2011 BET [Redemption?] Awards: Chris Brown & Michael Vick Among Award Winners

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The BET Awards were broadcast live Sunday night from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Big winner of the night? 22-year-old Chris Brown who walked away with five trophies, including male R&B artist, video of the year and collaboration for Look at Me Now.


Brown thanked his fans and said they are everything to him. “I know it’s been a long road. I just appreciate every blessing that’s been put in front of me.”
Brown not only won big, but he was also involved, albeit due to no fault of his own, in the most awkward moment of the night. BET changed its usual paper envelopes with tablets for the first time when announcing the winners. And when they tried to announce the Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award by using a random young viewer to read the results, all went to the crapper. The young announcer went blank-faced for a second before announcing Chris Brown as the winner. Then, to her horror a couple of seconds later, she backtracked and said, “I’m sorry, the winner is Rihanna for What’s My Name.” The crowd jeered as Rihanna’s song played. The co-announcer then said, “This is awkward, the winner is Drake,” as Drake came on stage to accept “his” award.

If that weren’t bad and strange enough, BET later tweeted a congratulations to Chris Brown for winning the Coca Cola Viewers Choice Award. So, the fan was right the first time but we have no idea why the mistake was made.


Below is the complete list of winners of the night:

Best Male R&B Artist- Chris Brown

Best Female R&B Artist- Rihanna

Young Stars- Jaden and Willow Smith (tie)

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist- Nicki Minaj

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist- Kanye West

Best Group- Diddy Dirty Money

Best Collaboration- Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes for Look At Me Now

Sportsman of the Year- Michael Vick

Sportswoman of the Year- Serena Williams

Best New Artist- Wiz Khalifa

State Farm Humanitarian Award- Steve Harvey

Best Gospel – Mary Mary

Best Actress- Taraji P. Henson

Best Actor- Idris Elba

Best Movie- For Colored Girls

Best International Act, U.K.- Tinie Tempah

Best International Act, Africa- 2Face Idibia and D’Banj (tie)

Video Director of the Year- Chris Robinson

BET Lifetime Achievement Award- Patti LaBelle

Coca-Cola Viewer’s Choice – Chris Brown for Look At Me Now

Centric Award- Marsha Ambrosius

FANdemonium- Chris Brown

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