NOMINATION BREAKDOWN:
Threadspinner - 12
Darling Parade - 12
KSM - 10
Carrie Underwood - 10
Janell Wheeler - 10
Bomshel - 10
Domenica - 10
Ke$ha - 9
Stephanie Brownlee - 9
Lights - 8
Lady Antebellum - 8
Orianthi - 7
Lifehouse - 7
Linkin Park - 5
Dreamkiller - 5
Kris Allen - 5
Bon Jovi - 5
Ashley Tisdale - 4
Muse - 4
Paramore - 4
Joanna Beasley - 4
Usher - 4
Fireflight - 3
Taylor Swift - 3
Ryan Star - 3
Miranda Lambert - 3
Didi Benami - 3
Daughtry - 3
Train - 3
Cheryl Cole - 3
-Shinedown, Cascada, Coldwater Jane, Janedear Girls, Lady Gaga, Stephanie Smith, Russel Hantz, Parvati Shallow, Lee Dewyze, Lee Brice, Uncle Kracker, Kenny Chesney, B.O.B., Jason Derulo, Britney Haynes, Kill Slowly, Rachel Reilly, Jenna Bryson, Britt Nicole, Roni Bryant - 2
-Sophia Melon, Stephanie Pickard, Tamar Kaprelian, The Nom Nom Truck, Bret Michaels, Crystal Bowersox, Natasha Bedingfield, Ashley Rodriguez, Kat Nestel, Elisa Schwartz, Lilly Scott, Vanessa Rousso, Aarti Sequiera, Tom Fazzica, Phil Ivey, Miley Cyrus, Tiesto, Michael Mizrachi, Frentik, Hayden Moss, Raven Bro, Stephanie Daulong, Kimberly Paige, Kellie Pickler, Summer Sanders, Theory Of A Deadman, Kaci Battaglia, Sugarland, Alan Jackson, Amie Miriello, Tim McGraw, Darius Rucker, Katy Perry, Jessica Drake, Billy Currington, Reba McEntire, Toby Keith, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Brooks & Dunn, Zac Brown Band, Porcelain & The Tramps, Mumford & Sons, Gloriana, Montgomery Gentry, Adam Lambert, David Cook, Eminem, John Mayer, Lillix, Runner Runner, Elyse Haren & The Aftermath, Cockpit, Meredith Andrews, Anberlin, Big Daddy Weave, MercyMe, Francesca Battestelli, Kristine Rommel - 1
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Alright, let's get this show underway. Threadspinner and Darling Parade lead the way with 12 nominations. KSM, Carrie Underwood, Janell Wheeler, Domenica and Bomshel have 10 nominations. VMA nominee Ke$ha and Stephanie Brownlee each have 9 nominations while Lights and Lady Antebellum have 8. Those are the nomination leaders. We start with Dancing. Best Dance Artist and Song, as voted by a selection panel.
BEST DANCE ARTIST:
Cascada 32%
Usher 17%
Ke$ha 34%
Lady Gaga 16%
DJ Tiesto 1%
WINNER:Ke$ha
BEST DANCE SONG:
Ke$ha - Tik Tok 31%
Ashley Tisdale - Crank It Up 9%
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 1%
Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova 1%
Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor 4%
Cheryl Cole - Get Up 3%
Elisa Schwartz - You Got Me So Bad 2%
Usher - OMG 7%
Natasha Bedingfield - Touch 36%
Miley Cyrus - Can't Be Tamed 6%
WINNER:Natasha Bedingfield - Touch (6th straight year she won at least 1 countdown award)
BEST R&B ARTIST:
Usher 15%
Ashley Rodriguez 23%
Kaci Battaglia 6%
Jason Derulo 22%
B.O.B. 34%
WINNER:B.O.B.
Me:Ke$ha, Natasha and B.O.B. get some scores. Now for Most Under/Over-rated.
MOST UNDERRATED SONG:
Threadspinner - Night Chorus 26%
Dreamkiller - Surrender 15%
Domenica - Above Me 19%
Janell Wheeler - Try 3%
Didi Benami - No Destination 1%
Lee Dewyze - Beautiful Day 4%
Lights - The Listening 5%
Darling Parade - Bells Are Ringing 2%
Roni Bryant - I Can't Be Me 2%
KSM - Read Between The Lines 23%
WINNER:Threadspinner - Night Chorus
MOST OVERRATED SONG:
Katy Perry - California Gurls 3%
Drake - Find Your Love 0%
Eminem - Love The Way You Lie 4%
Maroon 5 - Misery 0%
Lady Gaga - Telephone 11%
Beyonce - Video Phone 17%
Usher - OMG 0%
Rihanna - Rude Boy 60%
Miley Cyrus - Can't Be Tamed 2%
Taylor Swift - Mine 3%
The award goes to:Rihanna - Rude Boy
Me:A lot of young groups will go at it for Best New Group. Bomshel won Best Duo btw. As for Artist with Best CD? This is a toughie.
ARTIST WITH BEST ALBUM:
Carrie Underwood 20%
Ke$ha 18%
Bon Jovi 15%
Lifehouse 16%
Train 13%
Katy Perry 1%
Taylor Swift 1%
Daughtry 2%
Domenica 5%
Stephanie Brownlee 9%
WINNER:Carrie Underwood - Play On
BEST NEW GROUP:
Domenica 11%
Threadspinner 19%
Bomshel 24%
Coldwater Jane 4%
KSM 21%
Lady Antebellum 6%
Porcelain & The Tramps 2%
Janedear Girls 4%
Kill Slowly 4%
Mumford & Sons 5%
WINNER:Bomshel (This is unexpected)
Me:Bomshel's bombshell win for Best New Group shows the favorite doesn't always win. Here's 5 more awards with Best Christian Artist, On The Verge Artist, Non-Singer, Best Reality Star and of course the Worst Countdown Charting Artist.
BEST CHRISTIAN ARTIST:
Stephanie Smith 12%
Joanna Beasley 12%
Meredith Andrews 6%
Anberlin 9%
Big Daddy Weave 8%
MercyMe 11%
Francesca Battestelli 11%
Kristine Rommel 6%
Britt Nicole 12%
Fireflight 13%
WINNER:Fireflight
ARTIST ON THE VERGE:
Frentik 5%
Darling Parade 19%
Threadspinner 23%
Dreamkiller 17%
Jenna Bryson 14%
Stephanie Brownlee 10%
Jessica Drake 3%
Roni Bryant 3%
Amie Miriello 5%
Ryan Star 1%
WINNER:Threadspinner
BEST NON-SINGER:
Vanessa Rousso 36%
Britney Haynes 39%
Michael Mizrachi 3%
Aarti Sequiera 2%
Hayden Moss 2%
Parvati Shallow 6%
Russell Hantz 1%
Tom Fazzica 2%
Rachel Reilly 5%
Phil Ivey 4%
WINNER:Britney Haynes (from Big Brother 12)
WORST CHARTING ARTIST:The one you don't want
Maroon 5 0%
Christina Aguilera 0%
Justin Bieber 91%
Chris Brown 1%
Drake 1%
Lady Gaga 0%
Pitbull 3%
Miley Cyrus 1%
Flo Rida 2%
Kanye West 2%
The award goes to:Justin Beaver. LOL
BEST REALITY STAR:
Britney Haynes 44%
Janell Wheeler 22%
Bret Michaels 8%
Lee Dewyze 11%
Crystal Bowersox 7%
Parvati Shallow 2%
The Nom Nom Truck team 0%
Summer Sanders 0%
Russell Hantz 2%
Rachel Reilly 4%
WINNER:Britney Haynes (from Big Brother 12)
Me:Who rocked it live best?
BEST COUNTDOWN LIVE PERFORMANCE:
Lights 29%
KSM 17%
Darling Parade 15%
Ashley Tisdale 5%
Ke$ha 10%
Lady Antebellum 3%
Cheryl Cole 0%
Joanna Beasley 1%
Stephanie Brownlee 6%
Stephanie Smith 14%
WINNER:Lights (for her performance of Savior)
Me:Single time. We had a battle for this.
BEST SINGLE:
Orianthi - According To You 24%
Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying 5%
Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova 20%
Paramore - The Only Exception 3%
Muse - Uprising 3%
Bomshel - 19 And Crazy 10%
Ke$ha - Tik Tok 11%
Lifehouse - Halfway Gone 2%
Linkin Park - The Catalyst 21%
Lady Antebellum - Need You Now 1%
WINNER:Orianthi - According To You
BEST NON-SINGLE:
Dreamkiller - Surrender 4%
Domenica - Above Me 10%
KSM - Read Between The Lines 9%
Janell Wheeler - I Like Me 9%
Lights - Second Go 24%
Ashley Tisdale - Acting Out 1%
Darling Parade - Change 2%
Threadspinner - Night Chorus 37%
Joanna Beasley - Wishing Well 4%
Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love 0%
WINNER:Threadspinner - Night Chorus
Me:Now for Best Indie and Best New Artist. This one was an upset.
BEST NEW ARTIST:
Janell Wheeler 26%
KSM 17%
Orianthi 23%
Lady Antebellum 2%
Stephanie Brownlee 4%
Threadspinner 10%
Bomshel 10%
Kris Allen 2%
Ke$ha 1%
Domenica 5%
WINNER:Janell Wheeler (also won Favorite American Idol contestant with 35%)
BEST INDIE ARTIST:
Threadspinner 30%
Jenna Bryson 6%
Elyse Haren & The Aftermath 3%
Cockpit 0%
Janell Wheeler 43%
Didi Benami 1%
Kat Nestel 1%
Joanna Beasley 2%
Darling Parade 11%
Dreamkiller 3%
WINNER:Janell Wheeler
Me:Time for Pop's Best. Here's Best Male & Female. This one was a MAJOR shock.
BEST POP MALE:
John Mayer 4%
Ryan Star 76%
Usher 1%
Jason Derulo 0%
Kris Allen 7%
Adam Lambert 3%
David Cook 4%
Eminem 0%
TobyMac 5%
B.O.B. 0%
WINNER:Ryan Star
BEST POP FEMALE:
Ke$ha 4%
Orianthi 23%
Ashley Tisdale 3%
Lilly Scott 1%
Didi Benami 1%
Lights 25%
Stephanie Brownlee 26%
Janell Wheeler 10%
Britt Nicole 1%
Carrie Underwood 6%
WINNER:Stephanie Brownlee
Me:Now for Best Pop Group/Duo and Best Pop Song.
BEST POP DUO/GROUP:
KSM 60%
Daughtry 2%
Bomshel 3%
Train 2%
Lifehouse 1%
Runner Runner 0%
Lady Antebellum 3%
Darling Parade 26%
Bon Jovi 2%
Lillix 1%
WINNER:KSM (wasn't even close)
BEST POP SONG:
KSM - Read Between The Lines 20%
Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova 5%
Lights - Second Go 10%
Lifehouse - Halfway Gone 11%
Stephanie Brownlee - Keep It Real 16%
Ke$ha - Tik Tok 18%
Darling Parade - Bells Are Ringing 1%
Orianthi - According To You 18%
Bon Jovi - We Weren't Born To Follow 0%
Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying 1%
WINNER:KSM - Read Between The Lines
Me:Rockers turn! Bon Jovi won Best Male-Fronted band and Threadspinner won Best Female-Fronted band, while Stephanie Pickard won Best Instrumentalist. Now for the big cheese.
BEST ROCK GROUP:
Dreamkiller 2%
Linkin Park 5%
Paramore 1%
Muse 3%
Threadspinner 51%
Domenica 6%
Shinedown 3%
Fireflight 4%
Darling Parade 17%
Lifehouse 8%
WINNER:Threadspinner (they're cleaning up)
BEST ROCK SOLO:
Orianthi 37%
Ryan Star 8%
Sophia Melon (ex-KSM) 35%
Stephanie Pickard 20%
Tamar Kaprelian 0%
WINNER:Orianthi
BEST ROCK SONG:
Threadspinner - Night Chorus 38%
Shinedown - If You Only Knew 10%
Lifehouse - Halfway Gone 1%
Paramore - Ignorance 3%
Darling Parade - Change 6%
Linkin Park - The Catalyst 15%
Kill Slowly - Let Go 1%
Muse - Resistance 2%
Fireflight - Desperate 23%
Theory Of A Deadman - All Or Nothing 1%
WINNER:Threadspinner - Night Chorus
Me:Country's turn. Then it's the big awards!
BEST COUNTRY MALE:
Alan Jackson 34%
Tim McGraw 21%
Lee Brice 11%
Keith Urban 15%
Uncle Kracker 2%
Trace Adkins 3%
Kenny Chesney 2%
Darius Rucker 2%
Toby Keith 4%
Billy Currington 6%
WINNER:Alan Jackson (3rd time winning this award)
BEST COUNTRY FEMALE:
Miranda Lambert 5%
Carrie Underwood 29%
Kellie Pickler 4%
Janell Wheeler 28%
Stephanie Daulong 3%
Stephanie Brownlee 27%
Reba McEntire 1%
Raven Bro 1%
Kimberly Paige 2%
Taylor Swift 0%
WINNER:Carrie Underwood (Queen of Country?)
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP:
Bomshel 43%
Coldwater Jane 2%
Sugarland 3%
Lady Antebellum 41%
Rascal Flatts 2%
Brooks & Dunn 1%
Janedear Girls 4%
Zac Brown Band 0%
Gloriana 3%
Montgomery Gentry 1%
WINNER:Bomshel
BEST COUNTRY SONG:
Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova 28%
Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me 4%
Lady Antebellum - Need You Now 17%
Lee Brice - Love Like Crazy 4%
Kenny Chesney - The Boys Of Fall 3%
Janell Wheeler - I Like Me 16%
Stephanie Brownlee - Keep It Real 11%
Uncle Kracker - Smile 2%
Taylor Swift - Fifteen 0%
Bomshel - Just Fine 15%
WINNER:Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova
Me:OK, time for the big awards! Here's Group Of The Year!
GROUP OF THE YEAR:
KSM 30%
Threadspinner 29%
Darling Parade 22%
Lady Antebellum 2%
Bomshel 8%
Bon Jovi 4%
Muse 2%
Domenica 1%
Paramore 1%
Train 1%
WINNER:KSM (by 5 votes)
Me:KSM is the Group Of The Year. Lady Antebellum appears to have been shut out.

To Video Of The Year.
VIDEO OF THE YEAR:We only accept mind-blowing videos.
Threadspinner - Night Chorus 17%
Linkin Park - The Catalyst 38%
Bomshel - 19 And Crazy 1%
Lifehouse - Halfway Gone 21%
Bon Jovi - Superman Tonight 3%
Lights - Second Go 7%
Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova 3%
Daughtry - Life After You 4%
Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying 1%
Domenica - Above Me 5%
WINNER:Linkin Park - The Catalyst
Me:Score one for LP! To the Song Of The Year now.
SONG OF THE YEAR:
Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova 21%
Janell Wheeler - I Like Me 2%
KSM - Read Between The Lines 20%
Orianthi - According To You 3%
Bomshel - 19 And Crazy 5%
Lights - The Listening 1%
Ke$ha - Tik Tok 2%
Darling Parade - Bells Are Ringing 1%
Threadspinner - Night Chorus 22%
Domenica - Above Me 23%
WINNER

omenica - Above Me
Me

omenica wins in a bit of a surprise over Threadspinner, KSM and Carrie. Before we get to Artist Of The Year, we reveal who your top 10 was for Viewer's Choice.
10. Lights - Second Go (5,493)
9. Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova (5,791)
8. Orianthi - According To You (6,014)
7. Ke$ha - Tik Tok (6,293)
6. Sara Bareilles - King Of Anything (6,299)
5. Domenica - Above Me (6,567)
4. KSM - Read Between The Lines (6,892)
3. Linkin Park - The Catalyst (7,493)
2. Threadspinner - Night Chorus (7,781)
1. Muse - Uprising (7,783)
WINNER:Muse - Uprising
NOTABLES:Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (277), Miley Cyrus - Can't Be Tamed (1,301), Stephanie Brownlee - Keep It Real (4,305), Frentik - The Edge (4,611), Ryan Star - Breathe (5,491)
Me:Muse wins Viewer's Choice. Now the Artist Of The Year!
ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Janell Wheeler 15%
Orianthi 8%
KSM 18%
Domenica 3%
Darling Parade 4%
Carrie Underwood 21%
Threadspinner 16%
Lights 6%
Linkin Park 1%
Bomshel 4%
Stephanie Brownlee 3%
Miranda Lambert 1%
WINNER:Carrie Underwood
Me:Congrats to Carrie Underwood winning Artist Of The Year! She just couldn't be stopped. Cowboy Casanova became her most successful chart hit on my countdown, and Undo It remained solid along with Temporary Home. It was a wild show.
NOTABLE RESULTS:
-Threadspinner is the big winner at this award show winning 5 of their 12 nominations. They secured the biggest Rock awards with Best Rock Song and Best Rock Group, and won a few minor awards including Band To Watch, Best Production and Hottest Summer Rock Song. This is totally a band to watch out for.
-Carrie Underwood took home 4 awards out of her 10 nominations for her Play On CD. She was the Artist Of The Year and took home Best Country Female and Best Country Song for
Cowboy Casanova. She also won Best Reality Star alumni, Favorite Singer (fans vote), Country Anthem (Cowboy Casanova), Best Country Video (Temporary Home), and Best Country Album in addition to Best CD.
-KSM took home 3 awards out of their 10 nominations, not too shabby for a first-time group on my chart. They secured the Best Group Of The Year honors. They also took home
Favorite Young Pop Group, Group Most Likely To Succeed in 5 Years, TV Show Theme Of The Year with their song for 10 Things I Hate About You, Favorite Lead Singer (Shelby Cobra), and Favorite girl group.
-Bomshel surprised many with their 10 nominations and secured 2 awards including Best Country Group and Best New Group. They took home Best Duo, Best Country Duo, Breakout Group, Best Country Single (19 And Crazy), Country Artist To Watch and Best Female Country Group/Duo.
-Janell Wheeler took home Best New Artist and Best Indie Artist thanks to her charming personality and soothing vocals. She also took home Best American Idol contestant, Best
Reality Star Country Singer, Breakout Solo Artist, Best Guitarist, Best Acoustic Performance (I Like Me), and Best Cover (You And I Both).
-Big Brother 12's Britney Haynes takes home 2 awards for Best Reality Star and Best Non-Singer. She also won Favorite Big Brother HG, Best Competitor, America's Favorite
Houseguest, and Person Likely To Make Music.
-Orianthi scores Best Rock Solo and Best Single for According To You. She cleaned up on a lot of lesser awards including Best Australian Artist, Best Pop/Rock Singer.
-Linkin Park wins Video Of The Year for The Catalyst, Domenica wins Song Of The Year for Above Me, Muse wins Viewer's Choice for Uprising.
-Stephanie Brownlee, Ryan Star, Lights, Natasha Bedingfield, Ke$ha, B.O.B., Alan Jackson and Fireflight also picked up an award each.
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-Darling Parade went 0/12

the band says they're not disappointed. They also did win Best Punk Rock, Best Live Song (Lose You), and Best Lead Singer (Rock) (Kristin Kearns).
(which were side awards).
NOTABLE SHUTOUTS (number is how many they were up for)
Darling Parade - 12
Lady Antebellum - 8
Lifehouse - 7
Dreamkiller - 5
Kris Allen - 5
Bon Jovi - 5
Ashley Tisdale - 4
Paramore - 4
Joanna Beasley - 4
Usher - 4
Taylor Swift - 3
Miranda Lambert - 3
Didi Benami - 3
Daughtry - 3
Train - 3
Cheryl Cole - 3
Wild award show. Thanks for tuning in.