We will try to better this year with the nominees. This year, the board will list all awards given, and assign different users to present them. The users will be responsible for coming up with 4 nominees for the award being presented, and come with an answer.
If that doesn't work....we'll just do the free-for-all just like we did last year.
Suggestion:
I don't know how it went last year, but once the nominees are listed, couldn't you post a poll for each category? That way, everyone gets a vote. I'm not sure if you can make it so that the poll results aren't displayed, but if so, that would keep it suspenseful.