2010 MuchMusic Video Awards
The 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at MuchMusic's headquarters on 20 June 2010. Along with the MuchMusic VJ's, it was confirmed on the MuchMusic website that Miley Cyrus will co-host the show. The artists with the most nominations are Drake and Hedley with six. For the 1st time since 2001, Fuse televised the MMVAs in the United States. Hedley and Justin Bieber tied for most wins at the 2010 MMVAs with 3 wins each.
Winners and nominees
Nominees for the People's Choice awards were announced in early May 2010. One "wildcard" nominee was to be chosen in each of these categories. The complete list of nominees, plus the wildcard pics, were released 18 May 2010.Video of the Year
Hedley — "Perfect"- Billy Talent — "Devil on My Shoulder"
- Danny Fernandes — "Addicted"
- Nickelback — "I'd Come For You"
- Stereos — "Summer Girl"
Post Production of the Year
Hedley — "Perfect"- Classified f. Maestro, Choclair & Moka Only — "Quit While You're Ahead"
- illScarlett f. Kardinal Offishall – "Milkshakes and Razorblades"
- Lights — "Saviour"
- Three Days Grace — "Break"
Cinematography of the Year
Trey Songz & Drake – "Successful"- Alexisonfire – "The Northern"
- Belly f. Snoop Dogg – "Hot Girl"
- Danny Fernandes – "Never Again"
- Hedley – "Perfect"
Director of the Year
Billy Talent – "Saint Veronika" Director: Michael Maxxis- Classified – "Oh Canada" Director: Cazhmere
- Hedley – "Perfect" Director: Kyle Davison
- k-os f. Saukrates – "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman" Director: X
- Shawn Desman – "Shiver" ''Director: RT!''
Pop Video of the Year
Hedley – "Cha-Ching"- Down With Webster – "Your Man"
- Faber Drive – "G-Get Up and Dance"
- Marianas Trench – "Celebrity Status"
- Stereos – "Summer Girl"
MuchLOUD Rock Video of the Year
Billy Talent – "Devil On My Shoulder"- Alexisonfire – "Young Cardinals"
- Die Mannequin – "Bad Medicine"
- Nickelback – "I'd Come For You"
- Three Days Grace – "Break"
MuchVIBE Hip Hop Video of the Year
Trey Songz & Drake – "Successful"- Belly f. Snoop Dogg – "Hot Girl"
- Classified – "Oh Canada"
- k-os f. Saukrates – "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman"
- Kardinal Offishall f. Riley – "We Gon Go"
VideoFACT Indie Video of the Year
Belly f. Snoop Dogg – "Hot Girl"- Alexisonfire – "Young Cardinals"
- Arkells – "Pullin' Punches"
- Metric – "Gold Guns Girls"
- Ten Second Epic f. Lights – "Every Day"
International Video of the Year – Artist
Miley Cyrus – "Party in the U.S.A."- Adam Lambert – "Whataya Want from Me"
- Eminem – "Beautiful"
- Jason Derulo – "Whatcha Say"
- Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys – "Empire State of Mind"
- Katy Perry – "Waking Up in Vegas"
- Ke$ha – "Tik Tok"
- Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé – "Telephone"
- Rihanna – "Rude Boy"
- Taylor Swift – "You Belong with Me"
International Video of the Year – Group
Jonas Brothers – "Paranoid"- 3OH!3 f. Katy Perry – "Starstrukk"
- Cobra Starship f. Leighton Meester – "Good Girls Go Bad"
- Gorillaz – "Stylo"
- Green Day – "21 Guns"
- Kings Of Leon – "Notion"
- MGMT – "Flash Delirium"
- The Black Eyed Peas – "I Gotta Feeling"
- Tokio Hotel – "Automatic"
- Young Money – "BedRock"
International Video of the Year by a Canadian
- Justin Bieber – "One Time"
- Avril Lavigne – "Alice"
- Drake – "Over"
- Drake f. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem – "Forever"
- '''Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris – "Baby"'''
MuchMusic.com Most Watched Video
'''Young Artists for Haiti – Wavin' Flag'''UR Fave: Video
Justin Bieber f. Ludacris — "Baby"- Drake featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem — "Forever"
- Hedley — "Perfect"
- Marianas Trench — "Celebrity Status"
- WILDCARD: Avril Lavigne – "Alice"
UR Fave: International Video
Adam Lambert — "Whataya Want From Me"- Ke$ha — "TiK ToK"
- Lady Gaga f. Beyonce — "Telephone"
- Miley Cyrus — "Party in the U.S.A."
- WILDCARD: Taylor Swift — "You Belong With Me"
UR Fave: New Artist
Justin Bieber f. Ludacris — "Baby"- Down With Webster — "Rich Girl$"
- Drake f. Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem — "Forever"
- Stereos — "Summer Girl"
- WILDCARD: Carly Rae Jepsen — "Bucket"
Performances
Pre-show
Main show
- Miley Cyrus – "Party in the U.S.A."
- Down with Webster – "Your Man"
- Adam Lambert – "Whataya Want from Me"
- Marianas Trench – "Celebrity Status"
- Kesha – "Tik Tok"
- Hedley – "Perfect"
- Katy Perry – "California Gurls"
- Drake – "Over"
- Justin Bieber – "Somebody to Love" and "Baby" medley
- Miley Cyrus – "Can't Be Tamed"
Presenters
- Emily Osment and Kristin Cavallari - presented International Video of the Year by a Canadian
- Three Days Grace and Bedouin Soundclash - introduced UR Fave: New Artist nominees
- Gabe Saporta and Miranda Cosgrove - presented MuchVIBE Hip Hop Video of the Year
- Charlotte Arnold and JLS - introduced UR Fave: International Video nominees
- Shenae Grimes - introduced Marianas Trench
- Whitney Port and Pauly D - presented Pop Video of the Year
- Faber Drive, Karl Wolf, and Nikki Yanofsky - introduced UR Fave: Video nominees
- Kellan Lutz - presented UR Fave: New Artist
- Perez Hilton - introduced Hedley
- Blake McGrath and Girlicious - introduced Katy Perry
- Leah Miller and Lights - presented Video of the Year
- Jonathan Toews - introduced Drake
- Shailene Woodley, Daren Kagasoff and Megan Park - presented International Video of the Year – Artist
- Jessica Szohr - introduced Justin Bieber
- Snooki - presented UR Fave: International Video
- Nina Dobrev - presented UR Fave: Video
- Ashley Greene and Xavier Samuel - introduced Miley Cyrus