"Take...the damn...photo..."

At CDWOW we have a liking towards following all things awards when it comes to entertainment. Oscars, SAGs, Tonys, ARIAs, Golden Globes…you name it.

While it doesn’t satisfy all of our expectations, it becomes a great guessing game for which artist and why will win. The best outcome is being totally surprised.

Watching the artists and actors unexpectedly winning the award is a screen of real shock. There’s also been a growing trend of artists collecting trophies as if they were a burden. Getting a photo with your winnings would really do a number on your designer dress, wouldn’t you think?

I’m sure the bigger artists expect one or two, depending on the pushiness of their agents and managers, but when the artists have to return from backstage to take a fourth and fifth award, it’s even more interesting. Who do you thank after thanking everyone? Beyonce really cleaned up at last year’s Grammys when scooping up six of the golden gramophones.

"Look! I'm Gorge Clooooney! Lah dee dahhh!"

It would be a change for an award winner to thank everyone responsible for making the statue, including the miners extracting the metal, the metal workers for melting the form of the statue, to the guy who drives the truck to get them there.

“Oh, and Harry the cleaner backstage who gives them all a good polish before they get handed out. I can see my face on the statue’s cheeks. Hopefully that’s not some sort of hint about my career.”

We’ve compiled a list of the nominees for the 2011 Brit Awards so that you can have a listen and have a chance to scoop your copy before they win and then become a lot harder to acquire.

Isn’t that a pain in the neck when a band you’ve been loyal to for years becomes big, and all of a sudden your younger siblings start singing the worst of the new stuff whilst jumping up and down on their bed?

I’m not going to mention said band, but when it happened, I had a frown. Then again this was many many years ago when my purist ways with music were almost too prestigious. But there are a few nominees that I’m really hoping get their just reward.

Who do you think should scoop up a Brit?