The X.R.C.O. (X-Rated Critics Organization) will be present its 22nd annual awards to members of the adult film community on Thursday, April 20. This is a private industry event and one of the biggest industry-only gatherings of the year. These year's hosts are Stormy Daniels, Lauren Phoenix, and Frank Bukkwyd, to be assisted by Trophy Girls (AKA Heart-On Girls) Brea Bennett of Club Jenna and Heidi Joy Pike of AVN (Adult Video News).

The awards to be presented are perennials, inclucing Female Performer of the Year, Orgasmic Analist, Superslut, Best Epic, and 20 others. And in addition to the regular awards, the X.R.C.O. (X-Rated Critics Organization) will induct a select and well-known group of industry stalwarts to its Hall of Fame, including Mark Davis, Jon Dough, Blake Palmer, Kylie Ireland, Keisha, Richard Pacheco, Michael Ninn, Dannie Ashe and Doug Oliver.

This year's list of XRCO nominations is at the organization's website: www.xrco.com. There are two dozen categories and most of the nominees plan to attend the show.

The X.R.C.O. (X-Rated Critics Organization) Awards are invitation-only, open only to those who work within the industry and to those who write about them. Security at the show is strict and the list is tight. Doors open at 7 and only adult industry, XRCO Members, and pre-selected members of the press will be allowed admittance to this private event. This is not a fan event.

Wicked Pictures reserves the right to exclusive video coverage of the event and everyone present for the event.

About XRCO

The X.R.C.O. (X-Rated Critics Organization) was founded in 1984 to give writers and editors from the adult entertainment industry a voice in selecting the yearly best in X-rated movies. The purpose was to award works of excellence, recognizing specifically the unique qualities of sexually explicit films. Its original membership included writers from Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia.

As the adult medium centralized in Los Angeles, so did the organization's members. With the rise of the Internet, membership has expanded to include writers from major adult web sites. The XRCO remains an organization of, by, and for working critics. Voters include writers from a wide range of adult publications and Internet sites.

It is the only awards show in adult entertainment that is not open to the general public. Admission is by invitation only to recognizable members of the adult industry and to the voting members.

Awards are given in some twenty categories, from traditional "Best Movie"-style prizes, to awards that are unique to the XRCO, to those that honor the achievements of individual performers (for example, Unsung Siren, Unsung Swordsman). The XRCO's Adult Movie Hall of Fame was the first such and it remains the keystone of the organization. Inductees must have been industry members for at least ten years, and they are chosen with a rigorous, discriminating selectivity equivalent to that of the professional sports Halls of Fame.