WELSH ACTS GEAR UP FOR AWARDS CEREMONY

• 21st Nov 2006

This year’s Pop Factory Awards down in the Rhondda Valley draw ever closer with an assortment of Welsh talent awaiting the results. The current domination held by Metal down South is reflected with both The Lostprophets and Bullet For My Valentine receiving seven nominations between them. The other possible big winners are The Automatic who have graduated from last years breakthrough act winners to having four nominations of their own this year. The Best Welsh Language act will be hotly contested with several young acts from the North such as, Y Genod Droog, Mattoidz and Frizbe in the running. The awards ceremony will take place on the 30th of November in Cardiff and will be screened on ITV. Further nominees are listed below. Click here for full details link

BEST ALBUM : James Dean Bradfield, Lost Prophets, The Automatic, BFMV

BEST LIVE ACT: The Automatic, Lost Prophets, BFMV, GLC

BEST NEW ACT: Los Camposinos, Radio Luxembourg, The Blackout, Viva Machine, The Pipettes

BEST WELSH BAND: Lost Prophets, Funeral for a Friend, Feeder, BFMV, The Automatic

BEST MUSICAL EXPORT / INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Kathryn Jenkins, Karl Jenkins, Lost Prophets, BFMV

BEST WELSH LANGUAGE ACT: Radio Luxembourg, Mattoidz, Genod Droog, Frizbe, Ryland Teifi

BEST LIVE EVENT: Wakestock, Green Man Festival, Escape in the Park, The Full Ponty, Sesswn Fawr

BEST PERFORMANCE ON THE GUESTLIST: The Guns, The Automatic, James Dean Bradfield, The Zutons