MTV Australia Awards 2009

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2009 MTV Australia Awards
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Date27 March 2009
Location Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney
Hosted byPete Wentz
Television/radio coverage
Network MTV Australia
  2008

The Vodafone MTV Australia Awards 2009 is the fifth annual MTV Awards show from MTV Australia. The Awards were held on 27 March 2009 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney.

Contents

Background information

The show's air date was originally announced on 16 February 2009 [1] and the nominees for the show were announced on 19 February 2009. [2] The awards show will be produced by American producer Alex Coletti who produced the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. [3] [4] [5] It was announced on 22 February 2009 that Fall Out Boy band member Pete Wentz would host the event. [6] The public will vote for the winners of all eight categories with the voting commencing on 23 February and concluding on 25 March. [7] The show will be broadcast on MTV World Stage around the world. [8] On the show special appearances were made by Vanilla Ice, Ashlee Simpson and Wolfmother.

Performers

Presenters

Winners and nominees

The winners are in bold. [15]

Video of the Year
Best AussieBest Kiwi
Best BreakthroughIndependent Spirit
Best Rock VideoBest Dance Video
Best CollaborationBest Moves

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