Best Video

• Hedley — "For the Nights I Can't Remember"
• Belly feat. Mario Winans — "Ridin'"
• Feist — "1234"
• illScarlett — "Nothing Special"
• Simple Plan — "When I'm Gone"

Best Director

• Hedley — "For The Nights I Can't Remember" (directed by: Kevin De Freitas)
• Bedouin Soundclash — "Walls Fall Down" (directed by: Marc Ricciardelli)
• Belly feat. Mario Winans — "Ridin'" (directed by: RT!)
• illScarlett — "Nothing Special" (directed by: Chris Sargent & Steve Mottershead)
• Sam Roberts — "Them Kids" (directed by: Dave Pawsey)

Best Post-Production

• Sam Roberts — "Them Kids" (post-production: Duplex)
• Buck 65 — "Dang" (post-production: Christopher Mills)
• Classified ft. Maestro & DJ IV — "Hard To Be Hip-Hop" (post-production: Aden Bahadori & harv)
• illScarlett — "Nothing Special" (post-production: Steve Mottershead)
• The Saint Alvia Cartel — "Blonde Kryptonite" (post-production: Nick Flook, Mike Sevigny & Jeff Middleton)

Best Cinematography

• Hedley — "For the Nights I Can't Remember" (Samy Inayeh)
• Belly feat. Mario Winans — "Ridin'" (Brendan Steacy)
• City and Colour — "Waiting" (Simon Shohet)
• Hedley — "She's So Sorry" (Samy Inayeh)
• Skye Sweetnam — "Human" (Brendan Steacy)

MuchLOUD Best Rock Video

• Hedley — "She's So Sorry"
• illScarlett — "Nothing Special"
• Simple Plan — "When I'm Gone"
• Sum 41 — "With Me"
• The Trews — "Hold Me In Your Arms"

MuchVIBE Best Rap Video

• Belly ft. Mario Winans — "Ridin'"
• Classified ft. Maestro & DJ IV — "Hard To Be Hip-Hop"
• JB ft. The Game — Fire In Ya Eyes
• JDiggz ft. Voyce — Just Wanna Party
• Tru-Paz — Hotel Hell

VideoFACT Best Independent Video

• Wintersleep — "Weighty Ghost"
• Bedouin Soundclash — "Walls Fall Down"
• Cancer Bats — "Hail Destroyer"
• Neverending White Lights — "Always"
• The Russian Futurists — "Paul Simon"

MuchMusic.com Most Watched Video

1. Rihanna — "Umbrella"
2. Avril Lavigne — "Girlfriend"
3. Fergie — "Big Girls Don't Cry"
4. Timbaland f. Keri Hilson & D.O.E. — "The Way I Are"
5. Hilary Duff — "Stranger"

Best International Video - Artist

• Rihanna — "Don't Stop the Music"
• Alicia Keys — "No One"
• Chris Brown ft. T-Pain — "Kiss Kiss"
• Fergie — "Clumsy"
• Flo Rida ft. T-Pain — "Low"
• Kanye West — "Stronger"
• Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland — "4 Minutes"
• Miley Cyrus — "Start All Over"
• Sean Kingston — "Beautiful Girls"
• Usher ft. Young Jeezy — "Love In This Club"

Best International Video - Group

• Linkin Park — "Bleed It Out"
• Fall Out Boy — "The Take Over, The Break's Over"
• Foo Fighters — "The Pretender"
• MGMT — "Time to Pretend"
• Maroon 5 — "Wake Up Call"
• OneRepublic — "Stop and Stare"
• Panic! at the Disco — "Nine In The Afternoon"
• Queens Of The Stone Age — "Sick, Sick, Sick"
• Timbaland presents OneRepublic — "Apologize"
• Tokio Hotel — "Ready, Set, Go!"

UR Fave: International Video

• Fall Out Boy — "The Take Over, The Break's Over"
• Flo Rida ft. T-Pain — "Low"
• Kanye West— "Stronger"
• Rihanna — "Don't Stop the Music"
• OneRepublic ft. Timbaland — "Apologize"

UR Fave: Group

• Simple Plan — "When I'm Gone"
• Hedley — "For The Nights I Can't Remember"
• Billy Talent — "Surrender"
• Finger Eleven — "Falling On"
• illScarlett — "Nothing Special"

UR Fave: Artist

• Avril Lavigne — "When You're Gone"
• Belly ft. Mario Winans — "Ridin'"
• Feist — "1234"
• City and Colour — "Waiting"
• Nelly Furtado — "Do It

MMVA10k

MuchMusic held the MMVA10k^[2] Contest during the Video Awards. Three weeks prior to the event 2008 MMVA predictions and trivia were posted daily and viewers were able to play along during the live event on June 15, 2008. For every 500 points, viewers received a ballot to win $10,000. Viewers were also able to answer polls and chat with other MMVA viewers.

Performances

The performances were:^[4]

• St. Andrews — Bedouin Soundclash
• I Wanna Be Sedated — Bedouin Soundclash
• Can't Hurry Love — Bedouin Soundclash with Zaki Ibrahim
• Should I Stay Or Should I Go — Bedouin Soundclash with Saint Alvia
• Come Dancing — Bedouin Soundclash with Sam Roberts & K-OS
• Mirror In The Bathroom — Bedouin Soundclash with Wade MacNeil of Alexisonfire
• Pressure Drop — Bedouin Soundclash with all guests
• Dancing In The Dark — Bedouin Soundclash with Arkells & Saint Alvia
• Yesterday — K-OS
• Don't Let Me Down — Bedouin Soundclash with all guests