A few presenters' links, and some bits of chat for the parade of individual awards presenters as they come on to dish out the gongs.
O'Reilly was one of a few presenters who were dropped from the show, along with Michaela Strachan, Juliet Morris and Charlotte Smith.
During the telecast, a few presenters poked back at Gervais ("Aside from the fact that it's been hugely meanspirited with mildly sinister undertones," Robert Downey Jr. said, "I'd say the vibe of the show's pretty good so far"), which some viewers took to mean they were offended by his act.
"We auditioned quite a few women presenters, but they kept saying, 'Oh, no, I don't think she's quite right,' " Ms. Rogers said.
Xfm had always been a male-dominated station with a few female presenters; now, they were actively saying that they didn't want women, they wanted banter for blokes, delivered by blokes, with rock music made by blokes, to an audience of blokes.
"He has a brilliant connection with the audience and very few presenters have that".
In typical conferences, presenting almost always carries more prestige than listening; the few presenters share their wisdom with the many.
Few presenters would admit to nerves as the red light comes on, but the prospect of live broadcasting produces a few foibles.
Few presenters in person exactly fit this image, but they are often very different beasts off air, and one can appreciate the work involved in keeping the persona, and on-air world, alive.
I always thought that, if I could crack it, then there would be a niche for me because, unlike sports like tennis, golf and cricket, in football there were very few presenters who had played the game and nobody who had played at the very top level.
After the presentations, I grabbed some one-on-one time with a few of the presenters (Weebly's David Rusenko, Codecademy's Zach Sims, and Stripe's John Collison) to answer some basic questions: Why should someone work for your startup?
