2000 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2000 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 7, 2000, honoring the best music videos from June 12, 1999, to June 9, 2000. The show was hosted by Marlon and Shawn Wayans at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
In the 2000 show Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine climbed a piece of set scaffolding and refusing to come down after his band lost the award for Best Rock Video to Limp Bizkit. The show went to commercial while security removed Commerford, who was later arrested for disorderly conduct.
Janet Jackson opened the show with her hit "Doesn't Really Matter". Britney Spears performed her hit single "Oops!...I Did It Again" which went on to become one of the VMA's most iconic and controversial performances, mostly due to her skin-colored performance attire. NSYNC also performed their hit single "Bye Bye Bye". Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst later joined Christina Aguilera onstage as a surprise guest during her performance of "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)".
For the second year in a row DMX did not show up for dress rehearsals; as a result, Nelly's performance, originally scheduled for the pre-show, was promoted to the main event. Other highlights included Eminem performing amidst an army of "Slim Shady" lookalikes and a humorous montage dedicated to past VMA winners who had failed to repeat their previous success.
This marked Whitney Houston and Aaliyah's final appearance at the VMA awards before Aaliyah's death a year later and Houston's death eleven years later. That night Aaliyah received her two only VMA awards for Best Female Video and Best Video from a Film for her song "Try Again."
Background
Nominees were announced at a news conference held on July 25 in MTV's Times Square studio. At the same news conference, Shawn and Marlon Wayans were announced as hosts, while *NSYNC and Rage Against the Machine were announced as performers. Janet Jackson was announced as a performer on August 3. Britney Spears and Eminem were announced as performers on August 7. DMX, Blink-182, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers were announced as performers on August 15. Christina Aguilera and Sisqó were announced as performers on August 28.The ceremony broadcast was preceded by the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards Opening Act. Hosted by Kurt Loder and Serena Altschul with reports from Chris Connelly, Brian McFayden, John Norris, and Iann Robinson, the broadcast featured red carpet interviews, pre-taped features on the rise of songs and music videos about butts, Eminem's career over the past year, and music feuds
Presenters
Pre-show
- Kurt Loder and Serena Altschul – announced the winners of the professional categories, Breakthrough Video and Best Video from a Film
Main show
- Renée Zellweger – introduced Janet Jackson
- Dr. Dre and Steven Tyler – presented Best Group Video
- Kid Rock and The Rock – presented Best Dance Video
- U2 – introduced Rage Against the Machine
- Jimmy Fallon – appeared in a skit onstage about Viewer's Choice voting procedures
- Jakob Dylan and Kate Hudson – presented Best New Artist in a Video
- Venus and Serena Williams – introduced Sisqó
- Ricky Martin – presented Best Female Video
- Destiny's Child and Wyclef Jean – presented Best Male Video
- Carson Daly – introduced Napster creator Shawn Fanning and introduced Britney Spears with him
- Lenny Kravitz and Gisele Bündchen – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
- Method Man & Redman – appeared in a vignette about Viewer's Choice voting procedures
- LL Cool J and Macy Gray – presented Best Pop Video
- Jim Carrey – introduced Eminem
- Chris Rock and Lance Crouther – presented the Video Vanguard Award and introduced the Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Moby and P!nk – presented Best Rap Video
- Aaliyah and Ananda Lewis – introduced NSYNC
- D'Angelo and Jennifer Lopez – presented Best Rock Video
- Toni Braxton and 98 Degrees – introduced the International Viewer's Choice Award winners
- Carson Daly - explained the Tim Commerford incident to viewers, interviewed Fred Durst and Kid Rock, and introduced Mark Wahlberg
- Mark Wahlberg – introduced Nelly
- Sting and Eve – presented Best R&B Video
- Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro – presented Best Direction in a Video
- Chyna and Richard Hatch – introduced Christina Aguilera
- Lil' Kim and Vincent Pastore – presented Viewer's Choice
- Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears – introduced Whitney Houston
- Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown – presented Video of the Year
- Lars Ulrich – introduced Blink-182