2005 Meteor Awards

The 2005 Meteor Music Awards was hosted by comedian Ed Byrne at the Point Theatre on Thursday 24 February 2005. It was the fifth edition of Ireland's national music awards. A total of sixteen awards were presented at the ceremony, with the public eligible to vote in five categories. Snow Patrol won two awards (Best Irish Band and Best Irish Album for Final Straw), whilst Franz Ferdinand also picked up two awards (Best International Band and Best International Album for Franz Ferdinand). Paddy Casey and Juliet Turner were named Best Irish Male and Best Irish Female. The Chalets won Best New Band.^[1]

Performances[]

There were performances on the night from Westlife, Snow Patrol, Aslan, The Thrills, Bell X1 and The Devlins.^[2]

Nominations[]

The nominations were announced on 11 January 2005.^[3]

Public voting categories[]

Best Irish Band[]

Best Irish Male[]

Best Irish Female[]

Best Irish Pop Act[]

Best Irish DJ[]

Alison Curtis – Today FM
Ray D'Arcy – Today FM
Ian Dempsey – Today FM
Tom Dunne – Today FM
Dave Fanning – RTÉ 2fm
Jenny Huston – RTÉ 2fm
Ryan Tubridy – RTÉ 2fm

Non-public voting categories[]

Best Irish Album[]

Burn the Maps – The Frames
– Blink
Final Straw – Snow Patrol
Let's Bottle Bohemia – The Thrills
– Mundy
Since Kyabram – Declan O'Rourke

Best Folk/Traditional[]

Best International Male[]

Best International Female[]

Best International Album[]

Best International Group[]

Franz Ferdinand
Keane
The Killers
OutKast
R.E.M.
Scissor Sisters

Best Live Performance Visiting Act[]

Franz Ferdinand
The Killers
Madonna
Metallica
Pixies
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Hope for 2005[]

Angel of Mons

Lifetime Achievement Award[]

Aslan

Humanitarian Award[]

Adi Roche – in recognition of her work with the children of Chernobyl

Industry Award[]

John Hughes

Multiple nominations[]

Despite receiving three nominations, Declan O'Rourke won nothing. Franz Ferdinand and Snow Patrol were multiple award winners in two categories.

3 – Franz Ferdinand
3 – The Killers
3 – Declan O'Rourke
2 – Blink
2 – The Frames
2 – Keane
2 – Mundy
2 – Scissor Sisters
2 – Snow Patrol
2 – The Thrills

References[]

^ "Snow Patrol win two gongs at Meteor Music Awards". BreakingNews.ie. 2005-02-25. Archived from the original on 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
^ "2005 Meteors". iMDb. 2005-02-24. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
^ "Meteor Music Awards nominations announced". RTÉ. 2005-01-11. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-14.

External links[]

[1] "Snow Patrol win two gongs at Meteor Music Awards". BreakingNews.ie. 2005-02-25. Archived from the original on 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2007-12-16.

[2] "2005 Meteors". iMDb. 2005-02-24. Retrieved 2007-12-16.

[3] "Meteor Music Awards nominations announced". RTÉ. 2005-01-11. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-14.

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