Brian Doerksen Wins Juno Award

Publish Date: Apr 06, 2008

During the Juno Gala Banquet on Saturday night, Brian Doerksen’s latest album Holy God took home the Juno Award for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year.

The banquet is a precursor to the live broadcast on Sunday night where 32 of the 39 awards were handed out. Other nominees in the Christian/Gospel Album category included Amanda Falk, newworldson, Relient K, and Thousand Foot Krutch.

Paul Brandt was on hand to receive the inaugural Allan Waters Humanitarian Award. The newly named award recognizes an outstanding Canadian artist who has positively enhanced the social fabric of Canada. Risk, Brandt’s latest release, is nominated for Country Recording of the Year.

Broadcast in High-Definition and 5.1 Surround Sound, The 2008 JUNO Awards, Canada’s Music Awards, will air on CTV on Sunday, April 6th from the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta. It is the seventh year in a row that The JUNO Awards will air on CTV, the official broadcast partner of the JUNO Awards. Since CTV joined forces with CARAS in 2002, The JUNO Awards have travelled across Canada, bringing a live, electrified stadium show to million of Canadians. Since going live from St. John’s in 2002, CTV has broadcast The JUNO Awards from Ottawa (2003), Edmonton (2004), Winnipeg (2005), Halifax (2006) and Saskatoon (2007).

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