Originally Posted by BadKid95:
“Really happy for Ellie, thoroughly deserved considering she was snubbed last year. I do think Burn should of won best video over 1D”
Let's see:
-1D had 1.7 million votes; Ellie had about 64k. Calvin had about 24k.
-About 93% of all votes in this contest were for 1D. While the Brits themselves haven't acknowledged this, the British media may have a field day with their blow-out.
-#BRITsOneDirection was the number one trending topic worldwide from the beginning of the show up until they won the award. No other hashtag made the worldwide trending list.
-The Calvin and Ellie hashtags might have trended in the UK only. The John and Naughty Boy ones, I'm not so sure.
-1D was getting votes from all over the world, especially the US. Hardly anyone outside the UK was voting for the other four nominees.
-The Brits' decision to go global pretty much killed Ellie's chances of winning that award. Had the Brits stayed a UK-only event, Ellie, Calvin, John, and NB would've performed much better than they actually had, and 1D much worse, though they'd still win anyway.