Lily Allen, never one to keep quiet about anything, was earlier this year victorious in being crowned best UK female solo artist at the Brits ceremony. Now she claims that her award “means nothing” and that the show is completely fixed.
The Brit Trust, the big-shots behind the BRIT awards along with ITV have rubbished Allen’s claims, strongly denying what the singer spoke about while being featured on the Sky Arts interview show ‘In Confidence’. Being quoted by The Daily Mirror newspaper, Lily Allen said she “would have died” for a Brit award four years ago, but since learning more about the music industry she reveals that there is no satisfaction anymore for her in winning an award.
"The Brit Awards is a TV show and a record company executive makes deals with ITV and the producers about who wins what award in exchange for performance time," she said. "I got one last week and it just meant absolutely nothing to me, to be honest. It just became a non-award."
The Brits have backed up their denial of Allen’s claims with a spokesman explaining that more than 1,000 people cast their vote for the awards, with all results being supervised by the Electoral Reform Services. The spokesman stated that: This process makes it 100 percent transparent and completely democratic”.
Back in 2007, upon the success of her debut album ‘Alright Still’, Lily Allen was nominated for a variety of Brit awards but was beaten to the best female solo gong by Amy Winehouse.
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