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The Xfm Listener Vote - The Results

added 05 December 2006 at 16.22

We asked you - the always delightful Xfm audience - to vote for what you reckoned were the best and worst bits of 2006. And now we have the results...

Thousands of you voted for your best albums, singles, gigs and festivals of 2006. As well as letting us know who the most under and over rated bands were, who you thought was a cool as f**k, and who you just acted like a dick.

And now we have the results of the Top 3 most voted in each category, along with a useful added note about what we learnt about you from the voting. Enjoy.

• Single Of The Year
  ‘Knights Of Cydonia’ Muse
  ‘Crazy’ Gnarls Barkley
  ‘Over & Over’ Hot Chip
  
  We Learnt...
  There's one Xfm listener who thinks 'Beautiful' by James Blunt, like, totally rules.
  
  
  
• Album Of The Year
  Muse ‘Black Holes & Revelations’
  Arctic Monkeys ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not’
  Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Stadium Arcadium’
  
  We Learnt...
  That there's an awfully large amount of Muse fans out there (they got 31% of the votes) 
  
  
  
• Band Of The Year
  Muse
  Arctic Monkeys
  Kasabian
  
  We Learnt...
  To be nice about Lost Prophets fans. They were just outside the top three.
  
  
  
• Festival Of The Year
  Carling Weekend
  V Festival
  T-In-The-Park
  
  We Learnt...
  Quite a few people think they went to Glastonbury this year. Whoooooah.
  
  
  
• Gig Of The Year
  Muse, Wembley Arena
  Xfm’s Winter Wonderland Gigs
  Foo Fighters, Hyde Park
  
  We Learnt...
  George Michael live in Madrid was amazing darling.
  
  
  
• Video Of The Year
  ‘Knights Of Cydonia’ Muse
  ‘Here It Goes Again’ Ok Go
  ‘Bones’ The Killers
  
  We Learnt...
  We should've checked out the video for Dragonforce's 'Through The Fire And Flames' ages ago. Genius.
  
  
  
• Coolest Person Of The Year
  Matt Bellamy
  Jarvis Cocker
  Noel Gallagher
  
  We learnt...
  You have odd taste. We got votes for badgers, "an Eskimo", Boris Johnson and Jay Kay. 
  
  
  
• Twat Of The Year
  Pete Doherty
  Johnny Borrell
  Russell Brand (surprisingly enough, just narrowly beating George Bush)
  
  We learnt...
  Not many people know how to spell Donald Rumsfeld's name properly.
  
  
  
• Most Overrated Band
  Arctic Monkeys
  Razorlight
  My Chemical Romance
  
  We learnt...
  Only one person thinks Radiohead are overrated.
  
  
  
• Most Underrated Band
  The Rifles 
  Lost Prophets
  Guillemots
  
  We learnt...
  A lot of Muse fans think being ‘underrated’ equates is a term applicable with a band who can sell 77,000 tickets for Wembley Stadium in about 14 minutes. How much more recognition do you need?
  
  
  
• Biggest Disappointment Of The Year
  Razorlight (in general and especially their second album)
  The Killers (just in general)
  No Glastonbury
  
  We learnt...
  At least one of you out here didn't have sex in 2006. We wish you all the best for 2007.
  
  
  
• Greatest Surprise Of The Year
  Muse announcing Wembley Gigs
  Pete D still being alive (or being locked up)
  The Fratellis massive success
  
  We learnt...
  At least one of did have sex in 2006. Just not with you thought it was going to be with. 
  
  
  
• The Band Who's Time Has Passed
  Oasis
  U2
  The Red Hot Chili Peppers
  
  We learnt...
  To get those Bon Jovi, Duran Duran and G4 albums before they fall out of fashion...
  
  
  
• TV Show Of The Year
  Lost
  Extras
  Dr Who
  
  We learnt...
  Little Britain is sooooo over.
  
  
  
• Film Of The Year
  Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  Casino Royale
  Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest
  
  We learnt....
  One of you hasn't been to the cinema since Teen Wolf 2.
  
  
  
• Top Tips For 2007*
  The View
  Klaxons
  Jamie T

We learnt to...
Bring a Geiger counter to restaurants
Always carry antibacterial gel
Beware of sniffer dogs at festivals
Don't eat the yellow snow
Don't lick Prit-Stick
Wear a condom
Jarvis Cocker will take over the world
Never attempt to eat anything bigger than your head
Prepare for the dangers of global warming by digging an underground house
Wear Whiskers and purr at people

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