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09-11-01 news EXCLUSIVE
Irish stars flunk at MTV Awards...

Ireland failed to win one single award last night at the MTV awards in Germany. Irish super group U2 lost all four awards they were tipped to win.

Ronan Keating and Andrea Corr were the only two Irish pop stars who made it into the Festhalle in Frankfurt for the awards and were not asked to perform. In the end the famed Irish stars were only asked to present.

U2 lost out to the American rockers Limp Bizkit on three awards which were the Best Album awards, the web-site award and the best group award. The Irish rockers lost out on the best Rock album to another American band, Blink 182.

Last night's results will no doubt come as a shock to the Irish music industry in a year when The Cranberries, Westlife, U2 and The Corrs all have new albums out.

The awards show was watched by one billion people around the world and was hosted by the English comedian Ali G. But it was the pop princess Kylie Minogue who got the biggest cheer of the night when she opened the show with saucy dance routine and a group of 48 dancers.

Among the other winners were Jennifer Lopez who won the Best Female award, Robbie Williams who won Best Male, Anastacia who won the Best Pop act, Eminem picked up the Best Rap award.

Craig David picked up the Best UK and Ireland award and also picked up the Best R&B award. Dido won Best New Act while the Best Song award went to Gorillaz for Clint Eastwood.

Only a few Hollywood stars who made the show which included supermodel Claudia Schiffer, Ben Stiller and Christina Ricci - most of the others invited were afraid to fly.

To get the biggest act MTV were forced to fork-out thousands and a private jet to fly REM in from the states to ensure security.

Performances on stage last night came from a whole host of stars including Mary J Blige, Jay Z, Travis, Craig David, Blink 182, Dido, Depeche Mode, Basement Jaxx and REM.

While celebrity guests included Vinnie Jones, Atomic Kitten, Tennis Ace Boris Becker, Emma Bunton, Sophie Ellie Baxter, Kelis, Pink, Shaggy, the Sugababes, Eddy Grant, Nelly Furtado and Nina Persson from The Cardigans.