Appearances
- Nelly and Lindsay Lohan — presented Best Female Video and Best Male Video
- Beavis and Butthead — appeared in different vignettes about voting procedures for the Viewer's Choice award
- Ciara and Missy Elliott — introduced Ludacris and Bobby Valentino
- Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst — presented Best Rock Video
- Grandmaster Flash — DJed after some commercial breaks and during the "dance-off" sequence
- Omarion and Luke (from 2 Live Crew) — appeared in a "dance-off" sequence with Diddy
- Ashlee and Jessica Simpson — presented Best R&B Video
- Jessica Alba, Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O'Neal — introduced Shakira and Alejandro Sanz
- Usher — introduced a "Clowning vs. Krumping" dance sequence and presented Best Dance Video
- Eric Roberts — introduced R. Kelly
- Hilary Duff and Joel Madden — introduced The Killers
- Lil' Kim and Jeremy Piven — presented Best Rap Video
- Common and Johnny Knoxville — presented the MTV2 Award
- Fat Joe — introduced the reggaeton performances and presented Best Hip-Hop Video
- Pharrell — introduced Coldplay
- B5 — introduced the next pair of presenters
- Ricky Martin and Joss Stone — presented Best Pop Video
- Alicia Keys and John Legend — introduced Kanye West and Jamie Foxx
- Snoop Dogg — introduced Dane Cook, who performed a short comic monologue, and presented Best New Artist in a Video with him
- Eva Longoria — introduced Mariah Carey
- Lil Jon and Paulina Rubio — presented Breakthrough Video
- Fergie and will.i.am — introduced 50 Cent
- Bow Wow and Paris Hilton — presented Viewer's Choice
- Jamie Foxx — introduced Destiny's Child and presented Video of the Year with them
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