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Rick Astley shortlisted for MTV award

news.bbc.co.uk — "Eighties pop singer Rick Astley has become the surprise contender for best act ever at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool. The winner, chosen by fans online, will be unveiled at the show on 6 November." If the poll is online... I think I know who's going to win.

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  • xrEE, on 10/02/2008, -5/+756As much as I've wanted Rick Rolling to go away, It would be fun for internet culture if he wins.
  • dcipjr, on 10/02/2008, -2/+497Ballot box stuffing? You know the rules, and so do I.
  • phiebs, on 10/02/2008, -1/+302Direct link to vote:

    http://ema.mtv.co.uk/artists/profile/115154625/#27 ...
  • chicaneuk, on 10/02/2008, -3/+280Please vote! We've *got* to rickroll the MTV EMA's!

    Dugg.
  • Flun, on 10/02/2008, -10/+276I'm all for Rick, but I find this song the best of his singles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
  • Jareth86, on 10/02/2008, -0/+245I am voting for him for two reasons:
    1. To thank him for the existence of the rickroll.
    2. To stick it to MTV for sucking so hard for so long.
  • webkami, on 10/02/2008, -3/+238From the interview: http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/ne ...

    "What do you think of your chances?
    Not a lot. I don't think I'll be buying a train ticket to Liverpool. I think it's a wind-up to be honest."

    Lets RICKROLL him to liverpool.... LOL
  • powatom, on 10/02/2008, -4/+214You accidentally the whole line.
  • Andreeew, on 10/02/2008, -8/+2134chan had better bombard this poll with votes, or I'll be disappointed.
  • jpjpjpjpjp, on 10/02/2008, -2/+182"The winner, chosen by fans online..." - yeah, that's really clever of them
  • Kyora, on 10/02/2008, -4/+182http://i37.tinypic.com/15hdfs7.jpg
  • RedCt, on 10/02/2008, -12/+187Voting is a simple HTTP POST. Which means:

    curl -d "server=http%3A%2F%2Fcmsema.mtv.co.uk%2Fema2008%2Fxml%2Fvoting%2FquietVote.jhtml&voteFor=274130150" http://ema.mtv.co.uk/assets/php/vote-proxy.php

    Not saying you should.
  • mamboboy, on 10/02/2008, -4/+179I hope this gets dug. Would be awesome if he performed :D
  • fandyboy, on 10/02/2008, -2/+128Apparently it asks you to vote as many times as you like?!?! WTF?
  • jas2701, on 10/02/2008, -6/+128The sad thing is he's better than everyone else on the shortlist.
  • Narcism, on 10/02/2008, -1/+116I'm crying. Thank you.
  • Fabbyfubz, on 10/02/2008, -4/+1191. Use Firefox - http://www.getfirefox.com
    2. Find the iMacro add on - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/386 ...
    3. Install said addon.
    4. Go to the voting page. (http://ema.mtv.co.uk/vote/)
    5. Go to the Record tab of iMacro.
    6. Click record, then go through the full 3 click motion of voting.
    Seven: Then click Stop.
    8. GO back to the play tab of the mod.
    9. put 99999 in the "repeat Macro" field.
    10.Click "Play (Loop)".
  • legoalert33, on 10/02/2008, -2/+99I'll allow it.
  • m0zzie, on 10/02/2008, -1/+97http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/7185/iswyfdtse2.j ...
  • JonTheGoose, on 10/02/2008, -0/+93I think we need to think about what we're about to do here. If we rickroll Rick Astley the universe might implode.
  • iCanHasUsername, on 10/02/2008, -2/+93Does anyone know if this is behind why the video was removed off YouTube? You now see "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation." whereas this used to be one of the major Rick Roll links.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI
  • webkami, on 10/02/2008, -1/+87Rick '08

    Lets all vote....
    NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
  • pault107, on 10/02/2008, -6/+91Go Rick! I've got his album on vinyl.
  • NPinc, on 10/02/2008, -16/+100I'll never gonna give up.
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -7/+85I got in one little fight and my mom got scared, she said "You're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air."

    C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER.
  • CarnivalOfDust, on 10/02/2008, -1/+78If anyone really wants to get him on that show (because MTV thinks this is a joke), you should contact them and tell them how happy you are that he's been nominated. With no mention of the word Rickroll or even Never Gonna Give You Up. His discography is pretty big - request a song from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Astley_discograp ... and show them that you don't think of this as a joke!

  • roebeet, on 10/02/2008, -2/+79I had to click on it, even though I knew what it was. It's like having a big "DO NOT PUSH THE BUTTON" sign......
  • project46, on 10/02/2008, -1/+72if this becomes a front page story then it is pretty much a given that he will win it
  • nmezib, on 10/02/2008, -1/+70AWESOME! will do, thanks guys!

    Don't worry, Rick, we're never gonna let you down!
  • jas2701, on 10/02/2008, -3/+66I happen to not like U2.
  • HarryRag, on 10/02/2008, -0/+61"The star, who has never been nominated in the history of the event, is up against U2, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Green Day and Tokio Hotel."

    Tokio Hotel? Ugh ugh ugh.

    MTV SUCKS!
  • enantiodromia, on 10/02/2008, -0/+58wow, 4chan's reach into the real world is pretty impressive.

    /duck roll
  • AmazingSteve, on 10/02/2008, -0/+55It'll be over after this. After an awards show has been RickRolled, there's nowhere else to go.
  • davidrools, on 10/02/2008, -2/+55or just go here to vote for real:

    http://ema.mtv.co.uk/artists/profile/115154625/?vi ...
  • syxx, on 10/02/2008, -9/+59nah, invasions like this are e/b/aumsworld territory.
  • calvinorhobbes, on 10/02/2008, -2/+50You wouldn't get that from any other guy.
  • FeloniusMonkey, on 10/02/2008, -1/+49Can we start a "RockRoll Rick Astley To Liverpool" fund? I'll kick in a couple bucks and a bag of Doritos. After all, the guy's gotta have like no money left. It's not like he gets royalties for all those RickRolls.
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -2/+49uuiU
  • redlantern64, on 10/02/2008, -2/+47What do you mean "if"?
  • garvallagh, on 10/02/2008, -3/+47That was nothing to be proud off at the time ;)
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  • dabura, on 10/02/2008, -1/+43♫ Vote Rick or get rick rolled ♫
  • Ebue1, on 10/02/2008, -1/+42Anon always delivers.
  • relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -3/+44what are you guys talking about, 4chan would never do such a thing
  • rald84, on 10/02/2008, -1/+41i voted.
  • HDPMS, on 10/02/2008, -3/+43Vote now to avoid future disappointment!!
  • shutaro, on 10/02/2008, -10/+48♫ OM NOM NOM! ♫
  • nbcaffeine, on 10/02/2008, -0/+39that link is a crime against humanity... I love it
  • noahgelman, on 10/02/2008, -0/+38After I clicked it, I control, alt, deleted the window, and then reopened firefox and clicked open previous session and it came up again and I was like "*****, Im retarded" so I did it again and chose new session this time. I scrolled down the comments and clicked on the Quantum of Solace Rick Astly pic, but I scrolled too far and was going too fast clicked on this link thinking it was the pic. So in total, I got nailed 3 times and I can only think bad of myself now. lol

    Edit: I just tried to high light and copy the link and accidentally clicked on it, so thats four total
  • Zipko, on 10/02/2008, -0/+37It'll end up like the NY Mets contest did. Astley will win, but MTV will overrule it saying the contest was rigged by a small group of people spamming the online poll.
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