how to make awards shows better.

i could wax eloquent about how great i thought justin bieber sounded and danced at the ama's or how alanis morissette crushed you oughta know or all of the swanky attire...

but why do that when i can complain and suggest a better way of doing something?

disclaimer: i thought the show was entertaining and most of the performances were fabulous.

it was the actual awards that really annoyed me. it felt like the same 5 bands/people were nominated for everything. i mean, i don't actually know how these nominations happen...are they fan voted? is there a committee that decides? i could quickly google and figure it out, i am on the internet after all but i prefer to just blaze ahead.

let's say they are committee decided.

here's how to make the ama's (or really any awards show) better: ONLY ALLOW SOMEONE TO BE NOMINATED IN MAX TWO CATEGORIES.
why this is a great idea:

• more nominees (which just means more famous people show up since they all seem to hate awards shows, hello better crowd shots)
• i don't have to listen to the same couple people give acceptance speeches (by the 4th time they are up there they don't even really care anymore and frankly, i have stopped caring too)
• it'll make winning that much sweeter (when you've only got one or two chances to win it means more)
• the converse is true too, when someone loses all five categories they've been nominated in it seems worse than just losing once or twice (it's kinder for the runner-ups)

it's basically genius.

still working on a theory how this could work if it's fan voted. maybe the artists who get enough votes in multiple categories have to choose which 2 categories they want to be in....like i said, a work in progress.

xo