Winner: Renault - Remember When
Not only did this ad fail to make me notice how nice the new Megane is, it put a huge doubt in my mind about the entire brand. "Remember when you said you'd never buy a Renault?" ... No. I didn't, but now i'm not sure where that came from... who said it? Why wouldn't they buy one?
It's also a bit patronising and a little bit insulting about how we live our lives. But this gets the award for singlehandedly scaring me away from a brand. Quite a remarkable achievment for an I've only seen three times.
Runners Up: DFS - Rockstar
Patronising, irritating, cringeworthy, throw your sofa at the TV to make it go away annoying.
If it hadn't been so good at catching the bland AOR rock shitegeist it would have won...
By the way, actual quote from the band: "You know you've made it when your song's in a fucking sofa commercial" ... Not a DFS sofa commercial mate.
Runners Up: Iceland - Cold Outside
Wow. This is bad, so bad it goes beyond being 'so bad its good' and into 'so bad its horrific'.
Only saved from worst ad of the year because it at least attempts to play it silly, and without Kerry in it might have worked. Jason and the Nolan aren't that bad, but Kerry just proves that she can't cut it with acting or singing showstyle.
Runners Up: Gillette - Tiger Thierry Tennis Bloke
2 ads for the proce of one.
A cheesy sports montage followed by a crushing barrage of unhindered sales pitch, beating you over and over the head with its desperate pleading for you to buy
Three expensive sportsmen joining in the fun makes it even more of an assault on the eyes and ears.
Saved from winning for two reasons: 1. They are still better than the 'dad razor for xmas' ad from a year or two ago. 2. Thierry Henry is a footballing legend and I'd hate him to win worst anything.
Perhaps ironically, Thierry was spokesperson for the last great Renault ad. The man has va va voom. Maybe the two could get back together and save themselves from ad hell...
4 comments:
What? No mention of the 'Just for Men' annoying kids advert? Where the two girls tell their dad he'd be 'a great catch for someone' if only he'd get rid of those unsightly grey hairs?
Yeah, its awful. But its no worse than what they've done before.
Frankly this list could be as long as my arm (I already edited it twice to add in more Gillette ads!), and that falls just below the cut off point!
Cheers
"Remember when we made that awful car?" and "Remember when we made that really awful advert to go with that awful car" and "Remember when we wasted an awful lot of money paying for that ad to be seen, but never watched, by millions of people?"
"How awful"
I couldn't quite believe the Renault as I first watched the ad on TV. I was sitting there thinking "huh, I know a really awful way this could end..." and they only gone and done it, 'adnt they.
It's like packaging supplements with "Definitely, definitely does not kill children, we promise"
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