| Brit Awards 2009 | ||||
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| Date | 18 February 2009 | |||
| Venue | Earls Court | |||
| Hosted by | James Corden,Mathew Horne andKylie Minogue | |||
| Most awards | Duffy (3) | |||
| Most nominations | Coldplay andDuffy (4) | |||
| Television/radio coverage | ||||
| Network | ITV | |||
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Brit Awards 2009 was the 29th edition of theBritish Phonographic Industry's annualBrit Awards. The awards ceremony was held atEarls Court in London, and was broadcast live onITV on 18 February at 8pm (GMT).[1]Duffy became the first female artist to ever win three awards in the same year, and onlyBlur, in 1995, have ever won more awards at a single ceremony.[2] The show was advertised as live by ITV but the broadcast included several audio deletions which means the show was shown on atime delay system. The 2009 Brit Awards ceremony was watched by 5.49 million people and was the 32nd most watched programme on TV on the week ending 22 February.[3]
Kylie Minogue,Mathew Horne andJames Corden hosted the 2009 edition of the Brit Awards, withFearne Cotton presenting backstage. Fearne also hosted the launch party forITV2 in January.
Johnny Vegas introduced and closed the event, as well as reading out the nominees in a pre-recorded voiceover.Emma B provided the live voiceovers as the artists came to the stage.
Rufus Hound,Sara Cox,Melanie Blatt andNicole Appleton presented the Red Carpet and Encore events on ITV2.
Alesha Dixon presented a backstage programme, screened on ITV two days after the ceremony.
| Nominations | Artist |
|---|---|
| 4 (2) | Coldplay |
| Duffy | |
| 3 (3) | Adele |
| Elbow | |
| Scouting for Girls | |
| 2 (10) | AC/DC |
| Estelle | |
| Fleet Foxes | |
| Girls Aloud | |
| Kanye West | |
| The Killers | |
| Kings of Leon | |
| MGMT | |
| Radiohead | |
| The Ting Tings |
| Awards | Artist |
|---|---|
| 3 | Duffy |
| 2 | Kings of Leon |
British reality band,Girls Aloud, marked their first ever performance at the 2009 ceremony, by performing their single, "The Promise". The performance saw the band members, includingCheryl andNicola Roberts appear as though they were naked, with their modesty being covered by pink feathers. This performance was nominated in the 2010 ceremony for the "BRITs Hits 30 – Best Live Performance at the BRIT Awards", alongsideOasis andThe Who, which theSpice Girls eventually went on to win. "The Promise" won best British single, their first ever BRIT award.
Ten days before the 2009 Brits, Mick Kluczynski, the production manager for the Brits since 1995 who assisted with the transition from the Fleetwood/Fox debacle to the scale of the current ceremony, died. Despite this setback the team he put in place ensured that everything went as planned, and the show was dedicated to his memory.[4]