THE MASCOTTE ON THE AWARD: we think ”Barbarella” was an innovative sci-fi movie and here we try to celebrate the artists that for us were influential and innovative for the following generations, as much Barbarella is in the cinema history. Barbarella is the sci-fi movie after which DD took their name. Jane Fonda/Barbarella is our response to the MTV Moon Man.
THE MEANING OF THIS MUSIC AWARD: the Award is purely and absolutely virtual, we are not going to put the trophy in any artist’s hands, but the artists get assigned. Our award is not acknowledged in the world.
THE APPLICANTS: music from the 70s on: more specifically songs, DVDs, gigs of these classic artists released during the current year. In 2010 we added the DD section featuring the categories: Best Song, Best Album, Best Tour, Best DVD, Best B-Side, Member of the Year.
THE PROCESS: the nominations are picked up from 15th February to 30th June every year. From 1st September up to 15th October we elaborate the nominees to get 4 finalists in each category.
As of the DD nominations, we get fans’ votes from 15th February up to 1st September.
From 15th October up to 2nd September we elaborate the DD nominations to get the finalists’ names.
From 1st December up to 15th December we work on all of the categories to get the finalists’ names.
2013 DD TV MUSIC AWARDS
It’s early July: it’s time to share the first info on the 2013 DD TV MAs, scheduled on mid December 2013, at our TV Studios in Milan, Italy.
We have received interesting nominations and they are, so far, like the following, divided by category.
We’re going to post the nominees of the finalists in these categories in early December.
We’re going to post the nominees of the Duran Duran portion in early September.
All support to every applicant!
BEST SONG AWARD
The Lumineers – Ho Hey
Dido – Freedom
I’ll see you – Jutty Rank
Get lucky – Daft Punk
Confusione – Moreno
BEST DJ SET AWARD
Eli and Fur
Ollie Russian
Rusty Egan
DJ Pauly D
Tara Rocks
Mark Ronson
BEST ALBUM
The next day – David Bowie
13 – Black Sabbath
What about now? – Bon Jovi
20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake
Delta Machine – Depeche Mode
Odyssey – Koishi & Hush
Amok – Atoms for Peace (Super band with Tom Yorke, RHCP…)
Old socks – Eric Clapton
So what? – Deep Purple
Mosquito – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bea. – Beady Eye
R.A.M – Daft Punk
Time – Rod Stewart
English Electric – OMD
The Last Ship- Sting
TBA – Billy Idol
Elton John – The diving board
BEST CONCERT
Toto tour Italian leg
Muse tour Italian leg
Depeche Mode tour Italian leg
Bon Jovi tour Italian leg
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Dido
Scarlett Johannson
EST HIP-HOP
Nesli
Baby K
Club Dogo
Fedez
DD PORTION IN EARLY SEPTEMBER
BEST SONG AWARD
BEST ALBUM AWARD
BEST CONCERT-TOUR AWARD
BEST B SIDE
BEST DVD
BEST NEW DD
MEMBER OF THE YEAR
DD TV xxx
