The Golden Globes: Live Blogging!

The Golden Globes has come and gone in a whirlwind of celebrity glamour, fashion, music, and just a sprinkle of social commentary. 

To help you catch up on all the happenings from the night before with some live blogging from my perspective, here are some things to keep in mind. 

I hope you enjoyed 4 hours of good TV!

I’ll be live analyzing what went down at the golden globes live blogging and watching backstage coverage throughout the night. So make sure to tune in for this interactive blog post!

As I implied in my title, this will be a live blog. It may be very lengthy (I did 5 hours of live blogging for the Oscars), but it will be up to you to decide whether or not to scroll through if you don’t want to read the whole thing.

The Golden Globes red carpet broadcast begins tonight at 6pm PST/9pm EST/2am GMT (Friday 1 January 2011). 

The ceremony took place on Sunday 6 January 2011; therefore, today’s red carpet is not open to public viewing. 

The best way to see the Red Carpet is via social media, such as Twitter and Facebook status updates, as well as by following #GoldenGlobes on both those platforms.

1. Golden Globe red carpet

At the very beginning of the broadcast I will show a few clips from past Golden Globes ceremonies. I will then go straight into live coverage of the red carpet. 

Routines that have been done before at other award shows don’t really apply here, as what happens on this event is unique and unpredictable.

The first few minutes or so will probably be as chaotic as any other red carpet, as guests arrive and side-door attempts to make their way through security checkpoints take place.

2. Presenters during the awards

Emmy, Grammy and Oscar award-winning presenters will be introduced through a short montage of clips from previous ceremonies, followed by a live feed from each of their prerecorded acceptance speeches. 

These will be followed by the musical performance of the award-winning song from each nominee’s nominated film, which is always used when presenting awards for Best Song written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (I’m not sure if there are any other categories in show that need this music).

3. The Golden Globe Awards telecast

The hosts of the awards show, Ricky Gervais and Tina Fey, will make their first appearance on stage, and tease the audience with a brief segment and welcome them to the event. 

They will also make mention of any notable VIP guests in attendance. Then we’ll be straight into the first award presentation: Best Picture – Drama.

4. Performances during the ceremonies

The musical acts that perform during this year’s show will be Lady Antebellum (who has been nominated for three awards) and Eminem (nominated for two awards). 

Both of those performances will be pre recorded, as I mentioned before.

5. The opening number

The first segment of the show will contain the host’s opening monologue, which is what he or she chooses to share with the audience prior to each award presentation. 

The host will introduce the nominees, give a humorous/playful summary of past ceremonies, and announce presenters for next year’s ceremony. 

This segment will be followed by gala performances from stage shows selected by the Golden Globes organisers (see below).

6. Presenters during awards

This is where things really get interesting! Because I’m live-blogging all the formal award presentations, I’ll be able to track everything that happens off camera, as well as what happens onstage very quickly after presenters are introduced. 

I will follow all presenters, nominees and winners down the red carpet, and into the awards. I will be near the stage for both prerecorded and live performances. 

And I’ll be following all winners backstage to get interviews with them, as well as tracking what’s going on in various other areas backstage throughout the night.

7. Prerecorded award-winning performances

As I have mentioned previously, the musical performances at this year’s Golden Globes will be pre recorded. 

This is because the show producers are restricted in what they can do on-stage due to rules set by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), which owns the rights for broadcasting all televised awards shows.

This means that no new songs can be performed during awards ceremonies, nor any original material at all, ever since Cher performed with Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin during their 2001 award ceremony. 

(I believe they performed their own song titled ‘The Rose’, although I could be wrong). 

That’s right; you won’t hear any new performances at this year’s telecast. However, some awards show producers (e.g. the Oscars) choose to go around the NAB and perform on-stage anyway, feeling that they can get away with it without getting in trouble.