
A green-haired Lady Gaga did not go home green with envy at last night’s 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards. The Queen of Pop and Mother of Monsters won International Video of the Year for “Judas” and UR Fave International Video for “Born This Way. She also kicked off and closed the outdoor music awards show that brings 10,000 fans to the headquarters of the MuchMusic building on Queen Street.
Canadian teen heartthrob Justin Bieber, currently dating pop singer/actress Selena Gomez, who co-hosted the awards show with various Much VJs, also won two – International Video Of The Year By A Canadian for “Somebody To Love” featuring Usher (a tie with Drake for his video “Find Your Love”) and another fan-choice, UR FAVE New Artist for the remix version of “Somebody to Love (remix).” Said Bieber to Gomez,”Nice to meet you. You’re very beautiful. Maybe we can go out sometime.”
As the show aired live on MuchMusic in Canada and Fuse in the U.S., four of the Top 10 trending topics on Twitter worldwide were directly related to the MMVAs.
Far East Movement, which won International Video Of The Year – Group
for “Like a G6” featuring The Cataracs & Dev, performed with both Dev and Snoop Dogg on a medly of “Like a G6/Bass Down Low/If I Was You (OMG).”
Fefe Dobson also rocked the stage with Simple Plan on “Jet Lag,” singing the part of Natasha Bedingfield. She also won UR Fave Video Award for Stuttering.
According to MuchMusic, fans cast an unprecedented 900,000 votes in UR FAVE categories – an increase of 90 percent over last year.
Complete MMVA 2011 Winners:
UR FAVE Video
Fefe Dobson – “Stuttering”
UR FAVE New Artist
Justin Bieber featuring Usher – “Somebody to Love (remix)”
UR FAVE International Video
Lady Gaga – “Born This Way”
MuchMusic.com Most Streamed Video
Taio Cruz – “Dynamite”
Video Of The Year
Shawn Desman – “Electric/Night Like This”
International Video Of The Year – Artist Lady Gaga – “Judas”
International Video Of The Year – Group
Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs & Dev – “Like a G6”
Pop Video of the Year
Down With Webster – “Whoa Is Me”
International Video Of The Year By A Canadian
Tie:
Drake – “Find Your Love”
Justin Bieber featuring Usher – “Somebody To Love”
MuchLOUD Rock Video Of The Year
Abandon All Ships – “Geeving”
MuchVIBE Hip-Hop Video Of The Year
Classified – “That Ain’t Classy”
Director Of The Year
You Say Party – “Lonely’s Lunch”
Post-Production Of The Year
Danny Fernandes featuring Belly – “Automatic”
Cinematography Of The Year Blake McGrath – “Relax”
MuchFACT Indie Video Of The Year
JDiggz featuring Neverending White Lights – “This Time”