at the Disco* Fergie — introduced Abigail Breslin and presented Best New Artist in a Video with her* Jim Shearer and EBRO — presented the MTV2 Award (only seen on the MTV2 simulcast of the ceremony)* Britney Spears and Kevin Federline (via satellite) — presented Best R&B Video* Kanye West — presented the Video Vanguard Award* Pink and Lou Reed — presented Best Rock Video* The Black Eyed Peas — appeared in an on-stage sequence with Kyle Gass (presenting a fake award), which led to Tenacious D's "reunion" and performance* Queen Latifah — introduced Al Gore* Al Gore — spoke about global warming and the world's environmental crisis* Jennifer Lopez — announced the launch of MTV Tr3́s and presented Video of the Year* Axl Rose — introduced The Killers* Also, MTV VJs Vanessa Minnillo and John Norris appeared before and after some commercial breaks to remind viewers to check out MTV Overdrive's backstage VMA coverage==Contests=====VMA Karaoke Contest===In this contest, participants picked one of three songs and made a video of themselves singing their choice.
* Amy Lee (из Evanescence) и Jared Leto (из 30 Seconds to Mars) — представили Best Group Video* Ne-Yo и Rihanna — представил Ringtone of the Year* Fall Out Boy — представили Panic at the Disco* Fergie — представила Abigail Breslin и представили Best New Artist in a Video* Jim Shearer и EBRO — представили MTV2 Award (only seen on the MTV2 simulcast of the ceremony)* Britney Spears и Kevin Federline (via satellite) — представили Best R&B Video* Kanye West — представил Video Vanguard Award* Pink и Lou Reed — представили Best Rock Video* The Black Eyed Peas — appeared in an on-stage sequence with Kyle Gass (presenting a fake award), which led to Tenacious D's "reunion" and performance* Куин Латифа — представила Al Gore* Al Gore — spoke about global warming and the world's environmental crisis* Jennifer Lopez — announced the launch of MTV Tr3́s и представила Video of the Year* Axl Rose — представил The Killers* Also, MTV VJs Vanessa Minnillo и John Norris appeared before and after some commercial breaks to remind viewers to check out MTV Overdrive's backstage VMA coverage* www.mtv.com 2006 MTV Video Music Awards* MTV VMA 2006