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

Smash Hits

Smash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time...

magazine. It ended with the closure of the magazine in February 2006.

The event was initially produced by concert promoter, Harvey Goldsmith

Harvey Goldsmith

Harvey Goldsmith CBE is a British performing arts promoter. He is best known as promoter of rock concerts, charity concerts, television broadcasts for the Prince's Trust and more recently the Teenage Cancer Trust shows at the Royal Albert Hall.During early 2007 he appeared on the Channel 4...

 and Janet Street-Porter

Janet Street-Porter

Janet Street-Porter is a British media personality, journalist and television presenter. She was editor for two years of The Independent on Sunday. She relinquished the job to become editor-at-large in 2002...

. Steps manager Tim Byrne

Tim Byrne

Tim Clarke Byrne was the first President of Athabasca University. He grew up in Warspite, Alberta. He is author of the book Athabasca University: The Evolution of Distance Education. He's a former Deputy Minister of Education for Alberta from 1966 - 1971...

, also worked on the show. Bryne now works alongside Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell

Simon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...

.

The awards ceremony was shown on BBC1

BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...

 from 1988 to 2000 then later on Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 from 2001 to 2005. During 2004 and 2005 it was renamed to T4

T4 (Channel 4)

T4 is a scheduling slot on Channel 4 from about 09:00 until 14:00 on Saturdays and 17:00 on Sundays. It also airs on weekdays in the school holidays. The slot has a separate station identification on screen graphic from Channel 4 and E4. The logo of T4 is noticeably the top right segment of the...

 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party. Past presenters have included Phillip Schofield

Phillip Schofield

Phillip Bryan Schofield is an English broadcaster and television personality best known for presenting shows such as This Morning, Dancing on Ice, and various game shows including The Cube.-Early life and career:...

, Simon Mayo

Simon Mayo

Simon Mayo is an English radio presenter who has worked for BBC Radio since 1981. As of January 2010, Mayo is presenter of Simon Mayo Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 and, with Mark Kermode, presenter of Kermode and Mayo's Film Reviews on BBC Radio 5 Live.In 2008, Mayo was recognised as the "radio...

, Andi Peters

Andi Peters

Andi Eleazu Peters is an English television presenter and television producer.-Education:Peters was educated at Emanuel School, a co-educational independent school in Battersea, in south-west London.-Life and career:...

, Toby Anstis

Toby Anstis

Toby Anstis is a radio presenter on Global Radio's Heart Network of stations. He presents his morning show weekdays from 10.00am - 1.00pm across the Heart branded network....

, Lily Savage, Ant and Dec, Will Smith

Will Smith

Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. , also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood...

, Melanie Sykes

Melanie Sykes

Melanie Ann Sykes is an English television presenter and model.-Career:Melanie Sykes was born to an English father, and an Anglo-Indian mother. She first came to public attention as the bikini-clad girl in the Boddingtons beer advertisements with the broad "Northern" accent in the mid-1990s...

, June Sarpong

June Sarpong

June Sarpong MBE is an English television presenter of Ghanaian descent.-Education:Sarpong was born in London to Ghanaian parents. She was educated at Connaught Girls School in Leytonstone and Sir George Monoux College in Walthamstow....

 and Vernon Kay

Vernon Kay

Vernon Charles Kay is a British television presenter, radio DJ, american footballer and former model. He began television presenting on the BBC children's programme FBi, a spin-off of Fully Booked. Since he has presented various programmes, most notably T4, Beat the Star and All Star Family...

. Past group winners have included Bros

Bros

Bros were a British band active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, consisting of twin brothers Matt Goss and Luke Goss along with Craig Logan...

, New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block are an American boy band from Boston, Massachusetts, assembled in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr. The band currently consists of brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood.New Kids on the Block enjoyed success in the late 1980s and...

, Take That

Take That

Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...

, Spice Girls

Spice Girls

The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...

, Boyzone

Boyzone

Boyzone are an Irish boy band comprising Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating,Shane Lynch, and formerly Stephen Gately. Boyzone have 19 singles in the top 40 UK charts and 21 singles in the Ire charts. The group currently have 6 UK number one singles and 9 number one singles in Ireland with 12...

, Westlife

Westlife

Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...

, Busted and Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London. They were created through the ITV1 talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002. The group consists of Cheryl Cole , Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. They are signed to Fascination Records, a Polydor...

The event was notorious for the incident in 1991 involving Phillip Schofield

Phillip Schofield

Phillip Bryan Schofield is an English broadcaster and television personality best known for presenting shows such as This Morning, Dancing on Ice, and various game shows including The Cube.-Early life and career:...

 and Carter USM

Carter USM

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine is a British indie rock band formed in 1988 by singer Jim "Jim Bob" Morrison and guitarist Les "Fruitbat" Carter. They made their name with a distinctive style of power pop, fusing samples, sequenced basses and drum machines with rock 'n' roll guitars and...

, 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 were eligible to win "Best Rock"). 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.

2003 awards

• Best band in the world ever - Busted
• Stars of the year - Busted
• Most fanciable male - Justin Timberlake
• Most fanciable female - Beyonce Knowles
• Best male solo artist - Gareth Gates
• Best female solo artist - Christina Aguilera
• Best dressed female - Rachel Stevens
• Best dressed male - Duncan from Blue
• Comeback king/queen - Mark Owen
• Best urban act - Big Brovaz
• Best rock act - Good Charlotte
• Best international act - Westlife
• Best UK band - Busted
• Best dance act - DJ Sammy
• Hot new talent - Girls Aloud
• Best single - Gareth Gates (Sunshine)
• Best album - Busted (Busted)
• Best music video - Beyonce (Crazy In Love)
• Best dancer - Justin Timberlake
• Top pop mop - Matt from Busted
• Flop pop mop - Kelly Osbourne
• Best movie - Pirates of the Caribbean
• TV show of the year - Pop Idol
• Worst single - Fast Food Rockers (The Fast Food Song)

2005 awards

• Smash Hits Stars Of The Year
• Winner: McFly
  McFly
  McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...
  
  
• Runners up: Gwen Stefani, Green Day, Girls Aloud, Rachel Stevens

• Best UK Band
• Winner: McFly
  McFly
  McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...
  
  
• Runners up: Coldplay, Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Kaiser Chiefs

• Best Solo Artist
• Winner: Lee Ryan
  Lee Ryan
  Lee Ryan is an English singer-songwriter, actor and member of the British boy band Blue.-Early life:...
  
  
• Runners up: Kelly Clarkson, James Blunt, Rachel Stevens, Gwen Stefani

• Best Single
• Winner: McFly
  McFly
  McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...
  
   - All About You
  All About You/You've Got a Friend
  "All About You"/"You've Got a Friend" is the first single from British band McFly's second studio album, Wonderland. The single was the official Comic Relief charity single for 2005, with all royalties being donated to the charity. The single was also used to promote Make Poverty History. The...
  
  
• Runners up:James Blunt - You're Beautiful, Mario - Let Me Love You, Push the Button - Sugababes, Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl

• Best Album
• Winner: McFly
  McFly
  McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...
  
   - Wonderland
  Wonderland (McFly album)
  Wonderland is the second album by English pop rock boyband McFly. It was released in the UK on 29 August 2005 and was a success, certifying platinum after selling over 300,000 copies in the UK...
  
  
• Runners up: Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business, Sugababes - Taller In More Ways, Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby, James Blunt - Back To Bedlam

• Best International Band
• Winner: Green Day
  Green Day
  Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
  
  
• Runners up: Westlife, Pussycat Dolls, Destiny's Child, Black Eyed Peas,

• Best Rock Act
• Winner: Green Day
  Green Day
  Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
  
  
• Runners up: My Chemical Romance, Good Charlotte, The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs

• Best Dance Act
• Winner: Uniting Nations
  Uniting Nations
  Uniting Nations are a British dance act who formed in 2004. The act achieved chart success across Europe. It was composed of Paul Keenan and Daz Sampson with Jinian Wilde on vocals for "Out of Touch", "You and Me" & 11 of the 12 tracks on the One World album . Craig Powell was the frontman of the...
  
  
• Runners up: Basement Jaxx, Mylo, Crazy Frog, Bodyrockers

• Best R'n'B Act
• Winner: Akon
  Akon
  Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...
  
  
• Runners up: Usher, Pussycat Dolls, Ciara, Craig David

• Best Hip Hop Act
• Winner: Eminem
  Eminem
  Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...
  
  
• Runners up: 50 Cent, Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg

• Best Video
• Winner: Pussycat Dolls
  Pussycat Dolls
  The Pussycat Dolls are an American pop girl group and dance ensemble based in Los Angeles; currently consisting of Lauren Bennett, Vanessa Curry, Kristal "Lyndriette" Smith, Tiffany "Taz" Zavala, Kia Hampton and Paula Van Oppen. The Pussycat Dolls were founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995...
  
   - Don't Cha
• Runners up: Sugababes - Push The Button, Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up, Eminem - Ass Like That, Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl

• Party Animal Of The Year
• Winner: Charlotte Church
  Charlotte Church
  Charlotte Maria Church is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter. She rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than 10 million records worldwide including over 5 million in the United States...
  
  
• Runners up: Danny McFly, Anthony Big Brother, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan

• Hot New Talent
• Winner: Son of Dork
  Son of Dork
  Son of Dork were a British pop punk band formed by James Bourne after his previous band, Busted, split in January 2005. The name of the band came from a scene in the movie Problem Child where the chant "Son of Dork" is used. Their debut single, "Ticket Outta Loserville", was released in November...
  
  
• Runners up: Lucy Silvas, Ciara, Pussycat Dolls, Rhianna

• Favourite Ringtone
• Winner: Crazy Frog
  Crazy Frog
  Crazy Frog, originally known as Adam King, is a computer-animated character created in 2003 by Erik Wernquist. Marketed by the ringtone provider Jamba!, the animation was originally created to accompany a sound effect produced by Daniel Malmedahl in 1997 while attempting to imitate the sound of a...
  
  
• Runners up: McFly - All About You, McFly - I'll Be OK, Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick, Akon - Lonely

• Hottest Showbiz Couple
• Winner: Cheryl Tweedy and Ashley Cole
  Ashley Cole
  Ashley Cole is an Barbadian-English professional footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. He plays as a left-back and has been named one of the best in the world....
  
  
• Runners up: David and Victoria Beckham, Jordan and Peter Andre, Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey

• Sh! Style Icon
• Winner: Gwen Stefani
  Gwen Stefani
  Gwen Renée Stefani is an American singer-songwriter and fashion designer. Stefani is the lead vocalist for the rock and ska band No Doubt. Stefani recorded her first solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. in 2004. The album was inspired by music of the 1980s, and was a success with sales of over...
  
  
• Runners up: Fergie Peas, Nikki Sanderson, Nadine Coyle, Rachel Stevens

• Best Tv Show
• Winner: EastEnders
  EastEnders
  EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
  
  
• Runners up: The X Factor, The OC, Big Brother, Lost

• TV Star Of The Year
• Winner: The X Factor Judges
  The X Factor (TV series)
  The X Factor is a television talent show franchise originating in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for Pop Idol. It is a singing competition, now held in various countries, which pits contestants against each other. These contestants are aspiring pop singers drawn from...
  
   - Simon/Louis/Sharon
• Runners up: Nigel Harman, Ant and Dec, Shane Ritchie, Adam Brody

• Best Movie
• Winner: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's book by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of the eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka....
  
  
• Runners up: Herbie Fully Loaded, Madagascar, The Wedding Crashers, Dukes Of Hazzard

• Movie Star Of The Year
• Winner: Johnny Depp
  Johnny Depp
  John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...
  
  
• Runners up: Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Will Smith, Chad Michael Murray

• Best Sports Star
• Winner: David Beckham
  David Beckham
  David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...
  
  
• Runners up: Frank Lampard, Gavin Henson, Andrew Flintoff, Wayne Rooney

• Most Fanciable Female
• Winner: Rachel Stevens
  Rachel Stevens
  Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer-songwriter, actress, presenter, dancer, television personality and model. She is a former member of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005...
  
  
• Runners up: Cheryl Tweedy, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Simpson, Beyonce Knowles

• Most Snoggable Male
• Winner: Danny Mcfly
  Danny Jones
  Daniel Alan David "Danny" Jones is an English musician who is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists for pop rock band McFly, alongside fellow members Tom Fletcher , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd .-McFly:McFly rose to fame in 2004, in part due to their association with Busted who helped launch...
  
  
• Runners up: Dougie Mcfly, Simon Webbe, Kenzie Friday Hill, Billie Joe Green Day

• Worst Dressed Star
• Winner: Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
  
  
• Runners Up: Rachel Stevens, Nadine Coyle, Cheryl Tweedy, Jessica Simpson

• Best Dressed Star
• Winner: Britney Spears
  Britney Spears
  Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
  
  
• Runners up: Gwen Stefani, Kelly Osbourne, Paris Hilton, Jodie Marsh

• Best Newcomers Award

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