VH1 announces "Big in 'O6 Award" nominees

The annual year-end celebration will premiere on Sunday, December 3 at 8PM

This year’s categories/nominees include:

BIG ENTERTAINER

The celebrity that entertained us more than anyone else in the last 365 days

Johnny Depp
Steve Carell
Jessica Simpson
Dane Cook
YouTube

BIG TV STAR

The actor or personality that defined television in ’06

Kiefer Sutherland
Patrick Dempsey
Ellen DeGeneres
Jon Stewart

BIG MUSIC ARTIST

The musician that made the biggest noise in ’06

Shakira
Pussycat Dolls
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Justin Timberlake

BIG DOWNLOAD

The artist that had the most talked about download of the year

London Bridge (Fergie)
White & Nerdy (Weird Al Yankovic)
Here It Goes Again (OK Go)
What’s A Date (Lonely Girl Fifteen)
Jump In My Car (David Hasselhoff)

BIG MAMA

The celebrity mother whose maternal instincts rose above the rest

Brooke Shields
Katie Holmes
Britney Spears
Madonna

BIG BREAKTHROUGH

The entertainer that really made a name for themselves in ’06

Sascha Baron Cohen
Stephen Colbert
Jaime Pressley
The Cast of High School Musical

BIG COMEBACK

That person or group of people that roared back into the pop culture consciousness in ‘06

New Orleans Saints
Howie Mandel
David Hasselhoff
Al Gore
Rosie O’Donnell

BIG “IT” GIRL

That fresh young face that was simply unavoidable this year

Vanessa Mannillo
America Ferrara
Katherine McPhee
Katherine Heigl

BIG OUTLAW

Love ‘em or shun ‘em, the celebrity that was the biggest law breaker this year

Dick Cheney
Mel Gibson
Willie Nelson
Paris Hilton

BIG POWER COUPLE

The celebrity couple whose clout trumped all the rest in ‘06

Beyonce & Jay-Z
Britney Spears & Kevin Federline
Matthew McConaughey & Lance Armstrong
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie

BIG SHOCKER

The moment or event that we didn’t see coming in the past twelve months

Bill Clinton loses his cool
John Mark Carr confesses
Mark Foley gets caught
North Korea tests a nuke