It's the end of the year, which means that at any given moment someone is being handed an award for something–because, you know, it's the end of the year, and there's all this airtime to fill, and people like awards shows, right?
Well, that's not exactly true. People don't like the actual awards shows nearly as much as they like criticizing and making fun of awards shows with a group of people. But while the big, significant awards shows (like the Oscars) or the big awards shows that think they're significant (The Golden Globes) are endlessly ridiculed and scrutinized, there are more than a few smaller, completely pointless, and totally insignificant awards shows that fall through the cracks of public ridicule and scorn each year.
Well, no more! Welcome to Awards Shows You Didn't Know (Or Care) Existed, The Hater's new feature that seeks out the less significant awards shows (like The Billboard Awards, and, ugh, The American Music Awards) and holds them up for the public ridicule they so richly deserve.
First on the list: last night's seizure-inducing VH1 Big In '06 Awards.
Now, you have to sort of admire VH1. They've successfully transitioned from MTV's boring, cheesy aunt, to MTV's boring, cheesy aunt who's really into pop culture fun-dits and shows about has-beens. That's quite a shift.