Well, Ad Age had the Grand Prix winner in their three tips for the top. (See below.) But it wasn’t us, it was AMV/BBDO’s Guinness spot. Congratulations to them. Our boys didn’t come home entirely empty handed; we picked up two gold lions, one for Honda Civic ‘Choir’ and one for Honda ‘Impossible Dream’. Not a bad haul at all.

Ben and Matt, the team (along with Michael) behind the Choir spot, flew out on Friday for the ceremony when we heard they were likely to pick up a gold. Timing on this wasn’t perfect as we have the pitch for Yell first thing Monday morning but, hey, it’s not every day you get a gold at Cannes. Imagine Ben’s surprise when he stepped on the plane to Cannes and bumped into the Yell client, also on the way over for the awards.

Anyway, he picked up his Lion and was back in the agency this afternoon in time to put the finishing touches to the work for tomorrow. Fingers crossed for the pitch.

It’s a sweaty Friday afternoon in the office here in London. Energy levels beginning to wane. But many hours to go till hometime. Meanwhile, in a galaxy, far, far away, the Cannes Advertising Festival is underway. This gathering of the great, the good, the glamorous and the guttered is the Oscars of the ad business. Without the big money or the stars, but with just as much ego and conspicuous consumption. Wieden +Kennedy London picked up the Grand Prix last year – for our Honda ‘Grrr’ commercial. So, we were Kings of the World and All Space for a few minutes. Ad Age tips us again as a potential Grand Prix winner. That’ll no doubt jinx us. TV awards are announced Saturday night, so we’ll see.