MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007

2007 MTV Australia Video Music Awards
Date 29 April 2007
Location Acer Arena, Sydney
Hosted by Fergie & Good Charlotte
Official website mtv.com.au/avma
Television/Radio coverage
Network MTV Australia

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 Thirty Seconds to Mars and special guest Kristin Cavallari from Laguna Beach also appeared. Also, the cast from the MTV series Dirty Sanchez presented.[1]

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.

Performers

Nominees and winners

The winners are in bold.

Video of the Year

Album of the Year

Best Male Artist

Best Female Artist

Best Group

Spankin' New Artist

Best Rock Video

Best Pop Video

Best Dance Video

Best Hip Hop Video

Sexiest Video

Best Hook Up

Download of the Year

Video Vanguard Award

Viewers Choice Australia

Viewers Choice New Zealand

Snoop 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.[2] The decision has been highly controversial, especially amongst MTV and Snoop Dogg fans.

In protest, MTV Australia had created a website[3] to gather interest and to help Dogg attain Australian Citizenship.

Award moments

Notes

  1. Emily Dunn (23 April 2007). "Stars jet in to sing or bling at MTV awards". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  2. "Who put the Dogg out?". Sydney Morning Herald. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  3. Welcome Snoop Archived 1 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. "Stars on Stage Down Under". The Sun. 1 May 2007.

References

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