Black Eyed Peas Thrown Into 2010 NRJ Awards Mix-Up

Sun, 24 January 2010 21:49:31 ET

The 'I Gotta Feeling' hitmaker was wrongly announced as best international group at France's top music awards on Saturday, January 23, before Tokio Hotel was revealed as the correct winner.

Black Eyed Peas has got one upsetting evening on Saturday, January 23 as they became a victim of blunder at the 11th Annual NRJ Music Awards. The hip-hop group was mistakenly announced by music newcomer Ke$ha and French choreographer Kamel Ouali as the recipient of Best International Group, which actually won by Tokio Hotel.

The two presenters were left embarrassed when no one came on stage to pick up the award, and soon realized they had made a mistake. Upon learning the error, Ouali returned to apologize and explain he was confused by the fact that the card listed the other nominees as well as the winners, drawing boos from the star-studded crowd.

Similar wrong winner announcement had also happened at this particular top music awards in 2009. At the time, the mix-up occurred between Katy Perry and Rihanna. Perry was accidentally given trophy for best international song, while it actually should be awarded to the former girlfriend of Chris Brown.

Although Black Eyed Peas was wrongly announced as the winner of Best International Group, they didn't walked away from the event held at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France empty handed. The group consisted of will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie aka Stacy Ferguson still managed to take home the prize of International Song of the Year for single "I Gotta Feeling".

Other winner on the special night were Rihanna, Lady Gaga and David Guetta. Rihanna won International Female Artist of the Year, GaGa was dubbed International Revelation of the Year, and Guetta nailed International Album of the Year for "One Love". Meanwhile, Robbie Williams and Beyonce Knowles were handed out this year's NRJ Award of Honor.

Full winners list of the 11th NRJ Music Awards:

Francophone Revelation of the Year: Florent Mothe
International Revelation of the Year: Lady Gaga
Francophone Female Artist of the Year: Sofia Essaidi
International Female Artist of the Year: Rihanna
Francophone Male Artist of the Year: Christophe Willem
International Male Artist of the Year: Robbie Williams
Francophone Group/Duo of the Year: Mozart l'Opera Rock
International Group/Duo of the Year: Tokio Hotel
Francophone Song of the Year: "L'Assasymphonie" - Florent Mothe (Mozart l'Opera Rock)
International Song of the Year: "I Gotta Feeling" - Black Eyed Peas
Francophone Album of the Year: "Cafeine" - Christophe Willem
International Album of the Year: "One Love" - David Guetta
Song Most Downloaded of the Year in France: "Ca m'enerve" - Helmut Fritz
NRJ Award of Honor: Robbie Williams and Beyonce Knowles