It's up to us!

Yesterday, the nominees for the 2011 People's Choice Awards were announced. Among the nominees, The Vampire Diaries is up for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show and Favorite TV Drama and Ian Somerhalder is in the running for Favorite TV Drama Actor. For those of us who are Vampire Diaries fans, we were very excited to see the show recognized in these three categories, but felt that there was still someone missing. NINA DOBREV! Hello! Not only is she an amazing actress, but she plays two rolls on the same show. Not just two rolls, but two very opposite rolls of two characters with two very different personalities (not to mention the fact that the one girl she plays is a vampire who's centuries old, and the other is a teenage human, no biggie). She defiantly should be recognized for her outstanding performances week to week, but this time, she was overlooked. However, the afore mentioned categories that the show and Ian are nominated for are must wins! The show has become a huge hit and Ian is not only an amazing actor that is pretty much the polar opposite of the vampire he plays on the show, but he is such a deserving person for this award. 
What I particularly enjoy about the People's Choice Awards is just that, it's the people's choice, as Ian himself recognized via twitter.

iansomerhalder ian somerhalder The People's Choice Awards is a MOJOR awards show that is determined by you guys (the fans) so we may just have a fighting chance:)

Beyond my obsession with The Vampire Diaries, which by the way was not included in the category for Favorite TV Obsession, I also am thrilled to mention that Law and Order SVU, Burn Notice and White Collar were all nominated as well. Only problem is, Burn Notice and White Collar are in the same category, Favorite TV Obsession, so I'm almost glad that The Vampire Diaries didn't make the cut for this one since it's hard enough as it is. I've decided every time I vote in that particular category, I'm going to alternate my votes because I truly love both of those shows. Also, I was very excited to see that both Revenge Of The Bridesmaids and Better With You, staring the lovely Joanna Garcia, are nominated as well! 

So there you have it, we the fans have the power to show our favorite shows, actors, movies and more our support by heading over to http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/ and voting for them every day. You can also vote via twitter and every retweet counts as a vote! Voting ends on December 7th, and the award show will be on January 5th 2011 on CBS.