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Award Show Mishaps

After Miscounting the Votes, NRG Takes Back Katy Perry's Award

— January 18, 2009 — Pop Culture
Leave it to the French to do what I believe has never happened before--at least, admittedly--in an award show: Make a mistake in counting the votes and announce a wrong winner, only to correct the recipient and rescind the award a few hours later!

Yes, that is what happened at the prestigious NRJ Music Award in Cannes. The show announced Katy Perry as the winner of the international song of the year award for her lesbianlicious “I Kissed a Girl” and she went to the podium and received the award.

However, towards the end of the show the host announced that there was a mistake in counting the votes (people have been voting at NRJ’s website for a few weeks leading to the event) and that the actual winner was Rihanna for “Disturbia.”

Thankfully, Katy Perry did not go home empty-handed. She won the award for best international album for “One of the Boys.”

Britney Spears cemented her successful comeback by winning the award for International Female Artist of the year.
Trend Themes
1. Live Voting - Opportunity for developing secure real-time live voting technology for award shows and events.
2. Data Validation - Opportunity for developing data validation solutions for awards shows and events to minimize errors in vote counting.
3. Contingency Planning - Opportunity for developing effective contingency plans in case of errors in award shows, which can be implemented quickly, and seamlessly without causing embarrassment to any parties involved.
Industry Implications
1. Event Management - Opportunities for event management companies to leverage technology to develop secure and efficient real-time live voting and data validation solutions for award shows and events.
2. Technology - Opportunity for technology companies to develop innovative solutions for secure, real-time online voting and data validation for award shows and similar events.
3. Entertainment - Opportunity for the entertainment industry to implement best practices for contingency planning in award shows and events, to minimize the risk of errors and minimize embarrassment for all parties involved.
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