FP7 Doha Agency of the Year Withdrawn???

Agency Of The Year Award Withdrawn
Wednesday 01 April 2009

Source : http://www.dubailynx.com/about/news.cfm?newsid=44

The 2009 Dubai Lynx Agency of the Year award has been withdrawn from FP7 Doha. The trophy will subsequently now not be awarded this year.

Investigations after this year's Dubai Lynx Awards Ceremony revealed numerous examples of work from FP7 Doha that did not meet the Dubai Lynx entry criteria and subsequently, these 18 submissions and the associated seven awards have been withdrawn.

Those awards were as follows:

1 Gold Print campaign
1 Gold TV/Cinema campaign
3 Silver Print campaigns
1 Silver Outdoor campaign
1 Bronze TV/Cinema campaign

In addition, ten pieces which were shortlisted in the Print and Outdoor sections were also disqualified.

Philip Thomas, Dubai Lynx CEO said: "Even before the awards night, we had withdrawn a number of pieces of work from the competition but subsequently, our investigation has found other pieces that were presented to the jury that infringed our requirement that all work presented must represent the client who approved it. Our rules are very clear with regards to this and we have no hesitation in withdrawing these awards.

"The Dubai Lynx Awards exists to celebrate and raise the creative bar of genuine work of the region. Activities like this show a disregard, not only for the Awards, but more importantly for the juries who work so hard judging the event. Due to the scale of withdrawals we feel it inappropriate to honour FP7 Doha as Agency of the Year and so will be withdrawing the prize. I hope that this swift action makes clear our determination to build an award with true integrity for the region."

Picture: Fortune Promo Seven Doha presented an ad depicting Jesus taking pictures of a group of Nuns.