But whats the point? Until someone comes up with a way of making them truly meaningful they mean absolutely zilch. After all, if a voter hasnt been to the festival theyre voting for OR against in a poll, the vote is completely meaningless.
The Times recently had a poll of the best-ever festival performances. That top ten included The Who at Woodstock and Jimi Hendrix at Monterey Jazz but were any of those who voted for them actually there? We very much doubt it.
Inevitably, in such polls people vote for what they know and their favourites, whether those things justify the votes of not.
Awards for festivals is something eFestivals thought of years ago, and dismissed due to their pointlessness. Our writing this now isnt sour grapes, its part of the eFestivals difference, part of what has put us and kept us first amongst festivals websites - no other UK-based festivals website comes close to our readership.
eFestivals - we'll always let the truth get in the way of a good story.