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Rick Astley Wins Best Act Ever!

mtv.co.uk — The fans show they’re ‘Never Gonna Give (Him) Up’… The Internet WINS!!! Europe gets Rick Rolled!!!

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  • sizup, on 11/06/2008, -22/+409Never gonna give you up
  • inactive, on 11/06/2008, -36/+409Never gonna let you down
  • psevium, on 11/07/2008, -12/+362"In his absence the Award was picked up by Katy Perry and Perez Hilton who charmed the audience with a quick dance routine to his famous track Never Going To Give You Up. "

    Get the ***** out you two
  • gsp8181, on 11/07/2008, -21/+364Ollie?
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  • haentz, on 11/07/2008, -31/+369"Rick was not available to attend the Awards. "
    Looks like he let us down :(
  • Cobdogle, on 11/06/2008, -19/+323Never gonna run around and desert you
  • FrozenPie, on 11/06/2008, -16/+284Never gonna make you cry
  • inactive, on 11/07/2008, -1/+179You mean Rick gave us up? He let us down?

    I... I don't... understand.
  • DrDustbunny, on 11/07/2008, -49/+218..........................................................................................,-~~'''''''~~--,,_
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  • Persian5Life, on 11/07/2008, -5/+160first obama now this, i will vote for everything now.
  • inactive, on 11/07/2008, -5/+152What the ***** happened, wasn't he supposed to perform at this thing, too?
    *****, MTV, way to ruin everything...
  • jameslheard, on 11/07/2008, -2/+104He did not have a choice
    http://www.bestactever.com/2008/11/06/democracy-is ...
  • ryanonfire, on 11/07/2008, -3/+82I heard on the news that 90% of the votes cast were for Rick. Good work internetz
  • theysayjump, on 11/07/2008, -8/+84Unable to attend?

    What the ***** else is he doing that he can't appear onstage for two minutes to pick up an award?

    He let me down this time.
  • Mujokan, on 11/07/2008, -3/+79The blog jumped the gun on that one. Turns out they wanted him there, but he thanked the fans and declined to appear.

    http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_an ...
  • kkthxbye, on 11/07/2008, -1/+76http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WECsIOECH0k
  • Piontek, on 11/07/2008, -5/+76never gonna digg you down
  • Jenkem, on 11/06/2008, -17/+88I heard MTV dissed his him and his management and that's why he didn't turn up in person. I expect we'll find out in the coming days as the media starts poking around. ***** em...Rick ftw!
  • poet, on 11/07/2008, -5/+61Never gonna say goodbye
  • Johnnyjm, on 11/07/2008, -4/+56SERIOUSLY?! Perez ***** Hilton accepted the award for Rick?! WTF!?!!
    Oh no... no no no... MTV, you shall pay for this. You will pay dearly for this...
  • Murdats, on 11/07/2008, -3/+51thats over nine thousand (thousand)
  • bonjourmr, on 11/07/2008, -1/+49I despise Perez.
  • furto, on 11/07/2008, -1/+45Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
  • MastaShake11, on 11/07/2008, -2/+46Never gonna say goodbye
  • KMartSheriff, on 11/07/2008, -1/+42Pretty sure there's more to this story than what we "know". Something tells me he wasn't invited or some other such ***** up MTV *****.
  • Sabretou, on 11/07/2008, -4/+44Over 9000!!!!
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  • usingpond, on 11/07/2008, -1/+38Holy *****.
  • Mujokan, on 11/07/2008, -0/+32I don't think Rick Astley is quite into the whole rick-roll thing all that much. Probably it's one of those things where he'll look back on it in ten years and appreciate it more.
  • frooo, on 11/07/2008, -1/+32actually - what Richard Godfrey wasn't the entire truth.

    MTV wanted Rick at liverpool but instead wanted to present the award to him at a press conference the day before and not at the event.

    Ever wonder why there was no video slides done for the best act ever award, or the lighting in the background didn't have the award name up like all the others?

    What they did was throw that together at the end in an attempt to counter what I wrote... I had someone at MTV talking to me within about 30 minutes of that going FP on digg.
  • kkthxbye, on 11/07/2008, -1/+31I don't get this! He asks for a link to the video - I provide said link, but someone diggs me down anyway?! :)
  • LocalDocal, on 11/07/2008, -2/+31I think it's a bit hard to appreciate something that is subtly insulting you. You know, when you disguise a link as something that people want which then leads them to something that they would not want? And that something happens to be your work?

    Of course, I could be overthinking it. There's a good chance Rick Astley does not know what rickrolling is about. Then again, I would think he had looked it up considering it's all about him.
  • sodoh, on 11/07/2008, -2/+31He wasn't invited.
  • seanovan, on 11/07/2008, -3/+31Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
  • frooo, on 11/07/2008, -0/+27http://digg.com/television/Democracy_is_dead_or_wh ...

    read....
  • Dundasbro, on 11/07/2008, -0/+27Britney Spears? Christina Aguilera? Green Day? U2?
    *****, Astley is the best out of all them.

    And can I kill those hosts?
  • lololol1, on 11/06/2008, -93/+119I thought MTV let us down.
    http://digg.com/television/Democracy_is_dead_or_wh ...
  • jabela, on 11/07/2008, -0/+24Yeah, I get the feeling MTV didn't want him there... I can't imagine why else he wouldn't go....
  • hudy23, on 11/07/2008, -2/+26anyone have a vid clip of it?
  • Trevordtodd, on 11/07/2008, -3/+27But he gave us up!! He did not appear to the EMAs...
    :-(
  • WiZZLa, on 11/07/2008, -2/+25Having to bear another performance by Katy Perry or speech/gossip by Perez Hilton is far worse than any rickrolling or duckrolling. It's fair to say MTV got the last laugh in this case...or did they?
  • anthonyvsshark, on 11/07/2008, -1/+24this is the next "it's a trap/facepalm/i see what you did there" let us cherish this moment while we still enjoy it.
  • inactive, on 11/06/2008, -8/+30They did. He wasn't there to collect it.
  • kkthxbye, on 11/07/2008, -0/+21http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WECsIOECH0k
  • duggdowncatisad, on 11/07/2008, -2/+23http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65I0HNvTDH4
  • Dundasbro, on 11/07/2008, -0/+21This video gives a great description of the phenomenon
    http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0&feature= ...
  • frooo, on 11/07/2008, -0/+20http://digg.com/television/Democracy_is_dead_or_wh ...

    You might want to read that before making judgements guys... it explains it all.
  • StrangeFamous, on 11/07/2008, -2/+20So does your grandmother.
  • megamod, on 11/07/2008, -3/+21but Katy Perry has b0000000bies
  • poet, on 11/07/2008, -0/+17Here's an interview with him talking about it.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZfQflmmtc
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