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Originally posted by ρз∂гσ
As you can imagine I don't remember the nominees (fully) but I think California Gurls isn't nominated for Video Of The Year and it's my favorite video of the year, that was so unfair, and Rude Boy actually deserved to be there. It's like I GET exactly what you trying to say, but I never saw VMA doing that and I think they just went over the top, but it's just my opinion. It was also unfair, so many amazing videos not being nominated.
The worst of all was Best choreography which is Give It Up To Me by Shakira and they put some videos that they dont even dance
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It does seem weird that they would give so much love to one artist, mainly because they haven't done it lately, but an artist receiving two nominations in the same category has occurred SEVERAL times since the first-ever VMAs. Here's a list of those instances:
1984:
** Cyndi Lauper nominated for Best Female Video and Best New Artist in a Video for both "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time After Time"
** ZZ Top nominated for Best Group Video and Best Editing for both "Legs" and "Sharp Dressed Man", while also up for Best Direction for both "Gimme All Your Lovin'" and "Sharp Dressed Man"
1985:
** David Lee Roth up for Viewer's Choice, Best Male Video, and
Video of the Year for both "California Girls" and "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody."
** Madonna, Lindsey Buckingham, and Bryan Adams also received double nominations in at least one category this year.
1986:
** Madonna and Talking Heads both received double nominations in the same category that year.
1987:
** Madonna nominated for Best Female Video for both "Open Your Heart" and "Papa Don't Preach"
** Janet Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, and Peter Gabriel also got double nominations in the same category this year.
1988:
** U2 nominated for Viewer's Choice, Best Group Video, and
Video of the Year for "Where the Streets Have No Name" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
** INXS, Michael Jackson, and George Harrison also got double nominations in at least one category this year.
Since then this didn't happen until
2008:
** Chris Brown nominated for Best Choreography for "Forever" and "Kiss Kiss."
And then, of course, this year. So I can see why it would seem strange or like overkill for the VMAs to do that, but it actually comes from way back in the first years of the VMAs. Back then there weren't that many videos to choose from; now there just aren't that many
good videos to choose from! Some people got robbed, but looking at the full nominee list, that was more the exception than the rule.
Plus, "Telephone" is only nominated for three awards: Video of the Year, Best Collaboration, and Best Choreography. The latter two are pretty deserving (and I might've added a Best Art Direction nod for "Telephone") and VOTY is arguable. Gaga's bulk of nominations was for "Bad Romance" (10). Meanwhile, "Video Phone" should've only gotten a collaboration nod and been happy with it...
It would've been nice to see more variety in the nominations, but what can you do when MTV got rid of some genre categories (R&B and Rap) and Best Group Video??? THOSE were the categories that brought diversity to the VMAs, for the technical award nominees typically tend to be the same across categories minus a couple of one-off nominations.