MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007

Infobox MTV Australia Video Music Awards
name = 2007


imagesize = 150px
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date = 29 April 2007
venue = Acer Arena, Sydney
host = Fergie & Good Charlotte
network = MTV Australia
webpage = http://www.mtv.com.au/avma

The MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007 was broadcast live from Acer Arena on 29 April 2007 on MTV Australia. It was then repeated on the Ten Network on 6 May 2007.

The hosts for the awards were Fergie, along with Good Charlotte, while Perez Hilton and Sophie Monk who hosted the red carpet show and stars such as Pink and 30 Seconds to Mars and special guest Kristin Cavallari from "Laguna Beach" also appeared. Also, the cast from the MTV series "Dirty Sanchez" presented. [cite web
url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/29/1177787969055.html
title = Stars jet in to sing or bling at MTV awards
accessdate = 2007-04-30
author = Emily Dunn
date = April 23, 2007
publisher = [http://www.smh.com.au Sydney Morning Herald] ]

In the awards new categories were added such as "Best Hook Up Video", "Download of the Year" and New Zealand Viewers Choice and "Sexiest Video" has been re-introduced to the categories after its absence from the 2006 show. Also, the "Video Vanguard" award was introduced to the Australian Awards for the first time which honoured Australian band Silverchair.

Presenters

* Fergie (host)
* Good Charlotte (co-hosts)
* Perez Hilton (red carpet)
* Sophie Monk (red carpet)
* Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O (red carpet)
* Kristin Cavallari (presenter)
* Dita Von Teese (presenter)
* Nicole Ritchie [ [http://www.mtv.com.au/news/76 Nicole Richie Coming To The AVMAs - MTV.com.au news release] ] (presenter)

Performers

* 30 Seconds to Mars - "The Kill (Bury Me)"
* Good Charlotte - "Dance Floor Anthem"/"Keep Your Hands off My Girl"
* Pink - "U + Ur Hand"/"Sweet Dreams"
* Teddy Geiger - "These Walls"
* Damien Leith - "Night of My Life"
* Eskimo Joe - "Black Fingernails, Red Wine"
* Evermore - "Light Surrounding You"
* Sneaky Sound System - "UFO"
* Silverchair - "Straight Lines"
* Stephanie McIntosh - "So Do I Say Sorry First?"
* Fergie - "Glamorous"
* TV Rock - "The Others"
* Dukes of Windsor - "The Others"
* Billy Talent - "Falling Leaves"
* Goodnight Nurse (red carpet)
* Bliss n Eso (red carpet)
* Dirty Sanchez
* Juke Kartel - "Throw It Away"

Categories

pankin' New Artist

* Stephanie McIntosh - "Mistake"
* Lily Allen - "Smile"
* Damien Leith - "Night of My Life"
* Teddy Geiger - "For You I Will (Confidence)"
* The Lost Gospel - "Secret Agent"
* Ne-Yo - "So Sick"

exiest Video

* Fergie - "Fergalicious"
* Justin Timberlake - "SexyBack"
* Nelly Furtado - "Maneater"
* The Pussycat Dolls - "I Don't Need a Man"
* Fedde le Grand - "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit"
* Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z - "Déjà Vu"

Best Pop Video

* Christina Aguilera - "Ain't No Other Man"
* Guy Sebastian - "Elevator Love"
* Gwen Stefani - "Wind It Up"
* Justin Timberlake - "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude"
* The Veronicas - "Revolution"
* Pink - "U + Ur Hand"

Best Male Artist

* Justin Timberlake - "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude"
* Shannon Noll - "Lonely"
* Jay-Z - "Show Me What You Got"
* Damien Leith - "Night of My Life"
* Robbie Williams - "Lovelight"
* Akon - "Smack That"

Best Female Artist

* Pink - "U + Ur Hand" WINNER*
* [Fergie] - " [Fergalicious] "
* Christina Aguilera - "Ain't No Other Man"
* Beyoncé - " [Irreplaceable] "
* Nelly Furtado - [Promiscuous] "
* Gwen Stefani - "Wind It Up"

Best Group

* Wolfmother
* Good Charlotte
* Eskimo Joe
* Red Hot Chili Peppers
* Silverchair
* Panic! at the Disco

Album of the Year

* Pink - "I'm Not Dead"
* Eskimo Joe - "Black Fingernails, Red Wine"
* Justin Timberlake - "FutureSex/LoveSounds"
* Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Stadium Arcadium"
* The Killers - "Sam's Town"
* Evanescence - "The Open Door"

Best Hip Hop Video

* Hilltop Hoods - "The Hard Road"
* Lupe Fiasco - "Kick, Push"
* Snoop Dogg featuring R. Kelly - "That's That"
* Chamillionaire - "Ridin'"
* Akon - "Smack That"
* Fergie - "London Bridge"

Video of the Year

* Christina Aguilera - "Ain't No Other Man"
* Wolfmother - "Joker and the Thief"
* 30 Seconds to Mars - "The Kill"
* My Chemical Romance - "Welcome to the Black Parade"
* Justin Timberlake - "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude"
* Silverchair - "Straight Lines"

Download of the Year

* Pink - "Who Knew"
* Youth Group - "Forever Young"
* AFI - "Miss Murder"
* Eskimo Joe - "Black Fingernails, Red Wine"
* Rihanna - "SOS"
* Snow Patrol - "Chasing Cars"

Best Dance Video

* David Guetta vs The Egg - "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)"
* Rogue Traders - "In Love Again"
* Bob Sinclar - "Rock This Party"
* Sneaky Sound System - "Pictures"
* Bodyrox - "Yeah Yeah"
* Fedde le Grand - "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit"

Best Hook Up

* Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland - "SexyBack"
* Diddy featuring Christina Aguilera - "Tell Me"
* Akon featuring Eminem - "Smack That"
* The Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg - "Buttons"
* U2 featuring Green Day - "The Saints Are Coming"
* Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z - "Déjà Vu"

Video Vanguard Award

* Silverchair

Viewers Choice Australia

Winner: Good Charlotte

Viewers Choice New Zealand

Winner: Goodnight Nurse

noop Dogg controversy

Snoop Dogg was due to attend the ceremony, but the Department of Immigration and Citizenship cancelled his visa on the basis of "character" issues. Minister for Immigration, Kevin Andrews cited numerous drug and assault offences to back up his decision. [ [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/26/1177459836538.html Who put the Dogg out? - Music - Entertainment - smh.com.au ] ] The decision has been highly controversial, especially amongst MTV and Snoop Dogg fans.

In protest, MTV Australia had created a website [ [http://www.mtv.com.au/snoop Welcome Snoop ] ] to gather interest and to help Dogg attain Australian Citizenship.

Award moments

* Darren McMullen lifted his kilt exposing himself. [cite web
url = http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2004580002-2007200042,00.html
title = Stars on Stage Down Under= 2007-04-30
author = The Sun UK
date = May 01, 2007
publisher = [http://www.thesun.co.uk The Sun] ]
* While Nicole Richie was announcing the winner of the award for Best Male Artist, she miss pronounced the winners name saying "Sha-NON Noll" instead of the correct Shannon Noll.
* During a broadcast backstage interview, The Veronicas told viewers that they had a so-called "crush" on the 2006 winner of "Australian Idol", Damien Leith. When the girls were interviewed again they stated that Leith's wife had confronted them shortly after they made that remark.
* Also in The Veronica's backstage interview, Andrew Hansen from The Chaser's War on Everything did something for the show, he acted as a journalist about to ask a question but broke out into a song.

Notes

References

* [http://www.mtv.com.au/avma MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007 site]
* [http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/fergie-to-host-mtv-awards/2007/03/01/1172338755656.html The Age Article]
* http://www.mtv.com.au

External links

* [http://www.mtv.com.au/avma MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007 official site]
* [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/gallery/0,22056,5022768-5010141,00.html MTV 2007 Awards photo gallery]