Brit Awards 2008


Brit Awards 2008 was the 28th edition of the Brit Awards, an annual music awards ceremony in the United Kingdom. It was organised by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 20 February 2008 at the Earls Court in London.
Leona Lewis was nominated for four awards but came away empty-handed. The ceremony attracted 6.1 million viewers, 800,000 more than the previous live broadcast.

Performances

Winners and Nominees

[Brit Award for Outstanding [Contribution to Music|Outstanding Contribution to Music]]

  • '''Paul McCartney'''

    Multiple nominations and Awards

NominationsArtist
4
Mika
4
Take That
3
Arctic Monkeys
3
Kaiser Chiefs
3
Kate Nash
3
Leona Lewis
3
Mark Ronson
2
Arcade Fire
2
Bat for Lashes
2
Eagles
2
Foo Fighters
2
Kings of Leon
2
Klaxons
2
Kylie Minogue

AwardsArtist
2
Arctic Monkeys
2
Foo Fighters
2
Take That

Memorable moments

Vic Reeves and Sharon Osbourne

After Vic Reeves appeared to forget which award he was presenting, Sharon Osbourne attempted to wrestle the microphone from him, insisted he was drunk and called him a "pissed bastard". She proceeded to make the full announcement herself. The next day it was reported that Reeves was not intoxicated and was hurt by Osbourne's behaviour. The incident has since been ascribed to an autocue malfunction, but Reeves said in his defence that he was trying to read the autocue screen, but he couldn't read it because Osbourne was pushing him out of the way.

Arctic Monkeys

When the Arctic Monkeys took to the stage to collect their award for 'Best British Album', the band were dressed up in traditional English country and hunting outfits and even took a plastic duck to the stage with them. During the acceptance speech, they made a derogatory joke about the Brits School which forced producers to pull it from the television broadcast.