2006 MTV Video Music Awards

The 2006 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 31, 2006, honoring the best music videos from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006. 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.^[1]

Shakira and Red Hot Chili Peppers received the most nominations, with seven each. "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" 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.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text

Video of the Year

• Christina Aguilera — "Ain't No Other Man"
• Madonna — "Hung Up"
• Panic! at the Disco — "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California"
• Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) — "Hips Don't Lie"

Best Male Video

• James Blunt - "You're Beautiful"
• Busta Rhymes (featuring Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose, and DMX) — "Touch It Remix"
• Nick Lachey — "What's Left of Me"
• T.I. — "What You Know"
• Kanye West (featuring Jamie Foxx) — "Gold Digger"

Best Female Video

• Christina Aguilera — "Ain't No Other Man"
• Kelly Clarkson — "Because of You"
• Nelly Furtado (featuring Timbaland) — "Promiscuous"
• Madonna — "Hung Up"
• Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) — "Hips Don't Lie"

Best Group Video

• The All-American Rejects — "Move Along"
• Fall Out Boy — "Dance, Dance"
• Gnarls Barkley — "Crazy"
• Panic! at the Disco — "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California"

Best New Artist in a Video

• Angels & Airwaves — "The Adventure"
• Avenged Sevenfold — "Bat Country"
• James Blunt — "You're Beautiful"
• Chris Brown (featuring Juelz Santana) — "Run It!"
• Panic! at the Disco — "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
• Rihanna — "SOS"

Best Pop Video

• Christina Aguilera — "Ain't No Other Man"
• Nelly Furtado (featuring Timbaland) — "Promiscuous"
• Madonna — "Hung Up"
• Pink — "Stupid Girls"
• Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) — "Hips Don't Lie"

Best Rock Video

• 30 Seconds to Mars — "The Kill"
• AFI — "Miss Murder"
• Green Day — "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
• Panic! at the Disco — "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California"

Best R&B Video

• Beyoncé (featuring Slim Thug and Bun B) — "Check on It"
• Mary J. Blige — "Be Without You"
• Chris Brown — "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)"
• Mariah Carey — "Shake It Off"
• Jamie Foxx (featuring Ludacris) — "Unpredictable"

Best Rap Video

• 50 Cent — "Window Shopper"
• Busta Rhymes (featuring Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose, and DMX) — "Touch It Remix"
• Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone) — "Ridin'"
• T.I. — "What You Know"
• Yung Joc (featuring Nitti) — "It's Goin' Down"

Best Hip-Hop Video

• Black Eyed Peas — "My Humps"
• Common — "Testify"
• Daddy Yankee — "Rompe"
• Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, Eightball, and MJG) — "Stay Fly"
• Kanye West (featuring Jamie Foxx) — "Gold Digger"

Best Dance Video

• Nelly Furtado (featuring Timbaland) — "Promiscuous"
• Madonna — "Hung Up"
• Sean Paul — "Temperature"
• Pussycat Dolls (featuring Snoop Dogg) — "Buttons"
• Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) — "Hips Don't Lie"

Best Direction in a Video

• 10 Years — "Wasteland" (Director: Kevin Kerslake)
• AFI — "Miss Murder" (Director: Marc Webb)
• Common — "Testify" (Director: Anthony Mandler)
• Gnarls Barkley — "Crazy" (Director: Robert Hales)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California" (Director: Tony Kaye)

Best Choreography in a Video

• Christina Aguilera — "Ain't No Other Man" (Choreographer: Jerri Slaughter)
• Madonna — "Hung Up" (Choreographer: Stephanie Roos)
• Sean Paul — "Temperature" (Choreographer: Tanisha Scott)
• Pussycat Dolls (featuring Snoop Dogg) — "Buttons" (Choreographer: Mike Mindon)
• Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) — "Hips Don't Lie" (Choreographer: Shakira)

Best Special Effects in a Video

• Angels & Airwaves — "The Adventure" (Special Effects: Jack Effects)
• Beck — "Hell Yes" (Special Effects: Hammer & Tongs)
• Missy Elliott — "We Run This" (Special Effects: Louis Mackall and Tonya Wallander)
• Pearl Jam — "Life Wasted" (Special Effects: Fernando Apodaca)
• U2 — "Original of the Species" (Special Effects: John Leamy & Lawrence Nimrichter)

Best Art Direction in a Video

• 10 Years — "Wasteland" (Art Director: Trae King)
• Common — "Testify" (Art Director: David Ross)
• Panic! at the Disco — "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" (Art Directors: Lindy McMichael, Jamie Drake and Erin Wieczorek)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California" (Art Director: Justin Dragonis)
• Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) — "Hips Don't Lie" (Art Director: Laura Fox)

Best Editing in a Video

• The All-American Rejects — "Move Along" (Editor: J.D. Smyth)
• Angels & Airwaves — "The Adventure" (Editor: Clark Eddy)
• Gnarls Barkley — "Crazy" (Editor: Ken Mowe)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California" (Editor: Peter Goddard)
• U2 — "Original of the Species" (Editor: Olivier Wicki)

Best Cinematography in a Video

• AFI — "Miss Murder" (Director of Photography: Wells Hackett)
• James Blunt — "You're Beautiful" (Director of Photography: Robbie Ryan)
• 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

• Burnout Revenge (Electronic Arts)
• Driver: Parallel Lines (Atari)
• Fight Night Round 3 (Electronic Arts)
• Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (Atari)
• NBA 2K6" (2K Games)

Best Video Game Score

• Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Composer: Leon Willett)
• Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Composer: Jeremy Soule)
• Electroplankton (Composer: user generated soundtrack)
• Hitman: Blood Money (Composer: Jesper Kyd)
• Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Composer: Tom Salta)

Ringtone of the Year

• Black Eyed Peas — "My Humps"
• Bubba Sparxxx (featuring Ying Yang Twins) — "Ms. New Booty"
• Fort Minor (featuring Holly Brook) — "Where'd You Go"
• Nelly (featuring Paul Wall) — "Grillz"
• Kanye West (featuring Jamie Foxx) — "Gold Digger"

MTV2 Award

• 30 Seconds to Mars — "The Kill"
• Lil Wayne — "Fireman"
• Taking Back Sunday — "MakeDamnSure"
• Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, Eightball, and MJG) — "Stay Fly"
• Yung Joc (featuring Nitti) — "It's Goin' Down"

Viewer's Choice

• Chris Brown (featuring Juelz Santana) — "Run It!" (10%)
• Kelly Clarkson — "Because of You" (28%)
• Fall Out Boy — "Dance, Dance" (38%)
• Rihanna — "SOS" (6%)
• Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) — "Hips Don't Lie" (18%)

Video Vanguard Award

• Hype Williams

Performances

Pre-show

• Fergie — "London Bridge"
• My Chemical Romance — "Welcome to the Black Parade"

Main show

• Justin Timberlake (featuring Timbaland) — "My Love"/"SexyBack"
• The Raconteurs
• Shakira with Wyclef Jean — "Hips Don't Lie"
• Ludacris (featuring Pharrell and the Pussycat Dolls) — "Money Maker"
• OK Go — "Here It Goes Again"
• The All-American Rejects — "Move Along"
• Beyoncé — "Ring the Alarm"
• T.I. (featuring Young Dro) — "Shoulder Lean"/"What You Know"
• Panic! at the Disco — "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
• Busta Rhymes — "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"
• Missy Elliott — "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
• Christina Aguilera — "Hurt"
• Tenacious D — "Friendship Song"
• The Killers — "Enterlude"/"When You Were Young"

Appearances

Pre-show

• Black Eyed Peas — introduced Fergie's performance

Main show

• Jay-Z — opened the show
• Montel Williams — made a brief appearance 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 — introduced Best Dance Video
• Chris Brown — introduced OK Go
• Shaun White — introduced a 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 30 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
• 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.^[2]

References

External links

• Official VMA site
• Official MTV site