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Award ceremony
2006 MTV Video Music Awards MTV VMA 2006 logo.svg Thursday, August 31, 2006 Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York United States Done and Dusted Salli Frattini Dave Sirulnick Hamish Hamilton Jack Black James Blunt and Gnarls Barkley (2 each) Shakira and Red Hot Chili Peppers (7 each) MTV
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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.http://www.insightexpress.com/ix/mtv/vmaRules.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072345/http://www.insightexpress.com/ix/mtv/vmaRules.asp 2016-03-04 Rules and Regulations of the 23rd Annual Mtv Video Music Awards 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.MTV Awards Suffer Big Hit in Ratings – 9/4/2006 9:00:00 PM – Broadcasting & Cable https://web.archive.org/web/20061026153458/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6368436.html 2006-10-26
Shakira and Red Hot Chili Peppers received the most nominations, with seven each. Followed by Madonna and Panic! at the Disco with 5 nominations. 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.
Background
MTV announced on March 21 that the 2006 Video Music Awards would be held on August 31 at New York City's Radio City Music Hall, returning to the city after two consecutive ceremonies in Miami.McDonnell Evelyn MTV Awards say goodbye to Miami this year https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/125480454/ Miami Herald March 23, 2006 Newspapers.com Nominees were announced at a press conference held at Top of the Rock and hosted by Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg, Beyoncé, and Justin Timberlake on July 31.Gamboa Glenn Shakira, Peppers spice up VMA nods https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition/125481213/ Newsday August 1, 2006 Newspapers.com Jack Black was announced as host on August 10.Moss Corey Jack Black To Host MTV Video Music Awards; Promises To 'Bring The Thunder' https://www.mtv.com/news/s6088v/jack-black-to-host-mtv-video-music-awards-promises-to-bring-the-thunder https://web.archive.org/web/20220812174211/https://www.mtv.com/news/s6088v/jack-black-to-host-mtv-video-music-awards-promises-to-bring-the-thunder dead August 12, 2022 MTV News May 29, 2023 August 10, 2006 The ceremony broadcast was preceded by Red Carpet on the Rock.Fergie and My Chemical Romance Set to Perform During 2006 MTV Video Music Awards Pre-Show 'Red Carpet on the Rock' Thursday, August 31st, 6:30pm -8:00pm (ET Live, tape-delayed PT) https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/fergie-and-my-chemical-romance-set-to-perform-during-2006-mtv-video-music-awards-pre-show-red-carpet-on-the-rock-thursday-august-31st-6-30pm-8-00pm-et-live-tape-delayed-pt-1001138992 Markets Insider May 29, 2023 August 28, 2006 Hosted by Kurt Loder and SuChin Pak with reports from John Norris, Sway, and Gideon Yago, the pre-show featured red carpet interviews and performances from Fergie and My Chemical Romance. It also marked Loder’s final hosting appearance at a VMA pre-show, having hosted each broadcast since 1990. The ceremony marked MTV's first attempt at integrating multi-platform content into the broadcast.MTV Overdrive to Broadcast Live Behind the Scenes Feed of the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2006/07/31/mtv-overdrive-to-broadcast-live-behind-the-scenes-feed-of-the-2006-mtv-video-music-awards--21917/20060731mtv02/ The Futon Critic May 29, 2023 July 31, 2006 Expanding the previous year’s use of MTV Overdrive for bonus material, MTV Overdrive simultaneously aired a VMA Live: Backstage Uncensored channel, providing live footage of presenters and performers in the backstage areas, which was heavily promoted during the linear broadcast. For the first time, the live broadcast expanded beyond MTV to include a live simulcast on MTV2 with commentary from the MTV2 VJs and the first high-definition simulcast on MHD.
Performances
Artist(s)Song(s)Pre-show Fergie "London Bridge" My Chemical Romance "Welcome to the Black Parade"Main show Justin Timberlake "My Love" "SexyBack" (featuring Timbaland) Shakira Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie" Ludacris Pharrell Pussycat Dolls "Money Maker" OK Go "Here It Goes Again" The All-American Rejects "Move Along" Beyoncé "Ring the Alarm" T.I. Young Dro DJ Drama "Shoulder Lean" "What You Know" Panic! at the Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Busta Rhymes Missy Elliott Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Medley "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" Christina Aguilera "Hurt" Tenacious D "Friendship Song" The Killers "Enterlude" "When You Were Young"
In addition, The Raconteurs served as the house band, being joined by Lou Reed and Billy Gibbons on select songs.
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 (Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn, Wee Man, Dave England, Preston Lacy, and Ehren McGhehey) – 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 pretaped segment) – 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's Vanessa Minnillo and John Norris appeared before and after some commercial breaks to remind viewers to check out MTV Overdrive's backstage VMA coverage
Winners and nominees
Winners are in bold text.
Video of the Year Best Male VideoPanic! at the Disco – "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
Christina Aguilera – "Ain't No Other Man"
Madonna – "Hung Up"
Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Dani California"
Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) – "Hips Don't Lie"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 Best Group VideoKelly Clarkson – "Because of You"
Christina Aguilera – "Ain't No Other Man"
Nelly Furtado (featuring Timbaland) – "Promiscuous"
Madonna – "Hung Up"
Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) – "Hips Don't Lie"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 Best Pop VideoAvenged Sevenfold – "Bat Country"
Angels & Airwaves – "The Adventure"
James Blunt – "You're Beautiful"
Chris Brown (featuring Juelz Santana) – "Run It!"
Panic! at the Disco – "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
Rihanna – "SOS"P!nk – "Stupid Girls"
Christina Aguilera – "Ain't No Other Man
Nelly Furtado (featuring Timbaland) – "Promiscuous"
Madonna – "Hung Up"
Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) – "Hips Don't Lie" Best Rock Video Best R&B VideoAFI – "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"
Thirty Seconds to Mars – "The Kill"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 Best Hip-Hop VideoChamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone) – "Ridin'"
50 Cent – "Window Shopper"
Busta Rhymes (featuring Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose, and DMX) – "Touch It (Remix)"
T.I. – "What You Know"
Yung Joc (featuring Nitti) – "It's Goin' Down"The Black Eyed Peas – "My Humps"
Common – "Testify"
Daddy Yankee – "Rompe"
Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8Ball and MJG) – "Stay Fly"
Kanye West (featuring Jamie Foxx) – "Gold Digger" Best Dance Video Best Direction in a VideoThe Pussycat Dolls (featuring Snoop Dogg) – "Buttons"
Nelly Furtado (featuring Timbaland) – "Promiscuous"
Madonna – "Hung Up"
Sean Paul – "Temperature"
Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) – "Hips Don't Lie"Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy" (Director: Robert Hales)
10 Years – "Wasteland" (Director: Kevin Kerslake)
AFI – "Miss Murder" (Director: Marc Webb)
Common – "Testify" (Director: Anthony Mandler)
Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Dani California" (Director: Tony Kaye) Best Choreography in a Video Best Special Effects in a VideoShakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) – "Hips Don't Lie" (Choreographer: Shakira)
Christina Aguilera – "Ain't No Other Man" (Choreographer: Jeri Slaughter)
Madonna – "Hung Up" (Choreographer: Stefanie Roos)
Sean Paul – "Temperature" (Choreographer: Tanisha Scott)
The Pussycat Dolls (featuring Snoop Dogg) – "Buttons" (Choreographer: Mikey Minden)Missy Elliott – "We Run This" (Special Effects: Louis Mackall and Tonia Wallander)
Angels & Airwaves – "The Adventure" (Special Effects: Jack Effects)
Beck – "Hell Yes" (Special Effects: Hammer & Tongs)
Pearl Jam – "Life Wasted" (Special Effects: Fernando Apodaca)
U2 – "Original of the Species" (Special Effects: John Leamy and Lawrence Nimrichter) Best Art Direction in a Video Best Editing in a VideoRed Hot Chili Peppers – "Dani California" (Art Director: Justin Dragonas)
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)
Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) – "Hips Don't Lie" (Art Director: Laura Fox)Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy" (Editor: Ken Mowe)
The All-American Rejects – "Move Along" (Editor: J.D. Smyth)
Angels & Airwaves – "The Adventure" (Editor: Clark Eddy)
Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Dani California" (Editor: Peter Goddard)
U2 – "Original of the Species" (Editor: Olivier Wicki) Best Cinematography in a Video Best Video Game SoundtrackJames 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)Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (Atari)
Burnout Revenge (Electronic Arts)
Driver: Parallel Lines (Atari)
Fight Night Round 3 (Electronic Arts)
NBA 2K6" (2K Games) Best Video Game Score Ringtone of the YearElder Scrolls IV: Oblivion'' (Composer: Jeremy Soule)
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Composer: Leon Willett)
Electroplankton (Composer: user generated soundtrack)
Hitman: Blood Money (Composer: Jesper Kyd)
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter'' (Composer: Tom Salta)Fort Minor (featuring Holly Brook) – "Where'd You Go"
The Black Eyed Peas – "My Humps"
Bubba Sparxxx (featuring Ying Yang Twins) – "Ms. New Booty"
Nelly (featuring Paul Wall) – "Grillz"
Kanye West (featuring Jamie Foxx) – "Gold Digger" MTV2 Award Viewer's ChoiceThirty Seconds to Mars – "The Kill"
Lil Wayne – "Fireman"
Taking Back Sunday – "MakeDamnSure"
Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8Ball and MJG) – "Stay Fly"
Yung Joc (featuring Nitti) – "It's Goin' Down"Fall Out Boy – "Dance, Dance"
Chris Brown (featuring Juelz Santana) – "Run It!"
Kelly Clarkson – "Because of You"
Rihanna – "SOS"
Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) – "Hips Don't Lie" Video Vanguard Award Hype Williams
Artists with multiple wins and nominations
+ Artists who received multiple awardsWinsArtist2 Gnarls Barkley James Blunt
+ Artists who received multiple nominationsNominations Artist7 Red Hot Chili Peppers Shakira5 Madonna Panic! at the Disco4 Christina Aguilera3 AFI Angels & Airwaves Chris Brown Common Gnarls Barkley James Blunt Kanye West Nelly Furtado2 10 Years Atari Busta Rhymes Electronic Arts Fall Out Boy Kelly Clarkson Rihanna Sean Paul The All-American Rejects The Black Eyed Peas The Pussycat Dolls Thirty Seconds to Mars Three 6 Mafia T.I. U2 Yung Joc
Music Videos with multiple wins and nominations
+ Music Videos that received multiple awardsWinsArtistMusic Video2 Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" James Blunt "You're Beautiful"
+ Music Videos that received multiple nominationsNominations ArtistMusic Video7 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) "Hips Don't Lie"5 Madonna "Hung Up" Panic! at the Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"4 Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man"3 AFI "Miss Murder" Angels & Airwaves "The Adventure" Common "Testify" Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" James Blunt "You're Beautiful" Kanye West (featuring Jamie Foxx) "Gold Digger" Nelly Furtado (featuring Timbaland) "Promiscuous"2 10 Years "Wasteland" Busta Rhymes (featuring Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose, and DMX) "Touch It (Remix)" Chris Brown (featuring Juelz Santana) "Run It!" Fall Out Boy "Dance, Dance" Kelly Clarkson "Because of You" Rihanna "SOS" Sean Paul "Temperature" The All-American Rejects "Move Along" The Black Eyed Peas "My Humps" The Pussycat Dolls (featuring Snoop Dogg) "Buttons" Thirty Seconds to Mars "The Kill" Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8Ball and MJG) "Stay Fly" T.I. "What You Know" U2 "Original of the Species" Yung Joc (featuring Nitti) "It's Goin' Down"
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.
VMA Insider Contest
The winner selected by voters at mtv.com https://archive.today/20130120064605/http://www.darriafilm.com/ 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.MTV.com – VMA 2006 – Acuvue Sweepstakes
See also
2006 MTV Europe Music Awards
References
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