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The X Factor (UK series 3)
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The X Factor
Series 3
Broadcast from
19 August – 16 December 2006
Judges
Simon Cowell
Sharon Osbourne
Louis Walsh
Paula Abdul (guest)
Presenter(s)
Kate Thornton (ITV)
Co-presenter(s)
Ben Shepherd (ITV2)
Broadcaster
ITV
ITV2 (The Xtra Factor)
Winner
Leona Lewis
Lewis performing in 2009
Origin
Islington, London, England
Song
"A Moment Like This"
Genre(s)
Pop, R&B
Mentor
Simon Cowell
Runner-up
Ray Quinn
Chronology
◀
2006
▶
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The third series was broadcast on ITV from 19 August 2006 until 16 December 2006. Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne and Simon Cowell all returned for their third series on the judging panel. Kate Thornton returned to present the main show on ITV, while Peter Drury returned to present spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2. After the semi-final on 9 December, Cowell became the winning judge even though the series had not yet finished, as two of his acts, Ray Quinn and Leona Lewis, became the two finalists. Lewis won the series on 16 December, with Quinn finishing as runner-up.
Instead of the earlier red and purple colour scheme, this year's theme was red and blue. A new-look website for the third series was launched on 11 August 2006. The final on 16 December brought in the show's then-highest ever audience, with 12.6 million people tuning in (a 56% audience share), and 8 million votes were cast, with Lewis receiving 60%.[1] Lewis released a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This" as her winner's single, and it went on the become the Christmas number one on 24 December[2] despite only going on sale four days before on 20 December.[3] It was reported that 1 million copies of the winner's single were pre-ordered by stores and that it was downloaded 50,000 times within 30 minutes of being available online.[4] It ended as the United Kingdom's second best selling single of the year.[5] In January 2007, the single was awarded platinum status by the British Phonographic Industry.[6] According to the Official Charts Company, the song has sold 895,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of December 2012.[7]
Lewis emerged as the most successful contestant to appear on the X Factor having sold over 30 million records worldwide as well as being the only former contestant to be nominated for a Grammy.
This was the last series presented by Kate Thornton and the last time Ben Shephard presented The Xtra Factor. It was also the last series with only three judges (excluding times when a judge was absent).
Contents
1 Judges and personnel
2 Selection process
2.1 Auditions
2.2 Bootcamp
2.3 Judges' houses
3 Finalists
4 Live shows
4.1 Results summary
4.2 Live show details
4.2.1 Week 1 (14 October)
4.2.2 Week 2 (21 October)
4.2.3 Week 3 (28 October)
4.2.4 Week 4 (4 November)
4.2.5 Week 5 (11 November)
4.2.6 Week 6 (18 November)
4.2.7 Week 7 (25 November)
4.2.8 Week 8 (2 December)
4.2.9 Week 9: Semi-final (9 December)
4.2.10 Week 10: Final (16 December)
5 Winner's single
6 Reception
6.1 Ratings
7 References
Judges and personnel[edit]
Series 3 judges
Simon Cowell
Sharon Osbourne
Louis Walsh
Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh all returned for their third series on the judging panel. Kate Thornton returned to present the main show on ITV, while Ben Shephard returned to present spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2.
This was both Thornton and Shephard's last series of The X Factor, as Thornton announced her departure on 8 March 2007 and was replaced for the fourth series by Dermot O'Leary. Shephard also quit the show after being passed over for promotion to main presenter. He was replaced by Fearne Cotton. This is the final series to feature just 3 judges on the panel, as {{Series 4}} had 4 judges on the panel.
Selection process[edit]
Auditions[edit]

London
Birmingham
Manchester

Glasgow
Leeds

Dublin
Cities that auditions were held in.
Auditions began on 7 June 2006. Simon Cowell said on ITV's This Morning "The next international boyband or girlband is what I want to see in this year's show". 100,000 people applied to audition, the most so far. Nearly 20,000 attended an open audition at Old Trafford, Manchester on 18 June 2006.
All three judges, Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh, returned. Hints by Cowell and the surrounding media that a fourth full-time judge mentoring a fourth category of contestants might be added proved to be false. However, American Idol judge Paula Abdul did make an appearance as a guest judge at the London auditions, and further celebrity guests appeared during the live shows. Auditions were held in cities around the UK and Republic of Ireland – London, Manchester, Birmingham, Dublin, Leeds and Glasgow. Cowell had also stated that there could be a 14–24s category but during the audition process the category was named as 16–24s, as in the previous two series. Cowell was given the 16–24s, Osbourne had the Over 25s, and Walsh mentored the Groups. (Both rumoured changes – the lowering of the age limit and the addition of a fourth category – were actually implemented in series 4.)
Bootcamp[edit]
It was originally intended that 21 acts (seven for each judge) should remain by the conclusion of the bootcamp stage. However, Cowell decided that he had made a mistake with his seven by failing to include Ray Quinn, and asked the producers to allow one more contestant or act to go through. The other two judges were then allowed to increase their quota to eight as well, giving a total of 24 acts.
Judges' houses[edit]
In the "judges' houses" round this was cut down to 12 to go through to the live finals. Avenue were chosen to go through but were later disqualified, having misled the judges over an existing record contract with a manager who was no longer associated with the show. As a consequence of this disqualification, Eton Road were put through in their place.[8]
Summary of judges' houses
Judge
Category
Location
Assistant
Contestants eliminated
Cowell
16–24s Miami Sinitta Stacey Barnes, Carlo Muscutelli, Shaun Rogerson, Gemma Sampson
Osbourne
Over 25s London The Osbournes Katie Angus, Jonathan Bremner, Lyn Fairbanks, Tiwa Savage
Walsh
Groups Dublin Shane Filan Avenue, Brother's One, The Dolly Rockers, Pure Liberty
Finalists[edit]
Main article: List of The X Factor finalists (UK series 3)
The following artists made it to the live shows.
Key:
– Winner
– Runner-up
– Third place
Category (mentor)
Acts
16–24s (Cowell)
Nikitta Angus Leona Lewis Ashley McKenzie Ray Quinn
Over 25s (Osbourne)
Robert Allen Kerry McGregor Ben Mills Dionne Mitchell
Groups (Walsh)
4Sure Eton Road* The MacDonald Brothers The Unconventionals
Avenue was originally chosen to go through, but were disqualified from the competition. Eton Road took their place at the live shows.
Live shows[edit]
Results summary[edit]
Colour key
– Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown
– Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
– Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)
– Contestant received the most public votes
Weekly results per contestant
Contestant
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Leona Lewis
Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
(week 10)
Ray Quinn
Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
(week 10)
Ben Mills
Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe 3rd Eliminated
(week 9)
The MacDonald Brothers
Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th Eliminated
(week 8)
Eton Road
Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated
(week 7)
Robert Allen
Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 6)
Nikitta Angus
Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 5)
Ashley McKenzie
Safe Safe Bottom three Bottom two Eliminated
(week 4)
Kerry McGregor
Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated
(week 3)
Dionne Mitchell
Bottom two Safe 10th Eliminated
(week 3)
4Sure
Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 2)
The Unconventionals
Bottom two Eliminated
(week 1)
Final showdown
Mitchell,
The Unconventionals 4Sure,
Allen McGregor,
McKenzie Allen,
McKenzie Angus,
Quinn Allen,
Eton Road Eton Road,
Mills No final showdown or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone
Walsh's vote to eliminate
Mitchell Allen McGregor McKenzie Quinn Allen Mills
Osbourne's vote to eliminate
The Unconventionals 4Sure McKenzie McKenzie Angus Eton Road Eton Road
Cowell's vote to eliminate
The Unconventionals 4Sure McGregor Allen Angus Allen Eton Road
Eliminated
The Unconventionals
2 of 3 votes
Majority 4Sure
2 of 3 votes
Majority Dionne Mitchell
Public vote
to save Ashley McKenzie
2 of 3 votes
Majority Nikitta Angus
2 of 3 votes
Majority Robert Allen
2 of 3 votes
Majority Eton Road
2 of 3 votes
Majority The MacDonald Brothers
Public vote
to save Ben Mills
Public vote
to save Ray Quinn
Public vote
to win
Kerry McGregor
2 of 3 votes
Majority
Live show details[edit]
Week 1 (14 October)[edit]
Theme: Motown
Musical guests: Lionel Richie ("I Call It Love")
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act
Order
Song
Result
Robert Allen
1 "All Night Long (All Night)" Safe
Eton Road
2 "My Girl" Safe
Nikitta Angus
3 "Heaven Must Have Sent You" Safe
Ben Mills
4 "The Tracks of My Tears" Safe
The MacDonald Brothers
5 "Three Times a Lady" Safe
Ray Quinn
6 "Ben" Safe
Dionne Mitchell
7 "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" Bottom two
The Unconventionals
8 "Dancing in the Street" Eliminated
Ashley McKenzie
9 "Easy" Safe
Kerry McGregor
10 "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Safe
4Sure
11 "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" Safe
Leona Lewis
12 "I'll Be There" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
Walsh: Dionne Mitchell – backed his own act, The Unconventionals
Osbourne: The Unconventionals – backed her own act, Dionne Mitchell
Cowell: The Unconventionals – stated that Mitchell had better vocals than The Unconventionals
Week 2 (21 October)[edit]
Theme: Songs by Rod Stewart
Musical guest: Rod Stewart ("It's a Heartache")
Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act
Order
Song
Result
Leona Lewis
1 "The First Cut Is the Deepest" Safe
Kerry McGregor
2 "I Don't Want to Talk About It" Safe
The MacDonald Brothers
3 "Sailing" Safe
Ashley McKenzie
4 "I'd Rather Go Blind" Safe
Dionne Mitchell
5 "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" Safe
4Sure
6 "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" Eliminated
Nikitta Angus
7 "Bring It On Home to Me" Safe
Robert Allen
8 "Try a Little Tenderness" Bottom two
Eton Road
9 "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" Safe
Ray Quinn
10 "What a Wonderful World" Safe
Ben Mills
11 "Maggie May" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
Walsh: Robert Allen – backed his own act, 4Sure
Osbourne: 4Sure – backed her own act, Robert Allen
Cowell: 4Sure – stated that Allen had taken the panel's advice and improved his vocals
Week 3 (28 October)[edit]
Theme: Big band
Musical guest: Tony Bennett ("The Best Is Yet to Come" / "For Once in My Life")
Cowell appeared on GMTV on the morning of Wednesday 25 October and said that "something big is going to happen this week that none of the contestants know about – a change that will shake some of them up."[9] It was revealed on the show that this surprise was to be a double elimination.
Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act
Order
Song
Result
Ray Quinn
1 "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" Safe
Dionne Mitchell
2 "For Once in My Life" Eliminated
Nikitta Angus
3 "Sway" Safe
Ben Mills
4 "Smile" Safe
The MacDonald Brothers
5 "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Safe
Leona Lewis
6 "Summertime" Safe
Kerry McGregor
7 "They Can't Take That Away from Me" Eliminated
Ashley McKenzie
8 "Moondance" Bottom three
Robert Allen
9 "Mr. Bojangles" Safe
Eton Road
10 "Mack the Knife" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
Osbourne: Ashley McKenzie – backed her own act, Kerry McGregor
Cowell: Kerry McGregor – backed his own act, Ashley McKenzie
Walsh: Kerry McGregor – stated that McGregor had reached the limit of her abilities, whereas McKenzie still had potential to improve
Week 4 (4 November)[edit]
Theme: Songs by ABBA
Musical guests: Björn Ulvaeus & The Cast of Mamma Mia! ("Mamma Mia" / "Dancing Queen")
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act
Order
Song
Result
Nikitta Angus
1 "Dancing Queen" Safe
Eton Road
2 "Does Your Mother Know" Safe
Robert Allen
3 "Take a Chance on Me" Bottom two
Leona Lewis
4 "Chiquitita" Safe
The MacDonald Brothers
5 "Fernando" Safe
Ray Quinn
6 "Waterloo" Safe
Ben Mills
7 "SOS" Safe
Ashley McKenzie
8 "The Winner Takes It All" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
Osbourne: Ashley McKenzie – backed her own act, Robert Allen
Cowell: Robert Allen – backed his own act, Ashley McKenzie
Walsh: Ashley McKenzie – stated that Allen delivered a more polished performance on the night
Week 5 (11 November)[edit]
Theme: Love songs
Musical guest: Julio Iglesias ("I Want to Know What Love Is")
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act
Order
Song
Result
Ben Mills
1 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Safe
The MacDonald Brothers
2 "She's the One" Safe
Ray Quinn
3 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Bottom two
Nikitta Angus
4 "Last Dance" Eliminated
Eton Road
5 "From Me to You" Safe
Leona Lewis
6 "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Safe
Robert Allen
7 "Always and Forever" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
Osbourne: Nikitta Angus – gave no reason
Walsh: Ray Quinn – stated that Quinn didn't have a strong enough voice to be a recording artist
Cowell: Nikitta Angus – gave no reason but stated that neither act deserved to be in the bottom two
Week 6 (18 November)[edit]
Theme: Number ones
Musical guests: Westlife and Delta Goodrem ("All Out of Love")
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act
Order
Song
Result
Ray Quinn
1 "Livin' la Vida Loca" Safe
Robert Allen
2 "You Are Not Alone" Eliminated
Eton Road
3 "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" Bottom two
Leona Lewis
4 "Bridge over Troubled Water" Safe
Ben Mills
5 "With a Little Help from My Friends" Safe
The MacDonald Brothers
6 "Love Is All Around" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
Osbourne: Eton Road – backed her own act, Robert Allen
Walsh: Robert Allen – backed his own act, Eton Road
Cowell: Robert Allen – stated that Eton Road could progress further in the competition than Allen
Week 7 (25 November)[edit]
Theme: Songs from the movies
Musical guest: Il Divo ("Desde El Día Que Te Fuiste (Without You)")
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act
Order
First song
Order
Second song
Result
Leona Lewis
1 "Lady Marmalade" 6 "I Will Always Love You" Safe
The MacDonald Brothers
2 "When You Say Nothing at All" 7 "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" Safe
Ben Mills
3 "Live and Let Die" 8 "Your Song" Bottom two
Eton Road
4 "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" 9 "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Eliminated
Ray Quinn
5 "The Way You Look Tonight" 10 "Jailhouse Rock" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
Walsh: Ben Mills – backed his own act, Eton Road
Osbourne: Eton Road – backed her own act, Ben Mills
Cowell: Eton Road – stated that Mills was more talented than Eton Road
Week 8 (2 December)[edit]
Themes: Songs by Barry Manilow; contestant's choice
Musical guest: Barry Manilow ("Everybody Loves Somebody")
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act
Order
First song
Order
Second song
Result
The MacDonald Brothers
1 "Can't Smile Without You" 5 "Shang-a-lang" Eliminated
Ray Quinn
2 "Mandy" 6 "My Way" Safe
Ben Mills
3 "I Made It Through the Rain" 7 "Somebody to Love" Safe
Leona Lewis
4 "Could It Be Magic" 8 "Without You" Safe
This week did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, The MacDonald Brothers, were automatically eliminated.
Week 9: Semi-final (9 December)[edit]
Theme: "Songs to get you into the final" (no specific theme)[10]
Musical guest: Gloria Estefan ("Anything for You" / "Can't Stay Away from You" / "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You")
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act
Order
First song
Order
Second song
Result
Ray Quinn
1 "Smile" 4 "You'll Never Walk Alone" Safe
Leona Lewis
2 "I Have Nothing" 5 "Over the Rainbow" Safe
Ben Mills
3 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" 6 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Eliminated
The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Ben Mills, was automatically eliminated.
Week 10: Final (16 December)[edit]
Themes: Favourite performance ("song of the series"); celebrity duets; no theme; winner's single
Group performances: "Earth Song" (auditionees) and "That's What Friends Are For" (all finalists)
Musical guests: Take That ("Patience") and Shaun Rogerson ("Right Here Waiting")
Contestants' performances on the final live show
Act
Order
First song
Order
Second song (duet)
Order
Third song
Order
Fourth song
Result
Ray Quinn
1 "My Way" 3 "That's Life" (with Westlife) 5 "Fly Me to the Moon" 7 "A Moment Like This" Runner-up
Leona Lewis
2 "I Will Always Love You" 4 "A Million Love Songs" (with Take That) 6 "All by Myself" 8 "A Moment Like This" Winner
Winner's single[edit]
Winner Leona Lewis's debut single was "A Moment Like This", and was released on 20 December 2006.[11] Contestant Ben Mills reportedly claimed that the contest had been fixed for Lewis to win, as the winner's song was more suited to a female vocal.[12] This rumour subsequently proved to be unfounded[13] and show bosses said that they had made arrangements for the song to fit any singer's voice.[14]
Reception[edit]
Ratings[edit]
Episode
Air date
Official ITV1 rating[15]
Weekly rank[15]
Auditions 1
19 August 7.45 7
Auditions 2
26 August 7.36 10
Auditions 3
2 September 9.08 5
Auditions 4
9 September 7.96 7
Auditions 5
16 September 7.53 8
Auditions 6
23 September 9.17 6
Bootcamp 1
30 September 6.39 16
Bootcamp 2
8.76 7
Judges' houses 1
7 October 6.77 14
Judges' houses 2
8.95 6
Live show 1
14 October 7.52 12
Results 1
7.38 13
Live show 2
21 October 7.54 14
Results 2
7.70 13
Live show 3
28 October 7.10 14
Results 3
7.52 12
Live show 4
4 November 7.30 14
Results 4
7.91 13
Live show 5
11 November 9.83 6
Results 5
8.24 12
Live show 6
18 November 9.22 7
Results 6
8.80 9
Live show 7
25 November 8.46 11
Results 7
8.69 9
Live show 8
2 December 9.31 8
Results 8
8.24 13
Live show 9
9 December 8.39 7
Results 9
8.25 10
Live final
16 December 10.52 4
Live final results
10.78 3
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "X Factor winner dreaming of Christmas number one". Evening Standard. Daily Mail and General Trust. 17 December 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Jump up ^ Taylor, Chris (24 December 2006). "X Factor's Leona Lewis Christmas Number One". EntertainmentWise. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Jump up ^ "X Factor's Leona has festive No 1". BBC News. 25 December 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Jump up ^ Blackburn, Jen (17 December 2006). "Leona breaks world record". The Sun. News UK. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Jump up ^ "Top 40 Singles of 2006". BBC Radio 1. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008.
Jump up ^ "British single certifications – Leona Lewis – A Moment Like This". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Jump up ^ Lane, Dan (20 December 2012). "The Top 10 biggest selling X Factor debut singles and albums revealed!". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Jump up ^ McGarry, Lisa (9 October 2006). "X Factor Rule Breaking….Again!". UnrealityTV. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
Jump up ^ "Prepare for X Factor with a Surprise Twist This Weekend". The X Factor Blog. Retrieved 28 October 2006.
Jump up ^ "This week's theme is"
Jump up ^ "HMV.co.uk singles: A Moment Like This (2006)"
Jump up ^ Newton, Victoria (24 November 2006). "Ben: X Factor rigged for Leona". The Sun. London. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
Jump up ^ "The Ben interview". The X Factor. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 20 December 2006.
Jump up ^ "X-Factor winner to record Kelly Clarkson ballad". 24dash.com. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
^ Jump up to: a b "Weekly Viewing Summary (see relevant week)". BARB. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014.
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"Forever Young"
"When Christmas Comes Around"
"Dimelo"
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"Hero"
"You Are Not Alone"
"Heroes"
"Wishing on a Star"
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Panic! at the Disco
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Panic! at the Disco
Panic! at the Disco performing in 2015
Background information
Also known as
Panic at the Disco (2008–2009)[1][2]
Origin
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Genres
Pop rock
pop
pop punk
baroque pop
emo pop
alternative rock
Years active
2004–present
Labels
DCD2
Fueled by Ramen
Associated acts
The Young Veins
Website
panicatthedisco.com
Members
Brendon Urie
Main touring members:
Dallon Weekes
Kenneth Harris
Dan Pawlovich
Past members
Ryan Ross
Spencer Smith
Brent Wilson
Jon Walker
Dallon Weekes (currently a touring member)
Panic! at the Disco is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 and featuring the current lineup of vocalist Brendon Urie, accompanied on tour by bassist Dallon Weekes, guitarist Kenneth Harris and drummer Dan Pawlovich. Founded by childhood friends Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, Brent Wilson and Urie, Panic! at the Disco recorded its first demos while its members were in high school. Shortly after, the band recorded and released its debut studio album, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005). Popularized by the second single, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", the album was certified double platinum in the US. In 2006, founding bassist Brent Wilson was fired from the band during an extensive world tour and subsequently replaced by Jon Walker.
Influenced by 1960s rock bands the Beatles, the Zombies and the Beach Boys, and preceded by the single "Nine in the Afternoon", the band's second studio album, Pretty. Odd. (2008) marked a significant departure from the sound of the band's debut. Ross and Walker, who favored the band's new direction, departed because Urie and Smith wanted to make further changes to the band's style. The duo subsequently formed a new band, The Young Veins, leaving Urie and Smith as the sole remaining members of Panic! at the Disco.
Continuing as a duo, Urie and Smith released a new single, "New Perspective", and recruited Dallon Weekes as the group's bassist and Ian Crawford as the band's lead guitarist to accompany the band during live performances. Weekes was later inducted into the band's lineup as a full-time member in 2010, nearing the end of the recording of the band's third studio album, Vices & Virtues (2011). The album was recorded solely by Urie and Smith, with producers John Feldmann and Butch Walker.
As a three-piece, Urie, Smith, and Weekes recorded and released the band's fourth studio album, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!, in 2013. Prior to the release of the album, Smith unofficially left the band due to health and drug-related issues, leaving Urie and Weekes as the remaining members.
In 2015, Smith officially left the band after not performing live with the band since his departure in 2013. Shortly thereafter, Weekes reverted to being a touring member once again, leaving Urie as the only member of the official lineup. In April 2015, "Hallelujah" was released as the first single from Panic! at the Disco's fifth studio album, Death of a Bachelor (2016).
Contents
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1 History
1.1 Formation and early years (2004–2005)
1.2 A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005–2007)
1.3 Pretty. Odd. and ...Live in Chicago (2007–2009)
1.4 Lineup change and Vices & Virtues (2009–2012)
1.5 Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2012–2015)
1.6 Departure of Spencer Smith and Death of a Bachelor (2015–present)
2 Musical style and influences
3 Band members
4 Discography
5 Tours
6 Awards and nominations
6.1 Grammy Awards
6.2 MTV Video Music Awards
6.3 Other Awards
7 References
8 External links
History
Formation and early years (2004–2005)
Panic! at the Disco was formed in 2004 in the suburban area of Summerlin, Las Vegas, by childhood friends Ryan Ross, who sang and played guitar, and Spencer Smith, who played drums. They both attended Bishop Gorman High School, and they began playing music together in ninth grade. They invited friend Brent Wilson from nearby Palo Verde High School to join on bass, and Wilson invited classmate Brendon Urie to try out on guitar.[3] The quartet soon began rehearsing in Smith's grandmother's living room.[4] Urie grew up in a Mormon family in Las Vegas and early on missed some rehearsals to go to church.[5] Ross initially was the lead vocalist for the group, but after hearing Urie sing back-up during rehearsals, the group decided to make him the lead.[6] Initially, Panic! at the Disco was a Blink-182 cover band.[7]
In the group's early experimental demos, the band created a sound that was different from the many death-metal groups that were performing in Las Vegas at the time. The band signed a recording contract without having performed a live show. "We never went out and played shows before we got signed because the music scene in Las Vegas is so bad. There's not a lot going on," Smith said. "In our practice space, there were something like 30 bands, and every day we'd walk into that room and hear the exact same death-metal bands. So it kind of influenced us to be different. And to get out of Las Vegas."[8] Urie began working at Tropical Smoothie Cafe in Summerlin to afford rent for the band's new practice space.[9] The four left their educations behind to concentrate on music; Ross had a falling out with his father when he dropped out of college,[4] and when Urie dropped out of high school his parents kicked him out of the house. He stayed with friends until he could afford to rent an apartment.[10]
Ross and Urie soon began to commit to their laptops the demos they had been developing and posted three early demos ("Time to Dance," "Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks" and "Camisado") on PureVolume.[3] On a whim, they sent a link to Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz via a LiveJournal account. Wentz, who was in Los Angeles at the time with the rest of Fall Out Boy working on the band's major-label debut, From Under the Cork Tree, drove to Las Vegas to meet with the young, unsigned band.[8] Upon hearing "two to three" songs during band practice, Wentz was impressed and immediately wanted the band to sign to his Fueled by Ramen imprint label Decaydance Records, which made the band the first on the new label. Around December 2004, the group signed to the label.[6] As news broke that Wentz had signed Panic! (who had yet to perform a single live show), fans on the Internet began to bash the group. "Almost right away we knew what was going to happen," Ross explained in a 2006 interview. "We had two songs online and people were already making assumptions on what kind of band we were and what we were going to sound like."[11]
Meanwhile, Wentz began to hype the band wherever possible: from wearing "Pete! at the Disco" T-shirts onstage to mentioning the group in interviews. Wentz gave a quick shout-out to the band during a press junket on the day before the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards: "I've got a couple of bands coming out soon on Decaydance, one being this band called Panic! at the Disco," Wentz said. "Their record is going to be your next favorite record. It's called A Fever You Can't Sweat Out – get it before your little brother does."[11] At the time of the band's signing, all of the band members were still in high school (with the exception of Ross, who was forced to quit UNLV). Urie graduated in May 2005, and Wilson and Smith finished school online as the band left for College Park, Maryland, to record their debut record.[3]
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005–2007)
Main article: A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
In 2006, the band headlined their first tour and achieved platinum status on their debut album.
The band relocated to College Park, Maryland, to record its debut album from June to September 2005. Although they only had shells of songs when they arrived, the rest of the album shaped up fast through the marathon session. "We didn't have a day off in the five-and-a-half weeks we were there, 12 or 14 hours a day," Ross said in a 2005 interview.[3] "We were making things up in our heads that weren't there, and on top of the stress of trying to finish the record, we were living in a one-bedroom apartment with four people on bunk beds," recalled Ross. "Everyone got on everybody's nerves. Someone would write a new part for a song and someone else would say they didn't like it just because you ate their cereal that morning."[12]
The album is split into two-halves: the first half is mostly electronic dance punk, while the second half features Vaudevillian piano, strings, and accordion.[7] The band grew tired of writing only with drum machines and keyboards and, inspired by film scores (specifically the works of Danny Elfman and Jon Brion) decided to write a completely different half.[6] "By the end of that, we were completely exhausted," said Ross of the studio sessions. After its completion, "we had two weeks to come home and learn how to be a band," Ross said.[3] The group played its first live show during the summer of 2005 at local Las Vegas music venue The Alley on West Charleston.[3] Afterwards, the band toured nationally on the Nintendo Fusion Tour with mentors Fall Out Boy, as well as Motion City Soundtrack, The Starting Line, and Boys Night Out for the rest of 2005.[13]
The band's debut album, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, was released September 27, 2005. Sales began relatively slow. It debuted at No. 112 on the Billboard 200 album chart, No. 6 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart, and No. 1 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, with nearly 10,000 albums sold in the first week of release. Within a span of four months, Panic! would see the video for its first single, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", rocket up the Billboard Hot 100 as sales of Fever passed the 500,000 mark.[11] At the end of March 2006, the band announced a headlining tour. By August, the group's debut record was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and the music video for "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" won Video of the Year at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.[14] "Some aspects of the fame are annoying, but at the end of the day it's something we're most grateful for. It's certainly opened the door to a whole new batch of opportunities," Ross said of the band's newfound fame and instant success.[11]
In May 2006, Panic! at the Disco announced that original bassist Brent Wilson had left the band, "posting a statement that was both diplomatic and entirely inscrutable […] yet [failing] to mention any reason why Wilson is leaving Panic," according to MTV News.[15] In June, Wilson asserted to MTV News that he was kicked out of the band via a phone call. "It was done as a phone call and the only person who spoke was Spencer. Apparently Brendon and Ryan were on the speakerphone too, but they didn't say a word. They never even said they were sorry," explained Wilson. Smith wrote a lengthy e-mail back to James Montgomery of MTV News, stating, in part, "We made the decision based on Brent's lack of responsibility and the fact that he wasn't progressing musically with the band," and revealed that Wilson did not write nor play any bass present on Fever: Instead, Urie recorded these parts.[16] Wilson demanded a cut in royalties, and threatened to take his former band to court.[17]
In 2006, the band supported The Academy Is... on the band's worldwide tour "Ambitious Ones and Smoking Guns" from January to May.[18] Beginning in June, the group headlined its first unnamed national tour, that would last until August.[19] During the group's performance at the 2006 Reading Festival in August, the band was greeted by excessive bottling, one of which hit Urie in the face that knocked him unconscious. Despite this, the band continued with its set after Urie recovered.[20] The band's second headlining tour, dubbed the Nothing Rhymes with Circus Tour, began in November. In roughly one year, Panic! at the Disco went from being the opening act on a five-band bill to the headliners on a massive arena tour.[21]
The Nothing Rhymes with Circus Tour feature the band's first highly theatrical live shows, which featured every song with dance numbers, skits and tricks performed by a six-member troupe, as the band donned intricate costumes, loosely re-enacting moments from the songs.[22] Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times noted the sudden success and circus-inspired tour of the young band in a concert review: "There’s something charming about watching a band trying to navigate sudden success, aided by a contortionist, a ribbon dancer and all the rest of it."[23] MTV News favorably likened its theme and wardrobe to "Janet Jackson's audience-dividing, hypersexual The Velvet Rope Tour."[24] The group, fresh off the major success of A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, took a break after non-stop touring, and the group members began formulating ideas for their next album together during the winter of 2006.[25]
Pretty. Odd. and ...Live in Chicago (2007–2009)
Main articles: Pretty. Odd. and ...Live in Chicago
Former guitarist and vocalist Ryan Ross performing with the band in 2007. He was responsible for writing most of the music and lyrics, until his departure in 2009.
After a short period of development regarding the ideas of the album, on March 6, 2007 the band arrived at a cabin in the rural mountains of Mount Charleston, Nevada and began the writing process for the new album.[26] After recording the new tracks and performing them live over the summer, the band returned to its native Las Vegas as well as the group's old rehearsal studio, where the band members wrote their debut record.[27] The band grew uninterested in the songs previously written and by August scrapped the entire new album (which Ross later revealed was "three-quarters" done)[28] and started over. "We wanted to approach these songs in the most basic form," Ross said. "We wrote them all on one acoustic guitar and with someone singing. I think that we kind of skipped that part of songwriting on the first record, and this time we're sort of paying attention to that. […] We've written a bunch of songs since we've been home [Las Vegas]. I think it's the most fun and the happiest we've been since we started." With simplicity the new focus and the old album shelved, the group settled in and began recording what would become Pretty. Odd.[27] In October, the band entered the Studio at the Palms at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas to begin recording the album.[28]
In January 2008, the band unveiled a new logo and dropped the exclamation point from the group's name, becoming Panic at the Disco.[1] Released on March 21, 2008, Pretty. Odd. was described by the band as "more organic and mellower" than A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, as well as unintentionally and coincidentally similar to music of the Beatles, in both songwriting and scope.[29] The record debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-day sales of 54,000, and first-week sales of 139,000 copies in the United States.[30] Those figures marked the band's biggest sales week to that date, beating a previous record held by A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (which sold 45,000 during the winter of 2006). The record also debuted at "Current Alternative Albums" chart and No. 2 on the "Digital Albums" chart, the latter of which accounted for 26 percent of the disc's overall sales.[31] The album charted high in various other countries and was eventually certified gold in the United Kingdom, however, Pretty. Odd. received relatively disappointing sales in the face of its predecessor.[32] Pretty. Odd. was, however, critically acclaimed in contrast to Fever: Barry Walters of Spin called Panic's debut album "embarrassing" while regarding the new record as "[daring] to be optimistically beautiful at a time when sadness and ugliness might have won them easier credibility."[33]
The band's musical style changed after the release of their psychedelic-inspired album Pretty. Odd.
The band announced plans to headline the 2008 Honda Civic Tour in January 2008, which took up the majority of early touring for the album.[34] Motion City Soundtrack, the Hush Sound and Phantom Planet opened for the tour, which performed across North America from April 10 to July 14, 2008 .[35] Throughout October and November 2008, the band toured with Dashboard Confessional and the Cab on the Rock Band Live Tour promoting the video game Rock Band 2.[36][37]
As expected and predicted by several music publications, the band adopted a very different style for the touring in support of Pretty. Odd., in contrast to the dark, circus-themed elements of the band's previous stage shows.[38] Each show contained "woodsy set pieces, projections of flora and fauna, and mic stands wrapped in lights and flowers," and each band member dressed in a vest.[39] While reflecting on the theatrical nature of A Fever You Can't Sweat Out touring, Urie commented "We did it and it was a lot of fun when we did it, but this time around I think we wanted to get back to a more intimate, personal setting, and scale it down a little bit." Ryan Ross explained that "It's more about connecting with the audience and seeing what's gonna happen every night. It's not as scripted out and pre-planned. It makes it more exciting for us, and less monotonous every night."[39] A live album, ...Live in Chicago, based on live recordings from Chicago during the Honda Civic Tour, was released December 2, 2008.[40] An accompanying DVD contains photos from the tour, each music video from the album as well as behind-the-scenes footage of the videos and the tour, the short film Panic! at the Disco In: American Valley, and the documentary feature based on the tour, All In A Day's.[41]
Pretty. Odd.'s touring was also defined by a larger effort to remain environmentally conscious. On the tour, the band worked with two non-profit eco organizations: Reverb, which facilitates environmentally friendly touring; and Global Inheritance, which seeks to inspire more eco-activism.[39] In a 2008 interview, Ross revealed that the band traveling on a biodiesel bus, to re-using plastics, and recycling more backstage.[42] The band went as far as to print tour booklets on recycled paper, with soy ink, and organize an "eco-contest," in which profits from the tour went straight to environmental organizations.[39]
Lineup change and Vices & Virtues (2009–2012)
Main articles: Vices & Virtues and The Young Veins
Ian Crawford (left) and Dallon Weekes (right) replaced Ross and Walker to tour Pretty. Odd.
In spring 2009, the band began recording material for its third studio album.[43] However, on July 6, 2009, Ryan Ross and Jon Walker announced via the band's official website that the two were leaving the band.[44] In an interview following the split, Ross explained that he first brought the idea to Smith in late June 2009 over lunch: "Spencer and I had lunch and caught up for a while, and then the big question came up, like, 'Well, what do you want to do?' and I said, 'Well, I think it might be best if we kind of do our own thing for a while,' and he said, 'I'm glad you said that, because I was going to say the same thing,'" Ross recalled. "And there was really no argument, which is really the best way that could've worked out." Ross said the split was largely due to creative differences between him and Urie. Urie wanted the band to explore a more polished pop sound, while Ross – and, by extension, Walker – was interested in making retro-inspired rock.[45]
The news asserted that both tour plans with blink-182 in August 2009 and new album production "will continue as previously announced."[44] The following day, Alternative Press broke the news that "New Perspective", the first song recorded without Ross and Walker, would debut the following month on radio and as a part of the soundtrack to the film Jennifer's Body.[46] On July 10, 2009, Alternative Press also reported that the band had regained the exclamation point, becoming, once again, Panic! at the Disco. "New Perspective" was released on July 28, 2009.[47] Former guitarist of pop rock band The Cab, Ian Crawford and Dallon Weekes, frontman of indie rock band The Brobecks, filled in for Ross and Walker on tour during the blink-182 Summer Tour in August 2009.[48]
Urie and Smith became the remaining original members of the band after the departure of Ross and Walker.
The band re-entered the studio during early 2010 and spent much of the year recording the group's third studio album.[43] During this time, touring bassist Dallon Weekes joined the band's official lineup along with Urie and Smith, making the band a three-piece. Although Weekes did not perform on the upcoming album, he was responsible for the conceptualization of the cover art of the album and was also featured on the album cover, masked and standing in the background behind Smith and Urie.[49] On January 18, 2011, the band revealed that an album titled Vices & Virtues would officially be released on March 22, 2011. The album was produced by Butch Walker and John Feldmann.[50] The record's first single, "The Ballad of Mona Lisa", was released digitally on February 1, 2011, with the music video being released February 8, 2011. Vices & Virtues was officially released March 22, 2011 to relatively positive critical reviews.[51]
The band began touring in support of the album, christened the Vices & Virtues Tour, in earnest beginning in February 2011.[52] The tour has sported the same electric, over-the-top theatricality the band was known for during the Fever era. "I really miss wearing costumes and makeup," Urie told Spin. "I love throwing a big production. I've recently been reading about Tesla coils and I'm trying to figure out how I can get one that sits on the stage and shoots sparks without hurting anybody."[53] The group was scheduled to play the Australian Soundwave Revolution festival in September/October but the festival was cancelled and in its place is the Counter-Revolution mini-festival the band will play.
On May 12, 2011, the band collaborated with indie pop band Fun. and the two groups embarked on an American tour, releasing a single together titled "C'mon". Panic! at the Disco contributed a new song "Mercenary" to the soundtrack for the video game Batman: Arkham City.[54]
Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2012–2015)
Main article: Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!
After the unofficial departure of Smith due to drug addiction problems, Urie and Weekes were the remaining members of the band from 2013 to 2015.
After the Vices & Virtues tour cycle, Urie, Smith, and Weekes began writing and preparing for a fourth album. During the recording of the album, touring guitarist Ian Crawford, who joined the band in 2009 after the departure of Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, left the band citing his desire to make "real, genuine" music.[55] On July 15, 2013, the album was announced as Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!, with a scheduled release date of October 8, 2013. The first single, "Miss Jackson", was released on July 15, 2013, along with its music video to promote the album. Panic! at the Disco opened for Fall Out Boy on the Save Rock And Roll Arena Tour with Kenneth Harris replacing Crawford.[56][57]
Panic! at the Disco performing in Uncasville, Connecticut at the Mohegan Sun Arena during the Gospel Tour
Shortly before the band began its first tour in support of the album, Smith wrote an open letter to fans regarding his abuse of alcohol and prescription medications since the recording of Pretty. Odd. Although Smith joined the band for the first handful of dates, he left the tour to "continue fighting addiction". Urie posted on the band's official website on August 7, 2013 that "It's become evident that Spencer still needs more time to take care of himself. I can't expect him to be fighting addiction one minute and be fully immersed in a national tour the next. With that said, the tour will continue without Spencer while he is away getting the help he needs."[58] Since Spencer's leave of absence, Dan Pawlovich of the band Valencia has filled in on tour.[59]
In an interview with Pure Fresh on September 23, 2014, Urie stated that he had already thought about ideas on the fifth studio album; however, he was not sure if it would be a Panic! at the Disco album, or a solo album.[60] Urie has also stated there are no current plans for Smith to return to the band.[61]
Departure of Spencer Smith and Death of a Bachelor (2015–present)
Main article: Death of a Bachelor
On April 2, 2015, Smith announced that he had officially left the band.[62] That same month, Urie revealed in an interview with Kerrang! that he was working on new material for the band's fifth studio album.[63]
Bassist Dallon Weekes is the only remaining member since Ross and Walker's departure to not leave the band.
On April 20, 2015, Urie released "Hallelujah" as a single without any previous formal announcements.[64][65] It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 40, the band's second highest ever after "I Write Sins Not Tragedies". The band performed at the KROQ Weenie Roast on May 16, 2015.[66] On September 1, 2015, another song from the fifth studio album, "Death of a Bachelor", premiered on an Apple Music broadcast hosted by Pete Wentz.[67] The second single, "Victorious" was released at the end of the month.[68] On October 22, 2015, through the band's official Facebook page, Urie announced the new album as Death of a Bachelor with a scheduled release date of January 15, 2016.[69] It is the first album written and composed by Urie with a team of writers, as the status of Weekes changed from an official member to that of a touring member once again. Weekes' status was rumored during the promotion of Death of a Bachelor that he was no longer an official member,[70][71] until it was confirmed by Weekes himself on October 24, 2015, via Twitter that he was "not contributing creatively anymore".[72] The third single "Emperor's New Clothes" was released on the same day, along with the official music video. "LA Devotee" was released November 26 as a promotional single.[73] On December 31, 2015, the band released "Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time".[74]
The band co-headlined the Weezer & Panic! at the Disco Summer Tour 2016 with Weezer from June to August 2016.[75] The band released a cover of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" in August 2016, on the Suicide Squad soundtrack album.[76][77]
On September 22, 2016, the band released the music video for "LA Devotee". With the release came the announcement of the Death of a Bachelor Tour in 2017. MisterWives and Saint Motel were announced as the opening acts.[78] In a December 2016 interview, Urie says that he hopes to make a music video for every song on the album Death of a Bachelor.[79][80]
Musical style and influences
Panic! at the Disco performing in 2013.
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Panic! at the Disco have been know to change their sound each album. Musically, they have mainly been described as pop rock,[81][82][83] pop,[84] pop punk,[81][85][86] baroque pop,[87][85] synth-pop,[87][88][89] dance-punk,[90] electropop,[91] power pop,[92] emo pop,[81][93][94] alternative rock[87][95] and emo.[87][96]
Panic! at the Disco went on record many times saying that the group's second album would be completely different from A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, as Rolling Stone wrote in an article: "The group cemented its next direction with their first single, called "Nine in the Afternoon". "It's influenced by the music our parents listened to: the Beach Boys, the Kinks, the Beatles," says Ross. "Our new songs are more like classic rock than modern rock. We got older and started listening to different music – and this seems like the natural thing to do right now."[97] Pretty. Odd. has been described as being like "[Panic] dropping the entire Beatles catalog into a blender, adding some modern alternative ice and the horn section from Sonia Dada, then churning out a new-millennium Liverpool smoothie."[98] In his review of the band's live album, Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted, "...Pretty. Odd. suggests that they're becoming that rare thing in 2008: a pop-oriented rock band. They might not be doing this knowingly, but the results are entertaining all the same."[99]
Band members
Main article: List of Panic! at the Disco band members
Current members
Brendon Urie – lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards (2004–present); bass guitar (2005–2010, 2015–present); drums (2015–present)
Former members
Ryan Ross – lead guitar, vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizers (2004–2009); lead vocals (2004)
Spencer Smith – drums, percussion (2004–2015; hiatus 2013–2015)[62]
Brent Wilson – bass guitar (2004–2006)
Jon Walker – bass guitar, backing vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar (2006–2009)
Current touring musicians
Dallon Weekes – bass guitar, vocals, keyboards, guitar (2009–2010, 2015–present; official member 2010–2015)
Kenneth Harris – lead guitar, backing vocals (2013–present)
Dan Pawlovich – drums, percussion (2013–present)
Jesse Molloy – saxophone (2016–present)
Erm Navarro – trombone (2016–present)
Chris Bautista – trumpet (2016–present)
Former touring musicians
Bartram Nason – cello, keyboards, electronic drums, percussion (2006–2008)
Eric Ronick – keyboards, backing vocals, percussion (2006–2008)
Ian Crawford – lead guitar, floor tom, backing vocals (2009–2012)
Discography
Main article: Panic! at the Disco discography
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005)
Pretty. Odd. (2008)
Vices & Virtues (2011)
Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2013)
Death of a Bachelor (2016)
Tours
Headlining
2005 Tour (2005)
Nothing Rhymes with Circus (2006)
Pretty. Odd. Tour (2008)
Vices & Virtues Tour (2011-12)
Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! Tour (2014)
Gospel Tour (2014)
Death of a Bachelor Tour (2016-17)
Co-headlining
Nintendo Fusion Tour (with Fall Out Boy, The Starting Line, Motion City Soundtrack and Boys Night Out) (2005)
Honda Civic Tour (with Motion City Soundtrack, Death Cab for Cutie, Phantom Planet and The Hush Sound) (2008)
Rock Band Live Tour (with Dashboard Confessional) (2008)
Summer Tour 2016 (with Weezer) (2016)
Opening Act
Take Cover Tour (for Acceptance and The Receiving End of Sirens) (2005)
Ambitious Ones and Smoking Guns Tour (for The Academy Is...) (2006)
Truckstops & Statelines Tour (for The Academy Is...) (2006)
Blink-182 in Concert (Blink-182) (2009)
Save Rock and Roll Tour (for Fall Out Boy) (2013)
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2017 Best Rock Album Death of a Bachelor Nominated [100]
MTV Video Music Awards
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2006 Video of the Year "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Won [101]
Best New Artist in a Video Nominated [102]
Best Group Video Nominated [101]
Best Rock Video Nominated [103]
Best Art Direction Nominated [104]
2008 Best Pop Video "Nine in the Afternoon" Nominated [105]
Best Direction Nominated [106]
2016 Best Rock Video "Victorious" Nominated [107]
Other Awards
Year
Award
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2006 Teen Choice Awards Rock Track "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Nominated
TMF Awards Best Video International Won
2007 Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica Best International Rock Group Panic! at the Disco Nominated
Kerrang! Awards Best International Band Nominated
2008 Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica Best International Rock Group Nominated
MTV Asia Awards The Style Award Won
Teen Choice Awards Rock Track "Nine in the Afternoon" Nominated
2011 Kerrang! Awards Best Single "The Ballad of Mona Lisa" Nominated
2014 Alternative Press Music Awards Best Vocalist Brendon Urie Won [108]
Artist of the Year Panic! at the Disco Nominated
2015 Best Bassist Dallon Weekes Nominated [109]
Best Live Band Panic! at the Disco Nominated
Rock Sound Readers Poll Video of the Year "Emperor's New Clothes" Won [110]
2016 Alternative Press Music Awards Best Music Video Won [111]
Song of the Year "Hallelujah" Won
Artist of the Year Panic! at the Disco Nominated [112]
2017 People's Choice Awards Favorite Group Nominated [113]
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