The BET Awards is an annual award ceremony that honor the arts. But last night, it was all about the music. The complete list of winners, via the Associated Press:
Collaboration: Chris Brown, “Look At Me Now,” feat. Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes
New artist: Wiz Khalifa
Group: Diddy Dirty Money
Young Stars award: (tie) Jaden Smith and Willow Smith
Gospel: Mary Mary
Centric award: Marsha Ambrosius
Actress: Taraji P. Henson
Actor: Idris Elba
Movie: “For Colored Girls”
Sportsman of the year: Michael Vick
Sportswoman of the year: Serena Williams
International act, UK: Tinie Tempah
International act, Africa: (tie) 2Face Idibia and D’Banj
Video director of the year: Chris Robinson
Viewers’ choice: Chris Brown, “Look At Me Now”
Not all the award presentations went smoothly. A Nicki Minaj fan who won the chance to present the Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice award announced the wrong winner. Celebritology reports:
Tiffany Green is not a celebrity. She’s simply a huge Nicki Minaj fan who won the chance to present the Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice award at the 2011 BET Awards. But after her performance Sunday night, she’s becoming an Internet superstar — for all the wrong reasons.
When it was Green’s turn to present, she looked a little unsettled as she tapped a tablet device and announced that Chris Brown was the winner. Green, who looked overcome with panic, quickly apologized, saying that Rihanna had actually won. Then BET personality Terrence Jenkins said the real winner was Drake, who walked to the stage and declared, “Well, this is awkward.” But it turns out he wasn’t the winner. He was simply accepting the award for Rihanna
So what happened? Green took to Twitter to blame BET. Before she went onstage, Green tweeted that the show was running long and her script had been cut short. After returning from the flub, she tweeted,"The tablet [expletive] said CHRIS BROWN....the TELEPROMPTER said Rihanna. What the [expletive]??????"
She then accused BET of planning the moment. Stephen G. Hill, a BET executive, took the fall for the mistake. "That BET Awards Viewer's Choice (sic) mix-up was due to human error," he tweeted. "And I was the human that made that error. I apologize to ALL affected."
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