TORONTO – The nominations for the 1st annual Naked News Awards have just been announced! Nominee videos in all 10 categories are available for viewing. All viewers may vote for their choices at www.NakedNews.com.

Voting is open for the next 3 weeks. The winners will be revealed on the Naked News Awards Show on May 24, 2009, which will be broadcast exclusively at www.NakedNews.com and hosted by two of the sexiest names in news, Whitney St. John and Ariella Banks.

The ceremony is an important, star-studded event for Naked News as it rolls out the red carpet to celebrate some of the best moments of 2008. Lucas Tyler, Producer of Naked News said, “It was extremely difficult selecting only 3 nominees in each of the 10 categories.”

In addition to Sexiest Guest and Best Audition, other categories include Best Naked In The Streets, Best Location Shoot, Hottest Model, and Best Interview among many more.

This year’s nominees cover a wide spectrum of what Naked News offers its viewers. Dr. Victoria Zdrok has written 2 books, was a Playboy centerfold as well as a Penthouse’s Pet of the Year and is up for Sexiest Guest.

Jackie The Jokeman, made famous as a Howard Stern sidekick, made a splash with our audience when a very naked Naked News reporter interviewed him. He’s up for Best Interview. All categories as well as all the nominee videos are listed at www.NakedNews.com

Voting is open right now to everyone who visits the website.

Naked News launched in 1999, and quickly became a worldwide media phenomenon on the Internet, then Television and Mobile. Naked NewsTV! is currently available on Television to about 35 million North American homes via Indemand, TVN, Bell ExpressVu, and other North American broadcasters. It’s the most successful crossover from the Internet to Television in history. In its totally unique and irreverent manner, Naked News provides upbeat news in an entertaining fashion to more than 172 nations daily on the Internet, Television, Mobile and in Hotel Rooms around the world.