</center>Welcome to the Seventh Annual DVDizzy Movie & Media Awards - 2011!
As in years past, we will have two threads for the nominating round, one for MOVIES categories and one for MEDIA (Television, Music, etc.) categories. The thread for Movies nominations will be posted soon. In the meantime, we'll go ahead and start with our media nominations.
Here are the rules: To submit nominations, you just need to be a registered member of this forum and post your nominations in a reply to this thread. You may submit up to 5 nominations in each category listed below (you may nominate less than 5, but no more than that). You may nominate something or someone in multiple categories. The term "Recording Artist" applies to both solo artists and groups and bands. I will make the final call on the eligibility of questionable submissions. Please only nominate things with which you are familiar (i.e. have seen, heard, and/or read).
These are the 2011 awards because that's when they'll take place, but they look back at the best of 2010. Only things released during 2010 are eligible for nomination!
You have until 11:59pm (Eastern time) Wednesday, January 19 to submit your nominations. You may edit your votes up until that time but not after. Any posts edited after the deadline will be disqualified. Any nominations for ineligible titles will be disregarded. The nominees will be announced shortly thereafter.
Once both nominating threads have been closed, we'll move on to the final voting round. After that, the movie and media awards will be presented together in one grand ceremony.
Note: I hope to conduct the voting round by electronic ballot this year, which will make for a much easier and faster process!
Please note the following changes to our Media categories this year:
- • The categories for Best Actor in a TV Series and Best Actress in a TV series have been removed (we will retain the Best Actor and Actress in a TV Comedy Series and Best Actor and Actress in a TV Drama Series categories).
• The Male and Female categories for Best Host or Lead in a Reality or Unscripted Series have been merged into one category
• The Best Soundtrack - Film Score category has been removed
• The Best Spoken Word Recording category has been removed
• The Best Fiction Book and Best Non-Fiction Book categories have been merged into one Best Book category
• 2 Music categories have been added: Best Indie Song and Best Indie Recording Artist
• The specific wording of several category titles has been reworked to provide clarity on criteria. The criteria has not changed for any of the pre-existing categories, however.
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You may only submit nominations for the categories appearing below, though you are free to suggest additional categories for next year.
This year's categories are as follows:
Television
(Must have aired at least one new episode in 2010 to be eligible)
Best TV Series
Best TV Comedy Series
Best TV Drama Series
Best New TV Series
Best Reality or Unscripted TV Series
Best TV Food Program
Best TV Talk Show
Best TV Game Show
Best Animated TV Series
Best TV News Series
Best Made-for-TV Movie
Best Actor in a TV Comedy Series
Best Actress in a TV Comedy Series
Best Actor in a TV Drama Series
Best Actress in a TV Drama Series
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series
Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series
Best Guest Star in a TV Series
Best Host or Lead in a Reality or Unscripted TV Series
Best Actor in a Made-for-TV Movie
Best Actress in a Made-for-TV Movie
Best TV Talk Show Host
Best TV Game Show Host
Best TV News Host or Lead Analyst
Best "American Idol" Contestant
Best Disney Channel Original Series
Best TV Theme Song
Best Musical Performance in a Scripted TV Series
Best Broadcast Network (Nominees Fixed - No entries accepted)
Best Cable Network
Best Television Home Video Release
Music
Best Music Album
Best Song
Best Recording Artist
Best Rock or Pop Music Album
Best Rock or Pop Song
Best Rock or Pop Recording Artist
Best Rap or R&B Music Album
Best Rap or R&B Song
Best Rap or R&B Recording Artist
Best Country Music Album
Best Country Song
Best Country Recording Artist
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
Best Contemporary Christian Music Recording Artist
Best Indie Music Album
Best Indie Song
Best Indie Recording Artist
Best Comedy Album
Best Christmas Music Album
Best Soundtrack Album (Non-Musical, Non-Score)
Best Soundtrack Album - Musical (Movie or Stage)
Best Music Video
Best Concert Tour
Best Walt Disney Records Release
Most Overplayed Recording Artist of the Year
Other Media
Best Radio Show or Podcast (Non-Local)
Best Radio Show or Podcast Disc Jockey, Personality, or Host (Non-Local)
Best Book
Best Book Author
Best Magazine
Thanks for participating!
-Aaron
