Here is a list of the winners:
British male- Robbie Williams
British female - Dido.
British group - Travis.
British album - Dido, No Angel.
British newcomer - Blue.
British single - S Club 7, Don't Stop Movin'.
British video - So Solid crew, 21 Seconds.
British dance act - Basement Jaxx.
International male - Shaggy.
International Female - Kylie Minogue.
International group - Destiny's Child.
International album - Kylie Minogue, Fever.
International newcomer - The Strokes.
Best pop - Westlife.
Outstanding Contribution - Sting.
First off there is only one performer in that list who earned any respect off me over the last year and that is Dido, although her album is a little weak. I shall however complain in order :
Robbie Williams: I don't see what he has done recently to deserve best male, seems strange to me, there were much better alternatives.
Dido: Can't complain
Travis: Travis have lost all their credibility, they are producing boring and average music, they have distilled a style that worked really well on "the man who" to bring us some tawdry folk/pop nonesense
Blue: Just ballad nonesense and stealing other people's lyrics and throwing some white guys at some industry produced nonesense, oh look they have the token black rapper as well
S Club 7: Best single!?!?!!? what about "The Avalanches" or someone equally groundbreaking?
So Solid Crew: Best Video, again i wonder, plus it seems the industry want to congratulate a band who talk about guns and violence on their records, which is also following them around at their live gigs.
Basement Jaxx: Should have won more awards with Remedy (first album) second album was poor in comparison, although i am glad they received something for their hard work
Shaggy: Understandable.
Kylie: Well if shaking your booty in extremely tight hot pants and singing average pop nonesense was space travel then Kylie would have left this galaxy long ago.
Destiny's Child: Average since the other two members left, they are becoming more and more formulaic, and the album was very poor
The Strokes: This was definately due to the large hype surrounding the band, i actually quite like them, but they weren't the best.
Westlife: I hardly need to comment.
Sting: No complaints
All in all it was pretty much as expected, it is still a disapointment to see them always go with the obvious talent, not like the Mercury Music Prise, it should be an award show which propels artists into the limelite, not just pat on the back the one's that are already there.
Interesting? Opinions? I realise this is really long, and i apologise for so much vitriol