The 2010 awards, on the other hand, are like the kids' revenge, at least in the major categories of Record, Song and Album of the Year.

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Jordan, who is bidding to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest, has a two-year-old son, who was born blind, with footballer Dwight Yorke.

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The album went triple-platinum, and Mayer won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the song "Your Body Is a Wonderland" at last year's Grammy Awards.

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It is no coincidence that its novice director, 30-year-old Song Il-Gon, learnt his craft at the Polish national film school in Lodz, where Mr Kieslowski also trained.

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Her song "So Macho" peaked at number two on the U.K. charts in 1986 and was the year's tenth-biggest-selling hit.

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