2005 Mnet Km Music Video Festival

Background

The award-giving body continued to use the name "M.net Korean Music Festival" (MKMF) for the seventh consecutive time, and the grand awards (or daesang) were still the Best Popular Music Video and Music Video of the Year. For the first time, the event took place at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena with Shin Dong-yup as a returning host and Kim Ah-joong as his co-host.

This marked was the last year that the two daesang awards were given, lasting up to seven years. The categories for Best New Male and Female Artist were joined together as Best New Artist, while Music Video Acting award was added this year. A total of 11 Special Awards were handed, on the other hand, including the yearly Overseas Viewers' Award.

There were other notable guests on the event besides the presenters and performers, including the silhouette dancer Hyoyeon, who debuted as a Girls' Generation member later on, as well as the six MNet characters 보, 쳇, 섭리, 병, 구, and 371.

One notable performance during the event was when Clon member Kang Won Rae, who met an accident in 2000, stood up from his wheelchair and danced during their dance medley performance.

Criteria

The following criteria for winners include:

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Special awards

YEPP Digital Popularity Award: MC Mong - "Invincible"

Overseas Viewers' Award: Kangta - "Mask"

Filming Award: Park Sung-il ("Splendor of Youth" by Jaurim)

Editing Award: Song Geol ("It Must Have Been In Love" by YB)

Special Effects Award: FX NINE ("My Love Song" by Clon)

Judges' Choice Award: Jo PD - "My Old Story" (나의 옛날 이야기)

Gmarket Netizen Popularity Award: Moon Hee-joon - "A Small Village Called Memories"

Planning Award: Samsung Anycall - Anymotion commercial (with Lee Hyori and Eric Mun)

Best Video Performer Award: Psy - "Delight" (환희)

nominees: Rain - "Me" (나) Lee Seung-chul - "A Fairy Of Shampoo" (샴푸의 요정) Lee Seung Hwan - "I Ask" (물어본다) g.o.d - "Promise" (약속)

Mnet Plus Mobile Popularity Award: TVXQ - "Rising Sun"

Mnet PD's Choice Award: S.E.S.

Artist(s) with multiple wins

The following artist(s) received two or more wins (excluding the special awards):

Artist(s) with multiple nominations

The following artist(s) received two or more nominations:

Presenters and performers

The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.