We are in the middle of award show season, and with some of the biggest award shows right around the corner everyone I know is patiently waiting to see who gets nominated and who will win their respective categories. They will watch a countless number of award shows to see how many awards their favorites will win this season.

To be honest I don’t understand the hype around award shows. I use to be the person who would watch award shows all the time, but even when I did watch them I still found them to be extremely boring. I get that people want their favorite actors, actresses, movies, singers, etc. to win an award; however, I never saw the point of sitting and watching an award show for hours. Just like most, I think it’s great when my favorite movie wins an award, but you won’t find me anxiously waiting to see if my favorite movie (which at the moment is Moana) win an award. It is just as easy to look up the winners on Twitter or search them up on Google the next day. Also, the only way I will watch performances from awards shows is on youtube. I would much rather spend my time watching sports (specifically baseball) instead of watching an award show.

Why would you waste your time watching the award shows? There are plenty of other, productive things you could be doing, like studying, or eating, or sleeping.

I understand that having award shows for entertainment is like having awards for sports, but I don’t understand why we need to have so many, and why they all need to be televised.

So, to all those watching the awards shows I hope you enjoy them; I, however, will be doing literally anything else.