1988 Poll Winners
Smash Hits published the 'Tenth Annual Readers Award Voting Form' in the 7th September -
20th September 1988 issue of Smash Hits.
The Voting Form was to be used to ask the readers what their favourites were from for the year 1988.
The Poll had categories such as Best Group, though to the Most Fanciable Human Being.
The results were then published in the 2nd November - 15th November 1988 issue of the magazine.
This was also the 1st year that the awards were broadcast live on BBC1.
Below is a list of the Winners and Runners Up from that year.
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Voting Form
The Categories for 1988 were as follows
1 - Best Group Of The Year
2 - Worst Group Of The Year
3 - Best Male Solo Singer
4 - Worst Male Solo Singer
5 - Best Female Solo Singer
6 - Worst Female Solo singer
7 - Best House / Rap / Dance Music Act
8 - Worst House / Rap / Dance Music Act
9 - Most Promising Solo Artist
10 - Most Promising New Group
11 - Best D.J
12 - Worst D.J
13 - Most Fanciable Male
14 - Most Fanciable Female
15 - Best Dressed Person
16 - Worst Dressed Person
17 - Most Completely Useless Person
18 - Worst Haircut
19 - Most Horrible Thing
20 - Best Single
21 - Worst Single
22 - Best Album
23 - Worst Album
24 - Best Film
25 - Worst Film
26 - Best Pop Video
27 - Worst Pop Video
28 - Best Music TV Programme
29 - Best Non Music TV Programme
30 - Worst TV Programme
31 - Best TV Advert
32 - Worst TV Advert
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The Results for the 1988 Poll Winners Poll were published in the 2nd November - 15th November 1988 issue of the magazine.
Below are the winners (and Runners Up) for each Category
Results - Page 1
Results - Page 2
Results - Page 3
Results - Page 4
Results - Page 5
Results - Page 6
Results - Page 7
How The Stars Voted
Single Of The Year
Video Of The Year
Bros - I Owe You Nothing
Poll Winners Party
This was the first year that the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party took place.
It was presented at the Royal Albert Hall - London and was brought by Harvey Goldsmith.
The party was on Sunday 30th October 1988 and was broadcast on BBC1 at 3.30 pm. with a simultaneous broadcast on Radio 1.
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Contributors
Presenter - Phillip Schofield
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Executive Producer - Janet Street-Porter
Executive Producer - Harvey Goldsmith
Director - Phil Chilvers
Producer - Phil Chilvers
Advert For Party
The Party
