue, 19/01/2010 - 11:01
Florence and The Machine aren't a band, just a chin with ginger hair
banquosghost Tue, 19/01/2010 - 10:51
she's a bit pointy in the chin and nose departments our fearne - a wee bit like a witch. picture her covered in green paint and you'll see what i mean. still would though.
switch Tue, 19/01/2010 - 10:49
The art of captioning is dead. Sigh. Do you want to borrow my copy of NME to work it out?
stella ah trois Tue, 19/01/2010 - 10:47
Is pic 10 some kind of novelty candle ?

I didn't think 32 was old but as I have no idea who 90% of these people are I guess I'm going to have to accept that I am no longer "down with the kids"
MJwasakiddyfiddler Tue, 19/01/2010 - 10:43
still would.
unseemlydogposture Tue, 19/01/2010 - 10:34
Nice bra, Fearne. However, just cos it appears to be flesh coloured, it doesn't mean we can't see it. Get a grip.
stella ah trois Tue, 19/01/2010 - 10:17

Nice bra, Fearne. However, just cos it appears to be flesh coloured, it doesn't mean we can't see it. Get a grip.
stella ah trois Tue, 19/01/2010 - 10:17
still would.
unseemlydogposture Tue, 19/01/2010 - 10:34
Is pic 10 some kind of novelty candle ?

I didn't think 32 was old but as I have no idea who 90% of these people are I guess I'm going to have to accept that I am no longer "down with the kids"
MJwasakiddyfiddler Tue, 19/01/2010 - 10:43
The art of captioning is dead. Sigh. Do you want to borrow my copy of NME to work it out?
stella ah trois Tue, 19/01/2010 - 10:47
she's a bit pointy in the chin and nose departments our fearne - a wee bit like a witch. picture her covered in green paint and you'll see what i mean. still would though.
switch Tue, 19/01/2010 - 10:49
Florence and The Machine aren't a band, just a chin with ginger hair
banquosghost Tue, 19/01/2010 - 10:51
only one nomination for n dubz and only 'featuring'. this is a crime against music. roll on the mobos.
unseemlydogposture Tue, 19/01/2010 - 11:01
I'm 22 and I have no idea who 50% of them are. Basically, the only people who do, are foetuses.
tescopop Tue, 19/01/2010 - 11:17
I'll just suffer in ignorance if that's alright thanks Stella, the fact that Tesco doesn't recognise most of them despite being 10 years younger is quite comforting
MJwasakiddyfiddler Tue, 19/01/2010 - 11:20
They're all probably dicks anyway.
tescopop Tue, 19/01/2010 - 11:32
- Who are Hard Candy? Why have they named themselves after a film where Juno goes mad and tortures a paedo into killing himself? Or maybe they are retards with no cultural knowledge. In which case, why have they named themselves after a sub-Urban Decay makeup brand?

- What is a BB Fox? I thought it was Dervla Kirwan from BallyK.

- Ellie Goulding? Who? I googled her and am still none the wiser.

- Pixie Lott looks like Dido.

- Why is Lemar there? A better question might be 'why is Lemar?'

- Props to Ellie Jackson for looking like Tilda Swinton on a gay Victorian trip.

- I feel cheated. Yesterday when I listened to Radio 1 (we can't get anything else at work and silence needs drowning out sometimes) Fearne made people text in and tell her what to wear to the party. And I distincly remember her saying she'd eschew the little blue dress for some confection of yellow top and pvc trousers. I cannot believe she lied to her public.

- I may have a lie-down now.
tescopop Tue, 19/01/2010 - 11:33
Fuck you weren't joking when you said you were bored.

Why not start working on your real job - ways for me to become famous for doing nothing at all.
MJwasakiddyfiddler Tue, 19/01/2010 - 11:55
I'll try to get you an in with one of Hard Candy. They look thick enough to think you are *the* MJ, and desperate enough to do anything for a handful of Ryvita vouchers (don't ask why I have them. It's Mr Tesco's mum, she's voucher-mad)
tescopop Tue, 19/01/2010 - 12:03
There is no probably about it......
MJwasakiddyfiddler Tue, 19/01/2010 - 12:26
Getting me "in with one of Hard Candy" sounds like an invitation to paedophilia :'(
MJwasakiddyfiddler Tue, 19/01/2010 - 12:37
That's not Natalie Appleton, it's Melanie Blatt...jesus, do you do this for a living??
guineapig Tue, 19/01/2010 - 13:13
Isn't 'hard candy' gay parlance for poo?
fuckwit Tue, 19/01/2010 - 16:24
Ah how lovely.....
MJwasakiddyfiddler Tue, 19/01/2010 - 16:57
I used to like Fearne Cotton. But after watching her friends series I felt slightly sorry for her. Her friendship with Peaches Geldoff was some of the most embarrassing TV I have ever seen. And I watched George Best on Wogan and Oliver Read on Michael Aspel. But that thing with PG is definitely up there with em. Sycophantic bastard!
degzy Tue, 19/01/2010 - 17:31
As Ian Drury would have growled - fahgging 'ell! We all know the awards will go to whoever agrees to turn up. So expect to see all the newbies over-posing and trembling with excitement.
PuddyTwat Tue, 19/01/2010 - 20:31