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The Golden Toaster Awards are a fan-created, fan-operated annual awards show which was created by the posters on the official Scifi.com Battlestar Galactica messageboard, as well as other fansites.
Overview[edit]
Process[edit]
Over a period of several months leading up to the awards, nominations and categories are developed and put foward to the fan organizers of the event, who then issue an official award and nomination ballot on the messageboards. Voting then takes place on a specially designed official voting webpage.
Categories and nominations are made up entirely by the fans, and then agreed upon as an eligible category by consensus. For example, Season 1 had no "Best Battlestar" category because besides side references to other ships like Atlantia, Galactica was the one that was really showcased, so this would not really be a fair competition and was not made into a category. However, practically anything in which three or more eligible competitors can be found can be turned into a category, such as the "Best Usage of the Word "Frak" category. Different years might therefore have several new categories.
Presentation[edit]
Finally, the awards are "presented" in an "online awards show": in an official live Golden Toaster Awards message thread, several posters have been pre-selected as "presenters" for a certain category, and in the Awards message-thread they then introduce their assigned category. They introduce the category, give a short speech about it, and list the nominees (just like in any "live" awards show), and soon afterwords that person announces who won. Although it takes place on a messageboard, it occurs in real time, and the "show" lasts several hours. However, this event is not limited to only those fans who are presenting awards: anyone can post in the middle of the awards thread to chime in with their feelings, cheer on hopeful candidates, and opine.
Awards[edit]
First Golden Toaster Awards - Miniseries & Season One[edit]
The First Annual Golden Toaster Awards were held on October 14th, 2005. Considered a major event within the online fanbase, hundreds of ballots were cast. The first awards were held at GalacticaActual.com because the Scfi.com messageboards were being upgraded at the time to deal with hacker attacks, bandwidth and technical issues.
Carbon copies of the awards printed with the Golden Toaster Award art (seen at right) were mailed to the Battlestar Galactica production office, and they were handed out to all cast members at the season two wrap-party.
For the first awards, it was decided that Cylons who had destinct enough personalities should be considered separate characters, thus the Number Six who oversaw the Cylon experiment with Helo and got into a fight with Starbuck in "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II", Shelly Godfrey, and the copy that claimed to be a computer chip in Baltar's mind, were considered different characters and actually competed with each other. This convention was dropped after the first awards, because during the nominations process fans found it to be too confusing.
The first annual awards covered both the Miniseries and the 13 episode first season. All subsquent episode will cover one full 20-episode season (thus there are no awards for the first ten episodes of Season 2, then a separate set of awards for the final 10, but one comprehensive set of awards that includes all 20 episodes).
The Solium - The moment most likely to set fan messageboards on fire
- Season one cliffhanger of Sharon/Boomer shooting Adama.
Most Dramatic Moment
- Kara telling Adama she was responsible for Zak's death - "Act of Contrition"
Best Ship/Spacecraft/Fighter
Best FX Shot or Sequence - Must be a use of FX, by visual or CG
- Viper battle & Lee’s destruction of the tylium mine (The Hand of God)
Best Guest Actor
- Donnelly Rhodes (Doctor Cottle)
Best Guest Actress
- Lorena Gale (Priestess Elosha)
Funniest Moment
- Kara walking in on Gaius Baltar having sex with the invisible Six, ending with Kara telling him to zip up his fly. (Colonial Day)
Best Scriptwriter
- Ronald D. Moore and David Eick for "Kobol's Last Gleaming Parts 1 & 2"
The Caravaggio - For Moments you didn't see coming, even if you were spoiled
- Sharon/Boomer shooting Adama (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II)
Best Musical Track
- Wander My Friends ("Hand of God" victory celebration music, by Bear McCreary)
The TOSser - For Biggest Plot Blunder/Most Obvious Plot Device, or Continuity Error
- Sharon's Cylon test takes a matter of minutes, while they later say it takes 11 hours. (By two votes.)
Most Shocking Moment
- Sharon/Boomer shooting Adama ("Kobol’s Last Gleaming, pt 2")
Best Line A tie:
- Adama: "If it were you... we'd never leave." (from "You Can’t Go Home Again")
and
- Baltar: "No more Mister Nice Gaius!" (from "Six Degrees of Separation")
Best Relationship
- William Adama/Laura Roslin
Best Usage of the word "Frak"
- Crashdown: "We are well and truly frakked." (from "Hand of God")
Best Supporting Actor A tie:
- Aaron Douglas (Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol)
and
- Michael Hogan (Colonel Saul Tigh)
Best Supporting Actress
- Kandyse McClure (Petty Officer 2nd Class Anastasia Dualla)
Best Action Sequence - Can be all live action, no FX required
- Lee's piloting through the tunnel & the destruction of the Cylon tylium mine in "Hand of God"
Best Hero/Heroine
- Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
Best Villain/Villainess
- Number Six (Dr. Baltar’s internal "Harvey"-Copy)
Sexiest Male Character
- Lee "Apollo" Adama
Sexiest Female Character
- Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
Best Director
- Michael Rymer for "33"
The GINO - For Overall Excellence in Making the Fans Happy By a Cast or Crew Member
- Ronald D. Moore (Barely edged out Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell and Richard Hatch by two votes.)
Best Actor
- Edward James Olmos (Defeated James Callis by a single vote.)
Best Actress
- Mary McDonnell (Won by 2 votes.)
Best Episode
- "33"
Second Golden Toaster Awards - Season Two[edit]
The Second Annual Golden Toaster Awards were held on June 30, 2006. Series creator Ron Moore and his wife Terry "Mrs.Ron" Moore were in attendance. Terry presented The Solium award, while Ron presented the Best Usage of the Word "Frak" and Best Episode awards. 890 votes were cast in the second GTA's, and affiliated sites stretched across the globe as german fansite www.Caprica-City.de joined in and contributed over 50 votes.
The Solium - The moment most likely to set fan messageboards on fire
- "One Year Later" time jump (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II)
The Caravaggio - For Moments you didn't see coming, even if you were spoiled
- "One Year Later" time jump (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II)
The TOSser - For Biggest Plot Blunder/Most Obvious Plot Device, or Continuity Error
- The romantic relationship between Lee "Apollo" Adama and Anastasia Dualla
Sexiest Male Character
- Lee "Apollo" Adama
Sexiest Female Character
Most Shocking Moment
- Chief Tyrol beating the frak out of Cally when he wakes up from his nightmare (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I)
Most Dramatic Moment
- Commander Adama's "I'm getting my men!" confrontation with Admiral Cain, at the cliffhanger ending of "Pegasus"
Funniest Moment
- Cavil’s vehement denial of being a Cylon and his "Oh" reaction upon seeing his clone (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II)
Best Villain
- Admiral Helena Cain
Best Usage of the Word "Frak"
- Roslin to Baltar after the second debate: "Why don’t you go frak yourself". (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II)
Best Supporting Actor
- Aaron Douglas as Chief Galen Tyrol
Best Supporting Actress
- Nicki Clyne as Cally (won by a landslide)
Best Ship/Spacecraft/Fighter
Best Relationship
- William Adama/Laura Roslin
Best Screenwriter
Best Line
- Starbuck: "Bitch took my ride!" (Scattered)
Best Hero/Heroine
Best Guest Actor
- Dean Stockwell as Brother Cavil
Best Guest Actress
- Michelle Forbes as Admiral Helena Cain
Best F/X Scene
Best Actress
- Mary McDonnell as President Laura Roslin
Best Actor
- Edward James Olmos as Admiral William Adama
Best Episode
- Resurrection Ship, Part II ----> (This was a very close result; votes were almost evenly distributed between the 5 nominees: "Resurrection Ship, Part II", "Downloaded", "Scar", "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", and "Pegasus")
Best Action Sequence
- Battle of the Resurrection Ship, (Resurrection Ship, Part II)
The GINO - For Overall Excellence in Making the Fans Happy By a Cast or Crew Member
Several new awards were created for the Second Annual Golden Toaster Awards:
Best New Character
- Admiral Helena Cain
The Mrs. Ron Award - For Most Relevant Political Scene - named in honor of Terry Moore, for her discussion with fans on the official Scifi.com messageboard.
- Adama convincing Roslin that stealing the election is not right in a democracy (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II)
Most Underappreciated Character - Character that did not get the screentime they deserved
- Colonel Saul Tigh
Best Death Scene
- Billy Keikeya, in the bar on Cloud 9 (Sacrifice)
The Digital Inspiration - Moment Most Likely To Be Used in Fanart
- William Adama giving Roslin a kiss (Resurrection Ship, Part II) (An outstanding upset: beat out "Apollo nearly dropping his towel" in "Final Cut")
Five "technical awards" presented during a "red carpet pre-show":
Best Costume
- Number Six's outfits throughout the season
Best Makeup
Best Set Design
- Kara's appartment on Caprica (Valley of Darkness)
Best Musical Track
- "Allegro" (Home, Part II)
Best Podcast
French Golden Toaster Awards[edit]
Overview[edit]
For the first time, the Golden Toaster Awards were adapted in another language, French. Since it was now in another country, the process had to be re-adapted. For instance, a special jury was created to deliberate on the nominations (between 4 to 6 per category). However, the voting is open to anyone, on a specially designed official voting webpage.
Categories also had to be renamed, like "The TOSser", renamed "La SOupe", and "Best Line" transformed into "Best Original Quote" (to fit with "Best French Quote"). But most of the original categories were retained, as well as some Anglophone categories such as "The Best Usage of the Word "Frak"" category.
The French Golden Toaster Awards are also held in an official live Golden Toaster Awards Ceremony message thread.
First French Golden Toaster Awards - Miniseries & Season One[edit]
The jury's deliberations on the nominations were held from September 15th to October 1st, 2006. There are 37 categories, each containing between 4 and 6 nominations.
Nominations was announced during the month of November.
The official voting site is : www.fgta.fr It opened during the night between December 23rd, 2006 and December 24th, 2006 and closed on February 10th, 2007.
The French Golden Toaster Awards ceremony was held on Saturday February 17th, 2007 on the battlestar-galactica.fr board. It started with the Red Carpet at 6PM and was followed by the ceremony at 7:30PM (GMT+1).
Awards[edit]
Here will be posted the results of the First French Golden Toaster Awards.
The various Awards were divided into 3 distinct categories to reflect their variety :
- The 7 Technical Awards
- The 5 Special Awards
- The Normal Awards
The Technical Awards[edit]
The 7 Technical Awards were given out during a pre-show : The Red Carpet.
Best Costume
- The Red Dress of Number Six
Best Set Design
Best Makeup
Best New Character
Best Podcast
Best Ship
Best Special FX
- Viper battle & Lee’s destruction of the tylium mine (The Hand of God)
The Special Awards[edit]
The 5 Special Awards were handed out during the Ceremony.
The GINO - For Overall Excellence in Making the Fans Happy By a Cast or Crew Member
L'Inspiration Digitale (The Digital Inspiration) - Moment Most Likely To Be Used in Fanart
- William Adama in blood after being shot by Boomer (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II)
The Solium - The moment most likely to set fan messageboards on fire
- Boomer shooting William Adama (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II)
La SOupe (The TOSser) - For Biggest Plot Blunder/Most Obvious Plot Device, or Continuity Error
Le Moment Politique (The Mrs. Ron) - For Most Relevant Political Scene or Moment
- The influence of the military on a government
The Normal Awards[edit]
The 25 other Awards were given during the Ceremony.
External links[edit]
- SciFi.com post for the First Annual Golden Toaster Awards (the messageboard the first awards were on was destroyed, and the only record of them is the winners list. Barring another accident, the links to the second annual awards onwards will allow viewing of the entire message thread awards show, as if it was "taped").
- Hangar Deck 5's fullly recorded posting of the Second Annual Golden Toaster Awards
- The Official FGTA Voting Website
- The French Golden Toaster Awards threads on the battlestar-galactica.fr board