Comet (music award)

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The Comet was a German music prize awarded by the music broadcaster VIVA from 1995 to 2012 . The most popular and successful stars of the German music scene were awarded the audience award in a different number of categories. The audience decided by voting which artists in the various categories were allowed to take a Comet home with them.

In the meantime, the prize has been awarded and broadcast in cooperation with other television broadcasters. From 1999 to at least 2002 the media partner was ZDF . In 2005 the award was organized together with ProSieben .

In 2006 and 2012 the award was canceled. In 2013, the award ceremony was canceled in favor of the MTV Europe Music Awards of the sister broadcaster MTV , the award of which has now been broadcast on VIVA, as MTV switched to pay TV in 2011 .

From 2005 to 2008, the Super Comet was given as a special award . During the show, the audience voted for the most popular Comet artist from among all the winners of the evening. Tokio Hotel won the award all three times . In 2008 the Star of Stars category was introduced, the winners of which are determined by the event's nominees. Herbert Grönemeyer emerged as the winner .

Award winners

1995

Moderated by Heike Makatsch and Martin Wirsing , venue: Kölsche Akropolis .

Prize winners:

Highlights: Performers like Massive Attack and The Kelly Family are there live and play their current works.

1996

Moderated by Minh-Khai Phan-Thi and Christof Arnold , venue: Kölsche Akropolis .

Prize winners:

Highlights: Kiss performance in full gear, Robbie Williams sings his hit Freedom .

Note: At Popkomm 1996, the band Tocotronic was to be awarded the prize in the category Young, German and on the way up . The band accepted the invitation, declined the award, standing on stage, but with the following reason: “We are not proud to be young. We are not proud to be German either. And on the way up, well ... " . The category was then abolished.

1997

Moderated by Tobias Schlegl and Berrit Arnold , venue: Kölsche Akropolis .

Prize winners:

Highlights: Live performance by Skunk Anansie , U2 fly in for COMET and receive their award in the Best International Act category . The German boy band Touché celebrates their first big live appearance.

1998

Moderated by Aleksandra Bechtel (1998 still VIVA moderator) and Markus Kavka (then still VIVA Zwei moderator), venue: Kölsche Akropolis .

Prize winners:

Highlights: Mikhail Gorbachev appears at COMET and receives an award for his extraordinary services to European youth, Robbie Williams sings Let Me Entertain You , Missy Elliott performs live .

1999

Moderated by the VIVA moderators Aleksandra Bechtel and Charlotte Roche , venue: Kölsche Akropolis .

Prize winners:

Highlights: Live performance by Die Fantastischen Vier with MfG - Sincerely , Pet Shop Boys accept the award, Harald Schmidt (laudator) performs a spectacular dance on the stage.

2000

Moderated by VIVA presenter Jessica Schwarz and her VJ colleague Mola Adebisi on August 17, 2000. Venue: First change of location: COMET goes to the Expo in Hanover.

Prize winners:

Highlights: live performances a. a. from a-ha , Bon Jovi , the Bloodhound Gang , Reamonn and Fettes Brot .

2001

→ Main article: VIVA Comet 2001

The show was hosted by Jessica Schwarz and Sasha . Venue: Kölsche Akropolis .

Prize winners:

Highlights: Appearances by Geri Halliwell , Nelly Furtado , the No Angels , Ronan Keating , Travis , HIM and the Brothers Keepers , the musicians' union against Rechts u. a. with Xavier Naidoo , Afrob and Samy Deluxe , Iggy Pop together with Jessica Schwarz awarded the VIVA Zwei audience award to HIM.

2002

→ Main article: VIVA Comet 2002

The event was moderated by Janin Reinhardt , Michael Mittermeier , Milka Loff Fernandes and Mirjam Weichselbraun . Venue: Kölsche Akropolis .

Prize winners:

Highlights: first live appearance by Herbert Grönemeyer with his single Mensch , appearances by Anastacia , Enrique Iglesias , Alanis Morissette and many more

2003

→ Main article: VIVA Comet 2003

The Comet was moderated in 2003 by Yvonne Catterfeld and Sasha . Venue: Kölnarena .

Prize winners:

Highlights: Live performance by Ricky Martin , Nena celebrated her comeback at COMET, first appearance by Dick Brave ( Sasha ) before the great success with his record in Germany.

2004

→ Main article: VIVA Comet 2004

The show was moderated by Ralf Bauer and Wolke Hegenbarth . The award was broadcast from the Kölnarena .

Prize winners:

Highlights: Appearances by more than ten national and international actors, including Bryan Adams , Die Fantastischen Vier and Marilyn Manson . A tragic incident occurred during Manson's performance: The shock rocker's drummer fell from the stage from a height of two meters - the event had to be interrupted for 20 minutes, the drummer came to the hospital with broken bones. Singer Nelly Furtado sang the song Ich, Roque together with Sportfreunde Stiller .

2005

→ Main article: VIVA Comet 2005

In 2005 the COMET awards were moderated by VIVA presenter Gülcan Kamps and Stefan Raab . The award show took place in the König-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen and was broadcast on VIVA and ProSieben .

Prize winners:

Highlights: The Super-COMET was awarded for the first time, since 2005 the COMET has been the only exclusively national music award in Germany, exceptional live performance by Wir sind Helden , in which she disguised as a comic hero, true to the original, her video clip for the song Von hier an blind auf der Presented the stage.

2006

In 2006 the award ceremony was canceled.

2007

→ Main article: VIVA Comet 2007

The 2007 COMET awards ceremony took place on May 3rd. The show was broadcast live from the Cologne Musical Dome and was moderated by Sido , Johanna Klum and Collien Fernandes .

Prize winners:

  • Best artist: Sarah Connor
  • Best song: Silbermond - The best
  • Best live act: Silbermond
  • Best Video: Tokio Hotel - The Last Day
  • Best band: Tokio Hotel
  • Best artist: Bushido
  • Best newcomer: Nevio
  • Most successful download song: Silbermond - Das Beste
  • Super-COMET: Tokio Hotel

Highlights: Sarah Connor accepted the award for best artist , Tokio Hotel and Silbermond performed and each received three awards.

2008

→ Main article: VIVA Comet 2008

On May 23rd, the Comet Awards 2008 took place in the König-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen . Oliver Pocher conducted the program, supported by the VIVA presenters Gülcan Kamps and Collien Fernandes . VIVA presenters Johanna Klum and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf reported from the red carpet . The show was broadcast live on VIVA . For the first time, all nominated artists had the opportunity to identify the star of the stars among themselves . The first prize winner in the category was Herbert Grönemeyer. The Platinum COMET was also awarded for the first time in 2008 .

Prize winners:

Highlights: Live performances by Monrose , Mark Medlock , Fettes Brot , Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht together with Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht , Udo Lindenberg with Jan Delay , Bushido , Sido with Ich + Ich . Tokio Hotel broke the COMET record by winning four awards.

2009

VIVA Comet logo 2009
→ Main article: VIVA Comet 2009

On May 29, the Comet Awards 2009 also took place in the König-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen . For the second time, Oliver Pocher was the moderator of the music event . Collien Fernandes was hired again as a co-presenter and moderated the switches from the so-called Glamor Pit, in which the artists stay. The VIVA-VJs Gülcan Kamps and Jan Köppen were on site on the red carpet.

Prize winners:

Live performances:

2010

VIVA Comet logo 2010
→ Main article: VIVA Comet 2010

On May 21, 2010 the 15th Comet Awards took place again in the König-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen . The VIVA presenter and actress Collien Fernandes moderated the event, together with Jan Köppen .

Prize winners:

Laudators included: Monrose , Ralf Moeller , Johanna Klum , Sara Nuru , Oliver Pocher , Daniel Schuhmacher and Sido .

2011

VIVA Comet Logo 2011
→ Main article: VIVA Comet 2011

The 16th Comet Awards took place on May 27, 2011 in the König-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen . The VIVA presenter and actress Collien Fernandes hosted the event along with Palina Rojinski .

Prize winners:

Laudators were among others: Daniela Katzenberger , Sido , Fernanda Brandão , Oliver Pocher and Jorge Gonzalez .

Since 2012

In May 2012, the Berlin broadcaster VIVA decided to suspend the award ceremony in favor of the MTV Europe Music Awards in November 2012 in Frankfurt. This was the second failure of the VIVA Comet award since 2006. There were no more awards in the years that followed.

Poland

Prize winners:

2007

tATu at VIVA Comet 2008, Poland

2008

  • Special Award: tATu
  • Newcomer of the year: Natalia Lesz
  • Artist of the year: Stachursky
  • Artist of the year: Doda
  • Ringtone of the year: Ewelina Flinta & Łukasz Zagrobelny - Nie kłam, że kochasz mnie
  • Cell phone picture of the year: Doda
  • Band of the year: Feel
  • Music video of the year: Doda - Nie daj się
  • Planet VIVA - Charts Awards: Doda - Nie daj się
  • "Muzodajnia": Feel
  • Best band: Culcha Candela

2010

2011

VIVA Comet logo 2011 in Poland
  • Debut of the year: Robert M
  • Artist of the year: Robert M
  • Artist of the year: Doda
  • Volume of the year: Afromental
  • Charts Award: Ewa Farna - EWAkuacja
  • Image of the year: Ewa Farna
  • Album of the year: Ewa Farna - EWAkuacja
  • Video of the year: Ewa Farna - EWAkuacja
  • Ringtone of the year: Robert M - Dancehall Track
  • The best on viva-tv.pl: VIVA i Przyjaciele - Muzyki moc

2012

VIVA Comet logo 2012 in Poland
→ Main article: VIVA Comet 2012

The fifth Polish VIVA Comet took place on February 23, 2012 in Warsaw.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Viva and ZDF cooperate in awarding the media award at http://www.mediabiz.de/ , accessed on May 15, 2011
  2. ↑ Prize was awarded by ZDF and VIVA in 2002 , information on djsatwork.de, accessed on May 15, 2011
  3. ↑ VIVA revives COMET 2007 on tvmatrix.de, accessed on May 15, 2011
  4. ↑ hb / dpa: Viva Comet 2008: Comet shower for Tokio Hotel. In: Focus Online . May 24, 2008, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  5. ↑ http://www.prosieben.de/music_cd/comet2005/nominierungen
  6. ↑ Viva: Comet Prize Winner 2007 ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.viva.tv
  7. ↑ Viva: Comet Winner 2008 ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.viva.tv
  8. ↑ Viva: Comet Winner 2010 ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.viva.tv
  9. ↑ Viva: Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.viva.tv
  10. ↑ Moderation 2011 (Germany) ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.viva.tv
  11. ↑ quotenmeter.de VIVA cancels the «Comet» award (accessed on May 18, 2012)
  12. ↑ Viva again saves the Comet award , DWDL, August 6, 2013
VIVA Comet after years
German VIVA Comet

1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011

Polish VIVA Comet

2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012