MTV Asia Awards 2008

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Date August 2, 2008
Location Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands, Malaysia Hosted by Jared Leto and Karen Mok

After a one-year hiatus, the MTV Asia Awards 2008 (or 2008 MTV Asia Awards) returned on August 2, 2008. The event was held at the 6,000-seat Arena of Stars in Genting, Malaysia. This was the first time the award show was held in Malaysia. This was the sixth MTV Asia Awards.

Nominees were announced on June 14, 2008 via the channel. At the same day the MTV Asia Awards official website was also reopened. Voting commences from June 14 until July 25, 2008. Unlike previous award shows, international categories were not chosen by viewers (except for the Favorite International Artist in Asia award) and included for the first time Best Hook Up, Bring Da House Down, and The Innovation Award.

Viewers were able to vote from the official site or by text messaging service. The event was hosted by Jared Leto of Thirty Seconds to Mars and Karen Mok as co-host.

Performers

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The Pussycat Dolls — "Buttons" / "When I Grow Up"

OneRepublic — "Apologize" / "Stop and Stare"

Electrico with Stefanie Sun — "Save Our Soul" / "Against the Light"

The Script — "The Man Who Can't Be Moved"

Leona Lewis — "Better In Time" / "Bleeding Love"

Super Junior — "Mirror" / "Don't Don" / "A Man In Love" Remix Ver.

The Click Five — "Empty" / "Jenny"

Panic! at the Disco — "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" / "Nine In The Afternoon"

Also a special performance from Project E.A.R., a rap group consisting of at least one personnel from Hip Hop group Ahli Fiqir (Singapore), Pop Shuvit (Malaysia), Saint Loco (Indonesia), Slapshock (Philippines), Silksounds and Thaitanium from Thailand.