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The 2015 JUNO Awards Slam Into Hamilton

Once a year, The JUNO Awards bring a star-studded spectacle to one lucky Canadian city. This past weekend (March 15), it was Hamilton, Ontario that saw artists such as Shawn Mendes, MAGIC!, The Weeknd and Kiesza take the stage at FirstOntario Centre to crown a new batch of Canadian talent and entertain the crowd with amazing performances. Although many of the awards were handed out in advance at The JUNO Gala Dinner and Awards, the main show was not one to be missed!

Hedley frontman and JUNOs host Jacob Hoggard. (photo via much.ca)

This year’s JUNO host Jacob Hoggard opened the show with his Hedley bandmates performing their hit single, “Anything”. The performance, complete with pyrotechnics, was so hot it actually set off the venue’s fire alarm!

The Juno Awards 2011

The Juno Awards is an annual event that honours and showcases Canadian artists. This year, the event was held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario on March 27 and marked the 40th anniversary of the show.

I had the amazing oppourtunity to attend The Juno Awards red carpet where I met great Canadian talent including Shad, Jesse Labelle, Tanya Kim, Sarah McLachlan, Johnny Reid, Elise Estrada, Neverest, Classified, Sam Earle, and Charlotte Arnold. Other talent on the carpet included host Drake, Shania Twain, and deadmau5. However, I think that the cherry on top of the red carpet event was the surprise performance from Danny Fernandes and Shawn Desman.

I was front row but that didn’t come without hard work – I stood in the freezing cold for over 7 hours! However, the excitement of the crowd and knowing that we were about to meet our favourite stars was enough to keep us warm. As well, I was lucky enough to be given free tickets to The Juno Awards show which was a fantastic production! What a night!

As I was viewing pictures from the awards the next day, I came across myself! My picture with Degrassi’s Munro Chambers (above) was featured on MuchMusic’s web blog: ~~http://blog.muchmusic.com/degrassi-stars-walk-the-carpet-at-the-2011-junos/~~.

Can’t wait until The Juno Awards next year!