2006 MTV Video Music Awards

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2006 MTV Video Music Awards
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DateThursday, August 31, 2006
LocationRadio City Music Hall, New York, New York
CountryUnited States
Hosted byJack Black
Most awardsJames Blunt and Gnarls Barkley (2 each)
Most nominationsShakira and Red Hot Chili Peppers (7 each)
Websitehttp://www.mtv.com/vma/2006/
Television/radio coverage
NetworkMTV
Viewership5.77 million
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The 2006 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 31, 2006, honoring the best music videos from June 11, 2005, to June 26, 2006.[1] The show was hosted by Jack Black at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The 2006 Video Music Awards marked the first time viewers were able to vote for all performers' categories (Best Video; Best Male, Female, and Group Videos; and genre categories). Like previous years, the artistic categories (Best Direction, Best Cinematography, etc.) are still chosen by music industry professionals. The 2006 Awards also discontinued the major category Breakthrough Video.

The show was criticized by fans and viewers as being uninteresting or lacking substance. The award ceremony's ratings were down 28% from the 8 million viewers it averaged in 2005 and down 45% from the 10.3 million viewers it averaged in 2004.[2]

Shakira and Red Hot Chili Peppers received the most nominations, with seven each. Avenged Sevenfold won Best New Artist and "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", by Panic! at the Disco, became the first video to win Video of the Year without winning a single other award since "This Note's for You" by Neil Young in 1989.

Awards[]

Winners are in bold text

Video of the Year[]

Panic! at the Disco – "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"

Best Male Video[]

James Blunt – "You're Beautiful"

Best Female Video[]

Kelly Clarkson – "Because of You"

Best Group Video[]

The All-American Rejects – "Move Along"

Best New Artist in a Video[]

Avenged Sevenfold – "Bat Country"

Best Pop Video[]

P!nk – "Stupid Girls"

Best Rock Video[]

AFI – "Miss Murder"

Best R&B Video[]

Beyoncé (featuring Slim Thug and Bun B) – "Check on It"

Best Rap Video[]

Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone) – "Ridin'"

Best Hip-Hop Video[]

The Black Eyed Peas – "My Humps"

Best Dance Video[]

The Pussycat Dolls (featuring Snoop Dogg) – "Buttons"

Best Direction in a Video[]

Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy" (Director: Robert Hales)

Best Choreography in a Video[]

Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) – "Hips Don't Lie" (Choreographer: Shakira)

Best Special Effects in a Video[]

Missy Elliott – "We Run This" (Special Effects: Louis Mackall and Tonia Wallander)

Best Art Direction in a Video[]

Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Dani California" (Art Director: Justin Dragonas)

Best Editing in a Video[]

Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy" (Editor: Ken Mowe)

Best Cinematography in a Video[]

James Blunt – "You're Beautiful" (Director of Photography: Robbie Ryan)

  • AFI – "Miss Murder" (Director of Photography: Welles Hackett)
  • Prince – "Black Sweat" (Director of Photography: Checco Varese)
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Dani California" (Director of Photography: Tony Kaye)
  • Ashlee Simpson – "Invisible" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cutter)

Best Video Game Soundtrack[]

Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (Atari)

Best Video Game Score[]

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Composer: Jeremy Soule)

Ringtone of the Year[]

Fort Minor (featuring Holly Brook) – "Where'd You Go"

MTV2 Award[]

Thirty Seconds to Mars – "The Kill"

Viewer's Choice[]

Fall Out Boy – "Dance, Dance"

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award[]

Hype Williams

Performances[]

Pre-show[]

Main show[]

Appearances[]

Pre-show[]

  • The Black Eyed Peas – introduced Fergie's performance

Main show[]

  • Jay-Z – opened the show
  • Montel Williams, Justin Timberlake and Michael Bloomberg – made brief appearances during Jack Black's opening sequence
  • Lil' Kim – presented Best Male Video
  • André 3000 and Ciara – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
  • The Rock – introduced Shakira and Wyclef Jean
  • The cast of Jackass Number Two – appeared in different vignettes about Viewer's Choice voting, and later on presented Viewer's Choice
  • 50 Cent and LL Cool J – presented Best Female Video
  • Lil Jon (with E-40) – introduced Pharrell and Ludacris
  • Sarah Silverman – appeared in backstage skits and coverage, and later performed a stand-up routine
  • Kyle Gass – appeared in a couple of on-stage sequences with Jack Black and The Black Eyed Peas
  • Jessica Simpson – presented Best Dance Video
  • Chris Brown – introduced OK Go
  • Shaun White – introduced as of the Jackass Number Two cast's vignettes
  • Paris Hilton – introduced The All-American Rejects
  • Nick Lachey and Nicole Richie – presented Best Pop Video
  • Snoop Dogg – presented Best Rap Video
  • Diddy – introduced T.I.
  • Amy Lee (of Evanescence) and Jared Leto (of Thirty Seconds to Mars) – presented Best Group Video
  • Ne-Yo and Rihanna – presented Ringtone of the Year
  • Fall Out Boy – introduced Panic! at the Disco
  • Fergie – introduced Abigail Breslin and presented Best New Artist in a Video with her
  • Jim Shearer and EBRO – presented the MTV2 Award (only seen on the MTV2 simulcast of the ceremony)
  • Britney Spears and Kevin Federline (via satellite) – presented Best R&B Video
  • Kanye West – presented the Video Vanguard Award
  • Pink and Lou Reed – presented Best Rock Video
  • The Black Eyed Peas – appeared in an on-stage sequence with Kyle Gass (presenting a fake award), which led to Tenacious D's "reunion" and performance
  • Queen Latifah – introduced Al Gore
  • Al Gore – spoke about global warming and the world's environmental crisis
  • Jennifer Lopez – announced the launch of MTV Tr3́s and presented Video of the Year
  • Axl Rose – introduced The Killers
  • Also, MTV VJs Vanessa Minnillo and John Norris appeared before and after some commercial breaks to remind viewers to check out MTV Overdrive's backstage VMA coverage

Contests[]

VMA Karaoke Contest[]

In this contest, participants picked one of three songs and made a video of themselves singing their choice. Winners received a paid trip to the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.[1]

VMA Insider Contest[]

The winner selected by voters at mtv.com [2] received a paid trip to the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, and was allowed to interview all the stars on the red carpet.

"Reveal the Real You" Contest[]

Participants sent in a story of "a moment in their life that makes them, them." Winners received an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, as well as the chance to win a trip to the VMAs in 2007.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.insightexpress.com/ix/mtv/vmaRules.asp Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Rules and Regulations of the 23rd Annual Mtv Video Music Awards
  2. ^ MTV Awards Suffer Big Hit in Ratings – 9/4/2006 9:00:00 PM – Broadcasting & Cable Archived 2006-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ MTV.com – VMA 2006 – Acuvue Sweepstakes

External links[]

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