Constellation Awards

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Constellation Awards
Awarded forSci-fi awards
Date2007
CountryCanada
Presented byTCON Promotional Society
Website http://constellations.tcon.ca/
 7 July 2012
2013 

The Constellation Awards were a set of Canadian awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. [1] The event was founded in 2007. Constellation Awards are the only Canadian sci-fi award where the Canadian public select the nominees and winners in all categories. [2] The awards were held at Toronto area hotels every year, but attendance and interest declined over time and the annual awards ended in 2014, which remains to date the last year the awards were held. The awards were run by the TCON Promotional Society, a not-for-profit organization that also ran several other Toronto-area fan events including the Toronto Trek, Polaris, Polar Chill, and Reversed Polarity fan conventions.

Contents

Categories

Television

Film/TV Movie/Mini-Series

Other

Winners

2007 [3] 2008 [4] 2009 [5] 2010 [6] 2011 [7] 2012 [8] 2013 [9] 2014 [10]
Best Male Performance in a Science Fiction Television Episode David Tennant
Doctor Who
David Tennant
Doctor Who
Michael Hogan
Battlestar Galactica
David Tennant
Doctor Who
Adam Baldwin
Chuck
Robin Dunne
Sanctuary - Fugue
Niall Matter
Primeval: New World - Truth
Jordan Gavaris
Orphan Black - Variations Under Domestication
Best Female Performance in a Science Fiction Television Episode Claudia Black
Stargate SG-1
Carey Mulligan
Doctor Who
Catherine Tate
Doctor Who
Lena Headey
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Anna Torv
Fringe
Ming-Na
Stargate Universe - Epilogue
Rachel Nichols (actress)
Continuum - A Stitch in Time
Tatiana Maslany
Orphan Black - Variations Under Domestication
Best Science Fiction Television Series of the year Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who Supernatural Stargate Universe Stargate Universe Continuum Orphan Black
Best Male Performance in a Science Fiction Film, TV Movie, or Mini-Series Hugo Weaving
V for Vendetta
Will Smith
I Am Legend
Robert Downey Jr.
Iron Man
Karl Urban
Star Trek
Johnny Depp
Alice in Wonderland
Andy Serkis
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Mark Ruffalo
The Avengers
Benedict Cumberbatch
Star Trek Into Darkness
Best Female Performance in a Science Fiction Film, TV Movie, or Mini-Series Natalie Portman
V for Vendetta
Emma Watson
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Claudia Black
Stargate: Continuum
Zoe Saldana
Avatar
Chloë Grace Moretz
Kick-Ass
Olivia Wilde
Cowboys & Aliens
Sarah Silverman
Wreck-It Ralph
Sandra Bullock
Gravity
Best Science Fiction Film, TV Movie, or Mini-Series of the year Pan's Labyrinth Transformers WALL-E Star Trek Inception Rise of the Planet of the Apes Looper Gravity
Best Technical Accomplishment in a Science Fiction Film or Television Production Battlestar Galactica
visual effects
Transformers
transformation effects
WALL-E
animations
Avatar
visual effects
Doctor Who
music
Joel Goldsmith
Stargate Universe music
Frank Griebe and John Toll
Cloud Atlas Cinematography
Tim Webber
Gravity Visual Effects
Best Overall Science Fiction Film or Television Script Stargate SG-1 episode
200
Supernatural (U.S. TV series) episode
What is & what should never be
Doctor Who episode
Silence in the library
FlashForward episode
No More Good Days
Inception Stargate Universe episode
Twin Destinies
Continuum episode
A Stitch in Time
Doctor Who episode
The Day of the Doctor
Outstanding Canadian Contribution to Science Fiction Film or Television in the year Doctor Who Tanya Huff
Blood Ties
Stargate SG-1 franchise Bruce Greenwood Teddy Wilson and Ajay Fry
Hosts of InnerSPACE sci-fi show
Stargate Universe Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Creators of Primeval: New World Tatiana Maslany
Orphan Black

Events

Constellation Awards 2007

Constellation Awards 2007 took place on 7 July in the Plaza Ballroom of the Doubletree International Plaza Hotel. Its hosts were Ed the Sock and Liana K.

Constellation Awards 2008

Constellation Awards 2008 took place on 12 July in the Plaza Ballroom of the DoubleTree by Hilton - Toronto Airport Hotel. Its host was Rick Green. This year Doctor Who received six nominations, Supernatural, Stargate and Smallville also had multiple nominations. [11]

Constellation Awards 2009

The event was in the Grand York Ballroom of the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel on 11 July. Its host was actress Karen Cliche.

Constellation Awards 2010

The event was in Grand York Ballroom of the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel on 17 July. Its host was Gavin Stephens.

Constellation Awards 2011

The 2011 Constellation Awards's hosts were Teddy Wilson & Ajay Fry. It took place in Sheraton Parkway Hotel in Toronto. [7]

Constellation Awards 2012

In 2012 Robin Dunne hosted the ceremony in the Sheraton Parkway Hotel in Toronto. Stargate Universe won five from the six awards it was nominated. [12]

Constellation Awards 2013

The 2013 Constellation Awards's hosts were Andrew Jackson and Ellen Dubin. It took place at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Toronto/Markham in Toronto as Continuum won 3 of the four awards it was nominated for. [13]

Constellation Awards 2014

The 2014 Constellation Awards were hosted by Rick Green again, on Saturday, July 5th, 2014, at the Holiday Inn Toronto International Airport. It was the last time the awards were held. [14]

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