The Spacey Awards (also referred to as The Spaceys) are awards presented by the Canadian cable network SPACE. Awards are presented in the areas of sci-fi, fantasy and horror films, television series and video games. Some of the awards are voted on by the viewers choice and the others by SPACE employees.
The awards are notable for their use of humor, often with skits built around both the presenting and the receiving of awards. Rather than hosting a formal ceremony, SPACE instead takes the awards to the winners, often visiting them on the set of their latest production, or in some other setting. Richard Dean Anderson of Stargate SG-1 is particularly notable for his comedic acceptance speeches (one of which during the 2nd Spacey Awards ran so long it was run in instalments throughout the broadcast). Anderson was not nominated for the 4th annual awards as he was no longer a cast member of Stargate, so instead he presented an award (ironically to the actor who replaced him on Stargate) via an extended art film parody of My Dinner with Andre.
The awards have been hosted since their inception by Natasha Eloi and Jonathan Llyr, with Kim Poirier becoming co-host with the 2005 awards.
A special The Best of the Spaceys, hosted by Eloi, Llyr and Poirier, showing clips from past awards was and aired on May 18 2007.
The 5th Spacey Awards aired on June 10, 2007.
