Mtv VMA (Video Music Awards) 2010: List of Winners
The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, hosted by Chelsea Handler and featured some highly anticipated appearances from Taylor Swift and Kanye West.
Multiple winners: Lady Gaga took home an outstanding 8 moonmen trophies (7 for Bad Romance and 1 for Telephone), Eminem 2 trophies.
The outrageous singer picked up the biggest prize of the night wearing an outfit sure to anger the PETA-crowd: a dress and chapeau that appeared to be made of cuts of meat.
Another larger-than-life diva from another generation presented Gaga with her trophy: Cher.
Official Webpage: www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2010
Mtv VMA (Video Music Awards) 2010: List of Winners
- Best Dance Video – Lady Gaga: Bad Romance
- Best Collaboration Video – Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce: Telephone
- Best Female Video – Lady Gaga: Bad Romance
- Best Male Video – Eminem: Not Afraid
- Best Rock Video – 30 Seconds to Mars : Kings and Queens
- Best Pop Video – Lady Gaga: Bad Romance
- Breakthrough Video – The Black Keys: Tighten Up
- Best Direction in a Video – Lady Gaga: Bad Romance (Director: Francis Lawrence)
- Best Choreography – Lady Gaga: Bad Romance (Choreographer: Laurie Ann Gibson)
- Best Special Effects – Muse: Uprising (Special Effects: Sam Stevens)
- Best Art Direction – Florence + the Machine: Dog Days Are Over
- Best Editing in a Video – Lady Gaga: Bad Romance (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)
- Best Cinematography in a Video – Jay-Z and Alicia Keys: Empire State of Mind
- Best Hip Hop Video – Eminem: Not Afraid
- Best New Artist – Justin Bieber
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Video of the Year – Lady Gaga: Bad Romance
You can also see the list of nominees.
Concerts for the show
The performers were:
Pre-show
Nicki Minaj (featuring will.i.am): Your Love (intro) / Check It Out
VMA Main show
- Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — “Not Afraid” / “Love the Way You Lie”
- Justin Bieber — “U Smile” (intro) / “Baby” / “Somebody to Love”
- Usher — “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love” / “OMG”
- Florence and the Machine — “Dog Days Are Over”
- Taylor Swift — “Forgiveness” (Dedicated to Kanye West)
- Drake featuring Mary J. Blige and Swizz Beatz — “Fancy”
- B.o.B, Bruno Mars and Hayley Williams (with Paramore) — “Nothin’ on You” (intro) / “Airplanes” / “The Only Exception”
- Linkin Park — “The Catalyst”
- Kanye West — “Runaway”
Appearances
- Rick Ross
- Lindsay Lohan — appeared in the opening sketch
- Ellen DeGeneres — presented Best Female Video
- Kim Kardashian — introduced Justin Bieber
- The cast of Jackass — presented Best Rock Video
- Kesha and Trey Songz — introduced Usher
- Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj — presented Best Male Video
- Ashley Greene and Jared Leto — introduced Florence and the Machine
- The cast of Glee — presented Best Pop Video
- Rosario Dawson and Chris Pine — introduced Taylor Swift
- Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake — introduced Drake, Mary J. Blige and Swizz Beats
- Joe Manganiello and Evan Rachel Wood — presented the professional awards
- The cast of Jersey Shore
- Sofía Vergara — presented the Best Hip-Hop video
- Selena Gomez and Ne-Yo — introduced B.o.B, Bruno Mars and Paramore
- Romeo and Victoria Justice — presented Best New Artist
- Emma Stone and Penn Badgley — introduced Linkin Park
- Cher — presented Video of the Year
- Aziz Ansari — introduced Kanye West
2010 MTV Video Music Awards VMA Photos
Cher:
Taylor Swift:
Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj:
Chelsea Handler:
Justin Bieber:
Eminem and Rihanna:
Usher:
Trey Songz and Ke$ha:
Lady Gaga (Black dress):
Lady Gaga (Meat dress):
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Post author: Daniel Semper