Silverchair Nominated For MTV Award

Sydney, AU. (Top40 Charts/ EMI MUSIC Australia) - For the first time in Australian awards history politicians, pranksters, film stars, trouble makers, Grammy Award winners and pro-social organisations are all in the running to take home MTV's most coveted prize - an MTV Australia Award. On Saturday, April 26 at Sydney's Australian Technology Park, the MTV Australia Awards 2008 will launch 7 new categories reflecting the diverse style and expansion of the traditional awards ceremony that was the AVMAs. The newly styled awards show will allow the network to recognise people, organisations and moments alongside music that have entertained and engaged the Australian MTV viewer over the last year. Voting is now open at www.mtv.com.au/awards and closes on Friday April 25. The show will broadcast on MTV Saturday April 26 from 7:30pm with an encore screening on FOX8 from 6pm on Sunday April 27.

Amongst the seven new viewer voted award categories is the Australian Artist Music Award, for which Silverchair and Operator Please are nominated. Their peers in the category are Sneaky Sound System, Delta Goodrem, and The Veronica's.

Voting is open now and closes on Friday April 25. Viewers will also be eligible to win tickets to the show simply by having their say online or on mobile. Viewers that register and vote are in the running for the chance to head to the MTV Australia Awards 2008 to party like a rock star with the full red carpet treatment.

The MTV Australia Awards 2008 will feature eight live musical performances and eleven awards presented across music, film, television, sport, viewer-generated content and topical pop culture moments. Seven categories will be viewer-chosen with voting open from now until April 25, 2008. The remaining three categories - favourites in sports, film/tv actor and international music act will be selected by MTV Australia as a way of acknowledging those who have had a significant influence on the Australian MTV audience and are yet to be announced.

VIEWER VOTED CATEGORIES FOR THE MTV AUSTRALIA AWARDS 2008 NOW OPEN AT WWW.MTV.COM.AU/AWARDS

Winners will be announced at the MTV Australia Awards on Saturday April 26 2008. The show will broadcast live on MTV Australia with red carpet arrivals from 7:30pm and the main show due to commence at 8.30pm. The MTV Australia Awards 2008 will be accessible to all customers of Foxtel, Austar and Optus platforms. For the first time ever, all subscribers will be able to view the main show when Fox 8 airs an encore screening on Sunday April 27 from 6pm.

The MTV Australia Awards 2008 will give fans a compelling interactive experience across all platforms. Viewers will be able to interact with the show via the red-button, catch exclusive behind the scenes action online at www.mtv.com.au, and watch highlights of the show on their mobile phones.

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