KATY PERRY - PERRY GIVEN RIHANNA'S AWARD BY MISTAKE

PERRY GIVEN RIHANNA'S AWARD BY MISTAKE

Singer KATY PERRY was left red-faced when a vote-counting error meant she was wrongly announced as the winner of Best International Song award at the NRJ Music Awards - when the award was intended for RIHANNA.
The singer went on stage at the event in Cannes, France on Saturday night (17Jan09) to collect the prize for her hit I Kissed a Girl from Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, thanking the audience and telling them it was her first award.
But just 90 minutes later the mistake was revealed when the ceremony's French host, Nikos Alliagas, had to announce the blunder to the audience.
He explained, "We are terribly sorry, but we made a mistake. It wasn't Katy Perry who was supposed to pick up the Best International Song, but Rihanna with Disturbia. We hope Rihanna and Katy Perry won't be too upset and we apologise for all the fans who voted for them. The wrong name was put in the envelope. We're really terribly sorry. Katy Perry will have to give her (award) to Rihanna."
Luckily Perry didn't leave the ceremony empty-handed, as she legitimately scooped the Best International Album prize and was allowed to hold on to it.
Umbrella hitmaker Rihanna was unable to attend the ceremony, where Enrique Iglesias, the Pussycat Dolls and the Jonas Brothers also picked up awards.