Jukebox Videos of the Year: Act 1

In true awards style wherein the big awards are held out to the very end, so shall it be with Jukebox Videos of the Year.

That being said, at least the wait won't feel like decades have passed. (In fact, come here after midnight and it'll go by in no time at all.) 

Let's get the ball rolling with an award that as already been known, The Punctured Eardrum.

Sponsored by Hothands...because just buying a simple pair of gloves is too taxing on the brain.

The first recipient is Alan/Alen Hrzica.

And I finally realised who Ala/en reminds me of: Dermot O'Leary.

Was there some secret Anglo-Irish-Croatian dalliance in the past?

And now here are two nominees who are now sadly out of the running.

From the Danish Eurovision Retrospective:

From the late lamented* Thursday Jukebox SMAPs You Upside The Head:

* (damn dead video links)

Since it is Sunday morning, I won't make any innuendo surrounding TAKE OFF...Oh hell, performing a song with a refrain that goes "TAKE OFF!" while wearing skintight suits is very Chippendales-esque in execution even if that may not have been the intention. 

That leaves 6 entries still in contention: DOUBLE & Namie Amuro do the Ho Stroll,  Dem Deutscher Boyz, the Funk Stew from Korea, capsule's precient summary of the US election results, Jason "skinny white boys can sing house music dammit" Walker, and Ingrid...Frau Peters if you're nasty.

Tune in at 4 PM today for Act 2: Still Mike Woods-free and lovin' it!