Awards
The Sunday Tribune's Una Mullally said their debut album was "Best Hope For 2007".
Delorentos were chosen as the Best Student Artist in the UK and Ireland at the National Student Music Awards on 31 March 2005. The band were nominated for four Meteor Music Awards – "Hope for 2006" in 2005, "Best New Band" in 2006, as well as "Best Irish Band" and "Best Irish Album" in 2008. They lost out on the 2008 Best Irish Band award to veteran rockers Aslan. In Love with Detail was nominated for the Choice Music Prize in 2007, losing out to Super Extra Bonus Party's self-titled LP. The album also won 2007's Róisín Dubh Album of the Year, given by the Róisín Dubh in Galway. In February 2008 they won The Irish World's "Best New Band" Award in London.
They were nominated in two categories at the 2010 Meteor Awards: Best Irish Band and Best Irish Pop Act. That same year the band were successful in the Entertainment.ie Annual Awards picking up the Best Album of the previous year award.
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Delorentos | National Student Music Prize | Won |
| 2005 | Delorentos | Meteor Music Awards – Hope for 2006 | Nominated |
| 2006 | Delorentos | Meteor Music Awards – Best New Band | Nominated |
| 2007 | In Love with Detail | Róisín Dubh Album of the Year | Won |
| 2008 | In Love with Detail | Choice Music Prize – Irish Album of the Year 2007 | Nominated |
| 2008 | In Love with Detail | Meteor Music Awards – Best Irish Album | Nominated |
| 2008 | Delorentos | Meteor Music Awards – Best Irish Band | Nominated |
| 2008 | Delorentos | The Irish World's Best New Band Award | Won |
| 2010 | Delorentos | Meteor Music Awards – Best Irish Band | Nominated |
| 2010 | Delorentos | Meteor Music Awards – Best Irish Pop Act | Nominated |
| 2010 | You Can Make Sound | entertainment.ie Awards – Best Album | Won |
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