MUMBAI: The 2005 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) honouring the best in music video, rolled into Miami at the American Airlines Arena in the US yesterday 28 August. It was hosted by Diddy
Rock group Green Day was the top winner of the night winning six Moon Men. Boulevard of Broken Dreams garnered Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Rock Video, Best Direction in a Video, Best Editing in a Video and Best Cinematography.
Today 29 August "My VMAs," a dedicated channel within the on demand initiative MTV Overdrive has launched. This will allow viewers to re-live and re-mix their VMA experience by combining their favorite moments from the
star-studded night with exclusive, bonus segments, all available in an a lacarte, on-demand menu. The expanded VMA footage will include in-depth "white" carpet fashion coverage; arrivals by yacht and tricked out cars; backstage artist interviews; as well as more music performances produced especially for Overdrive.
The night started with celebrities flooding the white carpet as they arrived in their tricked out cars and luxurious yachts. For the first time in awards show history, celebrities revved up their engines for a pimped out and tricked out car show. The Game, Green ay, Ludacris, Shaquille O'Neal, Snoop Dogg, Lil' Kim, and Nelly wowed the white carpet as they showed up in their customised cars. There was so much action on the carpet that MTV News extended the pre-show to two hours.