Sony Awards nominations out...

by **English Bob** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:03 pm

So, the list of nominations for the Sony Awards is out. http://radiotoday.co.uk/2012/03/sonynoms/

Quite surprising list this year...no nomination for the Moyles Show, Radio 1 nominations seem to be thin on the ground!

More 6Music nominations this time around, which is very good news

I do take slight offence to Fearne Cotton being nominated for 'Best Music Show' though, hopefully Steve Lamacq will beat her.

by **chrisjames** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:09 pm

It's just unbeleivable. there's not one nomination for the team this year. It makes a mockery of the whole event. They have treated Chris like dirt for years. Down with SONY :-x

by **English Bob** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:11 pm

Hehe, I just posted a Sony Awards topic in the off-topic forum...

by **chrisjames** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:14 pm

English Bob wrote:Hehe, I just posted a Sony Awards topic in the off-topic forum...

Sorry.Didnt see it.I suppose they'll be merged shortly.

Evans has 2 nominations again.How did he go from being infant terrible to the golden boy of British radio?! I bet Chris Moyles would love to know his secret!

by **hdsport82** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:35 pm

chrisjames wrote:
English Bob wrote:Evans has 2 nominations again.

Well he is hosting the awards (again)!

by **chrisjames** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:56 pm

You've got to be kidding.This is getting beyond a joke!

by **Candyman** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 4:41 pm

English Bob wrote:So, the list of nominations for the Sony Awards is out. http://radiotoday.co.uk/2012/03/sonynoms/

Quite surprising list this year...no nomination for the Moyles Show, Radio 1 nominations seem to be thin on the ground!

More 6Music nominations this time around, which is very good news

I do take slight offence to Fearne Cotton being nominated for 'Best Music Show' though, hopefully Steve Lamacq will beat her.

Shocked Chris and the team have nowt, I think this the first time his show has had zero nominations, ridiculous since somehow Cotton has a nomination for Best Music Show, what a joke, I too hope Lamacq wins too

by **Evs** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:37 pm

Nothing short of a scandal really. Can't quite believe the Marathon show wasn't nominated for something - a massive feat of radio.

I always feel like Chris Moyles lives and breathes radio, he is so passionate about the show and even when he's moaning there are few places he'd rather be than at the desk. I feel Chris Evans doesn't particularly care about radio, always seems to want to be somewhere else and is much less inclusive of his audience.

You've go to hope that the powers that be see a Sony snub as a sign they're doing something right - anti-establishment (or at least as anti-establishment as it's possible for the BBC to be).

by **Emmy** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:10 pm

Evs wrote:I feel Chris Evans doesn't particularly care about radio

Read either of his books, especially the first one 'It's Not What You Think', and find out just how untrue that is. I've never listened to a full Evan's radio show, but I know just how passionate he is about radio purely from reading his excellent books. As for Moyles not getting a nomination, part of me does think it's a shame, but then another part of me feels that the show really hasn't been at its best for a while and so doesn't particularly deserve one this time around.

by **chrisjames** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:57 pm

Emmy wrote:
Evs wrote:I feel Chris Evans doesn't particularly care about radio

Read either of his books, especially the first one 'It's Not What You Think', and find out just how untrue that is. I've never listened to a full Evan's radio show, but I know just how passionate he is about radio purely from reading his excellent books. As for Moyles not getting a nomination, part of me does think it's a shame, but then another part of me feels that the show really hasn't been at its best for a while and so doesn't particularly deserve one this time around.

But doesnt he deserve one for the charity show???????????

by **Yudster** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:32 pm

If there was a category that fit that show then I agree it should be nominated. I don't know whether there is though.

As for Chris Evans and his love of radio - I can see why, given the evidence of his Radio 2 show, people would think he isn't bothered. Like Emmy though, I know enough about Evans to know that isn't the case - and that is what's so upsetting to me about that show. He is going through the motions, its lazy, lazy radio. I know he is less free to do what he can do on R2 but he is nowhere near what he could be doing with the Breakfast show. I get the feeling that he is turning up and collecting the money - which I gather is a lot, even for someone as wealthy as Chris Evans. If all I knew about him was the R2 Breakfast Show, I would think he wasn't bothered about radio too. The fact that I know he is passionate about radio above any other broadcast media makes the whole breakfast thing very sad.

by **chrisjames** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:07 am

I think Chris sees not being niominated as a badge of honour .Let Evans rub shoulders with the Sony big wigs.Who needs them anyway!

by **yummytummy** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:08 am

Who needs a Sony Nomination!!!!

We all know that Chris is the best around and no awards or critics can say so. He is more than a stupid award. Did Chris Evans raise all that money for comic relief or be on the air for 52 hours???. The answer is no.

Stuff the sony's I say

by **SAV1OUR** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:18 am

Why all up in arms about it?

If he doesn't receive something in his 10th year then that's the time to go apeshit.

I agree, stuff em, if he could host it then I would find that unmissable.

by **jsnsmith** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:35 pm

I don't think it's a gong the team want. I think it's an OBE for services to radio they deserve.

by **chrisjames** » Mon May 14, 2012 7:24 pm

Big congrats to Fearne cotton who has just won her first ever sony award..and its a gold award too, for best music show. There's no doubt that she has gone from strength to strength since taking over from Jo Whiley and clearly has a very long and prosperous future ahead of her at Radio One.

by **chrisjames** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:19 pm

and the big news we've all been waiting for..Beryl and Betty have won best entertainment sony-the oldest winners ever! They beat Frank Skinner and Adam and Joe! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-18063427

by **bmstinton93** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:20 pm

We don't need a running commentary of the whole awards ceremony.

by **chrisjames** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:22 pm

I hardly think that 2 posts an hour apart is a running commentary!

by **Travis Bickle** » Mon May 14, 2012 8:40 pm

Blimey, Ben has expressed an opinion!

Fearne Cotton has improved a lot in the last six months or so so good luck to her. I have never rated her as a DJ but I like her from the little I know of her as a person, so well done.

Cant help but feel that the Sony's are pointless though. talkSPORT won station of the the year last year for goodness sake! I just think the Sony's are handed out on a random or rotation basis. I take very little notice of them.

by **The Deadly** » Mon May 14, 2012 10:29 pm

Fearne Cotton shouldn't be encouraged.

by **Candyman** » Tue May 15, 2012 7:43 am

Fearne won gold!! Really!! It must be true any moron can win one can't they!

by **MK Chris** » Tue May 15, 2012 8:10 am

Travis Bickle wrote:Blimey, Ben has expressed an opinion!

He expresses lots of opinions, most of them wrong.

by **Nicola_Red** » Tue May 15, 2012 8:37 am

chrisjames wrote:Big congrats to Fearne cotton who has just won her first ever sony award..and its a gold award too, for best music show. There's no doubt that she has gone from strength to strength since taking over from Jo Whiley and clearly has a very long and prosperous future ahead of her at Radio One.

What are you, auditioning to be her publicist?

by **MK Chris** » Tue May 15, 2012 8:38 am

There is quite a lot of doubt over that to be fair. In fact, she's dreadful at radio and TV - always has been, always will be. Also, her mate Holly Willoughby is awful on the box too.