TEF Awards of the Decade Results

[Nemo]

Not exactly an overwhelming response, but seeing as enough people voted to make it worthwhile doing, a run down of the results, firstly the Music categories.

Best Song
I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Arctic Monkeys

The Arctics make it one-two, having already comfortably won the Best Album poll with their debut Whatever People Say I Am, That's what I Am Not. The band's debut single hit number one in October 2005, and launched their careers in style. Second in the poll went to the Killers' Mr. Brightside, with Johnny Cash's Hurt and Queens of the Stone Age's No One Knows tied for third place.

Best Band
Arctic Monkeys

Man this is tiresome, it's them again. This time I'm playing you all my favourite Arctics songs, although I still don't think they're that special at all, I'm beginning to discover it's one of those things I'm just wrong on, like the Peep Show and Playstations. Muse and Kasabian provide the closest challengers to the all conquering Sheffield band who wrap up all three of the Music categories they're eligible for. Sigh.

Best Solo Artist
Arctic Monkeys

Not really, it's Paul Weller this time, a welcome break from all of the above. This was probably the most open category of the Musical section, with Eminem and Weller being the only people to achieve multiple votes and a whole host of people getting one vote each.

Worst Artists(s)

No video for this category because I'm not that mean. A wide range of votes on the issue, with no individual getting more than one vote, probably because of the sheet quantity of shit. However, there was one vote for "Anything X-Factor related" which I'll count towards the cause of this man, in order to give us a clear winner, with one a bit votes:

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God help us all. Film and TV to follow...probably tomorrow.

[Nemo]

Okay, so tomorrow came and went, as did the rest of 2009. Sorry about that, but are some more of the results:

Film and Television

Best Film
Borat
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Not quite sure about that myself, but the most popular film amongst the denizens of the TEF is Sacha Baron Cohen's mockumentary about a Kazakh in the United States. Amusing and painful in not entirely equal quantities, as well as having brought the Mankini into fashion. Very nice. Three D's are the closest rivals: Dodgeball, Dog Soldiers and (the) Dark Knight

Best Actor
Denzel Washinton

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A hugely split category, Mr. Washington was the only person to achieve two nominations, so here he is. Film credits in the decade just gone include American Gangster, the Manchurian Candidate and Training Day. He also had a spell on Broadway starring as Brutus in Julius Caesar. Et tu Denzel?

Best of Television: Serious and Comedic
Lost and Peep Show


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HOLY SHIT IT'S NOT THE WIRE. Hold the front page, a best of TV award that doesn't go to that show, a first for the internet and possibly the world. Winning instead is Lost, which it is generally agreed was very good, but went on far too long and generally got a bit weird in later Series. See Monkeys, Arctic for my opinion on Peep Show as the Comedic winner, but once again I say that I watched the first four series and quite honestly properly laughed once. Once. I'm sure i'm just a fool though/

Best Character
Dwight Schrute/Gareth Keenan (The Office US/UK)

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Four different characters had two votes each, but seeing as these two are the same character more or less, I'm giving them the award jointly. The sycophantic, pompous jobsworth that everyone would truly hate to work with but cannot help laughing themselves silly at on screen. Other leading contenders included David Brent from the same show, and Peter Griffin, mostly as a lifestyle icon I'd have thought.

That's film and TV done, I'll return tomorrow (or maybe next week) with the final Sports section.

[Ralphy]

I take it this is a piss take?

Borot, best film?

[jayohaitchenn]

No, Borat.

[Bennett]

No, Borat.

that's exactly what i thought, that film is gash