TORONTO - Grammy nominee Michael Buble says he wants nothing to do with next week's awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
The Vancouver-based crooner is angry that his category will not be presented during the live TV broadcast.
"They give away our best traditional pop award at a dinner before the Grammys, so I just think that's bullshit. I think it's absolute crap,'' Buble, 31, said in an interview Tuesday with The Canadian Press.
"Our category is now selling way too many records to be given away at a dinner before, so I'm just not going to show up.''
Buble, who's up against his idol Tony Bennett as well as Sarah McLachlan, Bette Midler and Smokey Robinson, says he doesn't expect to win anyway.
"Why should I go to the Grammys?'' he said. "Because I'll lose. ... They might as well have already scratched Tony Bennett's name into the damn thing. I'm not going.''
Most of the 100-plus Grammy Awards are presented during an afternoon ceremony before the Feb. 11 televised gala.
Buble is up for best traditional pop vocal album for "Caught in the Act.''
Bennett is nominated in the category for "Duets: An American Classic.'' Ironically, Buble is on Bennett's album, singing "Just in Time.''
"I'm on that record that I'm going to lose to, and it'll be the second year in a row that I've lost,'' he said. "I'm not going to go.''
Buble also complained about the pre-show hoopla. He said he sometimes feels "like a dirtbag'' when he walks an awards show red carpet and fans don't recognize him "just because I'm not in the tabloids.''
"You just get pukey with it,'' he said. "It's like, `Enough. No.' ''
Earlier this month Buble attended the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, Calif., with his girlfriend Emily Blunt, who won a supporting actress trophy at the event. He said he mostly stood on the sidelines during the red carpet arrivals talking to Canadian journalists he knows.
"When she won the thing, I was outside having a cigarette,'' he said.
So what will he do instead of attending the Grammys?
"I'm going to stay home and watch the (Vancouver) Canucks,'' said Buble, who lives in Vancouver with Blunt -- although a check of the Canucks schedule indicates the team is not playing on Grammy night.
Hanging out in private and away from the spotlight is more their style anyway, said Buble, who has been with "The Devil Wears Prada'' co-star for a year and a half.
"We don't live that lifestyle,'' he said. "Never in the tabloids. Look -- I hate Hollywood parties and I hate most other celebrities, to be really honest with you.''
Two years ago the singer admitted to vomiting in the garden of Leonardo DiCaprio's house after having drinks with the actor and some friends.
But the incident is not an accurate reflection of his current lifestyle, Buble insisted.
"I (recently) got to meet Roberto Luongo (goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks) and his wife ... and they're going to come over for dinner at my grandma's and stuff and ... that to us is like the craziest that we get.''
Buble dominated last year's Juno Awards, winning four trophies including album of the year.
He was in Toronto for the Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame tribute to Joni Mitchell on Sunday and to promote his new, yet-to-be named album, set for release in May.
He also presented the MusiCan Teacher of the Year award at the Hard Rock Cafe on Monday and was to attend the Tuesday night opening of the gangster thriller "Crossing,'' starring his sister, Crystal Buble.
