18th AVN Awards

The 18th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News, took place January 8, 2001 at the Venetian Las Vegas|Venetian] Hotel Grand Ballroom, at Paradise, Nevada, U.S.A. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 77 categories honoring the best pornographic films released between Oct. 1, 1999 and Sept. 30, 2000. The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller and directed by Mark Stone. Adult film star Jenna Jameson hosted the show for the second time.
The year's biggest winner was Dark Angels with six awards, including best Video Feature and Best Director—Video for Nic Andrews, however, Watchers won for Best Film while capturing three additional trophies. Other multiple winners included: Les Vampyres with five awards, Dream Quest with four and Raw and West Side each with three.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 19th AVN Awards were announced in November 2000. Dream Quest led the way with 20, followed by Watchers with 18, Les Vampyres with 17, West Side with 16, Raw with 15, Dark Angels with 14, Jekyll and Hyde with 12 and A Midsummer Night's Cream, Artemesia and In the Days of Whore with 10 apiece.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 8, 2001.

Major awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.

Best Film	Best Video Feature
Watchers * Adrenaline * Artemesia * Dream Quest * Façade * Jekyll and Hyde * Les Vampyres * Looker 2: Femme Fatale * A Midsummer Night's Cream * Screamers * Secret Party	Dark Angels * Carnal Secrets * Goddaughter 5 * In the Days of Whore * New Wave Hookers 6 * Partners Forever * The Pushover * Raw * Shayla's Web * Spellbound * Taboo of Tarot * Trixxx 2 * West Side * White Lightning
Best DVD	Best New Starlet
Raw * All Star * Boobsville.com * Dark Garden * Decadence * Double Feature * Dream Quest * Fetish Therapy * Jekyll and Hyde * Nothing to Hide 3 & 4 * Sexual Species * Watchers * West Side * White Lightning * A Witch's Tail	Tera Patrick * Alexa * Cassidey * Dayton * Jessica Drake * Tasha Hunter * Miko Lee * Lola * Heather Lyn * Tiffany Mason * McKayla Matthews
Male Performer of the Year	Female Performer of the Year Award\|Female Performer of the Year]
Evan Stone * Mark Davis * Dillion Day * Erik Everhard * Max Hardcore * Dave Hardman * Luciano * Mr. Marcus * Rocco Siffredi * Randy Spears * Nacho Vidal	Jewel De'Nyle * Jessica Darlin * Dee * Bridgette Kerkove * Kristi Myst * Alexandra Quinn * Serenity * Sydnee Steele * Inari Vachs * Ava Vincent
Best Actor—Film	Best Actress—Film
Evan Stone, Adrenaline* Tyce Bune. True Blue * Dillion Day. Watchers * John Decker. Secret Party * Mike Foster. Jekyll and Hyde * Joel Lawrence. Les Vampyres * Herschel Savage. Dream Quest * Randy Spears. Façade * Bobby Vitale. Façade	Taylor Hayes, Jekyll and HydeRaylene, Artemesia * Nina Hartley, A Midsummer Night's Cream * Jenna Jameson, Dream Quest * Julie Meadows, Watchers * Sydnee Steele, Façade * Gwen Summers, Looker 2: Femme Fatale * Syren, Les Vampyres * Inari Vachs, Façade * Ava Vincent, Les Vampyres
Best Actor—Video	Best Actress—Video
Joel Lawrence, Raw * Tyce Bune, Wages of Sin * Dillion Day, Dark Angels * Mike Horner, Prisoner of Sex * Jonathan Morgan, Becoming Wet * Herschel Savage, Spellbound * Randy Spears, Partners Forever * Lexington Steele, West Side * Evan Stone, Paradise Hole * Tony Tedeschi, She Town	Serenity, M: Caught In the Act* Juli Ashton, Bliss * Asia Carrera, Goddaughter 5 * Jewel De'Nyle, Dark Angels * Kylie Ireland, Raw * Devinn Lane, Spellbound * Ginger Lynn, White Lightning * Tera Patrick, Sex Island * Sydnee Steele, Dark Angels * Gwen Summers, Virgin Whore * Inari Vachs, West Side * Ava Vincent, Perfectly Flawless
Best Director—Film	Best Director—Video
James Avalon, Les Vampyres * Brad Armstrong, Dream Quest * Andrew Blake, Secret Paris * Stuart Canterbury, A Midsummer Night's Cream * Nic Cramer, Looker 2: Femme Fatale * Ralph Parfait, The Cult * Michael Raven, Watchers * Andre Richard, Screamers * Paul Thomas, Artemesia	Nic Andrews, Dark Angels* Brad Armstrong, Spellbound * Francois Clousot, Trixxx 02 * Jim DiGiorgio, The Sopornos * Veronica Hart, White Lightning * Father John, Carnal Secrets * Bud Lee, Goddaughter 5 * Cash Markman, A Lust in America * Michael Ninn, Shayla's Web * Antonio Passolini, Raw * Jace Rocker, The Pushover * Ren Savant, West Side, * Nicholas Steele, Taboo of Tarot * Thomas Zupko, In the Days of Whore
Best Supporting Actress—Video	Best Sex Comedy
Midori, West Side * Alexa, Partners Forever * Juli Ashton, Best Friends * Chloe, White Lightning * Jeanna Fine, Ooze * Bridgette Kerkove, Out of Control * Anna Malle, A Witch's Tail * Sonja Redd, Goddaughter 5 * Tabitha Stevens, Bride of Double Feature * Gwen Summers, Trailer Trash Nurses * Keri Windsor, The Collector	M: Caught in the Act * Big Island Blues * The Cellar Dweller 3 * Debbie Does Iowa * A Lust in America * Porno Chick * Prisoner of Sex * The Sopornos * Super Quick
Top Selling Tape	Top Renting Tape
Dream Quest	Dream Quest
Hot Video Award	Best Foreign Release
Tell Me What You Want * Bliss * Chloé * Dark Garden * Double Feature * Playthings * Raw * Search for the Snow Leopard * Trial By Copulation	Rocco: Animal Trainer 3 * Assquest 2 * The Club * Dangerous Things * Fashion * The Inheritance * The Loves of Laure * Matador 4: Anal Garden * Rocco Meats an American Angel in Paris * Tease
Best All-Sex Film	Best All-Sex Video
Erotica * Decadence * House of Hooters * Lipstick * Pinups 2 * Private Openings * Secret Paris	Buttwoman vs. Buttwoman * All Star * Cum Covered 4 * Depraved Fantasies 7 * Fresh Meat 8 * Gangbang Auditions #5 * In Style * Lust in Paradise I & II * Pickup Lines 47 * Sexual Healing * Sodomania: Gangbang Edition * White Trash Whore 16 * XXXtreme Fantasies of Jewel De'Nyle
Best Gonzo Release	Best Gonzo Series
Please 12 * Ben Dover's Back To the Crack * Buttman's Big Tit Adventure 5 * Cumback Pussy 29 * Fresh Meat 8 * Fuck 'Em All 3 * Mission to Uranus * The Voyeur 16 * The Watcher 10 * Welcome to Chloeville * Whack Attack 8	Please! * Action Sports Sex * Ben Dover * Buttman * Fresh Meat * Freshman Fantasies * North Pole Series * Seymore Butts * The Voyeur * Whack Attack
Best Ethnic-Themed Series	Best Sex Scene in a Foreign Release
Chica Boom * Bootylicious * Booty Talk * Color Blind * Inner City Black Cheerleaders Search * Latinas Debutantes * More Black Dirty Debutantes * My Baby Got Back * Panochitas * Sugar * Sugar Walls * Super Freaks * United Colors of Ass * We Go Deep	Jazmine, Nacho Vidal, Isabella, Buttman's Anal Divas* Cynthia Palmers, John Walton, Bob Terminator, Karl Ben, Ass Quest * Nicole Thomson, Christie, David Perry, Buttman's Anal Divas * The Boat Orgy, Buttman & Rocco's Brazilian Buttfest * David Perry, Silvia Saint, Dangerous Things * Anal Gang Bang, Dirty Anal Kelly in Rome 2 * Kathrine Count, David Perry, Richard Langin, Ian Scott, Euro Angels: Hardball 8 * Laura Dark, Nacho Vidal, Vanessa, Fashion Sluts 14: The Lost Whores * Jazmine, Nacho Vidal, Fresh Meat 8 * Russian Military Prison Scene, Hell, Whores and High Heels * Nacho Vidal, Ellen, Killer Pussy * Nikita, Christoph Clark, Obsession of Laure * Lea Martini, Katyana, Oceane, Richard, Private XXX 11 * Savana, Carmen, Rocco Siffredi, Rocco Meats an American Angel in Paris * Princess, Cassandra, Rocco Siffredi, Rocco's True Anal Stories 11
Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Film	Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video
Ava Vincent, Syren, Les Vampyres * Sky, Alexa Rae, Debbie Does New Orleans * Jenna Jameson, Stephanie Swift, Felecia, Dream Quest * Alexa, Jenna Jameson, Dream Quest * The Fairy Orgy, A Midsummer Night's Cream * Janine, Randi Rage, Pink Janine * Shay Sweet, Gina Ryder, Private Openings * Katja Kean, Ava Vincent, Virtuoso * Katja Kean, Shay Sweet, Watchers	Sydnee Steele, Jewel De'Nyle, Dark Angels* Emily, Coral Sands, Felecia, Tina Cheri, Bobbi Barron, Babes Illustrated 8 * Charlene Aspen, Linda Diego, Daisy Chain, Buttwoman vs. Buttwoman * Brooke Hunter, Felecia, Angela Summers, Sydnee Steele, Temptress, Inari Vachs, Daisy Chain, Car Wash Angels 2 * Chloe, Tina Tyler, Shelbee Myne, Chloe's "I Came, Did You?!!" * Juli Ashton, Shayla LaVeaux, Dee, Keri Windsor, the Sybian, Essentially Dee * Brittany Andrews, Chandler, Exotic and Erotic * Jackie Strano, C. C. Belle, Hard Love/ How To Fuck in High Heels * Kiki D'Aire, Ryan Conner, Monique DeMoan, New Wave Hookers 6 * Bridgette Kerkove, Kylie Ireland, No Man's Land 32 * Group Shower Scene, Ooze * Bridgette Kerkove, Sana Fey, Nikol, Pussyman's Decadent Divas 3 * Shayla LaVeaux, Keri Windsor, Alexandra Nice, Shayla's Web * Jill Kelly, Daisy Chain, Amanda Rain, S.M.U.T. 16 * The All-Girl Orgy, The Violation of Bridgette Kerkove
Best Couples Sex Scene—Film	Best Couples Sex Scene—Video
Sydnee Steele, Bobby Vitale, Façade * Jessica Drake, Evan Stone, Adrenaline * Halli Aston, Evan Stone, The Cult * Devin Wolf, Jenna Jameson, Dream Quest * Kira Kener, Erik Everhard, Façade * Joel Lawrence, Ava Vincent, Les Vampyres * Mickey G., Gwen Summers, Looker 2: Femme Fatale * Dee, Herschel Savage, Screamers * Azlea Antistia, John Decker, Secret Party * Dasha, Dillion Day, Shakespeare Revealed * Sydnee Steele, Randy Spears, Watchers	Lexington Steele, Inari Vachs, West Side * Jill Kelly, Eric Price, Carnal Secrets * Lola, Dillion Day, Chica Boom 3 * Lexington Steele, Alexandria Quinn, Cumback Pussy 29 * Ginger Paige, Voodoo, Dark Angels * Syren, Evan Stone, Intimate Expressions * Ginger Lynn, Voodoo, New Wave Hookers 6 * Temptress, Randy Spears, Spellbound * Evan Stone, Envy, Taboo of Tarot * Randy West, Bridgette Hasek, Up and Cummers 72 * Tera Patrick, Randy West, Up and Cummers 80 * Midori, Dillion Day, West Side * Asia Carrera, John Decker, Wet Dreams 7 * Lexington Steele, Alexandra Nice, Wickedgirl.com

Additional Award Winners

Best All-Girl Feature: Hard Love/How to Fuck in High HeelsBest All-Girl Series: The Violation of...Best Alternative Video: Dream Girls: Real Adventures 18Best Anal Sex Scene—Film: Randy Spears, Inari Vachs; FaçadeBest Anal Sex Scene—Video: "Kristi Myst's Anal Gang Bang", In the Days of WhoreBest Anal-Themed Feature: Rocco's True Anal Stories 11Best Anal-Themed Series: Rocco's True Anal StoriesBest Art Direction—Film: Jekyll and HydeBest Art Direction—Video: Shayla's WebBest Box Cover Concept: Les Vampyres, Cal Vista Films/MetroBest Cinematography: Ralph Parfait, Jake Jacobs; Dream QuestBest Classic Release on DVD: Chameleons Not the SequelBest Continuing Video Series: Pick Up Lines, Hollywood Hardcore Best Director—Foreign Release: Tanya Hyde; Hell, Whores and High Heels Best DVD Extras: All StarBest Editing—Film: Michael Raven, Sammy Slater; WatchersBest Editing—Video: Nic Andrews, Dark AngelsBest Ethnic-Themed Release: Panochitas 5Best Foreign Vignette Series: Private XXXBest Foreign Vignette Tape: Hell, Whores and High Heels Best Group Sex Scene—Film: Violet Luv, Wendi Knight, Brandon Iron; Les VampyresBest Group Sex Scene—Video: Hakan Serbes, Alisha Klass, McKayla Matthews; Mission to UranusBest Interactive DVD: Virtual Sex With Tera PatrickBest Music: Derik Andrews, Inversion 89; Dark AngelsBest Non-Sex Performance—Film or Video: Rob Spallone, The SopornosBest Oral-Themed Feature: Blowjob Adventures of Dr. Fellatio 26Best Oral-Themed Series: Blowjob Adventures of Dr. FellatioBest Overall Marketing Campaign—Company Image: Vivid Entertainment GroupBest Overall Marketing Campaign—Individual Title or Series: Les Vampyres, Cal Vista Films/MetroBest Packaging: Dream Quest, Wicked PicturesBest Pro-Am or Amateur Series: Up and CummersBest Pro-Am or Amateur Tape: California College Student Bodies 16Best Screenplay—Film: Michael Raven, George Kaplan; WatchersBest Screenplay—Video: Antonio Passolini, RawBest Solo Sex Scene: Devinn Lane, In StyleBest Special Effects: Intimate ExpressionsBest Specialty Tape—Bondage and S/M: Humiliation of HeidiBest Specialty Tape—Big Bust: Harem HootersBest Specialty Tape—Other Genre: Barefoot Confidential 8Best Specialty Tape—Spanking: Public CaningsBest Supporting Actor—Film: Randy Spears, WatchersBest Supporting Actor—Video: Wilde Oscar, West SideBest Supporting Actress—Film: Chloe, True BlueBest Tease Performance: Jessica Drake, Shayla's WebBest Transsexual Tape: Rogue Adventures: Big Ass She-Males 7Best Videography: Nic Andrews, Jake Jacobs; Dark AngelsBest Vignette Tape: Terrors From the Clit 2Best Vignette Series: Perverted StoriesMost Outrageous Sex Scene: “The Detached Cock” with Bridgette Kerkove, Tyce Bune; ''In the Days of Whore''

Honorary AVN Awards

Reuben Sturman Award

Ed Powers, Mark Kernes

Hall of Fame

inductees for 2001 were: Kaitlyn Ashley, John T. Bone, Asia Carrera, Bud Lee, Shayla La Veaux, Clive McLean, Earl Miller, Tiffany Mynx, Reb Sawitz, Sunset Thomas, Bob Vosse, Honey Wilder, Sam Xavier

Multiple nominations and awards

The following releases received the most nominations.

Nominations	Movie
20	Dream Quest
18	Watchers
17	Les Vampyres
16	West Side
15	Raw
14	Dark Angels
12	Jekyll and Hyde
10	A Midsummer Night’s Cream
10	Artemesia
10	In the Days of Whore
9	Spellbound
9	White Lightning
8	Adrenaline
8	Goddaughter 5
8	Screamers
8	Shayla's Web

The following 15 releases received multiple awards:

Awards	Movie
6	Dark Angels
5	Les Vampyres
4	Dream Quest
4	Watchers
3	Raw
3	West Side
2	Blowjob Adventures of Dr. Fellatio 26
2	Façade
2	Hell, Whores and High Heels
2	In the Days of Whore
2	Jekyll and Hyde
2	M: Caught In the Act
2	Please 12
2	Rocco's True Anal Stories 11
2	Shayla's Web

Presenters and performers

The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers or comedy. The show's trophy girls were Haven and Lacey.

Performers

Name	Role	Performed
	Performer	Standup comedy segment
	Performers	Musical numbers

Ceremony information

The awards show marked the premiere of its new trophy design, which Adult Video News called "an original 3-D Lucite monolith that hailed the long awaited Demise of the Golden Bitch."
The year's show featured a "Pussy Cam", a floor-level camera near the stage's podium, which offered attendees an infrequent glimpse of female stars lingerie or lack thereof. In his moment at the podium, actor Mark Davis offered female attendees equal time by dropping his trousers for the audience's supposed benefit.
The show was recorded and a DVD of the show was published and distributed by VCA Interactive.

Performance of year's movies

Dream Quest was announced as the adult movie industry's top selling movie and was also the top renting movie of the previous year.

Critical reviews

The show received a negative reception from Adult DVD Talk. An article by Groundskeeper Willie was titled, "The Adult Video Snooze Awars" and besides having found the show slow and monotonous with occasional gaffes, he also took organizers to task for not using film or video clips during the show, even in the major categories.
Hustler magazine agreed that "the ceremony dragged on for what seemed like an eternity but still managed to entertain, despite the shaky hositn gskills of cock-shy Jenna Jameson" and also decried the $195 fee for admission tickets.