SHE’S the girl of the moment, the singer with Brit appeal. And a clutch of Grammys too.

Adele’s winning streak keeps on coming and who could deny her time in the sun.

For it’s not all been good news for the Tottenham girl who is still only 23.

Last year, a vocal chord haemorrhage threatened what promised to be a stellar career. But after microsurgery Adele’s back performing with a voice that sounds as golden as ever.

Her first live performance since that surgery was at the Grammys and this week she was back on home soil at the O2 arena stunning the Brit Awards audience with a storming performance of her hit Rolling In The Deep.

Pity then that ITV pulled the plug on her acceptance speech because the live show was in danger of over-running.

Where had TV execs been for the last few weeks? Did they really think that we didn’t want to hear what she had to say?

Adele’s album, 21, has sold 17 million copies so far making it the biggest number cruncher of the 21st century.

The momentum from the Grammys where her six wins and terrific turn on the night cemented her reputation in the States meant that no-one would have bet against her winning at the Brits.

Adele is the most talked about artist of the moment (though Ed Sheeran comes a close second) and surely was going to be belle of the ball whether she won or not.

Cutting her speech, or anyone else’s come to that, is just plain daft.

Why have a glitzy award ceremony if the big winners aren’t going to be given the courtesy of being heard?

The answer I suppose is simple. Stop broadcasting awards nights as live shows.

That way everyone gets a chance to say thank you and the ones who are boring, tasteless or bad-mannered can be given the fast-forward treatment by the viewer.

I longed to do it at the BAFTAS which were way more exhausting than the Brits.

Perhaps it’s time to give an Oscar to the TV company that can make awards nights exciting for the viewer.