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Wow, if ever there was a case to NOT tour the Junos around the country, I think it was made very, extremely, turbo clear last night. I mean, it couldn't have started any better, flying Nelly Furtado in on wires and then her freaking out and being demanded to be put down and cutting the music. HILARIOUS! Was there even a dress rehearsal? I cant' wait until it shows up on youtube (I was lazy last night), but it will sometime, and I'll put it up. She told someone not to look up her dress! Ryan's convinced it was staged as part of the show. Well if they wanted to make us look like incompetent Juno stagers, they succeeded with grandeur.

From the Star Pheonix...

On her high-flying entrance she commented after the show that she "was scared at the last minute but I got a lot of support from the audience."

From CTV...

"You're beautiful, Saskatoon!" she sang, in a slightly modified version of her song "Like a Bird." She then jokingly flew into a banner.

Bullshit! If the acrobatics nonsense wasn't enough, there was certainly plenty of other technical failures light up the evening, teleprompter slow scrolling (which seemed to be the only problem at last year's Junos), music cutting out when it shouldn't, Nelly looking confused and talking to her ear piece... It goes on and on. Props to Gord Downie for bringing his own cue cards.

Quote of the Junos goes to Heather's aunt, who was in town from BC for the event. She said it would be so refreshing to have Nelly Furtado as the host instead of the blond ditz Pam Anderson. Then after the pre-Awards gala on Saturday night and hearing Nelly accept some awards, she quickly changed her mind: "she's even worse." And it's true! Last night, if you closed your eyes, you wouldn't know if you were listening to Pam Anderson or a 16 year old.

And what is with Nelly's album? She gives birth (to a baby of all things) and then her next album is names loose?! Is this a not so subtle hint as to the physical changes she has undergone? Or is it more related to her new sexual lifestyle revealed in her hit single "Promiscuous"? Whatever it is, I would say you could probably find a classier Juno host passed out in a back alley somewhere.

The music was good and its good to acknowledge Canadian music, but this awards show, with all the hype and advertising and Nelly/Pam and e-talk red carpet needs a gong, badly.