Dove Awards 2010….. The Winners
Keep checking back through the evening for an updated list of winners:
1055PM:Natalie Grant is one of just a few closing out the evening with us….
1050PM:Casting Crowns just joined us. Congrats on the Artist of the Year nod
1035:Shows over, more artists coming in. Francesa Battistelli is here… and she just told us she is pregnant. (She alluded to a collaboration between her and her husband releasing in October.)
1030PM: Michael W. Smith and the Haiti group are singing right now.
1025PM:David Crowder is here now.
Artist of the Year
Casting Crowns(my thoughts: I thought it would have been Francesca Battistelli… Great work Crowns!)
1015PM:Tenley from the Bachelor has just joined us backstage. She seems like a super cool lady. Some great insight on her time on the Bachelor as well as advice for young girls in high school.
1010PM:MERCYME and David Crowder are performing together.
1000PM:NEEDTOBREATHE are the big winners so far tonight with 3 awards.
Group of the Year
NEEDTOBREATHE(my thoughts: Another shock! The Outsiders was one of the best albums last year. Well deserved my friends!)
955PM:Bart Millard is giving Tenley from the Bachelor a hard time. And then she got tounge-tied… nice work Bart.
950PM:Voices of Glory, number 5 from America’s Got Talent are with us now.
940PM:Crown performing “Until The Whole World Hears”. They brought out what must be several hundred children to sing with them.
935PM:Natalie Grant just made a Casting Crowns/MercyMe joke “I Can Only Imagine”.
930PM:My good friends in Casting Crowns are getting ready to perform. Sidewalk Prophets are backstage now. New Artist of the Year.
925PM:Amy Grant is backstage talking about her new song Better Than A Hallelujah and more. She is still quite graceful. Sidewalk Prophets reading scripture for their acceptance. If you get a chance, you need to come to the Doves at least once.
New Artist
Sidewalk Prophets(my thoughts: Shocker! Was really pulling for Kari Jobe or Revive)
920PM:Time for TobyMac to bring it… Funky Jesus Music with my new friend Mr. Talkbox, Byron Chambers
905PM:Donald Lawrence backstage. The Blackwood Brothers, The Perry’s, The Crabb Familly, The Booth Brothers, and Mozie Lister all performing. Some southern gospel going on right now!
900PM: Bart just joked about his Lady Gaga inspired outfit composed completely of Doves… thanks for sparing us. Amy Grant is performing now.
850PM: And now they are backstage….
845PM:BeBe and CeCe on stage
830PM: Bart Millard is great as a co-host. Very funny! Introducing Red w/Bernie Herms and Brian “Head” Welch, formerly of Korn. I think that about 3/4 of the audience was scared to death by ‘Head’.
820PM: Francesca Battistelli on stage performing So Beautiful
815pm: Tenth Avenue North, Jason Ingram, Phillip Larue all discussing their win for By Your Side.
Female Vocalist
Francesca Battestelli(my thoughts: Strong category! Wonderful voice)
810PM: Jason Crabb has a great country album out right now. He’s telling us about his trip to the Price is Right after winning a Grammy. What a great story!
800PM: Brandon Heath just joined us in the press room. Talking about working on his new record. He has won 2 awards tonight so far (Male Vocalist for the second year and Special Album for Glory Revealed). Tenth Avenue North on stage now with By Your Side
Song of the Year
By Your Side- Tenth Avenue North(my thoughts: Another shocker! I thought for sure Revelation Song or I Will Rise.)
750PM: Jason Crabb and Donald Lawrence with a tribute to Andre Crouch
745PM: Jars of Clay and Male Vocalist Brandon Heath performing Two Hands, and Bernie Herms has joined us
740PM: Phillips, Craig, and Dean are with us now… 19 years in the biz and still going strong
Male Vocalist
Brandon Heath (my thoughts: Well deserved! What an amazing guy! Just pulled out a crumbled piece of paper to read. His father is in the hospital. You can hear the emotion in his voice.)
730PM CST: Kari Jobe and Phillips, Craig and Dean perform Revolution Song… and here comes Jordin Sparks into the press room
715PM CST: Watching a live feed of Jordin Sparks and Natalie Grant performing Natalie’s new song… Whoa! They sound amazing!
630PM CST: Break between the pre-show and the big show…. what are your thoughts so far?
Songwriter of The Year
Jennie Lee Riddle (my thoughts: Mike Donehey is an awesome songwriter, but Jennie Lee Riddle wrote Revelation Song. So, yeah. )
Producer of The Year
Jason Ingram and Rusty Varenkamp (my thoughts: Aaron Sprinkle should be nominated every year…. And win most of them too )
Long Form Video
A Gospel Journey (my thoughts: Demon Hunter should have picked up this award. )
Short Form Video
Free To Be Me- Francesca Battistelli (my thoughts: a shut out for Skillet, Hawk, and Underoath…. )
Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song
Lay Em’ Down- NEEDTOBREATHE (my thoughts: no doubt they would win that one. Wish they were performing.)
Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song
City On Our Knees- TobyMac (my thoughts: first surprise for me. I thought for sure that Crowns would take that one)
Rock Album
Innocence and Instinct- RED (my thoughts: well deserved…. I would have loved for Welcome To The Masquerade:TFK to win. Tooth and Nail needs to receive much more recognition then they do. But I&I was a great album)
Pop/Contemporary Album
The Long Fall Back To Earth- Jars of Clay (my thoughts: tough call between Jars and Jeremy Camp. Long Fall was a wonderful album though. The bottoms kept falling of the awards and Dan joked that the awards were made by Toyota and Windows 7.
Rock/Contemporary Album
The Outsiders- NEEDTOBREATHE (my thoughts: best album of the year… no doubt)
Praise and Worship Album
Church Music- David Crowder*Band (my thoughts: Crowder is pretty much gold. Alive Again was a solid album as well)
Rap/Hip Hop Album
Five-Two Television-KJ-52 (my thoughts: it was my choice)
Special Event Album
Glory Revealed II (my thoughts: a wonderful album)
Country Album
The Reason- Diamond Rio (my thoughts: their first foray into christian music wins them a Dove. Great guys)
Spanish Language Album
Le Canto- Kari Jobe (my thoughts: She doesn’t speak spanish, but she followed what God laid on her heart. Such a sweet spirit.)
Rap Recorded Song
Movin- Group 1 Crew (my thoughts: B. Reith and KJ-52 were just as good)
Rock Recorded Song
Mess of Me- Switchfoot (my thoughts: do I really even need to say anything here?)
Inspirational Recorded Song
My Only Hope- Bebo Norman (my thoughts: Bebo is such a great musician, I’m really surprised that he has only won two doves in his career)
Worship Song
Revelation Song (my thoughts: Such a phenomenal song. Jennie Lee Riddle won for Songwriter for this song as well.)
Recorded Music Packaging
Long Fall Back To Earth(Limited Edtion)- Jars of Clay (my thoughts: they were up agaisnt Hawk Nelson, Underoath, Relient K, and themselves…. the first three who should have been nominated for much more than they were)
