Last Tuesday, the nominations for the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards (MMVA) were announced inside a studio full of screaming teenagers, as well as live across Canada during a taping of MuchMusic’s flagship show “New.Music.Live”. With 14 awards, big performances planned and a red carpet of some of Canada’s biggest artists, the MuchMusic VJs say that this year’s show will be the biggest yet.
MuchMusic’s T-RexXx says he is looking forward to an even bigger and better show this year. “I’m just really excited to be a part of the team again and executing and pulling off this bonanza of an awards show. It’s our pride and joy. It’s cool to have MMVA time back again.”
As the host of “Rap City”, T-RexXx says that the winner of this year’s MuchVibe Hip Hop Video of the Year will be a difficult decision, but each artist is deserving of the award. “I think that the competition is a lot stiffer this year than it was last, so I wouldn’t be shocked by whoever wins.”
Nominees for this award include A-Game, Classified, Harvey Stripes, K’Naan and Drake.
MuchMusic VJ Phoebe Dykstra says that she thinks that Drake will take the award for his video “The Motto”, along with the 4 other awards that he is nominated for, including International Video of the Year by A Canadian for “Take Care” and Video of the Year for “Headlines”. Besides Marianas Trench, who has seven nominations, Drake is tied in second place with Hedley for the most MMVA nods.
Dykstra says that she is most excited to see who will win UR Fave Video, because it is the most important award to her.“The coolest thing about our station is it’s all about the kids. They watch our station the entire year, they support us, they love the music we play so I feel like giving them the opportunity to have a say in who wins in this category is super important. So for me, that’s what is most exciting, because I get to share with the fans their excitement if the person they chose won.” She is also excited to play a bigger role in the awards this year as she has only recently taken a spot as a MuchMusic VJ.
During the nominations announcements, the VJs made Skype calls to Josh Ramsey of Marianas Trench and Victoria Duffield to inform and congratulate them on their MMVA nominations. The two were both surprised and honoured.
The performers and guests at this year’s MuchMusic Video Awards are yet to be announced.
