{"id":4052,"date":"2011-10-11T18:33:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T22:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/?p=4052"},"modified":"2011-10-11T18:33:21","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T22:33:21","slug":"marc-martel-receives-nomination-from-mtv-o-music-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2011\/10\/marc-martel-receives-nomination-from-mtv-o-music-awards.html","title":{"rendered":"Marc Martel Receives Nomination From MTV O Music Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe title=\"Queen Extravaganza - My &quot;Somebody To Love&quot; audition\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dREKkAk628I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>This just in: after\u00a0a heavy fan write-in campaign, Downhere&#8217;s Marc Martel has just been added as a nominee for the MTV O Awards 2 in the Best Fan Cover category for his YouTube.com video audition of\u00a0&#8220;Somebody To Love&#8221; for the Queen Extravaganza. (Just in case you&#8217;ve been living under a rock, I included it here again.) You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omusicawards.com\/vote\/best-fan-cover\" target=\"_blank\">vote for him at OMusicAwards.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Voting began just under a week ago and already more than three million votes have poured in, as well as nominations for additional candidates to be added to the voting pool, such as Martel. He\u00a0recently performed \u201cSomebody To Love\u201d on The Ellen Show last Monday, October 3rd and received a standing ovation from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will be announced Monday, October 31, 2011 and will livestream on OMusicAwards.com.\u00a0 The first four minutes of the program will air on the MTV television network. The event celebrates and honors the artists, innovators and fans impacting digital music culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Martel is currently on The Called To Love Tour with his band, Downhere, in support of their current CD, <em>On The Altar Of Love<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 The tour includes Downhere\u2019s fellow labelmates, Jason Gray and Aaron Shust.\u00a0 Martel and Downhere will be heading to Norway for an international tour later this month.\u00a0 For more information on Martell please visit online, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcmartel.com\/\">www.marcmartel.com<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downhere.com\/\">www.downhere.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 This just in: after\u00a0a heavy fan write-in campaign, Downhere&#8217;s Marc Martel has just been added as a nominee for the MTV O Awards 2 in the Best Fan Cover category for his YouTube.com video audition of\u00a0&#8220;Somebody To Love&#8221; for the Queen Extravaganza. 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