MTV Australia Awards

The MTV Australia Awards (previously known as the MTV Australia Video Music Awards or AVMA's) started in 2005 and is Australia's first awards show to celebrate both local and international acts. [cite news | title=Australia Video Music Awards 2005
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History

The MTV Australia Video Music Awards were announced in 2004 as the seventeenth country to host it's own MTV award show FasterLouder. [http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/439/MTV-Video-Music-Awards-Coming-To-Australia-In-2005.htm MTV Video Music Awards Coming ToAustralia In 2005 ] "FasterLouder'. Accessed June 17, 2008.] with nominees being announced December that year FasterLouder. [Nominees Announced For The MTV AustraliaVideo Music Awards Nominees Announced For The MTV AustraliaVideo Music Awards ] "FasterLouder'. Accessed June 17, 2008.] . The show premiered on March 3, 2005 at Luna Park, Sydney, Australia. It was hosted by The Osbournes, With a number of guest stars, nominees, performers & presenters; the launch of the second AVMA (held at Acer Arena) was even more successful, with host Ashlee Simpson [cite news | title=MTV AUSTRALIA VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS - Vote Now!
date=2006-03-01 | publisher=top40-charts.com| url=http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=21312] . The third annual Australian Video Music Awards was held at Acer Arena, with hosts Fergie (from the Black Eyed Peas) and Good Charlotte, as well as MTV's Laguna Beach star, Kristin Cavalleri [cite news | title=MTV generation
publisher=The Blurb| url=http://www.theblurb.com.au/Issue77/MTVAwards.htm] . The MTV Mile High Gig made it's debut in celebration of the launch of MTV New Zealand's Viewer's Choice which flew Kiwi fans via Air New Zealand to the awards show with live music guests on the plane [cite news | title=Air NZ, MTV to host world’s first MIle High Gig| date=2007-03-13 | publisher=scoop.net.nz| url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0703/S00149.htm ] . In 2008 the show's name was changed to MTV Australia Awards (or MTVAA's) and with it came a new format to the awards with the introduction of the categories Best Australian and New Zealand artist awards, Video of the Year, Good and Bad Karma Awards, Television moment, Live Performance award and Re-Make award [cite news | title=The MTV Australia Awards 2008 talent line up begins| date=2008-03-09 | publisher=accessallareas.net.au| url=http://www.accessallareas.net.au/data/EkpuAlukVlOsGsULJh.php ] [cite news | title=Annoucning the nominees for the MTV Australia Awards 2008| date=2008-03-13 | publisher=music.net.nz| url=http://www.muzic.net.nz/news/1268/announcing-the-nominees-for-the-mtv-australia-awards-2008.html ] , with the show being hosted by Wyclef Jean. The MTV New Zealand Mile High Gig made it's return with Dizzee Rascal and Scribe headlining the event [cite news | title=Dizzee Rascal to Headline MTV Mile High Gig| date=2008-03-13 | publisher=scoop.co.nz| url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00134.htm ] .

Award locations

* March 3, 2005 - Luna Park Sydney hosted by The Osbournes
* April 12, 2006 - Acer Arena, Sydney hosted by Ashlee Simpson
* April 29, 2007 - Acer Arena, Sydney hosted by Fergie and Joel Madden and Benji Madden from Good Charlotte
* April 26, 2008 - Australian Technology Park, Sydney hosted by Wyclef Jean

Award categories

Current

*Music Video of the Year
*Australian Artist Music Award
*New Zealand Artist Music Award
*MTV Live Performer Award
*Television Moment Award
*MTV Good Karma Award
*MTV Bad Karma Award
*Remake Award
*Movie Star Award
*Sport's Award
*International Music Artist of the Year
* Free Your Mind Award

Defunct

* Best Male Artist
* Best Female Artist
* Spankin' New Aussie Artist
* Best Group
* Sexiest Video
* Song Of The Year
* Viewers Choice
* Supernova Award
* VH1 Music First Award

Award winners

2005

* Best Male Artist: Shannon Noll
* Best Female Artist: Delta Goodrem
* Breakthrough Artist: Missy Higgins
* Best Group: Green Day
* Best Dance Video: Usher - Yeah
* Best Pop Video: Guy Sebastian - Out with My Baby
* Best Rock Video: Green Day - American Idiot
* Best R&B Video: Black Eyed Peas - Hey Mama
* Sexiest Video: Black Eyed Peas - Hey Mama
* Best Dressed Video: Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For?
* Video of the Year: The Dissociatives - Somewhere Down The Barrel
* Pepsi Viewers Choice: Roselyn Della Sabina
* Supernova: Evermore
* VH1 Music First: Cher
* Free Your Mind: AusAID

2006

* Best Male Artist - Shannon Noll
* Best Female Artist - Ashlee Simpson
* Spankin' New Aussie Artist - The Veronicas
* Best Group - Green Day
* Best Dance Video - Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child
* Best Pop Video - Ashlee Simpson - Boyfriend
* Best Rock Video - The Darkness - One Way Ticket
* Best R&B Video - Chris Brown - Run It!
* Best Hip-Hop Video - Snoop Dogg - Drop It Like It's Hot
* Album Of The Year - Bernard Fanning - Tea and Sympathy
* Song Of The Year - James Blunt - You're Beautiful
* Video of the Year - The Veronicas - 4ever
* Viewers Choice - Anthony Callea
* Free Your Mind Award - Peter Garrett

2007

* Spankin' New Artist - Teddy Geiger - For You I Will (Confidence)
* Sexiest Video - Fergie - Fergalicious
* Best Pop Video - Guy Sebastian - Elevator Love
* Best Male Artist - Shannon Noll - Lonely
* Best Female Artist - P!nk - U + Ur Hand
* Best Group - Red Hot Chili Peppers
* Album of the Year - Evanescence - The Open Door
* Best Hip Hop Video - Snoop Dogg ft. R. Kelly - That's That
* Video of the Year - 30 Seconds to Mars - The Kill
* Download of the Year - P!nk - Who Knew
* Best Dance Video - Fedde Le Grand - Put Your Hands Up For Detroit
* Best Hook Up - Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland - SexyBack
* Viewers Choice Australia - Good Charlotte
* Viewers Choice New Zealand - Goodnight Nurse

2008

*Music Video of the Year - Delta Goodrem - Believe Again
*Australian Artist Music Award - The Veronicas
*New Zealand Artist Music Award - Scribe
*MTV Live Performer Award - P!nk - I'm Not Dead Tour
*Television Moment Award - The Chaser's War on Everything - "APEC 2007 Stunt
*MTV Good Karma Award - Earth Hour - Engaging Australia and the world to act against climate change
*MTV Bad Karma Award - Kevin Andrews - For all of the above, especially the hair, and the Snoop Dogg thing
*Remake Award - Summer Heights High - "Ja'mie's"' teary tirade
*Movie Star Award - Matt Damon
*Sport's Award - Mick Fanning
*International Music Artist of the Year - Timbaland

Memorable moments

2007

* Award host and performer Snoop Dogg was denied entry into Australia.SMH.com.au. [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/26/1177459836538.html Who put the Dogg out? ] "SMH.com.au". Accessed July 27, 2008] .
* Nicole Richie mispronounces Shannon Noll's name. Instead, she pronounces it Shun-NON.

2006

* Russell Crowe dropped his mic.
* Snoop Dogg was late to announce the video of the year.

2005

* Anna-Nicole Smith bares her breasts when presenting the Video of the Year Award with Kelly Slater stereogum. [http://stereogum.com/archives/highlights-from-the-mtv-australia-video-music-awar_001286.html Highlights From The MTV Australia Video Music Awards ] "stereogum". Accessed August 5, 2008] .
* Carmen Electra performs a strip tease for the audience MTV Asia. [http://www.mtvasia.com/News/200503/04008902.html Delta Goodrem, Green Day And The Black Eyed Peas Triumph At MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2005 ] "MTV Asia". Accessed August 5, 2008] .
* All the sound shut down during The Dissociatives performance.

Award themes

In 2005, There was a circus theme to go with the location at Luna Park Sydney. At the show they had a circus tent set up and when awards were given, clowns were shown doing things that related to the award (e.g. Best Group had clowns holding a net ready to catch the other clown jumping from a high place).

The theme for 2006 was the budgie smuggler. During the lead up to the show MTV Australia aired adverts where men would talk about their budgie smugglers and how they like to wear them and so on. The logo for the show how ever did not reflect this theme.

In 2007, the TV advertising campaign for the 2007 awards featured various singers and groups unrolling their own red carpets in different locations around Australia.This year MTV Advert was about the focus on the Technology park with people with white costumes with a white helmet with cords and plugs on the helmet it was shot at the technology park where the event is going to be taken place.

ee also

* MTV Award Shows
* MTV Australia
* Recipients of the MTV AVMA's New Zealand Choice Award
* News

References

External links

* [http://www.mtv.com.au/ MTV Australia]
* [http://www.mtvawards.com.au/home.aspx Official MTVAA site]