Cheryl Cole and Lady GaGa: The BRITS hit the fans! (Part TWO of TWO)
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Flight For This Love:
Cheryl Cole jets off
to LA after feisty
Brits performance
(but what’s that ring on
her wedding finger?)
By Chris Johnson.
Ben Todd and
Sarah Nathan
______February 17th, 2010
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK
__Part TWO of TWO
With its bitter words,
the dance track was a telling
choice of song,
with the backing lyrics:
‘Heartbreaks and promises.
I’ve had more than my share.
I’m tired of giving my love
and getting nowhere.’
Host Peter Kay quipped
after the song:
‘Never has a truer word been spoken.‘
Miss Cole didn’t even have to fret
over making an acceptance speech –
she lost out in the Best British Single
category last night to newcomers JLS,
who performed Beat Again
earlier in the show.
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In terms of prizes,
the Brits belonged to
U.S. star Lady Gaga
who picked up three awards,
winning International Female Artist,
International Breakthrough Act
and International Album.
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Lily Allen was the big winner among the
British female nominees after she was
handed the prize for Female Solo Artist.
She beat Leona Lewis,
Pixie Lott and Florence
And The Machine.
Boyband JLS also picked up Best
Breakthrough Act while the Spice Girls
were honoured with the prize for
Best Brits Performance of 30 Years.
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Robbie Williams was handed the
Outstanding Contribution to Music,
while Oasis scooped the award for
the Best Album of 30 years.
But the real applause was saved
for Mrs Cole after her plucky performance
of Fight For This Love.
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In the past few days her husband
Ashley Cole has been embroiled
in scandal,
with claims that he had sex twice
with an unnamed blonde secretary
before Chelsea matches in 2008.
On one occasion, Cole, 29,
is said to have even turned the
television set up in the hotel room
where they were meeting because
he did not want Chelsea captain –
and fellow love cheat –
John Terry,
who was in the room next door,
to hear their tryst.
It is believed that Mrs Cole, 26,
is bracing herself for more revelations
of her husband’s philandering in
the coming days.
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But she refused to
pull out of the Brits.
A source revealed:
‘Cheryl was determined that
the show must go on,
come what may.
She is a professional
through-and-through,
and was not going to hide.
‘By going ahead with her performance
in front of the celebrity audience
and the millions watching on TV,
she was sending out a clear message
to Ashley that he will not take
her pride away –
whatever he does.’
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However,
Mrs Cole arrived at the Earl’s Court
venue in West London looking
grim-faced in a Puffa jacket.
She then went straight
into her dressing room.
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All her planned Brits interviews
had been cancelled and,
according to sources,
all the backstage staff were asked not
to speak to the singer or look at her,
unless they needed to.
But outside,
on the red carpet,
others were more than happy
to claim the limelight.
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The up-and-coming ladies of the
music industry tried their best to
outdo each other in a series
of striking outfits.
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Lily Allen opted for a bizarre
floor-length shiny black frock
with a high gold and red fringe
around the neck,
while Florence Welch of Florence and the
Machine wore a thigh-skimming number
and an incredible pair of boots.
But, typically,
Lady Gaga managed to
steal the show in a white
Marie Antoinette-style
pompadour wig and
embroidered face mask.
She also wore a tiered
teepee of a dress but
that came off inside
to reveal more of her
body than usual.
She had asked to tone down
her performance in the wake
of Alexander McQueen’s death
but she wasn’t going to let
even that dampen her
trademark extravagance,
of which the out-there designer
would no doubt have approved.
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