Comments on: Teen Choice Nominations: Finally Some Credit For The Jonas Brothers

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:20:17 +0000

Also, some more categories that might be interesting to Idolator and its legion of fans, who will always buy Idolator-endorsed ringles:

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Choice TV: Reality Music Competition
American Idol
Don't Forget the Lyrics!
Making the Band 4
The Next Great American Band
Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious

Choice TV: Comedy
Desperate Housewives
Hannah Montana
How I Met Your Mother
Two and a Half Men
Ugly Betty

Choice TV: Looking For Love
I Love New York
Flavor of Love
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
The Bachelor: London Calling
The Bachelorette

Choice TV: Personality
Heidi Klum - Project Runway
Lil Mama - America's Best Dance Crew
Ryan Seacrest - American Idol, E! News
Simon Cowell - American Idol
Tyra Banks - America's Next Top Model

Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star
Brody Jenner - The Hills
David Cook - American Idol
Rob Dyrdek and Christopher Boykin - Rob & Big
Ryan Sheckler - Life of Ryan
The Jabbawockeez - America's Best Dance Crew

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:00:18 +0000

@ Anyone:

As is usual for me, I’m too lazy to surf over to the Teen Choice Awards site to check out what the eligibility criteria are for some of these categories, but I think “Single” and “Hook Up” are meant to be oh-so-clever cribs of young-person-speak to cutesily refer to “Solo” and “Collaboration”. Note that “feat” is nominated with every song in the “Hook Up” category.

And yes, the imagery of Madonna “hooking up” with Timberlake — especially in light of the target audience here — is a little icky.

By: Rock You Like An Iracane

Rock You Like An Iracane — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:15:16 +0000

@drinkypuss: Oh, I have the album. A friend of mine (one of those types who's usually off in her own orbit) called me on more than one occasion early last summer to tell me about Paramore, so I've been a fan for a while.

@Maura Johnston: Hip-hop, which is what I'm most passionate about/familiar with is having a banner (not David) year, but the evidence of how barren the pop charts are right now is in Jesse McCartney and the dude from OneRepublic co-writing "Bleeding Love" and one of the worst Lil Wayne songs ever ruling Billboard for the past month or so.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:59:53 +0000

@Rock You Like An Iracane: Mama over A Millie? hypem, here i come!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:57:45 +0000

@Rock You Like An Iracane: Crushcrushcrush is pretty decent, except for the annoying break before the chorus after every verse. if you like that song, you would like at least 4 other songs on the album.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:56:52 +0000

@Rock You Like An Iracane: Word of advice: Don't seek out the Blu Cantrell cover. It somehow makes "Apologize" worse!

By: Rock You Like An Iracane

Rock You Like An Iracane — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:50:08 +0000

@drinkypuss: Yeah, that song had a more obnoxious bridge than the original.

Verses were good, though; Mama can spit, but she's been hamstrung because she's been MTVized. Go listen to her killer A Millie freestyle; that's what she needs to be doing.

Also, full disclosure: I'm 18, I know two people my age in the U.S. (bizarrely, I met someone in Mexico who had it last summer) who purchased the Linkin Park album the first day it was out, and I received a burned copy I think I've listened to once.

So, no, I don't understand the appeal anymore.

By: Rock You Like An Iracane

Rock You Like An Iracane — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:46:16 +0000

@drinkypuss: The Paramore song is the only one I would actively seek. The Linkin Park one, I've heard, but in the context of the album, and I've never cared enough to listen. The Panic one, meh; I'll listen to the Beatles if I want to listen to the Beatles. The Great Escape, I liked for about a half-week, but hasn't it been around since like the summer of '06?

Oh, and I've never heard the OneRepublic song in full because I'm worried my brain will melt or my fist will find a radio.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:43:01 +0000

@Rock You Like An Iracane: Superstar is the best track nominated in that category for sure, but how can you hate on Lil Mama, at least when its not "lil mama, and avril lavigne!"

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:40:40 +0000

Let's hope Paramore wins that Choice Music: Rock Track surfboard cause lord knows they are gonna get steamrolled by the Nick and the JB's in Breakout Group category.

The interesting category for me here is Rock Group: Does Fall Out Boy still have it? Linkin Park doesn't really resonate with the teens do they, but i guess who else buys their records? Boys Like Girls are awful, but at least they aren't awful and old like Simple Plan. Color me intrigued how this will turn out.

Also, can Lil wheezy please win and show up at the awards, preferably with a guitar?