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Black Eyed Peas At Centre Of NRJ Music Awards Blunder

They wrongly beat Tokio Hotel to award...

January 25, 2010 by Scott Colothan
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The Black Eyed Peas were at the centre of a huge blunder in Cannes on Saturday when they mistakenly given a prestigious music award.

The American group were crowned Best International Group at the NRJ Music Awards when presenter Kamel Ouali read out the wrong name on the card.

After handing The Black Eyed Peas their gong, Ouali was forced to come back on stage and reveal  that the rightful winners were in fact German rockers Tokio Hotel.

The audience roundly booed at Ouali who was presenting the gong with Ke$ha.

Despite the blunder, The Black Eyed Peas scooped the International Song of the Year award for 'I Got A Feeling'.

You can see the full list of winners, plus the stars on the red carpet below:

Francophone Revelation of the Year: Florent Mothe
International Revelation of the Year: Lady Gaga
Francophone Female Artist of the Year: Sofia Essaïdi
International Female Artist of the Year: Rihanna
Francophone Male Artist of the Year: Christophe Willem
International Male Artist of the Year: Robbie Williams
Francophone Group/Duo of the Year: Mozart l'Opéra Rock
International Group/Duo of the Year: Tokio Hotel
Francophone Song of the Year: "L'Assasymphonie" - Florent Mothe (Mozart l'Opéra Rock)
International Song of the Year: "I Gotta Feeling" - Black Eyed Peas
Francophone Album of the Year: Caféine - Christophe Willem
International Album of the Year: One Love - David Guetta
Song Most Downloaded of the Year in France: "Ça m'énerve" - Helmut Fritz
NRJ Award of Honor: Robbie Williams and Beyoncé

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  • That has got to be pretty embarrassing for everyone involved! Even the guys who actually won it!

    ~ by Claire Cameron Band 1/25/2010 Report

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  • When the presenter said "Black Eyed Peas", I was like "What!? Tokio Hotel never looses anything!" I was so happy when the presenter came out and said that Tokio Hotel were the real winners.

    ~ by ELI 1/25/2010 Report

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