The 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards were held in Toronto, Ontario at MuchMusic's headquarters on June 15, 2008 with the rain-soaked Red carpet arrivals that started at 8:00pm ET, but was slightly delayed by rainstorms that soaked the crowds and artists, the awards started at 9:00 and ended at 11:00. The show featured performances by illScarlett, Flo Rida, Girlicious, Sean Kingston, JabbaWockeeZ, Simple Plan, the first performance by New Kids on the Block in 15 years and others. The most nominated artist was Hedley with six nominations in which they won four awards. This was the first MMVA to have an afterparty, which was broadcast exclusively on MuchMusic.com, and featured Bedouin Soundclash.
The nominees were, with the winners in bold:
Hedley — "For the Nights I Can't Remember"
Belly feat. Mario Winans — "Ridin'"
Feist — "1234"
illScarlett — "Nothing Special"
Simple Plan — "When I'm Gone"
Hedley — "For The Nights I Can't Remember" (directed by: Kevin De Freitas)
Bedouin Soundclash — "Walls Fall Down" (directed by: Marc Ricciardelli)
Belly feat. Mario Winans — "Ridin'" (directed by: RT!)
illScarlett — "Nothing Special" (directed by: Chris Sargent & Steve Mottershead)
Sam Roberts — "Them Kids" (directed by: Dave Pawsey)
Sam Roberts — "Them Kids" (post-production: Duplex)
Buck 65 — "Dang" (post-production: Christopher Mills)
Classified ft. Maestro & DJ IV — "Hard To Be Hip-Hop" (post-production: Aden Bahadori & harv)
illScarlett — "Nothing Special" (post-production: Steve Mottershead)
The Saint Alvia Cartel — "Blonde Kryptonite" (post-production: Nick Flook, Mike Sevigny & Jeff Middleton)
Hedley — "For the Nights I Can't Remember" (Samy Inayeh)
Belly feat. Mario Winans — "Ridin'" (Brendan Steacy)
City and Colour — "Waiting" (Simon Shohet)
Hedley — "She's So Sorry" (Samy Inayeh)
Skye Sweetnam — "Human" (Brendan Steacy)
Hedley — "She's So Sorry"
illScarlett — "Nothing Special"
Simple Plan — "When I'm Gone"
Sum 41 — "With Me"
The Trews — "Hold Me In Your Arms"
Belly ft. Mario Winans — "Ridin'"
Classified ft. Maestro & DJ IV — "Hard To Be Hip-Hop"
JB ft. The Game — Fire In Ya Eyes
JDiggz ft. Voyce — Just Wanna Party
Tru-Paz — Hotel Hell
Wintersleep — "Weighty Ghost"
Bedouin Soundclash — "Walls Fall Down"
Cancer Bats — "Hail Destroyer"
Neverending White Lights — "Always"
The Russian Futurists — "Paul Simon"
- Rihanna — "Umbrella"
- Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend"
- Fergie — "Big Girls Don't Cry"
- Timbaland f. Keri Hilson & D.O.E. — "The Way I Are"
- Hilary Duff — "Stranger"
Rihanna — "Don't Stop the Music"
Alicia Keys — "No One"
Chris Brown ft. T-Pain — "Kiss Kiss"
Fergie — "Clumsy"
Flo Rida ft. T-Pain — "Low"
Kanye West — "Stronger"
Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland — "4 Minutes"
Miley Cyrus — "Start All Over"
Sean Kingston — "Beautiful Girls"
Usher ft. Young Jeezy — "Love In This Club"
Linkin Park — "Bleed It Out"
Fall Out Boy — "The Take Over, The Break's Over"
Foo Fighters — "The Pretender"
MGMT — "Time to Pretend"
Maroon 5 — "Wake Up Call"
OneRepublic — "Stop and Stare"
Panic! at the Disco — "Nine In The Afternoon"
Queens Of The Stone Age — "Sick, Sick, Sick"
Timbaland presents OneRepublic — "Apologize"
Tokio Hotel — "Ready, Set, Go!"
Fall Out Boy — "The Take Over, The Break's Over"
Flo Rida ft. T-Pain — "Low"
Kanye West— "Stronger"
Rihanna — "Don't Stop the Music"
OneRepublic ft. Timbaland — "Apologize"
Simple Plan — "When I'm Gone"
Hedley — "For The Nights I Can't Remember"
Billy Talent — "Surrender"
Finger Eleven — "Falling On"
illScarlett — "Nothing Special"
Avril Lavigne — "When You're Gone"
Belly ft. Mario Winans — "Ridin'"
Feist — "1234"
City and Colour — "Waiting"
Nelly Furtado — "Do It
MuchMusic held the MMVA10k Contest during the Video Awards. Three weeks prior to the event 2008 MMVA predictions and trivia were posted daily and viewers were able to play along during the live event on June 15, 2008. For every 500 points, viewers received a ballot to win $10,000. Viewers were also able to answer polls and chat with other MMVA viewers.
"Low" — Flo Rida and "When I'm Gone" - Simple Plan medley
"Nothing Special" — illScarlett
"Take You There" — Sean Kingston
"Dangerous" — Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon
JabbaWockeeZ
"Never Too Late" — Hedley
"Like Me" — Girlicious
"Take a Bow" — Rihanna
"Summertime" — New Kids on the Block
Chace Crawford
Brody Jenner
Whitney Port
Kristin Cavallari
Kal Penn
Jesse McCartney
Melanie C
Mike Myers
Perez Hilton
Sum 41
Sam Roberts
Theory of a Deadman
The Trews
Belly
Finger Eleven
Bedouin Soundclash
City and Colour
Rainn Wilson
Jason Spezza
The 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards are the only MMVA to feature an afterparty. The afterparty featured Bedouin Soundclash performing in front of a small crowd with several other artists. They performed a total of ten songs. The afterparty aired only once for a scheduled 30 minutes after the MMVA on muchmusic.com and MuchMoreMusic, but extended for a few minutes on muchmusic.com.
The performances were:
St. Andrews — Bedouin Soundclash
I Wanna Be Sedated — Bedouin Soundclash
Can't Hurry Love — Bedouin Soundclash with Zaki Ibrahim
Should I Stay Or Should I Go — Bedouin Soundclash with Saint Alvia
Come Dancing — Bedouin Soundclash with Sam Roberts & K-OS
Mirror In The Bathroom — Bedouin Soundclash with Wade MacNeil of Alexisonfire
Pressure Drop — Bedouin Soundclash with all guests
Dancing In The Dark — Bedouin Soundclash with Arkells & Saint Alvia
Yesterday — K-OS
Don't Let Me Down — Bedouin Soundclash with all guests
