Chris Brown and Rihanna Get Caught in BET Awards Show Blunder—So Who's to Blame?

Presenter creates an awkward situation while announcing the Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award during the ceremony

By Peter Gicas Jun 27, 2011 8:09 PMTags

Chris Brown may have been the big winner at last night's BET Awards, but it's Tiffany Green that everybody's talking about today.

Who, you say?

Well, see, Green, as the winner of the BET Your World/Our World contest, presented the Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award to the wrong winner: Rihanna, after first announcing—correctly, it turns out—that her beatdown-delivering boyfriend Brown deserved the honor.

But before you rush to judgement and put the blame on Green, read on...

"And the winner is...Chris Brown?" Green announced with confusion in her voice as she squinted at the teleprompter before quickly correcting herself.

"I'm sorry. Rihanna!" she then said.

But with the singer not in attendance, her "What's My Name?" partner Drake quickly came up to accept the award on Rihanna's behalf.

"Well, this is awkward," pointed out Drake.

Actually, what's even more awkward is the fact that Green got it right the first time when she announced Brown's name. Yep. It was Rihanna's ex who, in the end, took home the prize after host Kevin Hart noted the mistake as the show was finishing up.

"That BET Awards Viewers Choice mix-up was due to human error," tweeted Stephen Hill, BET's President of Music Programming and Specials. "And I was the human that made that error. I apologize to ALL affected."

Whoops!

Here's the complete list of winners:

Video of the Year: "Look at Me Now"—Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rymes

Video Director of the Year: Chris Robinson

Best Female R&B Artist: Jennifer Hudson

Best Male R&B Artist: Chris Brown

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist: Kanye West

Best Collaboration: "Look at Me Now"—Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes

Best New Artist: Wiz Khalifa

Best Group: Diddy-Dirty Money

Viewers' Choice: "Look at Me Now"—Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes

Best Gospel Artist: Mary Mary

YoungStars Award: Willow Smith and Jaden Smith (tie)

Centric Award: Marsha Ambrosius

Best Actress: Taraji P. Henson

Best Actor: Idris Elba

Best Movie: For Colored Girls

Sportswoman of the Year: Serena Williams

Sportsman of the Year: Michael Vick

Best International Act: Africa: 2face Idibia and D'banj

Best International Act: United Kingdom: Tinie Tempah

FANdemonium Award: Chris Brown

Lifetime Achievement Award: Patti LaBelle

Humanitarian Award: Steve Harvey