SHANIA gets 3 JUNO noms [AVRIL, tops list]

[1Yukari2]

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2005/02/07/923217-cp.html

AVRIL gets the most noms :D


SHANIA :

Single of the year,
FANS CHIOCE,country recording.............ect................. :great: :great: :great:

BRYAN ADAMS and CELINE also nominated in major catagories!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D


TORONOT ROCKS, nom. for BEST DVD!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[shania megafan]

oh great!! thanks...!! :great:

[my queen]

OMG YEEEEEAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! My 'made-in-Canada' sweethearts are nominated!! :funny: Thanks for sharing!! :up:

[1Yukari2]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1107781863960_31/?hub=TopStories


LOOK on the right hand side for announcments :D :D

[Esther]

COOOOOOOOOOOOLLL :D:D:D :cool: :love: this is great news :D

[jen]

THANKS FOR THE NEWS....go SHANIA!!!

[Shania's4life!!]

Cool, an award show that appreciates her! ;)

[Troll]

:great:

[my queen]

That's so mean...wether Céline wins and I'm sad because Bryan lost or Bryan wins and I'm sad Céline lost :cry: Thank god Shania is not nominated along with them ;):D that would be a massacre :p

[Roger]

Shania's nominations for single of the year for the pop version of PF2 and for the fan choice award show that she is not relegated to the country ghetto as she seems to be in the USA. The fan choice award is an indication of how very popular she is in Canada. But in this category she is up against some very heavy hitters: Diana Krall, Avril Lavigne and Sarah McLachlan. I would like to say Shania will win but these other ladies are massively popular too.

Isn't it interesting though that all the nominees for fan choice are women?

[GorToma]

great :D:D

[matty]

Cool :D
She better win :p :D

[Shania's4life!!]

Why exactly is Celine up for artist...and album of the year? :really:
...and why isn't Shania up for album....or artist of the year?!? :really: :really:

That ain't right! :rolleyes:

Oh well, at least Shania's up for fans choice! :D
...that IS 100% fan voted right? :uhh:

[matty]

Shania's nominations for single of the year for the pop version of PF2 and for the fan choice award show that she is not relegated to the country ghetto as she seems to be in the USA. The fan choice award is an indication of how very popular she is in Canada. But in this category she is up against some very heavy hitters: Diana Krall, Avril Lavigne and Sarah McLachlan. I would like to say Shania will win but these other ladies are massively popular too.

Isn't it interesting though that all the nominees for fan choice are women?

I'd love it if she beat avril...and the rest of them but more importantly avril :D
Gotta give it are all for that fan vote :)

[stef]

Wow... that's really cool! :D Let's hope she'll win at least one of those awards and pick it up there personally... ;)

[1Yukari2]

Why exactly is Celine up for artist...and album of the year? :really:
...and why isn't Shania up for album....or artist of the year?!? :really: :really:

That ain't right! :rolleyes:

Oh well, at least Shania's up for fans choice! :D
...that IS 100% fan voted right? :uhh:


SHANIA new CD was a greatest hits.

Artists of the year [ Celine had a new CD and a record VEGAS run ]

FAN CHOICE, is 100% fan voted, but there will be lots of compitition. :D

[jen]

YOU CAN VOTE NOW!!!! LET's GO, VOTE HERE:
http://www.ctv.ca/mini/junos2005/static/fanChoice.html

.......just click on "Get Started". Anyone should be able to vote but if you are not Canadian you can't enter the contest. No age restriction to vote. Voting ends 11:59:59 pm on March 19, 2005.

COME ON, COME ON!!!!

[jen]

P.S. 1Yukari2, maybe u can edit your first post so that you can mention to VOTE as well as put the link so it is easier for everyone to vote:)

[Kristian]

Thanks for the info :D

[cftennisnative3]

Thanks for posting Yukari :D

thanks for the link Jen :D

[my queen]

Gone & done it ;)

[Shania'sSweetie]

Gone n' done it! :p

[1Yukari2]

YOU CAN VOTE NOW!!!! LET's GO, VOTE HERE:
http://www.ctv.ca/mini/junos2005/static/fanChoice.html

.......just click on "Get Started". Anyone should be able to vote but if you are not Canadian you can't enter the contest. No age restriction to vote. Voting ends 11:59:59 pm on March 19, 2005.

COME ON, COME ON!!!!


Great link and thanks!

[GorToma]

gone and voted :D:D

[Roger]

Thanx for the link.

Voted!

[Shania's4life!!]

Voted! :D :D :D :D :D

[1Yukari2]

1 voted 2 times!

[ka-ching]

Voted!!!!!!!!:d

[matty]

Voted :D
Hope she wins :D

[captainCorr]

:bounce: Go Shania! Go Celine! Go Bryan! :bounce:

:D:up:

And people are expecting Celine & Bryan to appear....:cool:

[my queen]

:bounce: Go Shania! Go Celine! Go Bryan! :bounce:

:D:up:

And people are expecting Celine & Bryan to appear....:cool:
YAHOOOOOOOOOOOO! :p Too bad I can't watch it :cry:

[Ringette]

The Juno's r being held in my town this year. It sure would be awsome if she came to the them..although I doubt she will. Winnipeg isn't exactly the 'hippest' town and she hasn't been to the Juno's since she hosted them back in '03. But at least she is getting recognition!

[Troll]

I voted for Shania

[~Lisa~]

AWWWWESOOOME!! :D :D Thanks for the info! :D And thanks Jen for the link :)

[shania_forever]

Thanks for the info. So bad that I can't vote for Shania. Go Shania!!!!!

[ROTHCOU]

voted for Shania.

[jen]

KEEP VOTING!!!!!!!!!!



http://www.ctv.ca/mini/junos2005/static/fanChoice.html

.......just click on "Get Started". Anyone should be able to vote but if you are not Canadian you can't enter the contest. No age restriction to vote. Voting ends 11:59:59 pm on March 19, 2005.

[jen]

VOTE VOTE!!!! REMEMBER anyone can vote just enter email and then put a phone EX) # 905-423-5678


LET's GO these awards are equivalent to a GRAMMY!!!

[1Yukari2]

VOTE VOTE!!!! REMEMBER anyone can vote just enter email and then put a phone EX) # 905-423-5678


LET's GO these awards are equivalent to a GRAMMY!!!


NO , the JUNOS , are much better than the GRAMMY'S ;) :funny: :biglaugh: :bonk: :great:

[1Yukari2]

JUNO'S SELL OUT in 16 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Junos/2005/2005/02/13/929405.html

[jen]

JUNO'S SELL OUT in 16 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Junos/2005/2005/02/13/929405.html


Hmmmm, well it beat Shania's record when she hosted. I also noticed that the article said that Bachman fans are boycotting because he hasn't been scheduled to perform. So, have they picked everyone already.....if so has Shania been listed?

[Roger]

Regan and I have been chatting about this. It is not just Randy Bachman but the entire Guess Who that are in question here. Holding the Junos in Winnipeg and not having the Guess Who perform is just unthinkable.

[1Yukari2]

Hmmmm, well it beat Shania's record when she hosted. I also noticed that the article said that Bachman fans are boycotting because he hasn't been scheduled to perform. So, have they picked everyone already.....if so has Shania been listed?


NO, there are still more performers to be announced :D

[jen]

COME ON, COME ON!!!!


LET's GO, VOTE HERE:
http://www.ctv.ca/mini/junos2005/static/fanChoice.html

.......just click on "Get Started". Anyone should be able to vote but if you are not Canadian you can't enter the contest. No age restriction to vote. Voting ends 11:59:59 pm on March 19, 2005.


*** REMEMBER***The more often you enter, the more chances you have to win a trip to the Juno Awards.

[MuzikGuy94]

According to the article below, Shania is expected to attend this year's Juno Awards.

Raylene Scarrott has always called her debut album, Taken, “God’s album.”

With the response she continues to get, it would have to be.

This former Milo resident has been making her mark on the Canadian Christian music scene for almost one full year and in that time she has received a Covenant Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year, and had a single sit at number one for weeks on Shine FM, a Calgary Christian radio station.

Now, the crowning achievement for Canadian musicians, Scarrott has been nominated for a Juno award which are to be presented in Winnipeg, Man., Apr. 1 to 3.

“I am so excited to go to Winnipeg,” said Scarrott.

“It is such an honour to have this work recognized at such a musically important event.”

She has received her nomination for contemporary Christian/gospel album of the year.

Already getting Juno fever, Scarrott will have her award presented on Apr. 2, the night before the televised awards show.

She is planning to attend that night as well with hubby, Kevin to enjoy being with the likes of Sarah McLachlan, Avril Lavigne and Shania Twain who are all expected to be present.

There are some big names in Christian music that Scarrott is up against for the award.

Red Letterz by Fresh I.E., Living Water by Aileen Lombardo, Here to Stay by Greg Sczebel and Phenomenon by Thousand Foot Krutch will be her competition.

Scarrott was impressed at how diverse the nominees musical styles were noting there is “something for everyone,” on this year’s list for the award.

For more information on Raylene Scarrott or to listen to a sample of her music you can visit her website at www.raylenemusic.ca

http://www.vulcanadvocate.com/story.php?id=144974

- Tommy

[Roger]

I will believe that Shania is going to attend the Junos only after I have seen news reports confirming it or have seen it announced on the Junos website.

[captainCorr]

Me too....though one can hope....:D

Hope she will!:up: (and hope Celine will too....:love: )

[Shania's4life!!]

Maybe she will perform Don't! :D :bounce:

[jen]

VOTE HERE:
http://www.ctv.ca/mini/junos2005/static/fanChoice.html

.......just click on "Get Started". Anyone should be able to vote but if you are not Canadian you can't enter the contest. No age restriction to vote. Voting ends 11:59:59 pm on March 19, 2005.

[Crazy4Shania]

Thanks.. thats Awesome!!

[matty]

I hope she goes :D but i get a feeling she wont :uhh:

[Shaniabomber99]

It's not found :(

Carley

[jen]

AWESOME! KEEP GOING, I know a couple of others who are voting everyday to get the chance to present the award. Hope Shania wins and a Shania fan gets to hand her the award.

KEEP VOTING EVERYONE!!!LET's GO, VOTE HERE:
http://www.ctv.ca/mini/junos2005/static/fanChoice.html

.......just click on "Get Started". Anyone should be able to vote but if you are not Canadian you can't enter the contest. No age restriction to vote. Voting ends 11:59:59 pm on March 19, 2005.


19 MORE DAYS TO VOTE!!!!

[1Yukari2]

RANDY and Burton [ of the GUESS WHO ] will be performing at the JUNOS now, for those who care!

[rosakelley]

Good luck Shania! Thank you Canada for recognize my favorite singer for her music. Even though she up aganist some good artist I thank you not like the U.S music business.

[Roger]

RANDY and Burton [ of the GUESS WHO ] will be performing at the JUNOS now, for those who care!

FINALLY!!!!!!!!

[jen]

KEEP VOTING EVERYONE!!! 15 MORE DAYS TO VOTE!!

http://www.ctv.ca/mini/junos2005/static/fanChoice.html

.......just click on "Get Started". Anyone should be able to vote but if you are not Canadian you can't enter the contest. No age restriction to vote. Voting ends 11:59:59 pm on March 19, 2005.

[jen]

Keep Voting, Avril won the FANS CHOICE @ the Radio Music Awards and she is up against Shania here as well.....let's give this one to Shania!!!!



13 MORE DAYS TO VOTE!!!

[jen]

***Can some one change the title of this thread, to let people know that they can vote??? Thanks!


Also, sorry to keep buggin you but 12 MORE DAYS TO VOTE!!!! Use all of your emails and keep voting!!!

[1Yukari2]

KEEP VOTING EVERYONE!!! 15 MORE DAYS TO VOTE!!

http://www.ctv.ca/mini/junos2005/static/fanChoice.html

.......just click on "Get Started". Anyone should be able to vote but if you are not Canadian you can't enter the contest. No age restriction to vote. Voting ends 11:59:59 pm on March 19, 2005.



VOTE.........................NOW................pl ease.


THANKS!

[reidster]

does anyone know if Shania will be attending the JUNO AWARDS?.. I know avril isn't (well everyone at Avril Bandaids thinks she isn't) because she is on tour, and has a date the day before and after the junos... somewhere in europe... So i hope Shania will be there.. or theres no point in watching

[jen]

4 MORE DAYS TO VOTE!!!


http://www.ctv.ca/mini/junos2005/static/fanChoice.html

.......just click on "Get Started". Anyone should be able to vote but if you are not Canadian you can't enter the contest. No age restriction to vote. Voting ends 11:59:59 pm on March 19, 2005.


Use all your different email addresses and vote again!

[canoilers]

gone and voted :D:D
That lip thing avator is killing me. That so freakin sexy, Sheesh :shocked:

[jen]

2 MORE DAYS TO VOTE!!!


http://www.ctv.ca/mini/junos2005/static/fanChoice.html

.......just click on "Get Started". Anyone should be able to vote but if you are not Canadian you can't enter the contest. No age restriction to vote. Voting ends 11:59:59 pm on March 19, 2005.

[jen]

Last Day To Vote!!!!

[Shania's4life!!]

Voted!!!!!!!!!!!!

[1Yukari2]

does anyone know if Shania will be attending the JUNO AWARDS?.. I know avril isn't (well everyone at Avril Bandaids thinks she isn't) because she is on tour, and has a date the day before and after the junos... somewhere in europe... So i hope Shania will be there.. or theres no point in watching

I don't think so. :cry:

[MuzikGuy94]

does anyone know if Shania will be attending the JUNO AWARDS?.. I know avril isn't (well everyone at Avril Bandaids thinks she isn't) because she is on tour, and has a date the day before and after the junos... somewhere in europe... So i hope Shania will be there.. or theres no point in watching
March 31, 2005
Bizarre marriage of Housewives, Junos
Don't be surprised if Ben Mulroney pops up in the middle of your fave soap on Sunday

By BILL BRIOUX - Toronto Sun

Do not adjust your set: That really is Ben Mulroney talking to Randy Bachman in the middle of Desperate Housewives.

What's up with that? That's the question a lot of Canadians will be asking Sunday when CTV goes through with its evil plan to meld a half-hour pre-Junos red carpet show into the body of their red hot ABC import, Desperate Housewives.

Housewives has been a ratings machine all season, creaming everything in its path Sunday nights. In the U.S., low ratings for everything from The People's Choice Awards to The Grammys has been partially blamed on the amazing drawing power of the girls from Wisteria Lane.

After a month of re-runs, fans have been panting for new episodes. Last week's original was watched by 2,209,000 Canadians (ranking No. 7 for the week) and 24.08 million Americans (No. 2).

CTV, which has gotten fat off the series all season, suddenly has a problem: How to maximize their annual Canadian music industry salute on a Sunday night without ditching its sizzling Yankee import? Further, how to wedge in, and score with, a cheap-to-produce, highly profitable red carpet show in the same mix?

Their brazen solution: Run a 90-minute Housewives/red carpet show starting Sunday at 7 p.m., followed by a half-hour tape-delayed Junos at 8:30 p.m.

To some viewers, it will feel as if your favourite show has been tossed into a Cancon blender. You'll get four or five minutes of Nicollette Sheridan in short-shorts cutting directly to Mulroney hanging with k-os. A bunch of commercials (including endless Canadian Idol hype) followed by Eva Longoria seducing some gardener, slamming straight into Tanya Kim asking Juno host Brent Butt who he is wearing.

It's a radical move simply because, in my memory, no Canadian broadcaster has ever taken such a cut and paste approach to one of its hit U.S. imports.

What would Housewives' creator and executive producer Marc Cherry think? Does he even know? Calls from the Sun to the normally friendly folks at ABC, Disney and Buena Vista International requesting interviews on this subject were all shut down or ignored. You'd think I was calling about Alberta beef or softwood lumber, instead of a TV show. Nobody wanted to start a Desperate Housewives cross-border brouhaha.

A CTV publicist called back to point out that not a frame will be lost or juggled in the translation, but admitted it will take you 90 minutes to watch an hour-long show. That is significantly altering the original producers' vision and intent. Imagine sticking 30 minutes of Phil The Alien into Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby. It would not make Clint's day.

The good news is that if you want to avoid this Desperate dog's breakfast, you can. Simply watch it at its usual time, 9 p.m. on ABC -- uninterrupted.

Normally, this would be a nightmare scenario -- CTV's Juno broadcast gets burned by a show it owns airing on another network.

But expect The Junos and CTV's bloated Desperate Housewives/red carpet package to do well Sunday. Lead-in Housewives will boost The Junos beyond last year's total (1.5 million), despite a lacklustre talent lineup. (Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette and Avril Lavigne are all taking the year off. Even presenter Dan Aykroyd ditched this week.) Then there's that horrible Party Of Two song.

You can't blame CTV for trying to maximize their reach. They saw how their Oscar red carpet show got lost last February when it was stranded in front of a Barbara Walters special. Why settle for 500,000 viewers when you can claim 1.5 million?

But, if this works, where will it lead? Will other U.S. imports be fodder for future red carpet shows? If CTV can get away with it, what is to stop CHUM or Global?

Bottom line, this desperate ratings ploy makes no sense for viewers. Stop the insanity. Watch Desperate Housewives at 9 p.m. on ABC Sunday.

BBM Canada says they will count the 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. totals separately (normally the Canadian carrier scoops the U.S. station take on a simulcast). Those ABC affiliate overnights will be under extra scrutiny Monday. Last I checked, my remote still punched as high as channel 17.

This isn't a simulcast. It isn't a simul-anything.
canoe.ca (http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/03/31/977482.html)

- Tommy

[Roger]

Thanx for the info, Tommy. Well, I am not pleased. I did watch one episode of Desperate Housewives just to see what all the fuss was about. It was not as bad as I had imagined but it does not interest me at all. I am not willing to sit through all the Desperate Housewives stuff just to see snippets of the red carpet so I will just tune in to the Junos. Or maybe I won't even do that. If Shania is not there, I can probably find something more interesting to do than the Junos.

[Troll]

Thanks for the info tommy.

[reidster]

or just watch Star! TV, who has a red-carpet special...

[1Yukari2]

March 31, 2005
Bizarre marriage of Housewives, Junos
Don't be surprised if Ben Mulroney pops up in the middle of your fave soap on Sunday

By BILL BRIOUX - Toronto Sun

Do not adjust your set: That really is Ben Mulroney talking to Randy Bachman in the middle of Desperate Housewives.

What's up with that? That's the question a lot of Canadians will be asking Sunday when CTV goes through with its evil plan to meld a half-hour pre-Junos red carpet show into the body of their red hot ABC import, Desperate Housewives.

Housewives has been a ratings machine all season, creaming everything in its path Sunday nights. In the U.S., low ratings for everything from The People's Choice Awards to The Grammys has been partially blamed on the amazing drawing power of the girls from Wisteria Lane.

After a month of re-runs, fans have been panting for new episodes. Last week's original was watched by 2,209,000 Canadians (ranking No. 7 for the week) and 24.08 million Americans (No. 2).

CTV, which has gotten fat off the series all season, suddenly has a problem: How to maximize their annual Canadian music industry salute on a Sunday night without ditching its sizzling Yankee import? Further, how to wedge in, and score with, a cheap-to-produce, highly profitable red carpet show in the same mix?

Their brazen solution: Run a 90-minute Housewives/red carpet show starting Sunday at 7 p.m., followed by a half-hour tape-delayed Junos at 8:30 p.m.

To some viewers, it will feel as if your favourite show has been tossed into a Cancon blender. You'll get four or five minutes of Nicollette Sheridan in short-shorts cutting directly to Mulroney hanging with k-os. A bunch of commercials (including endless Canadian Idol hype) followed by Eva Longoria seducing some gardener, slamming straight into Tanya Kim asking Juno host Brent Butt who he is wearing.

It's a radical move simply because, in my memory, no Canadian broadcaster has ever taken such a cut and paste approach to one of its hit U.S. imports.

What would Housewives' creator and executive producer Marc Cherry think? Does he even know? Calls from the Sun to the normally friendly folks at ABC, Disney and Buena Vista International requesting interviews on this subject were all shut down or ignored. You'd think I was calling about Alberta beef or softwood lumber, instead of a TV show. Nobody wanted to start a Desperate Housewives cross-border brouhaha.

A CTV publicist called back to point out that not a frame will be lost or juggled in the translation, but admitted it will take you 90 minutes to watch an hour-long show. That is significantly altering the original producers' vision and intent. Imagine sticking 30 minutes of Phil The Alien into Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby. It would not make Clint's day.

The good news is that if you want to avoid this Desperate dog's breakfast, you can. Simply watch it at its usual time, 9 p.m. on ABC -- uninterrupted.

Normally, this would be a nightmare scenario -- CTV's Juno broadcast gets burned by a show it owns airing on another network.

But expect The Junos and CTV's bloated Desperate Housewives/red carpet package to do well Sunday. Lead-in Housewives will boost The Junos beyond last year's total (1.5 million), despite a lacklustre talent lineup. (Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette and Avril Lavigne are all taking the year off. Even presenter Dan Aykroyd ditched this week.) Then there's that horrible Party Of Two song.

You can't blame CTV for trying to maximize their reach. They saw how their Oscar red carpet show got lost last February when it was stranded in front of a Barbara Walters special. Why settle for 500,000 viewers when you can claim 1.5 million?

But, if this works, where will it lead? Will other U.S. imports be fodder for future red carpet shows? If CTV can get away with it, what is to stop CHUM or Global?

Bottom line, this desperate ratings ploy makes no sense for viewers. Stop the insanity. Watch Desperate Housewives at 9 p.m. on ABC Sunday.

BBM Canada says they will count the 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. totals separately (normally the Canadian carrier scoops the U.S. station take on a simulcast). Those ABC affiliate overnights will be under extra scrutiny Monday. Last I checked, my remote still punched as high as channel 17.

This isn't a simulcast. It isn't a simul-anything.
canoe.ca (http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/03/31/977482.html)

- Tommy

The TORONTO SUN is a right wing , anti CBC , anti Canadian culture news paper.


I guess it is the price for living in CANADA and promoting Canadian culture , such as the JUNO AWARDS.It gives, CANADIANS JOBS.

The SUN feels that Canadians should have everything that the U.S. has , but with no price at all.

Life , just isn't like that. BOO HOO.....Canadians are so spoiled. :rolleyes:

[1Yukari2]

SHANIA lost the country recording award. :cry: BUT she is still up for single of the year.

She can also win, FANS CHIOCE .....but it will not be easy.

BLUE RODEO, wins the DVD of the year beating out the DIAMOND selling DVD..........TORONTO ROCKS. :shocked:

AVRIL , has won the artist of the year and pop CD of the year beating CELINE DION.

SUM 41 , wins ROCK CD of the year , beating out ,THE TRAGICALLY HIP. :cry:

GREEN DAY, wins international CD of the year.

DIANA KRALL, wins for her JAZZ CD.

[nds76]

I didn't know the Juno's were on tonight!?

David

[1Yukari2]

I didn't know the Juno's were on tonight!?

David

They are NOT . There are so many awards that they have to be given out Saturday and Sunday [which is on T.V.]

The fans choice, single of the year will be awarded SUNDAY NIGHT, ON T.V. :D

[nds76]

Oooooh, ok...I didn't know that...

David

[bambas]

Nothing surprising here.
Party For Two did much better on the general charts rather than on the country charts in Canada.

The Fan Choice will go to Lavigne most likely, and she won't get single of the year neither.

Thats' life, she can't always win.

[Esther]

They are NOT . There are so many awards that they have to be given out Saturday and Sunday [which is on T.V.]

The fans choice, single of the year will be awarded SUNDAY NIGHT, ON T.V. :D
ah I see! thanks for explaining this

[aFinn]

New blood

Avril, Diana and Shania will be no-shows, so the Junos will get infusion of new talent tonight

By JANE STEVENSON, Toronto Sun
Sun, April 3, 2005

ON THE surface, tonight's Juno Awards in Winnipeg (CTV, 8:30 p.m.) would seem to be lacking some serious star power. The event's most celebrated artists -- five-time nominated pop-rock queen Avril Lavigne and quadruple nominee jazz-pop crooner/pianist Diana Krall -- are both touring and unable to attend.

But their absence, and that of high-profile triple nominee Shania Twain, who is on a two-year break after last year's release of her greatest hits collection of country-pop, will more than be made up for.

For starters, there's a newer crop of refreshingly original talent that includes triple nominees such as hip-hop hybrid star k-os and sophisticated pop crafter Leslie Feist, who are also both slated to perform on the Juno show.

"I'm ecstatic about someone like Leslie Feist, that's the real story, to me," said k-os. " 'Cause that album (Let It Die) is sickening. It's wicked. Sickening in a good way. It's like one of my favourites."

BRAIN ANEURYSM

Which doesn't mean that k-os was not waxing poetic before the show about the expected appearance of a rock elder like Neil Young, which was later cancelled due to Young's health.

Young was expecting to make good on a promise to perform at the Junos if they were ever held in the Manitoba capital, but was unexpectedly felled by a brain aneurysm, it was learned Friday. He was recovering at home and was forced to cancel his Juno gig, and is expected to make a full recovery.

"You don't understand, you don't understand," k-os said excitedly. "That guy (Young), he's a folk artist, but I also see him like a reggae artist, I also see him like a hip-hop artist because he's just hard-core.

"And he's always stuck to his guns. What a career."

Randy Bachman of The Guess Who fame threatened to create this year's biggest Juno controversy over his initial unhappiness at not also being asked to hit the Juno stage. Organizers eventually announced Bachman and his Guess Who bandmate Burton Cummings would headline a tribute to Winnipeg's homegrown acts on tonight's telecast.

Folk-pop singer-songwriter Ron Sexmith, a double nominee, who has attended the Junos the past four years, said making the music awards a travelling event was the best thing that organizers ever decided to do.

The Junos, typically held in Toronto, Hamilton and even Vancouver in the past, have been on the road since 2002, with stops in St. John's, Nfld., Ottawa and Edmonton.

The 2006 festivities will be held in Halifax.

Sexsmith was looking forward to travelling to The Peg.

'ROCK CITY'

"Winnipeg's kind of an important city in Canadian music and it's a real kind of rock city. The Guess Who and Neil Young spent some time there," he said. "But I just think it brings the nation together and makes everyone feel a little more proud I guess."

Even younger artists, such as singer-pianist Sarah Slean who is a single nominee and presenter, said just the act of getting all of Canada's music industry in one city for a weekend -- the first 31 Junos were handed out last night during a non-televised gala -- is inspirational.

"It always lights me on fire with the desire to go home and make more music and make better music and it's nice to see so many people in this country making interesting, original art," said Slean. "And it just keeps getting better and better. The diversity every year and the quality is skyrocketing."

Pop-R&B rising star Keshia Chante, a 16-year-old Ottawa native who is a double nominee and a presenter, was particularly psyched about her best new artist nod. That and getting to pick out clothes for tonight's show.

"I am the big spender. I love to shop. Just clothes in general. I'm a girl. I'm 16. C'mon! This is huge for me, figuring out what to wear."

Less appealing was Winnipeg's lingering low temperatures despite it being April.

"I know that whole area is very, very cold," she said.

"I'm very against winter, considering I love Canada."


TELEVISED AWARDS

*The rest of the trophies are handed out before the show

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

River Below, Billy Talent

One Thing, Finger Eleven

Crabbuckit, k-os

Not Ready to Go, The Trews

Party For Two, Shania Twain with Mark McGrath


GROUP OF THE YEAR

Billy Talent

Great Big Sea

Simple Plan

Sum 41

The Tragically Hip

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Keshia Chante

Fefe Dobson

Matt Dusk

Feist

Matt Mays

RAP RECORDING OF THE YEAR

F.A.M.E., Concise

Life's a Collection Of Experiences, DL Incognito

Joyful Rebellion, k-os

Kill BC Bill, Kardinal Offishall

Say Something, Kyprios


JUNO FAN CHOICE AWARD

Diana Krall

Avril Lavigne

Sarah McLachlan

Marie-Elaine Thibert

Shania Twain


ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

All Of Our Names, Sarah Harmer

Matt Mays, Matt Mays

Retriever, Ron Sexsmith

Day One, Sarah Slean

Want Two, Rufus Wainwright

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Billy Talent, Billy Talent

Miracle, Celine Dion

The Girl In The Other Room, Diana Krall

Under My Skin, Avril Lavigne

Still Not Getting Any, Simple Plan

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Buck 65, Talkin' Honky Blues

Marc Jordan, Make Believe Ballroom

Avril Lavigne, Under My Skin

Gordie Sampson, Sunburn

Ron Sexsmith, Retriever

TALE OF THE AUDIO TAPE

WHAT: 2005 Juno Awards

WHEN: Tonight in Winnipeg at the MTS Centre

TIME: CTV broadcast, 8:30 p.m., red-carpet arrivals at 7 p.m. (interspersed between an episode of Desperate Housewives)

Host: Brent Butt

Performers: Solo performances by The Tragically Hip, k.d. lang, k-os, Sum 41, Feist, Simple Plan, Billy Talent and Kalan Porter; Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Fresh I.E., Chantal Kreviazuk, Nathan, The Wailin' Jennys and The Waking Eyes all perform in a tribute to the Winnipeg music scene.

Leading nominees: Avril Lavigne had five nominations and Diana Krall had four nominations heading in, but both are on tour and aren't attending tonight's ceremonies.

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/Today/2005/04/03/980671-sun.html

[captainCorr]

SHANIA lost the country recording award. :cry:

AVRIL , has won the artist of the year and pop CD of the year beating CELINE DION.


:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Troll]

Thanks for the info.

[jen]

New blood

Avril, Diana and Shania will be no-shows, so the Junos will get infusion of new talent tonight

By JANE STEVENSON, Toronto Sun
Sun, April 3, 2005

ON THE surface, tonight's Juno Awards in Winnipeg (CTV, 8:30 p.m.) would seem to be lacking some serious star power. The event's most celebrated artists -- five-time nominated pop-rock queen Avril Lavigne and quadruple nominee jazz-pop crooner/pianist Diana Krall -- are both touring and unable to attend.

But their absence, and that of high-profile triple nominee Shania Twain, who is on a two-year break after last year's release of her greatest hits collection of country-pop, will more than be made up for.



2 year break???!!!! Yikes that sounds like a long time but most likely true and she is just doing appearances/ charity appearances and no singing until then.

[captainCorr]

Yeah well that depends on the start of those 2 years.... is it from her last studio album? From her last tour? From her GH album? From last/this year?

Anyhow, I think she'll be back next year....:)

[Roger]

k.d. lang. Wow oh wow! Physically attractive she is not. And she has piled on a ton of weight. She has a face as hard as any man's and is so butch.

And yet, and yet..

She has the heart of a poet and the voice of an angel! Can she perform! Her performances alone justified watching the Junos.

[Roger]

Well, as everyone expected, Avril got the fans' choice award.

[1Yukari2]

SHANIA, was shout out of the AWARDS but the show was really great.

k.d. lang was AWESOME [singing COHAN , and NEIL YOUNG]

get the CD "HYMS OF THE 49th Parallel." by lang. Those songs are on it!


THE TRAGICALLY HIP and the B.T.O. , GUESS WHO parts were really great.

BRETT, was really funny.

The JUNOS are re peated on CTV tonight around, 12 am after the NEWS. :D

Allot of younger talent got the awards..........cool........you will never see that much ROCK at the GRAMMYS :D

[ROTHCOU]

Avril winning over Shania----I dont know what to say. What's happening on this world?

[EilleenTwain88]

Avril winning over Shania----I dont know what to say. What's happening on this world?
Don't worry. It is just one win, she has a long way to achieve all that Shania has.

And one of those things, is style of her own. I liked her punky style before (being a young is sort of suited her, all that anger and rebellion), but recently she has turned more to pop princess category, where are too many girls coming and going for me to keep track on whose "the one" at the moment.

And that is only sad IMO. But she is still young.

[ROTHCOU]

Don't worry. It is just one win, she has a long way to achieve all that Shania has.

And one of those things, is style of her own. I liked her punky style before (being a young is sort of suited her, all that anger and rebellion), but recently she has turned more to pop princess category, where are too many girls coming and going for me to keep track on whose "the one" at the moment.

And that is only sad IMO. But she is still young.
I do hope that it will be the first and last time that Avril will be winning over Shania. Its so hard to accept.

[Troll]

Thanks for the info Roger.

[Roger]

It seems the Junos were even more unlucky than I realized. All evening I was wondering: where is Chantal Kreviazuk? She, like Neil Young, is from Winnipeg. She has a lovely voice and is equally lovely to look at - surely an huge asset at any Junos held in Winnipeg. Well, it seems she is seven months pregnant and cancelled out at the last minute.

Carolyn Dawn Johnson was there to make a presentation. I noticed she was quite pregnant.

Oh, Keith Urban was there too. He was not pregnant! :p

[FinnFreak]

Oh, Keith Urban was there too. He was not pregnant! :p

...good to hear some things are still the way they should be..!


John - :funny:

[Troll]

...good to hear some things are still the way they should be..!


John - :funny:

Yes it is John.

[1Yukari2]

Oooooh, ok...I didn't know that...

David

THANKS for the links :D

[1Yukari2]

It seems the Junos were even more unlucky than I realized. All evening I was wondering: where is Chantal Kreviazuk? She, like Neil Young, is from Winnipeg. She has a lovely voice and is equally lovely to look at - surely an huge asset at any Junos held in Winnipeg. Well, it seems she is seven months pregnant and cancelled out at the last minute.

Carolyn Dawn Johnson was there to make a presentation. I noticed she was quite pregnant.

Oh, Keith Urban was there too. He was not pregnant! :p

The JUNOS are getting great reviews for k.d. land and the HIP and the rest of the show in the Toronto media.I also loved BTO and the GUESS WHO.

k.d. lang sings allot better than NEIL YOUNG. :funny:

[Roger]

The JUNOS are getting great reviews for k.d. land and the HIP and the rest of the show in the Toronto media.I also loved BTO and the GUESS WHO.

k.d. lang sings allot better than NEIL YOUNG. :funny:

Yeah a guy on CBC radio this morning felt like me that k d lang was the hightlight of the evening.

I enjoyed Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings too.

[Shania's4life!!]

2 year break???!!!! Yikes that sounds like a long time but most likely true and she is just doing appearances/ charity appearances and no singing until then.

I think it means a 2 year break from the Juno's....lets face it, they wouldn't know how long Shania is going to be gone between albums.