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"Flosscars" is our annual award ceremony. It is so called because, in 2000, the awards are not just any old small magnetic Oscars, no, they are small magnetic Oscars with dental floss tied round their necks. This makes them entirely different and original. In 2001 the small magnetic Oscars were replaced by bendy men with floss tied round their necks and in 2002 by flosscards, ie luggage labels strung up with floss. So the important point is clearly the floss and any casual resemblance to other award ceremonies is purely accidental.

Flosscars takes place in Trinity term, and as nominations and votes are due before the performances of the current play, the awards period covers Trinity of the previous academic year, plus Michaelmas and Hilary of this academic year. However, in the early days it was an issue of much debate which shows should be considered for the Flosscars, which explains why Good Show, Jeeves! has been included twice, and there were four plays for the 2002 Flosscars.

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Best Hero
Nominations: (Corpus Christi) for Prince Charming ()
(St Johns), Catherine Offord, (Worcester), Alexis Lygoumenos, Sukrit Silas, (Mansfield) and Jessica Law for The Dwarves ()
(Hertford) for Gabriel ()
Winner: (St. Edmund Hall) for Captain Protector (Villainy!)
Best Heroine
Nominations:Alexis Lygoumenos for Ivy Green ()
Winner: (Mansfield) for Jimmy (Show White and the Seven Vertically Challenged Treasure Hunters)
Best Bad Guy/Villain
Nominations: (St Hilda's) for Dr Lou Cypher ()
(Balliol) for The Evil Queen Papadopoulos ()
(St. Hilda's) for Satan ()
(Oriel) for Elena ()
(St. Edmund Hall) for Captain Protector ()
Winner:The Entire Cast (Villainy!)
Best Double Act/Couple
Nominations:Tzveta Pokrovska and Tom Wade for Jack and Cat ()
(Balliol) and (Christ Church) for Evil Queen Papadopoulos and Igor ()
(St. Hilda's) and (Oriel) for Elena and Satan ()
Winner: (Mansfield) and (St. Hilda's) for Jimmy and Mr Kent (Show White and the Seven Vertically Challenged Treasure Hunters)
Best Director
Nominations: (Mansfield) ()
(mansfield), (Mansfield) and Alexis Lygoumenos ()
(Ex-Lincoln) ()
Winner: (Oriel) and (Lincoln) (Show White and the Seven Vertically Challenged Treasure Hunters)
Best Writer
Nominations: (New) ()
(Lincoln) ()
Winner: (Oriel) (Villainy!)
Best Costume
Nominations: (St Hilda's) for Magic Mirror ()
(Nuffield) for Circe ()
(St. Edmund Hall) and (Mansfield) for Captain Protector (though I recommend this is noted down as WORST costume, because OH GOD MY EYES) ()
(Mansfield) for Professor Kurt Pestilence (with Bionic Arm and Crazy Hair) ()
(Mansfield) for Dust Bunny ()
(Ex-Worcester) for The Thing With Shoes ()
Winner: (Corpus Christi), (Mansfield) and (Oriel) for Eric Slaughter (Villainy!)
Best Prop
Nominations:The red banana ()
Transcranial magnetic stimulation device ()
The Weapon of Doom ()
Death Ray ()
Frankie's Bar ()
Winner:The physics guns (Lasagne! The Musical!)
The "Ooh you luvvie" Award for actually being able to act
Nominations: (St Hilda's) for Morgan ()
(St. Hilda's) for Mr Kent ()
(Nuffield) ()
Winner: (St. Hilda's) for Damn near everything!
Best Ad Lib
Nominations: (St. Edmund Hall) for Various interactions with the audience in Snow White and Villainy!
(hertford) for "I will bite you in nasty places" ()
(Mansfield) for "I call this the medieval milkmaid" ()
(St. Hilda's) for "Lucifer's Lingere!" ()
(St. Hilda's) for "How the me are you?" ()
(St. Hilda's) for Diet Coke ()
(St. Hilda's) for "What?! I am really busy!" ()
Chris Webster for "AAAGGG... Wait! What are you doing now?" ()
Winner: (Regent's Park) for "I'll mash you up more than I have done the script over the last two nights!" (Villainy!)
The "Tom Reynolds" Award for most Spurious Accent
Nominations: (Mansfield) for Capitaine of the RMS Proportions ()
(Mansfield) for Olaf Slatstafflongest ()
(balliol) for Valentine ()
Winner: (St Hilda's), Catherine Offord, Lotty Spurrell and (Oriel) for Cypher's Henches (Lasagne! The Musical!)
Best Impersonation of an Animal
Nominations:Phil Scott (Oxon) for his Bat disguise ()
(Ex-Worcester) for Polar Bear ()
Cassie the Tiger for the Tiger ()
(Ex-Worcester) for Chipmunk No. 4 ()
(Mansfield) for Woodland critter in the schools shows (adorable!) ()
Monty for Deer ()
(Mansfield) for Dust Bunny ()
(Ex-Worcester) for The Thing with Shoes ()
Alexis Lygoumenos for Seal
Winner: (Hertford) for The Hallucination Crustacean (Villainy!)
Best Song
Nominations:Jessica Law for Little Village ()
(Lincoln) for Dwarf Rap ()
(Oriel) for The Good Guys Always Win ()
(Oriel) for Welcome to the Cult ()
(Oriel) for Evil Science Rock ()
(Oriel) for All of them! ()
Winner: (Mansfield) for You don't listen to your cameraman (Love Song) (Show White and the Seven Vertically Challenged Treasure Hunters)
Best Special Effect
Nominations: (St Johns), (Lincoln), (mansfield) and (Mansfield) for flying through the air kung-fu kick ()
(St Hilda's) for successfully melting/moulting ()
(Mansfield) for his death ray sound effect ()
(Ex-Lincoln) for swirly spotlight ()
Winner: (Mansfield), (Oriel) and (Corpus Christi) for Eric Slaughter make up and falling off finger (Villainy!)
Best Worse Line-learner
Nominations: (Mansfield) for Professor Kurt Pestilence ()
Winner: (Regent's Park) for Lucas Blackford (Villainy!)
The "Sally Outen" Award for Most Gloriously Surreal Moment
Nominations: (New) for the whole script ()
(Lincoln), (St Johns), Catherine Offord, (Worcester), Alexis Lygoumenos, Sukrit Silas, (Mansfield) and Jessica Law for Dwarf Rap ()
Rich Wareham for his Irish Jig whilst under mind control ()
Winner: (Oriel), (Mansfield), (St. Hilda's), (Ex-Worcester), (Mansfield), Péter Connell, Chris Webster, (Filthy Brooks Interloper), (Hertford), (Ex-Lincoln), Catherine Offord and (Queen's) for The Hallucination Scene (Villainy!)
Best fluff/fuck-up/cock-up during a performance
Nominations: (St. Edmund Hall) for dress malfunction leading to missing his cue ()
(St. Edmund Hall) for messing up a song ()
(Hertford) for forgetting the words to the love song and just "la"-ing ()
Jessica Asbury, (balliol) and (Lincoln) for the bar scene ()
(Mansfield) for the "medieval milkmaids" line ()
Winner: (Mansfield) for performing while wearing only half a dress and scaring the old ladies (The as yet unnamed sketch show)
The "Beyond the Call of Duty" Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty
Nominations: (Mansfield) for battling with schools and old peoples homes to sort out performances for us
Alexis Lygoumenos ()
(Ex-Lincoln) for Website Wonders
(Oriel) for Rather a lot of things
Winner: (St Hilda's) for Working tirelessly before, during and after the ball
Best Quote
Nominations: (Hertford) for "tampax puppy"
(hertford) for "You're clearly evil, but i see no reason not to trust you" ()
(St. Hilda's) for "The reindeer in Spain was killed mainly by the plane." and preceeding build up ()
Chris Webster for "MADAM!" ()
Winner: (St. Hilda's) for "Quiet, Jimmy!" (Show White and the Seven Vertically Challenged Treasure Hunters)
Most Bizarre Stage Direction
Nominations: (New) for "moulting" ()
(Oriel) for "Devil appears and waltzes with Monty and other characters" ()
(Oriel) for "his finger falls off" ()
Winner: (Lincoln) for "Ka-Blam! [Zaps queen and she explodes]" (Show White and the Seven Vertically Challenged Treasure Hunters)
Most Missed Object
Nominations:The witches' cauldron ()
Winner:Laith Dilaimi for promising us he will be there, but leaving us wanting
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