| 2005 MTV Video Music Awards | |
| Date: | Sunday, August 28, 2005 |
| Location: | American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida |
| Country: | United States |
| Producer: | Michael Dempsey Salli Frattini Dave Sirulnick |
| Director: | Beth McCarthy-Miller |
| Host: | Diddy |
| Most Awards: | Green Day (7) |
| Most Nominations: | Green Day (8) |
| Network: | MTV |
| Previous: | 2004 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The 2005 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 28, 2005, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. The show was hosted by Diddy at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. The big winner of the night was Green Day, who took home seven VMA's, including Best Rock Video, Best Group Video, Viewer's Choice, and Video of the Year.
Although the approach of a strong tropical storm (which became Hurricane Katrina prior to its first landfall just north of Miami) cancelled much of the pre-show activities, the show itself went on as scheduled after the storm passed. Later that year, the MTV VMAs for Latin America, scheduled for Cancún, were canceled due to Hurricane Wilma (which later made an identical but reverse path across South Florida as Katrina did).
MTV announced on April 5 that the 2005 Video Music Awards would be held on August 28 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, marking the venue's second consecutive year hosting the ceremony.[1] Nominees were announced on July 25 at a press conference hosted by Kelly Clarkson, Kanye West, and Diddy in Miami.[2] At the same press conference, MTV announced that Diddy would host the ceremony.[3] The ceremony had a water theme, with several water features constructed for the ceremony by WET.[4] The ceremony broadcast was preceded by the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards Pre-Show by the Shore. Hosted by Kurt Loder and SuChin Pak with reports from John Norris, Sway, and Gideon Yago, the broadcast featured red carpet interviews and performances by Mike Jones featuring Slim Thug and Paul Wall, Rihanna, and Fall Out Boy.[5] The ceremony was also the first to expand beyond linear television with a "My VMAs" channel on MTV Overdrive featuring bonus material both before and after the ceremony. It also was one of the first to have a format. [6]
| Artist(s) | Song(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-show | ||
| Mike Jones (featuring Slim Thug and Paul Wall) | "Still Tippin'" | |
| "Pon de Replay" | ||
| "Sugar, We're Going Down" | ||
| Main show | ||
| "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | ||
| Ludacris (featuring Bobby Valentino) | "Pimpin' All Over the World" | |
| "U Can't Touch This" | ||
| Shakira (featuring Alejandro Sanz) | "La Tortura" | |
| "Trapped in the Closet" | ||
| The Killers | "Mr. Brightside" | |
| Diddy and Snoop Dogg (featuring the Notorious B.I.G.) | "Juicy" "Warning" | |
| "Reggaeton Latino" | ||
| "Abayarde" | ||
| "Gasolina" | ||
| "Speed of Sound" | ||
| Kanye West (featuring Jamie Foxx) | "Gold Digger" | |
| Mariah Carey (featuring Jadakiss and Jermaine Dupri) | "Shake It Off" "We Belong Together (Remix)" | |
| 50 Cent (featuring Mobb Deep and Tony Yayo) | "Disco Inferno" "Outta Control" "So Seductive" | |
| "Helena" | ||
| "Since U Been Gone" | ||
Winners are in bold text.
See main article: article and MTV VMA Score 2005. The music for the telecast was scored by Linkin Park's co-vocalist Mike Shinoda and rapper Lil Jon. The score was released as an EP on August 31, 2005, and later released by Shinoda five years later on March 1, 2010.[7]