Appearances
- Britney Spears — opened and welcomed the audience for the show
- Jonah Hill — appeared in Spears's opening sketch
- Jamie Foxx — presented Best Female Video
- Pete Wentz, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt — introduced Best New Artist voting
- Demi Moore — presented Best Male Video
- Taylor Swift — introduced the Jonas Brothers
- Michael Phelps — introduced Lil' Wayne
- Ciara, Lindsay Lohan and Fanny Pak — introduced winner of dance-off (Lohan and Ciara) and presented Best Dancing in a Video
- Pete Wentz and Danity Kane — introduced Best New Artist voting
- Robert Pattinson, Cam Gigandet, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart — introduced Paramore
- Slash and Shia LaBeouf — presented Best Rock Video
- Miley Cyrus — introduced Pink
- Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson — introduced Best New Artist voting
- Slipknot (Corey Taylor, Jim Root and Shawn "Clown" Crahan) and Christopher Mintz-Plasse — presented Best Hip-Hop Video
- John Legend and Jordin Sparks — introduced T.I. and Rihanna
- Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu — introduced Christina Aguilera
- Lauren Conrad and Chace Crawford — presented Best New Artist
- Paris Hilton — presented Best Pop Video
- Drake Bell and Josh Peck — introduced Kid Rock
- Kobe Bryant — presented Video of the Year
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