2000 Mnet Music Video Festival

2000 Mnet Music Video Festival
Date	November 24, 2000 (2000-11-24)
Location	Little Angels Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
Hosted by	Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Hyun-joo
Most awards	Jo Sung-mo (2)
Most nominations	H.O.T., Jo Sung-mo (3)
Website	Mnet Asian Music Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	South Korea: Mnet Japan: Mnet Japan
Runtime	Approximately 160 minutes
←  1999  · Mnet Asian Music Awards ·  2001  →

The 2000 Mnet Music Video Festival (MMF) took place on November 24, 2000 at Little Angels Arts Center in Seoul, South Korea. The show's most nominated artists were boy band H.O.T. and soloist Jo Sung-mo with three each. Jo had the most wins with two including "Music Video of the Year" (Daesang) while H.O.T. won "Best Popular Music Video" (Daesang).

Background

The award-giving body continued to be named as M.net Korean Music Festival (MKMF) for the second time. ^[1] During this time, four more categories were added including Best R&B Performance. Best New Artist and Best Group were given to two recipients each since the awards for male and female recipients were separated. In addition, Best Group branched out further to give a separate award for Best Mixed Group. In addition, the event also featured Westlife, the first international artist to perform live in the show. ^[2] The Grand Prize (Daesang) were the Best Popular Music Video Award and Music Video of the Year.

Performers

Name(s)	Song(s)	Notes
DJ James Jhig, DJ Wreckx, B-Boys	DJ performance	Special Performance 1 – Opening of the show
Ha Hwi-dong (고릴라), 주석, 디기리 (Honey Family), Gaeko (CB Mass), Tiger JK (Drunken Tiger), 리오 (Ill Skillz), 허인상 (X-Teen), Hoony Hoon, 윤힌중, Tyfoon, Lee Ha-neul (DJ DOC), Day 1 (뿜빠이)	Rap medley
Friends (안무, 지영하, Kim Young-wan)	Dance
Chakra	"One" (한)	Best New Group winner
Shin Seung-hun	"The Unwritten Legend", "After Separation", and "Mother"	Best Male Artist winner
g.o.d	"Dear Mother", "Love and Memory", and "Lies"	Best Male Group winner
Sobangcha	"G.Cafe (G카페)", "어젯밤 이야기", and "위선"	Special Performance 2
Fin.K.L	"Eternal Love" and "Now"	Best Female Group winner
Uhm Jung-hwa	"Crack", "Escape"
Westlife	"My Love", "I Lay My Love on You"	First international artist guest/performer
Yoo Seung-jun	"Wish You Could Find"
Jo Sung-mo	"Do You Know"	Music Video of the Year (daesang)/ Encore

Presenters

Name(s)	Role
Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Hyun-joo	Main hosts of the show
Kim Sun-a and Kim Jong-un (김정은)	Presenters of the award for Best New Male Artist
Joo Young-hoon and Kwon Min-jung (권민중)	Presenters of the award for Best New Female Artist
g.o.d	Presenters of the award for Best New Group
Jaurim	Presenters of the award for Best Rock Performance
Yeom Kyung-wan (염경환), Lee Je-ni (이제니), Ji Sang-ryeol	Presenters of the award for Best Dance Performance
Han Chae-young and 이경섭	Presenters of the award for Best Ballad Performance
Lee Seung-hwan and Cha Eun-taek (차은택)	Presenters of the award for Best Female Group
Sobangcha	Presenters of the award for Best Male Group
Yang Joon-hyuk and Uhm Jung-hwa	Presenters of the award for Best Mixed Group
Oh Ji-ho and Chae Si-ah	Presenters of the award for Best Hip Hop Performance
Park Yong-jin (박용진) and Kim Sang-kyung	Presenters of the award for Best Indie Performance
Jo Sung-mo and Shin Dong-yup	Presenters of the award for Best R&B Performance
–	Interviewer in the crowd
–	Presenters of the award for Best Male Artist
Shin Seung-hun and –	Presenters of the award for Best Female Artist
Kim Hyung-suk and –	Presenters of the award for Best Music Video Director

Winners and nominees

The Nominee Selection Committee had an initial screening to choose for the nominees who released songs or albums from November 1999 to October 2000. The official website was then opened on November 2 for voting. In addition, professional judges have also chosen from the nominees based on its criteria: planning, song quality, artistry, and popularity. ^[3]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. ^[4]

Jo Sungmo won Best Music Video and Best Ballad Performance

BoA won Best New Female Artist

Chakra won Best New Group

DJ DOC won Best Hip-Hop Performance

Park Ji-yoon won Best Female Artist

Shin Seung-hun won Best Male Artist

Crying Nut won Best Indie Performance

Best Popular Music Video (daesang)	Music Video of the Year (daesang)
H.O.T. – "Outside Castle"	Jo Sung-mo – "Do You Know"
Best New Female Artist	Best New Male Artist
BoA – "ID; Peace B" Kim Su-jin – "Ending" Park Hwayobi – "Lie" Suzanne – "Shadow" Chae Na-ri – "Return to The Letter"	Choi Jin-young / Sky – "Forever" Kim Sa-rang – "Mojorida" Kim Sung-jim – "Commitment" Park Hyo-shin – "Things I Can't Do For You" Wave – "Damage" TJ – "Hey Girl"
Best New Group	Best Mixed Group
Chakra – "Han (Come A Come)" UN – "Voice Mail" TG – "Love Tonight" Papaya – "Listen To Me" Fly to the Sky – "Day By Day"	S#arp – "Great!" Roo'ra – "A Changing Wind's Song" Space A – "Sexy Guy" Koyote – "Passion" Cool – "Understanding Men and Women"
Best Male Group	Best Female Group
g.o.d – "Love And Memory" DJ DOC – "Run To You" H.O.T. – "Outside Castle" Clon – "The First Love" Turbo – "Tonight"	Fin.K.L – "Now" Baby Vox – "Why" S.E.S. – "Twilight Zone" 0–24 – "Blind Faith" Cleo – "Irony"
Best Female Artist	Best Male Artist
Park Ji-yoon – "Coming of Age Ceremony" Kim Hyun-jung – "Are You Really" Baek Ji-young – "Sad Salsa" Uhm Jung-hwa – "Cross" Lee Jung-hyun – "Peace"	Shin Seung-hun – "The Unwritten Legend" Seo Taiji – "Ultramania" Lee Seung-hwan – "Live A Long Long Time" Jo Sung-mo – "Do You Know" Hong Kyung-min – "Shaky Friendship"
Best R&B Performance	Best Rock Performance
Jinju – "Are You Going?" Fly to the Sky – "Day By Day" As One – "For You Not To Know" J – "As Yesterday" g.o.d – "Since You Left Me"	Seo Taiji – "Ultramania" Kim Kyung-ho – "Wine" Novasonic – "Slam" Delispice – "News about cats and birds" Jaurim – "Snake"
Best Hip Hop Performance	Best Indie Performance
DJ DOC – "DOC Blues" 2000 Korea – "Emergency" 1TYM – "One Love" Lee Hyun-do – "Pierrot" Cho PD – "Forget Me 2"	Crying Nut – "Circus Magic" No Brain – "Songs for the Rioters" Dr. Core 911 – "Rain" Lazy Bone – "Blue water" MP Hip-Hop All Stars – "Second"
Best Dance Performance	Best Ballad Performance
Clon – "The First Love" Park Ji-yoon – "Coming of Age Ceremony" Shinhwa – "Only One" H.O.T. – "Outside Castle" Yoo Seung-jun – "Vision" Fin.K.L – "Now"	Jo Sung-mo – "Do You Know" Shin Seung-hun – "After Separation" Lee Seung-hwan – "Live A Long Long Time" Im Chang-jung – "My lover" Cho Kyu-man – "Give You Everything"
Best Music Video Director
Kim Se-hun Baek Myung-jeon Seo Hyeon-seung Cha Eun-taek Hong Jong-ho

Special awards

• Best International Artist: Britney Spears – "Oops!... I Did It Again" ^{[note 1]}
• M.net Japan Viewer's Choice Award: Click-B ("화영문")
• Judges' Choice Award: Tae Jin-ah ("Love Is Not For Someone")

Artists with multiple wins and nominations

Artist(s) with multiple wins

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

Awards	Artist(s)
2	Jo Sung-mo

Artist(s) with multiple nominations

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

Awards	Artist(s)
3	Jo Sung-mo
	H.O.T.
2
	Fly to the Sky
	Lee Seung-hwan
	Fin.K.L
	DJ DOC
	Clon
	Park Ji-yoon
	Shin Seung-hun
	Seo Taiji
	g.o.d

Notes

1. The winner was unannounced during the event, but was acknowledged through MKMF's official website.

References

1. "Mnet's MKMF goes into history" Asiae. October 20, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2012
2. "2000 MMF part 3" Archived July 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . MAMA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
3. "2000 MMF part 1" Archived September 29, 2018, at the Wayback Machine . MAMA. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
4. "2000 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list" Archived August 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . MAMA. Retrieved June 25, 2014.

External links

• Mnet Asian Music Awards Archived October 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine official website