The Juno Awards of 2008 were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on the weekend ending 6 April 2008. These ceremonies honoured music industry achievements in Canada in the latter part of 2006 and in most of 2007. Country performer and multiple Juno Award winner Paul Brandt received the 2008 Humanitarian Award which is now named after CHUM-FM Radio founder, Allan Waters.[1] Moses Znaimer, who led the development of Citytv and MuchMusic, received the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award. Nominations for all remaining categories were announced on 5 February 2008.[2] Notable among winners was Feist, winning all five awards in her nominated categories, three of which were presented in the televised gala. [edit] Presentations [edit] Saturday gala The Saturday gala where most awards are presented occurred at the Telus Convention Centre on 5 April, while the major awards were presented at the Pengrowth Saddledome on Sunday (6 April).[3] [edit] Sunday televised ceremonies Performers appearing on the program included Feist, Finger Eleven, Michael Bublé, Avril Lavigne, Anne Murray, Paul Brandt, Aaron Lines, Gord Bamford, Hedley, Johnny Reid, and Jully Black.[2] The televised event was broadcast on CTV and hosted by Russell Peters.[4] Peters' monologue was described by Edmonton Sun columnist Bill Harris as "the funniest opening five minutes we've ever seen from an awards-show host."[5] Peters was also cited by Toronto Star entertainment critic Ben Rayner as offering a break from recent years of "iffy emceeing" during the award broadcasts.[6] The 2008 broadcast attracted CTV's second-highest ratings since the network gained broadcast rights. 1.45 million viewers were measured in 2008 compared to 2.18 million for the 2003 ceremonies.[7] Jeff Healey, an internationally noted Canadian musician who died the month before the Juno ceremonies, was given a brief tribute mention by members of Blue Rodeo during the televised awards ceremony.[8][9]
| “ | I've never actually seen the Juno Awards, to be honest with you, which I guess makes me Canadian. | ” | | —Russell Peters, Juno Awards host[6] |
[edit] Nominees and winners Nominees for the 2008 Juno Awards were announced on 5 February 2008. On 15 February 2008, CARAS indicated that it made a "logistical error" during its nominations voting process, announcing the addition of two new nominations and the replacement of one nomination as follows:[10] Winner: Feist Other nominees: Winner: Blue Rodeo Other nominees: Winner: Serena Ryder Other nominees: Winner: Wintersleep Other nominees: Winner: Joni Mitchell, "Hana" and "Bad Dreams" Other nominees: Winner: Kevin Churko, Black Rain (Ozzy Osbourne) Other nominees: Winner: Feist, "My Moon My Man", "1234", "I Feel It All" Other nominees: - Daniel Bélanger, "La Fin de l'homme", "Television", "Sports et loisirs"
- Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend", "Keep Holding On", "When You're Gone"
- Joel Plaskett, "Fashionable People", "Nothing More to Say", "Face of the Earth"
- Rufus Wainwright, "Going to a Town", "Release the Stars", "Do I Disappoint You"
Winner: Michael Bublé Other nominees: [edit] Nominated albums Winner: The Reminder, Feist Other nominees: Winner: The Dirty Looks, Derek Miller Other nominees: Winner: Small Miracles, Blue Rodeo Other nominees: Winner: Neon Bible, Arcade Fire Other nominees: Winner: Building Full of Blues, Fathead Other nominees: Winner: Tracy Maurice and Francois Miron, Neon Bible (Arcade Fire) Other nominees: Winner: Music Soup, Jen Gould Other nominees: Winner: Holy God, Brian Doerksen Other nominees: Winner: Korngold, Barber & Walton Violin Concertos, James Ehnes, Bramwell Tovey, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Other nominees: Winner: Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano, Marc-André Hamelin Other nominees: Winner: Surprise, Measha Brueggergosman Other nominees: Winner: L'échec du matériel, Daniel Bélanger Other nominees: Winner: The Utmost, Jayme Stone Other nominees: Winner: Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna Other nominees: Winner: Almost Certainly Dreaming, The Chris Tarry Group Other nominees: Winner: Debut, Brandi Disterheft Other nominees: Winner: Make Someone Happy, Sophie Milman Other nominees: Winner: The Reminder, Feist Other nominees: Winner: Them vs. You vs. Me, Finger Eleven Other nominees: Winner: Right Of Passage, David Francey Other nominees: Winner: Key Principles, Nathan Other nominees: Winner: Agua Del Pozo, Alex Cuba Other nominees: [edit] Nominated releases Winner: "1234", Feist Other nominees: Winner: "Constantinople", Christos Hatzis Other nominees: Winner: Risk, Paul Brandt Other nominees: Winner: All U Ever Want, Billy Newton-Davis vs. Deadmau5 Other nominees: Winner: 666 Live, Billy Talent Other nominees: Winner: Revival, Jully Black Other nominees: Winner: The Revolution, Belly Other nominees: Winner: "Don't Go Pretending", Mikey Dangerous Other nominees: Winner: Christopher Mills, "C’mon" (Blue Rodeo) Other nominees: [edit] References - ^ "CARAS and CTV Announce Paul Brandt as Inaugural Recipient of Allan Waters Humanitarian Award" (PDF). Juno Awards (CARAS). 23 November 2007. http://www.junoawards.ca/PDF/20071126a.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- ^ a b "First Performers Announced: Feist, Finger Eleven and Michael Bublé to Rock The 2008 JUNO Awards, Sunday, April 6 on CTV". Juno Awards (CARAS). 29 January 2008. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2008/29/c5300.html. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- ^ "Juno Awards countdown is underway: Announcing the 2008 Juno Weekend major events and venues" (PDF). Juno Awards (CARAS). 26 November 2007. http://www.junoawards.ca/PDF/20071126b.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- ^ "Vancouver will host Juno Awards in 2009". 12 February 2008. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080212/vancouver_juno_080212/20080212?hub=Entertainment.
- ^ Harris, Bill (7 April 2008). "Peters pulls it out of the barrel". Edmonton Sun. http://www.edmontonsun.com/Entertainment/Television/2008/04/07/5215321-sun.html. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
- ^ a b Rayner, Ben (7 April 2008). "Feist is the Junos homecoming queen". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/410888. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
- ^ "1.45 Million Viewers Make The 2008 JUNO Awards Second Most-Watched Ever on CTV". CTV Television Network. 7 April 2008. http://www.ctvmedia.ca/ctv/releases/release.asp?id=10216&yyyy=2008. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ McCann, Randall J. (9 April 2008). "Letters: Healey deserved greater tribute". Calgary Sun. http://calsun.canoe.ca/Comment/Letters/2008/04/09/5233331-sun.html. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
- ^ Reid, Bob (8 April 2008). "(Letters) Where was Healey tribute?". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/411116. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
- ^ CARAS (15 February 2008). "Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Announces Nominee Changes to Three 2008 JUNO Award Categories" (pdf). http://www.junoawards.ca/PDF/20080215.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
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