And a warning to celebs and punters attending - Xzibit will also be hosting the red carpet proceedings at the MTV AVMA's, so lookout!

Eminem, Green Day, Gwen Stefani, Missy Higgins and Outkast top the nominations list for the MTV AVMA which has 13 categories including Best Male Artist, Best Female Artist, Breakthrough Artist, Best Group, Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video, Best Rock Video, Video of the Year and more.

http://www.rapnewsdirect.com/News/2.../Xzibit.Awards/
http://www.mtv.com.au/avma

Nominees:
Best Rock video
Greenday - American Idiot (my pick)
Jet - Cold Hard b*t*h
Spiderbait - Black Betty
U2 - Veritgo

Best Dance Video:
Britney Spears - Toxic
Fatboy Slim - Slashdotdash
Freestylers - Pushups
Usher - Yeah (my pick)

Breakthrough Artist:
Marron 5
Missy Higgins
Franz Ferdinand
Thirsty Merc

Where the hell is Kanye?

Best Pop Video:
Ashlee Simpson - Pieces of Me (my pick)
Gwen Stefani - What you waiting for?
Guy Stabastian - On With my Baby
Delta Goodrem - Out of the Blue

Video of The Year:
Dissociatives - Somewhere Down the Barrel
Eminem - Just Lose It (my pick of course )
Gwen Stefani - What You Wating For?
Outkast - Roses

Best R&b video:
Beyonce - Naughty Girl (my pick)
Black Eyed Peas - Hey mama
J-wess - Luv ya
Outkast - Roses

Best Male:
Eminem
Robbie Williams
Usher
Shannon Noll

Eminem of course!

Best Dressed Video:
Delta Goodem - Out of The Blue
Gwen Stefani - What you waiting for (the clothing not my taste)
Kylie Minogue - Chocolate
Outkast - Roses (my pick)

Female Artist:
Missy Higgins
Delta Goodem
Gwen Stefani
Britney Spears (my pick)

Sexiest video:
Beyonce - Naught Girl (my pick)
Britney Spears - Toxic
Black eyed Peas - Hey mama
Robbie Williams - Radio

Best Group:
Outkast
Greenday (my pick)
Jet
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