9:35pm – Show is over! Stefanie Sun won Favourite Singapore Artist. Linkin Park won favourite international artist. Party now. Blog later!
9:15pm – Finally, they’re presenting the award for Favourite Artist Malaysia. The nominees are…
Faizal Tahir
Nicholas Teo
Pop Shuvit
Dato Siti Nurhaliza
And the winner is…
NICHOLAS TEO!
Kuching pride man, Kuching pride! You did us proud Nicholas.
For creating a whole new style of their own, now presenting The Innovation Award . The nominees are…
Kayne West
Goldfrapp
Gwen Stefani
Radiohead
The winner is… RADIOHEAD!
Presenting Breakthrough Artist . The nominees are…
Daughtry
Leona Lewis
Mika
OneRepublic
The winner is… LEONA LEWIS!
8:50pm – OneRepublic just came and have their photo taken.
Now presenting the award for Favourite Artist Indonesia. The nominees are…
Andra & The Backbone, Mulan Jameela, Nidji, Yovie & Nuno.
And the winner is… Yovie & Nuno!
Too bad I never heard of them. NEXT!
Presenting Favourite Artist Taiwan. The nominees are…
Jolin Tsai
Mayday
S.H.E
Show Lo
And the winner is…
Show Lo! What a name.
To reward the artist with the best music video, presenting Video Star award. The nominees are…
30 Seconds to Mars – A Beautiful Lie
Fergie – Clumsy
Justice – D.A.N.C.E
Panic at the Disco – Nine in the Afternoon
And the winner is…
30 Seconds To Mars!
8:20pm – They’re presenting the award for Favourite Artist Thailand. The nominees are…
Bodyslam
Groove Riders
K-OTIC
TOR+ Saksit
And the winner is… TOR+ Saksit!
Now they’re presenting the award for Favourite Artist Hong Kong. The nominees are…
Andy Lau
Eason Chan
Joey Yung
Leo Ku
And the winner is… LEO KU!
They’re presenting the award to recognise best collaboration between two artistes. For Best Hook-up, the nominees are…
Avril Lavigne feat. Lil Mama – Girlfriend
Beyonce feat. Shakira – Beautiful Liar
Rihanna feat. Jay-Z – Umbrella
Timbaland feat. OneRepublic – Apologize
And the winner is… Timbaland feat. OneRepublic – Apologize!
The Script is now performing “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” live. I wish I were in that arena!
7:55pm – Karen Mok was presented with the MTV Asia Inspiration Award to recognise her humanitarian efforts.
Ok, I’m sitting here at the designated Photo Room watched the live award show on television for the past one hour.
We were told that the winners will come to the Photo Room after they won their award, but so far only the Favourite Artist Mainland China has turned up to have her photo taken.
And she doesn’t even look happy receiving the award!
7:48pm – They’re presenting the award for Favourite Artist Mainland China. The nominees are…
The Flowers
Lee Yu Chun
Wang Feng
Yang Kun
And the winner is…
LEE YU CHUN!
Award for the best live concert, Bring Da House Down – The nominees are…
Christina Aguilera – Back To Basics Asia Tour
Linkin Park – Linkin Park Asia Tour
Muse – Asia Tour
Black Eyed Peas – Black Blue and You Tour
And the winner is… MUSE!
Panic At The Disco grabbed the edc Style Award.
7:43pm – Presenting Favourite Artist Korea. The nominees are…
Big Bang
Girls Generation
Super Junior
Wonder Girls
And the winner is…
SUPER JUNIOR!
The Click Five has also won The Knockout Award. I’m guessing it’s some sorta appreciation award.
7:20pm – These ones are for you Diana!
Panic At The Disco, led by frontman Brendon Urine Urie.
The Script, known for the song “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved.”
7:00pm – Finally I got a breather from the crowd! The main event is about the start, and I’m having lunch in the press lounge right now.
A few more photos from the red carpet that has just ended.
One Republic stopped and stared.
Kuching’s very own Nicholas Teo.
So ironic. Fifteen years ago, if I wanted to see Nicholas Teo, all I gotta do is walk across the next classroom.
Now if I want to see Nicholas Teo, I have to squeeze among the press to get to the red carpet.
Stefanie Sun, nominated for favourite Singapore artiste.
Karen Mok and Jared Leto, the two hosts for the evening.
6:00pm – Nicole Scherzinger signing an autograph for me.
And here’s her autograph!
The scribbling underneath her is by another Pussycat Doll. Neh, the less famous one.
5:58pm – The Pussycat Dolls!
5:47pm – Leona Lewis in the house!
4:38pm – The Jabbawookiez has arrived the Red Carpet.
3:38pm – The red carpet area, before the invasion of media, screaming fans and glamourous celebs.
I’m a little upset because I am denied access to the actual awards show.
I only managed to get access to the red carpet and photo room, which on the bright side, is better than nothing I guess.
Caught a glimpse of OneRepublic rehearsing “Stop And Stare” in the Arena of Stars.
Security promptly chased me out 2 minutes later.
2:34pm – The media and mosh-pitters are gathering right now to collect their passes.
JoyceTheFairy, Jason Goh, Michael Yip and Liang are here as well. The mosh pitters are practising their cheering, screaming their lungs out.
Rumour has it that there was a mass walkout staged by the local media during the press conference yesterday due to unfair treatment by the organisers.
1:24pm – I’m here at Genting to attend the MTV Asia Awards 2008.
I will be trying something new tonight. During the MTV Asia Awards, I will be blogging LIVE from the scene.
This is how my equipment is hooked up for the job: the HP Mini connected to the HTC Touch Diamond, accessing the world wide web with Maxis 3G.
Beginning 6pm tonight, kennysia.com will be updated regularly with photos from the scene and winner announcements every few minutes. It is my first attempt at live blogging. If all goes well, you’ll be reading exclusive live coverage on what is going on at the awards ceremony, right here on kennysia.com, before they’re even being published anywhere else.
This is not the end of my entry. Check back regularly for updates later. 🙂
This is a live blog entry. Check back regularly for frequent updates.