The MAD Video Music Awards is a Greek award show presented by the

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. The awards honor the year's biggest achievements in music, voted by the viewers of Mad television. Winners receive an authentic Mad designed award with the graphics of that year's show. The awards are presented by Themis Georgantas. There are several categories in which one can vote through the awards website www.videomusicawards.gr. Every year more than 100,000 people vote for their favorite artists, songs and video clips. Greek and foreign artists appear at the awards ceremony, which takes place every June. Kwan,

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, Until June,

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and HRVY have appeared at the awards in recent years.

History

The annual award ceremony takes place at the beginning of the summer, at the end of June and is broadcast on a television station, on

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were broadcast from 2004 until 2005 and from 2012 until 2014, on

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were broadcast from 2006 until 2011 and from 2015 until 2019, also were broadcast on

after the television station have broadcast them. The first award ceremony took place in 2004 at the Theatro Vrahon - Melina Mercouri. The awards have been held since 2010 at the

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, with the exception of the 11th award ceremony held at the

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. The 17th award, although initially canceled due to high budget and emergency measures against

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, took place on December 7-8, 2020 without the presence of the public and was broadcast on January 2, 2021 by

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Award categories

*Best Group *Best Newcomer *Best Hip Hop Video *Best Female Adult *Best Female Modern *Best Male Adult *Best Male Modern *Music Icon Special *Teen Icon *Video of The Year *Song of The Year

List of ceremonies

*Mad VMA 2004: Theatro Vrahon (Melina Mercouri Open Air Theatre), Athens (: MAD TV, 1st Award) *Mad VMA 2005: Theatro Vrahon (Melina Mercouri Open Air Theatre), Athens (: MAD TV, 2nd Award) *Mad VMA 2006: Theatro Vrahon (Melina Mercouri Open Air Theatre), Athens (: MAD TV, 3rd Award) *Mad VMA 2007: Theatro Vrahon (Melina Mercouri Open Air Theatre), Athens (: MAD TV, 4th Award) *Mad VMA 2008: Theatro Vrahon (Melina Mercouri Open Air Theatre), Athens (: MAD TV, 5th Award) *Mad VMA 2009: Theatro Vrahon (Melina Mercouri Open Air Theatre), Athens (: MAD TV, 6th Award) *Mad VMA 2010: Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens (: MAD TV, 7th Award) *Mad VMA 2011: Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens (: MAD TV, 8th Award) *Mad VMA 2012: Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens (: MAD TV, 9th Award) *Mad VMA 2013: Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens (: MAD TV, 10th Award) *Mad VMA 2014: Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens (: MAD TV, 11th Award) *Mad VMA 2015: Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens (: MAD TV, 12th Award) *Mad VMA 2016: Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens (: MAD TV, 13th Award) *Mad VMA 2017: Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens (: MAD TV, 14th Award) *Mad VMA 2018: Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens (: MAD TV, 15th Award) *Mad VMA 2019: Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens (: MAD TV, 16th Award) *Mad VMA 2020: Enastron Live Club, Athens (: MAD TV, 17th Award) *Mad VMA 2021: Technopoli, Athens (: MAD TV, 18th Award) *Mad VMA 2022: Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens ({{Flag, Greece: MAD TV, 19th Final Award) MAD Video Music Awards Greek music awards