Benjamin Ingrosso crushed the opposition on P3 Gold

Artist of the year: Benjamin Ingrosso. Gold mic for best live performance: Benjamin Ingrosso. Best Album and Best Song, for “Pink Velvet Theater” and “Kite” respectively: Benjamin Ingrosso.

There was no doubt about who was the king of the evening at Cirkus in Stockholm. In the artist of the year category, he won over competitors such as Amanda Bergman, Molly Sandén and the late rapper C Gambino. In the album category, greats such as Thåström and Little Jinder were defeated.

Honorary award to Hellström

In two categories Ingrosso could not compete in, which was perhaps lucky for the other participants. The prize for this year’s group was awarded to Swedish House Mafia and Orkid was named artist of the future. Behind the stage name stands Matilda Melin, who started her artist career in 2013 in “Idol”.

The honorary award of this year’s P3 Icon went to Håkan Hellström, who recently released the EP “Gå för glory” and this summer is current with several gigs at Ullevi.

The song quote of the year was Miriam Bryant’s in “Rain-soaked shoes”: “Always on my way somewhere else/A migratory bird out of balance”.

Since Benjamin Ingrosso took home so many prizes at the gala, the evening’s losers were several: Amanda Bergman, Molly Sandén and the group Terra had been nominated for three prizes each, but had to go home empty-handed.