BARRY MANILOW - MANILOW'S EMMY SURPRISE

MANILOW'S EMMY SURPRISE

BARRY MANILOW was so sure he'd lose out at the Emmy Awards on Sunday night (27AUG06), he misheard the presenter's announcement that he'd won. The COPACABANA hitmaker was nominated for the Best Individual Performance In A Variety Or Comedy award for BARRY MANILOW: MUSIC AND PASSION, but had no confidence he'd win. The 60-year-old tells Celebrity Week, "You know, really - I had no, no imagination that I was going to win this. I was so sure that they said somebody else that I stood there until someone said, 'Go out there!' "I really thought they had mentioned CRAIG (KILBORNE) or STEVE (COLBERT). I was so sure that they were going to say somebody else's name that I didn't hear them say my name!" Manilow is currently having a two-month break from music to recover from a hip operation he underwent on Monday (28AUG06).