Mtv VMA (Video Music Awards) 2010: List of Winners

Date: September / 13 / 2010 + Comments: 4

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
Video of the Year – Lady Gaga: Bad Romance

You can also see the list of nominees.

Concerts for the show

Lady Gaga Mtv VMA 2010 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”

Justin Bieber concert 2010 MTV VMA

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