Prémios do Ano - 2008

So here are the results of this year's Prémios do Ano!

Maybe I should give them a name, eheheh!

In any case, here goes:

Album of the year
This was a surprise. First of all because I saw them by accident and was absolutely convinced that it was something original and of good quality (even though I can understand why some people might hate them). So with 6 votes, VAMPIRE WEEKEND's homonimous album was the Album of the year.
dEUS came second with 3 votes, Cut Copy and Nick Cave had 2 and MGMT, Wave Pictures and... aham... (argh...) Paulo Gonzo... had 1 each.
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Movie of the year
As usual, Movie of the year goes to a super-heroe movie. This time, the almost universally pleasing THE DARK KNIGHT, with 7 votes. My favorite, "Be Kind, Rewind"came second with 5 votes. Write in candidate "Wall-E" and "Iron Man" both got 2 and 1/3 votes, "Get Smart"1 and 1/3 and last (maybe a bit unfair as it was really the best from that director that I've seen in years)... "Vicky Christina Barcelona" with... MINUS 1 vote! Ouch...
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Movie of past years only released in a place I could see it in this year
This was the most contested category. Here, all nominees had (positive) votes and it had to be my vote to break the tie. So, with 5 votes (including mine), THERE WILL BE BLOOD won. With the same 5 votes, "Into the Wild" was a very close and deserved second. Then "Juno" and "No Country for Old Men" came third with 3 votes each. Finally, Persepolis had 2 votes.
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Comic Book of the year
In a surprise landslide win, THOR got 5 votes (out of 7)! It is deserved, although my favorite "All Star Superman" is possibly the best story of the character... ever. "Astonishing X-Men" also had a well deserved vote.
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Portuguese League Footballer of the year
Non-Portuguese voters might had a problem with this category, but the voting was pretty much straightforward. With 6 votes, LISANDRO LOPEZ won. Next came Lucho Gonzalez and Simon Vukcevic with 2 votes. Bosingwa and write-in vote Oscar Cardozo got 1 vote.
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Portuguese Footballer of the year
CRONALDO won again, this time with 7 votes. And I guess he'll win for a few years more, as no one seems to be close to him, as he his possibly the best player in the world. Second came Ricardo Carvalho with 2 votes. Bosingwa, Simão and ironic write-ins Quim and Petit with 1 vote each completed the fold.
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And that's it.

Here is now the complete list of past winners:

Album of the year
2005 - Chemical Brothers - Push the Button
2006 - The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
2007 - LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2008 - Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Movie of the year
2005 - Sin City
2006 - X-Men III: The Last Stand
2007 - Eastern Promises
2008 - The Dark Knight

Movie of past years only released in a place I could see it in this year
2005 - The Life Aquatic
2006 - V for Vendetta
2007 - Letters from Iwo Jima
2008 - There will be Blood

Comic Book of the year
2005 - Hellblazer (Mike Carey, various artists)
2006 - Captain America (Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting)
2007 - Chronicles of Wormwood (Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows)
2008 - Thor (J. Michael Straczynski, Oliver Coipel)

Portuguese League Footballer of the year
2006 - Lucho Gonzales (FC Porto)
2007 - Liedson (Sporting)
2008 - Lisandro Lopez (FC Porto)

Portuguese Footballer of the year
2006 - Cronaldo (Manchester United)
2007 - Cronaldo (Manchester United)
2008 - Cronaldo (Manchester United)

Again, thank you for all of you that voted! I hope I can count on your votes next year and feel free to come back to the blog to watch my news. I know I write in Portuguese, but for instance if you use an on-line webpage translation service, you can be sure you are in for a very funny experience!

Cheers!