CheapSkate Choice Awards 2019

The **CheapSkate Choice Awards 2019** (also referred to as the **CheapShow Awards** and **The Cheap-os**) was the first annual awards for the best moments from CheapShow, as chosen by the CheapSkates. The awards ceremony was held on 26 April 2019 at the The Spoff & Pickle and was released as Ep 124: The CheapShow Awards 2019. The awards were organised and collated by Rhianan MacDonald.

## Nominations

The awards were announced on 5 November 2019 by Rhianan on the @projectcheapsk8 Twitter. The nominations opened on 7 November 2019 at 09:30GMT and CheapSkates were able to put forward candidates in 17 different categories. Nominations closed on 30 November 2019 at 19:00GMT and the number of different submissions in each category was as follows:

* **Favourite food reviewed:** 25
* **Favourite noodles reviewed:** 10
* **Favourite *Price of Shite* moment:** 18
* **Favourite *Tales from the Shop Floor* story:** 17
* **Favourite *Cheap Eats* moment:** 18
* **Favourite Segment:** 12
* **Segment you most want to return:** 21
* **Favourite Character:** 19
* **Character you most want to make a reappearance:** 18
* **Favourite Quote:** 57
* **Favourite CheapShow moment on Barshens:** 16
* **Favourite game played:** 18
* **Favourite guest appearance:** 9
* **Favourite Eli moment:** 44
* **Favourite Paul moment:** 31
* **Funniest Moment:** 48
* **Favourite Episode:** 35

## Voting

After collation of the nominations, the top four candidates from each category were put forward into the final vote. Voting was open from 14 December 2018 at 16:00GMT until 6 January 2019 at 16:00GMT.

Voters could choose one option from each category, except Favourite Episode, Funniest Moment, Favourite Paul moment, Favourite Eli moment and Favourite Quote where, because these categories received so many different nominations, voters could choose up to three options.

## Results

The results of the vote were announced on Ep 124: The CheapShow Awards 2019:

* ***Dog Beer*** 🏆 →
* High Strength Lager
* Nissin Black Garlic Tonkotsu
* 1x Spicy Chicken San Yang
* Eli repeatedly began snapping "and that's right" and the intro went on for ages
* Keith →
* Fleecey Pocket Wanker
* ***Madam Ladyplops & Squishy Jim*** 🏆 →
* ***Drinking Dog Beer*** 🏆 →
* Fish Sausage
* Price of Shite →
* Off-Brand Brand-Off →
* Eli's Life Hacks
* Trashy Magazines
* Paul's Eli impression →
* ***Richard Brandoff*** 🏆 →
* Keith →
* Richard Brandoff →
* ***"I hate you and your noodle possy" - Paul*** 🏆 →
* "Whoopsy gravy" - Eli
* Eli as the king of plasticine →
* Eli's subscription box →
* ***Don't Get Mad*** 🏆 →
* MinjMuncha →
* Richard Brandoff →
* ***Ash Frith*** 🏆 →
* Describing people walking past the White City pod
* "Ooh, tiny man!"
* ***His impression of Eli*** 🏆 →
* His reaction to Keith
* "I've shat myself" - Eli
* "Ooh, tiny man!"
* ***Episode 69: Sexy Times*** 🏆 →
* Episode 76: Hit The Moog ❸ →
* Episode 100: The Live One! ❷ →

## References

1. ↑ *ANNOUNCEMENT* - @projectcheapsk8 Twitter (accessed 29 February 2020)
2. ↑ *NOMINATION FORM IS NOW LIVE* - @projectcheapsk8 Twitter (accessed 29 February 2020)
3. ↑ *NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED* - @projectcheapsk8 Twitter (accessed 29 February 2020)
4. ↑ *Listed below, is the number of unique nominations for each category...* - @projectcheapsk8 Twitter (accessed 29 February 2020)
5. ↑ *VOTING FORM IS NOW LIVE* - @projectcheapsk8 Twitter (accessed 29 February 2020)
6. ↑ *VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!* - @projectcheapsk8 Twitter (accessed 29 February 2020)
7. ↑ *Due to the high volume of nominations for certain categories...* - @projectcheapsk8 Twitter (accessed 29 February 2020)