MTV Asia Awards 2006

MTV Asia Awards 2006
Date	May 6, 2006
Location	Royal Paragon Hall, Bangkok, Thailand
Hosted by	Wang Leehom, Kelly Rowland

The MTV Asia Awards 2006 was held at the Siam Paragon in Bangkok, Thailand. The show aired live on Saturday, May 6 across Asian MTV channels. Like previous award shows, the show is best known for live performances featuring collaborations of Eastern and Western act. The show was hosted by Wang Leehom together with Kelly Rowland replacing Kelly Clarkson.

Performers

Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai on the red carpet for the MTV Asia Awards 2006.

• Korn
• Wang Leehom
• Kelly Rowland
• Thaitanium & Simon Webbe
• Lee Ryan & Tata Young
• Jolin Tsai
• Daniel Powter
• Teriyaki Boyz
• Hoobastank
• Rivermaya
• Kangta & Vanness

Presenters

• Zhao Wei
• Maggie Q
• Same Same
• Taufik Batisah
• Too Phat
• Lukkade Metinee
• Sean Noh
• The Veronicas
• Ahli Fiqir
• Peter Corp
• Marsha Vadhanapanich
• Jal
• Chang Chen

International awards

Favorite Pop Act

• Gorillaz
• Simple Plan
• Backstreet Boys
• The Black Eyed Peas
• Westlife

Favorite Rock Act

• Coldplay
• Franz Ferdinand
• Green Day
• My Chemical Romance
• Oasis

Favorite Video

• Franz Ferdinand — "Do You Want To"
• Green Day — "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
• Kanye West — "Gold Digger"
• Korn — "Twisted Transistor"
• My Chemical Romance — "Helena"

Favorite Female Artist

• Ashlee Simpson
• Kelly Clarkson
• Lindsay Lohan
• Madonna
• Mariah Carey

Favorite Male Artist

• Eminem
• James Blunt
• Kanye West
• Ricky Martin
• Robbie Williams

Favorite Breakthrough Artist

• Fort Minor
• James Blunt
• Simon Webbe
• The Pussycat Dolls
• My Chemical Romance

Regional awards

Favorite Artist Mainland China

• The Flower
• Sun Nan
• Zhao Wei
• Xu Wei
• Zhou Xun

Favorite Artist Hong Kong

• Andy Lau
• Eason Chan
• Joey Yung
• Leo Ku
• Twins

Favorite Artist India

• Abhijeet Sawant
• Asha Bhosle
• Jal
• Rabbi Shergill
• Sonu Nigam

Favorite Artist Indonesia

• Maliq & D'Essentials
• Peterpan
• Project Pop
• Radja
• Rossa

Favorite Artist Korea

• Buzz
• Seven
• SG Wannabe
• Tei
• Wheesung

Favorite Artist Malaysia

• Ahli Fiqir
• Fish Leong
• Mawi
• Ruffedge
• Too Phat

Favorite Artist Philippines

• Bamboo
• Hale
• Kitchie Nadal
• Orange and Lemons
• Rivermaya

Favorite Artist Singapore

• A-do
• Huang Yida
• JJ Lin
• Taufik Batisah
• Stefanie Sun

Favorite Artist Taiwan

• 5566
• Jay Chou
• Jolin Tsai
• S.H.E
• Wang Leehom

Favorite Artist Thailand

• 4gotten
• Bodyslam
• Lydia
• Tata Young
• Thaitanium

Special awards

The Style Award

• Jolin Tsai

Outstanding Achievement in Popular Music

• Destiny's Child

The Inspiration Award

• Bird Thongchai McIntyre

Breakthrough Collaboration Japan Award

• Teriyaki Boyz

Award theme

The award had a futuristic Asian looks. Soldiers with (fake) laser guns would escort presenters onto the stage. After each commercial break there were animation skits set in a future Asia.

See also

• MTV
• MTV Asia Awards
• MTV Asia

External links

• Official Site
• MTV Asia article before the award show
• MTV Asia article summary of the award show
• Codehunters (the animation at the award shows)