The 2009/2010 awards season kicks off in style with the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards! Television's brightest stars are honoured for their small-screen achievements.

M-Net will be screening the Emmy Awards live at 3am on Monday morning and the delayed broadcast will be broadcast, also on M-Net, on Monday 21 September at 9.30pm.

We bring you a list of the people up for the biggest awards of the night — from Outstanding Drama Series to Outstanding Host for a Reality Show. Then, the iafrica.com office hauls out their tea leaves and polishes off their crystal balls to predict who will take home the golden statuette... why not join in and make your own predictions?

Be sure to check back on Monday to see how well we fared!

The nominees in each category are:

Outstanding Drama Series
Last years winner: Mad Men
Big Love
Breaking Bad
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men
iafrica.com predicts: Dexter/House

Outstanding Comedy Series
Last year's winner: 30 Rock
30 Rock
Entourage
Family Guy
Flight of the Conchords
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
Weeds
iafrica.com predicts: 30 Rock/How I Met Your Mother

Outstanding Reality Competition
Last year's winner: The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
Top Chef
iafrica.com predicts: The Amazing Race

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Last year's winner: Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Simon Baker as Patrick Jane on The Mentalist
Gabriel Byrne as Dr. Paul Weston on In Treatment
Bryan Cranston as Walter White on Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan on Dexter
Jon Hamm as Don Draper on Mad Men
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House on House
iafrica.com predicts: Michael C. Hall/Hugh Laurie

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Last year's winner: Glenn Close (Damages)
Glenn Close as Patricia "Patty" Hewes on Damages
Sally Field as Nora Walker on Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko on Saving Grace
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson on Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson on The Closer
iafrica.com predicts: Glenn Close

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Last year's winner: Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock
Steve Carell as Michael Scott on The Office
Jemaine Clement as Jemaine on Flight of the Conchords
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory
Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk on Monk
Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men
iafrica.com predicts: Jim Parsons

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Last year's winner: Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Christina Applegate as Samantha "Sam" Newly on Samantha Who?
Toni Collette as Tara Gregson on United States of Tara
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon on 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbell on The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin on Weeds
Sarah Silverman as Sarah Silverman on The Sarah Silverman Program
iafrica.com predicts: Tina Fey

More nominees and our predictions on page 2!