Biggest laugh? Single Ladies being nominated for Best Special Effects. For WHAT? Turning a fucking light switch on? *DEAD*

Video of The Year:
- Eminem "We Made You"
- Beyonce "Single Ladies"
- Lady Gaga "Poker Face"
- Kanye West "Love Lockdown"
- Britney Spears "Womanizer"

Best Female Video:
- Katy Perry "Hot n Cold"
- Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
- Kelly Clarkson "My Life Would Suck Without You"
- Lady Gaga "Poker Face"
- P!nk "So What"
- Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"

Best Male Video:
- Jay-Z "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
- Kanye West "Love Lockdown"
- Eminem "We Made You"
- Ne-Yo "Miss Independent"
- T.I. f/ Rihanna "Live Your Life"

Best New Artist:
- 3Oh!3 "Don't Trust Me"
- Asher Roth "I Love College"
- Drake "Best I Ever Had"
- Kid Cudi "Day N' Nite"
- Lady Gaga "Poker Face"

Best Hip-Hop Video:
- Asher Roth "I Love College"
- Eminem "We Made You"
- Flo Rida "Right Round"
- Jay-Z "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
- Kanye West "Love Lockdown"

Best POP Video:
- Britney Spears "Womanizer"
- Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
- Cobra Starship "Good Girls Go Bad (Featuring Leighton Meester)"
- Lady Gaga "Poker Face"
- Wisin & Yandel "Abusadora"

Best Rock Video:
- Coldplay "Viva La Vida"
- Fall Out Boy "I Don't Care"
- Green Day "21 Guns"
- Kings of Leon "Use Somebody"
- Paramore "Decode"

Breakthrough Video:
- Anjulie "Boom"
- Bat For Lashes "Daniel"
- Chairlift "Evident Utensil"
- Cold War Kids "I've Seen Enough"
- Death Cab for Cutie "Grapevine Fires"
- Gnarls Barkley "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
- Major Lazer "Hold The Line"
- Matt And Kim "Lessons Learned"
- Passion Pit "The Reeling"
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Heads Will Roll"

Best Video (That Should Have Won A Moonman):
- Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
- Björk "Human Behaviour"
- David Lee Roth "California Girls"
- Dr. Dre "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang"
- Foo Fighters "Everlong"
- George Michae l"Freedom"
- OK Go "Here It Goes Again"
- Radiohead "Karma Police"
- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers "Into the Great Wide Open"
- U2 "Where The Streets Have No Name"

Best Art Direction:
- Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
- Britney Spears "Circus"
- Coldplay "Viva La Vida"
- Gnarls Barkley "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
- Lady Gaga "Paparazzi"

Best Choreography:
- A.R. Rahman & Pussycat Dolls f/ Nicole Scherzinger "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"
- Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
- Britney Spears "Circus"
- Ciara f/ Justin Timberlake "Love Sex Magic"
- Kristinia DeBarge "Goodbye"

Best Cinematography:
- Coldplay "Viva La Vida"
- Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
- Britney Spears "Circus"
- Green Day "21 Guns"
- Lady Gaga "Paparazzi"

Best Direction:
- Cobra Starship "Good Girls Go Bad (Featuring Leighton Meester)"
- Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
- Britney Spears "Circus"
- Green Day "21 Guns"
- Lady Gaga "Paparazzi"

Best Editing:
- Coldplay "Viva La Vida"
- Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
- Britney Spears "Circus"
- Miley Cyrus "7 Things"
- Lady Gaga "Paparazzi"

Best Special Effects:
- Lady Gaga "Paparazzi"
- Eminem "We Made You"
- Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
- Gnarls Barkley "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
- Kanye West f/ Mr. Hudson"Paranoid"

Mathew paid for the special effects nod.

The fans are voting the winners this year (DISASTER), so you know Brit Brit is winning everything.

VoicesCarry said:

go Brit!!!!!

yea Special effects category 4 turning a light on, that shit is funnnnny

VoicesCarry said:

I haven't watched the show in about four or five or maybe six years. It used to be so fun when I was a kid.

Does MTV still even exist? Let me guess Lauren Conrad is going to host or some other MADE celebrity that means nothing

lastdecember said:

No MTV was canceled in 2002.

I feel a Kanye tantrum coming

funkycat00 said:

Kanye never has got me watching anything for ratings so I'll happily miss it if he even attends.

Timmy84 said:

2002? i think its more like 1986, right when Eddie Murphy hosted that award show, i never will forget it, he was on Letterman and Letterman said, "mtv is up for sale" and Eddie said "they sold it" and they flashed over to a SUIT in the corner who said "yeah its gone" NO KIDDING its gone

lastdecember said:

Oh wow, he said that?! Damn!

VoicesCarry said:

i say just give them all to Britney and call it a night.

Timmy84 said:

that was the beginning of the end, so despite the videos still hanging on through various phases of music, music became NOTHING but business at that point, Soundscam took over a few years later and they all were in Bed together, writing was on the wall then but no one was reading, now when they look around, the public got what they deserve

same 5 videos in every fucking category

lastdecember said:

You can probably place the blame on the "Thriller" phenomenon. After its videos virtually put MTV out of its commercial death bed, MTV stopped let it be about the music and only promote it to become a corporate brand.

Timmy84 said:

Oh yeah i know no one likes to hear it, but the blame goes on everyone from that era, MJ,Prince,Madonna etc...they started it, so, its not a slight on them, because they obviously had the goods, but the issue is now everyone is trying to rehash their shadows, and its coming off as nothing but a re-hash, and re-hashes do nothing for the growth of the genres.

lastdecember said:

Yeah I definitely don't think they're to blame, they were the messengers. MTV's fallout was trying to find the next "Thriller", the next "Like a Prayer", the next "Rhythm Nation".

Sucks! I can't believe how much the VMA's have gone down hill. At one time, the VMA's were my favorite award show but I haven't enjoyed the show since 2002. I guess it's not all their fault though, the state of (mainstream) music is not what it once was and the show reflects that.

Cinnamon234 said:

They should've been canceling it tho. It ceased to be a music channel for decades now as lastdecember pointed out.

Lady GaGa and Britney will be taking the awards

ViintageJunkiie said:

Forgot about her and Beyonce will again be like because she didn't "win" any.

Timmy84 said:

Yepp! Beyonce will win something tho. I give her maybe 3 wins for the night

I dont know, believe it or not Britney wasnt an award FAVE till last year, when MTV begged her to be on the show and give them ratings, so they gave her token award wins

ViintageJunkiie said:

Or two. I'm being modest. I won't be shocked if they don't give her shit. I'm just waiting to see that just so I can go on one of those Destiny's Child hating blogs talking about it.

lastdecember said:

For some reason, I agree with that.

I find it funny that it isn't the directors accepting the awards.

Cinnie said:

I just notice they only mention the artists' names on the directors nods.

Why didn't Madonna's Hard Candy appear anywhere here?

I know the album sucks, but most of the stuff listed this year sucks.