Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party was an awards ceremony which ran from 1988 to 2005. Each award winner was voted by readers of the Smash Hits magazine. It ended with the closure of the magazine in February 2006.

The event was initially produced by Harvey Goldsmith and Janet Street-Porter. Tim Byrne also worked on the show. Bryne now works alongside Simon Cowell.

The awards ceremony was shown on BBC1 from 1988 to 2000 then later on Channel 4 from 2001 to 2005. During 2004 and 2005 it was renamed to T4 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party. Past presenters have included Phillip Schofield, Simon Mayo, Andi Peters, Toby Anstis, Lily Savage, Ant and Dec, Will Smith, Melanie Sykes, June Sarpong and Vernon Kay. Past group winners have included Bros, New Kids on the Block, Take That, Spice Girls, Boyzone, Westlife, Busted and Girls Aloud.

The event was notorious for the incident in 1991 involving Phillip Schofield and Carter USM, when the band's performance was cut short, causing them to trash up the stage. Following this, when Schofield made a remark about the band's behaviour, their guitarist Les "Fruitbat" Carter rugby tackled Schofield. The band was temporarily banned from performing on television, but its ticket sales for its tour soared.

The award itself was seen as a gimmicky object by many outside the magazines readership, including winners such as rock bands (who only ever won their own genre-based category "Best Rock", although Coldplay were once nominated for Best Band). It was an oversized fake gold disc bearing the magazine's logo, turned slightly by 45 degrees to the left placed in a black stand.

The ceremony was publicised by Anita Strymowicz for several years. The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party Party, a post-show bash gained almost as much coverage as the event itself with most of the artists and bands attending.

1988 awards

Phillip Schofield was the host.

1989 awards

Phillip Schofield was the host.

1990 awards

Phillip Schofield was the host.

1991 awards

Phillip Schofield was the host.

1992 awards

Simon Mayo and New Kids on the Block member Jordan Knight hosted the event.

1993 awards

Andi Peters was the host.

1994 awards

Will Smith was the host.

1995 awards

Andi Peters and Dani Behr were the hosts.

1996 awards

Ant & Dec and Lily Savage were the hosts.

1997 awards

Ant & Dec and Jayne Middlemiss were the hosts.

1998 awards

Melanie Sykes, Stephen Gately, Meat Loaf and Will Smith were the hosts.

1999 awards

Steps and veteran comedian Bob Monkhouse were the hosts.

2000 awards

The hosts for this year were Katy Hill, Louise Redknapp and Richard Blackwood.

2001 awards

Vernon Kay, Margherita Taylor, Emma Bunton, Ritchie Neville, Brough Scott and Derek Thompson were the hosts.

2002 awards

Vernon Kay hosted again but this time he was joined by June Sarpong and Kelly Osbourne who had to leave midway through the awards.

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2003 awards

2004 awards

2005 awards

Hosts were Steve Jones and Miquita Oliver

  • Winner: McFly
  • Runners up: Gwen Stefani, Green Day, Girls Aloud, Rachel Stevens
  • Winner: McFly
  • Runners up: Coldplay, Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Kaiser Chiefs
  • Winner: Lee Ryan
  • Runners up: Kelly Clarkson, James Blunt, Rachel Stevens, Gwen Stefani
  • Winner: McFly - All About You
  • Runners up: James Blunt - You're Beautiful, Mario - Let Me Love You, Push the Button - Sugababes, Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
  • Winner: McFly - Wonderland
  • Runners up: Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business, Sugababes - Taller In More Ways, Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby, James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
  • Winner: Green Day
  • Runners up: Westlife, Pussycat Dolls, Destiny's Child, Black Eyed Peas
  • Winner: Green Day
  • Runners up: My Chemical Romance, Good Charlotte, The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs
  • Winner: Uniting Nations
  • Runners up: Basement Jaxx, Mylo, Crazy Frog, Bodyrockers
  • Winner: Akon
  • Runners up: Usher, Pussycat Dolls, Ciara, Craig David
  • Winner: Eminem
  • Runners up: 50 Cent, Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg
  • Winner: Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha
  • Runners up: Sugababes - Push The Button, Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up, Eminem - Ass Like That, Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
  • Winner: Charlotte Church
  • Runners up: Danny Jones, Anthony Hutton, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan
  • Winner: Son of Dork
  • Runners up: Lucy Silvas, Ciara, Pussycat Dolls, Rihanna
  • Winner: Crazy Frog
  • Runners up: McFly - All About You, McFly - I'll Be OK, Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick, Akon - Lonely
  • Winner: Cheryl Tweedy and Ashley Cole
  • Runners up: David and Victoria Beckham, Jordan and Peter Andre, Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey
  • Winner: Gwen Stefani
  • Runners up: Fergie, Nikki Sanderson, Nadine Coyle, Rachel Stevens
  • Winner: EastEnders
  • Runners up: The X Factor, The OC, Big Brother, Lost
  • Winner: The X Factor Judges - Simon/Louis/Sharon
  • Runners up: Nigel Harman, Ant and Dec, Shane Ritchie, Adam Brody
  • Winner: Johnny Depp
  • Runners up: Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Will Smith, Chad Michael Murray
  • Winner: David Beckham
  • Runners up: Frank Lampard, Gavin Henson, Andrew Flintoff, Wayne Rooney
  • Winner: Kylie Minogue
  • Runners Up: Rachel Stevens, Nadine Coyle, Cheryl Tweedy, Jessica Simpson
  • Winner: Britney Spears
  • Runners up: Gwen Stefani, Kelly Osbourne, Paris Hilton, Jodie Marsh
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Top Mop (Best Hair)
Winner: Dougie Poynter
Flop Mop (Worst Hair)
Winner: Peter Andre

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