Golden Hotpot awards pt 2

note: no spoilers were used in the making of this post

...and welcome back to the People's Golden Hotpot Awards for 2009. Let's get right to the rest of the categories. First up is the Golden Hotpot for the Most Engaging Story and the nominees are:

Tony Gordon's Stag Party
Tony Gordon and Jed Stone
Tony Gordon and Kevin Webster
The Kidnapping of Rosie
Teresa trying to kill Jerry
The Burning of the Windasses kitchen

May I have the envelope please. And the winner is... Tony Gordon's Stag Party


In the category, Best Animal Story, the nominees are:

Sunny Jim, lost and then found to the delight of Jed Stone
Endangered bats, Roy Cropper's crusade against developer Tony Gordon
Eccles, his impromptu swim in the canal led to Ken's new ladyfriend, Martha
Jack's pigeons, almost snuffed it in Pam's biodiesel explosion but luckily flew the coop

...and the winner is: Sunny Jim, lost and then found.


Now, in the category, Most Notable Departure of 2009, the nominees are:

The Mortons (gone to Spain following the 'Teresa diet')
Vernon (gone to London following the breakup with Liz)
Marcus (gone to London following the breakup with Sean)
Liam (gone to the beyond following Tony's hit and run)
Harry & Dan Mason (gone somewhere after selling the Bookies)
Vickie (gone to Poland to look after her ailing Mom)

...and the Golden Hotpot goes to Liam Connor and his untimely demise at the hands of Tony Gordon. He'll be missed


Now, let's take a look at the nominees for the Longest Saga of 2009. They are:

Steve's breakup with Michelle
The Windasses versus the Platts
Pam's dodgy re-selling business with Tyrone
Dev and the Bollywood love triangle
Michelle and her biological son Alex

...may I have the envelope please. The winner is: Steve's breakup with Michelle

In the category, Best Recurrent Performance in a Non-Speaking Role, the nominees are:

Amy Barlow
Schmeichel (Chesney's faithful dog and Norris' nemesis)
Generic background factory workers at Underworld
Monica, Tyrone's dog

...and the Golden Hotpot goes to: generic background factory workers at Underworld


And finally, in the category, Most Welcome Return, the nominees are:

Hayley Cropper (back from Africa and a crush on Olaf)
Jack Duckworth (back after a long absence to sort out the Molly and Tyrone conflict)
Fiz & Chesney (back after an indeterminate voyage of mystery to South Africa which can never be spoken of)
Peter Barlow (back after a long absence due to his bookie shop in Portsmouth and, oh yeah, bigamy)

...and the winner is: Hayley Cropper, back from Africa and a crush on Olaf.

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My, what an evening of surprises and celebration. That concludes this year's Golden Hotpots. Hope you enjoyed it. Of course it's impossible to recognize all the great characters and stories over 12 months of Corrie so forgive me if I have overlooked anyone or anything and feel free to let me know. I'll be heading down to the Big Smoke (Toronto) for a few days but I'll be back next week with more of the Hip. Until then, have a wonderful, safe and happy holiday, a Merry Christmas and hopefully some well-deserved skiving. Cheers and thanks so much for stopping by this year. CH