# 18th AVN Awards

The 18th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), took place January 8, 2001 at the Venetian Hotel Grand Ballroom, at Paradise, Nevada, U.S.A. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 77 categories honoring the best pornographic films released between Oct. 1, 1999 and Sept. 30, 2000. The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller and directed by Mark Stone. Adult film star Jenna Jameson hosted the show for the second time.
The year's biggest winner was Dark Angels with six awards, including best Video Feature and Best Director—Video for Nic Andrews, however, Watchers won for Best Film while capturing three additional trophies. Other multiple winners included: Les Vampyres with five awards, Dream Quest with four and Raw and West Side each with three.

## Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 19th AVN Awards were announced in November 2000. Dream Quest led the way with 20, followed by Watchers with 18, Les Vampyres with 17, West Side with 16, Raw with 15, Dark Angels with 14, Jekyll and Hyde with 12 and A Midsummer Night's Cream, Artemesia and In the Days of Whore with 10 apiece.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 8, 2001.

### Major awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
| Best Film | Best Video Feature |
| Watchers‡ Adrenaline Artemesia Dream Quest Façade Jekyll and Hyde Les Vampyres Looker 2: Femme Fatale A Midsummer Night's Cream Screamers Secret Party | Dark Angels‡ Carnal Secrets Goddaughter 5 In the Days of Whore New Wave Hookers 6 Partners Forever The Pushover Raw Shayla's Web Spellbound Taboo of Tarot Trixxx 2 West Side White Lightning |
| Best DVD | Best New Starlet |
| Raw‡ All Star Boobsville.com Dark Garden Decadence Double Feature Dream Quest Fetish Therapy Jekyll and Hyde Nothing to Hide 3 & 4 Sexual Species Watchers West Side White Lightning A Witch's Tail | Tera Patrick‡ Alexa Cassidey Dayton Jessica Drake Tasha Hunter Miko Lee Lola Heather Lyn Tiffany Mason McKayla Matthews |
| Male Performer of the Year | Female Performer of the Year |
| Evan Stone‡ Mark Davis Dillion Day Erik Everhard Max Hardcore Dave Hardman Luciano Mr. Marcus Rocco Siffredi Randy Spears Nacho Vidal | Jewel De'Nyle‡ Jessica Darlin Dee Bridgette Kerkove Kristi Myst Alexandra Quinn Serenity Sydnee Steele Inari Vachs Ava Vincent |
| Best Actor—Film | Best Actress—Film |
| Evan Stone, Adrenaline‡ Tyce Bune. True Blue Dillion Day. Watchers John Decker. Secret Party Mike Foster. Jekyll and Hyde Joel Lawrence. Les Vampyres Herschel Savage. Dream Quest Randy Spears. Façade Bobby Vitale. Façade | Taylor Hayes, Jekyll and Hyde‡ Raylene, Artemesia (tie)‡ Nina Hartley, A Midsummer Night's Cream Jenna Jameson, Dream Quest Julie Meadows, Watchers Sydnee Steele, Façade Gwen Summers, Looker 2: Femme Fatale Syren, Les Vampyres Inari Vachs, Façade Ava Vincent, Les Vampyres |
| Best Actor—Video | Best Actress—Video |
| Joel Lawrence, Raw‡ Tyce Bune, Wages of Sin Dillion Day, Dark Angels Mike Horner, Prisoner of Sex Jonathan Morgan, Becoming Wet Herschel Savage, Spellbound Randy Spears, Partners Forever Lexington Steele, West Side Evan Stone, Paradise Hole Tony Tedeschi, She Town | Serenity, M: Caught In the Act‡ Juli Ashton, Bliss Asia Carrera, Goddaughter 5 Jewel De'Nyle, Dark Angels Kylie Ireland, Raw Devinn Lane, Spellbound Ginger Lynn, White Lightning Tera Patrick, Sex Island Sydnee Steele, Dark Angels Gwen Summers, Virgin Whore Inari Vachs, West Side Ava Vincent, Perfectly Flawless |
| Best Director—Film | Best Director—Video |
| James Avalon, Les Vampyres‡ Brad Armstrong, Dream Quest Andrew Blake, Secret Paris Stuart Canterbury, A Midsummer Night's Cream Nic Cramer, Looker 2: Femme Fatale Ralph Parfait, The Cult Michael Raven, Watchers Andre Richard, Screamers Paul Thomas, Artemesia | Nic Andrews, Dark Angels‡ Brad Armstrong, Spellbound Francois Clousot, Trixxx 02 Jim DiGiorgio, The Sopornos Veronica Hart, White Lightning Father John, Carnal Secrets Bud Lee, Goddaughter 5 Cash Markman, A Lust in America Michael Ninn, Shayla's Web Antonio Passolini, Raw Jace Rocker, The Pushover Ren Savant, West Side, Nicholas Steele, Taboo of Tarot Thomas Zupko, In the Days of Whore |
| Best Supporting Actress—Video | Best Sex Comedy |
| Midori, West Side‡ Alexa, Partners Forever Juli Ashton, Best Friends Chloe, White Lightning Jeanna Fine, Ooze Bridgette Kerkove, Out of Control Anna Malle, A Witch's Tail Sonja Redd, Goddaughter 5 Tabitha Stevens, Bride of Double Feature Gwen Summers, Trailer Trash Nurses Keri Windsor, The Collector | M: Caught in the Act‡ Big Island Blues The Cellar Dweller 3 Debbie Does Iowa A Lust in America Porno Chick Prisoner of Sex The Sopornos Super Quick |
| Top Selling Tape | Top Renting Tape |
| Dream Quest‡ | Dream Quest‡ |
| Hot Video Award (Best U.S. Release in France) | Best Foreign Release |
| Tell Me What You Want‡ Bliss Chloé Dark Garden Double Feature Playthings Raw Search for the Snow Leopard Trial By Copulation | Rocco: Animal Trainer 3‡ Assquest 2 The Club Dangerous Things Fashion The Inheritance The Loves of Laure Matador 4: Anal Garden Rocco Meats an American Angel in Paris Tease |
| Best All-Sex Film | Best All-Sex Video |
| Erotica‡ Decadence House of Hooters Lipstick Pinups 2 Private Openings Secret Paris | Buttwoman vs. Buttwoman‡ All Star Cum Covered 4 Depraved Fantasies 7 Fresh Meat 8 Gangbang Auditions #5 In Style Lust in Paradise I & II Pickup Lines 47 Sexual Healing Sodomania: Gangbang Edition White Trash Whore 16 XXXtreme Fantasies of Jewel De'Nyle |
| Best Gonzo Release | Best Gonzo Series |
| Please 12‡ Ben Dover's Back To the Crack Buttman's Big Tit Adventure 5 Cumback Pussy 29 Fresh Meat 8 Fuck 'Em All 3 Mission to Uranus The Voyeur 16 The Watcher 10 Welcome to Chloeville Whack Attack 8 | Please!‡ Action Sports Sex Ben Dover Buttman Fresh Meat Freshman Fantasies North Pole Series Seymore Butts The Voyeur Whack Attack |
| Best Ethnic-Themed Series | Best Sex Scene in a Foreign Release |
| Chica Boom‡ Bootylicious Booty Talk Color Blind Inner City Black Cheerleaders Search Latinas Debutantes More Black Dirty Debutantes My Baby Got Back Panochitas Sugar Sugar Walls Super Freaks United Colors of Ass We Go Deep | Jazmine, Nacho Vidal, Isabella, Buttman's Anal Divas‡ Cynthia Palmers, John Walton, Bob Terminator, Karl Ben, Ass Quest Nicole Thomson, Christie, David Perry, Buttman's Anal Divas The Boat Orgy (Bruna Barcelli, Cassandra Wild, Isabella, Jazmine, Samantha Santos, Fabio Scorpion, Hatman, Joey Silvera, Nacho Vidal, Rocco Siffredi), Buttman & Rocco's Brazilian Buttfest David Perry, Silvia Saint, Dangerous Things Anal Gang Bang (Kelly, Martina Mercedes), Dirty Anal Kelly in Rome 2 Kathrine Count, David Perry, Richard Langin, Ian Scott, Euro Angels: Hardball 8 Laura Dark, Nacho Vidal, Vanessa, Fashion Sluts 14: The Lost Whores Jazmine, Nacho Vidal, Fresh Meat 8 Russian Military Prison Scene, Hell, Whores and High Heels Nacho Vidal, Ellen, Killer Pussy Nikita, Christoph Clark, Obsession of Laure Lea Martini, Katyana, Oceane, Richard, Private XXX 11 Savana, Carmen, Rocco Siffredi, Rocco Meats an American Angel in Paris Princess, Cassandra, Rocco Siffredi, Rocco's True Anal Stories 11 |
| Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Film | Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video |
| Ava Vincent, Syren, Les Vampyres‡ Sky, Alexa Rae, Debbie Does New Orleans Jenna Jameson, Stephanie Swift, Felecia, Dream Quest Alexa, Jenna Jameson, Dream Quest The Fairy Orgy (Amber Michaels, Cheyenne Silver, Ginger Paige, Nakita Kash, Nina Hartley, Shay Sweet), A Midsummer Night's Cream Janine, Randi Rage, Pink Janine Shay Sweet, Gina Ryder, Private Openings Katja Kean, Ava Vincent, Virtuoso Katja Kean, Shay Sweet, Watchers | Sydnee Steele, Jewel De'Nyle, Dark Angels‡ Emily, Coral Sands, Felecia, Tina Cheri, Bobbi Barron, Babes Illustrated 8 Charlene Aspen, Linda Diego, Daisy Chain, Buttwoman vs. Buttwoman Brooke Hunter, Felecia, Angela Summers, Sydnee Steele, Temptress, Inari Vachs, Daisy Chain, Car Wash Angels 2 Chloe, Tina Tyler, Shelbee Myne, Chloe's "I Came, Did You?!!" Juli Ashton, Shayla LaVeaux, Dee, Keri Windsor, the Sybian, Essentially Dee Brittany Andrews, Chandler, Exotic and Erotic Jackie Strano, C. C. Belle, Hard Love/ How To Fuck in High Heels Kiki D'Aire, Ryan Conner, Monique DeMoan, New Wave Hookers 6 Bridgette Kerkove, Kylie Ireland, No Man's Land 32 Group Shower Scene, Ooze Bridgette Kerkove, Sana Fey, Nikol, Pussyman's Decadent Divas 3 Shayla LaVeaux, Keri Windsor, Alexandra Nice, Shayla's Web Jill Kelly, Daisy Chain, Amanda Rain, S.M.U.T. 16 The All-Girl Orgy (Bridgette Kerkove, Candy Apples, Coral Sands, Daisy Chain, Gwen Summers, Layla Jade, Vivi Anne), The Violation of Bridgette Kerkove |
| Best Couples Sex Scene—Film | Best Couples Sex Scene—Video |
| Sydnee Steele, Bobby Vitale, Façade‡ Jessica Drake, Evan Stone, Adrenaline Halli Aston, Evan Stone, The Cult Devin Wolf, Jenna Jameson, Dream Quest Kira Kener, Erik Everhard, Façade Joel Lawrence, Ava Vincent, Les Vampyres Mickey G., Gwen Summers, Looker 2: Femme Fatale Dee, Herschel Savage, Screamers Azlea Antistia, John Decker, Secret Party Dasha, Dillion Day, Shakespeare Revealed Sydnee Steele, Randy Spears, Watchers | Lexington Steele, Inari Vachs, West Side‡ Jill Kelly, Eric Price, Carnal Secrets Lola, Dillion Day, Chica Boom 3 Lexington Steele, Alexandria Quinn, Cumback Pussy 29 Ginger Paige, Voodoo, Dark Angels Syren, Evan Stone, Intimate Expressions Ginger Lynn, Voodoo, New Wave Hookers 6 Temptress, Randy Spears, Spellbound Evan Stone, Envy, Taboo of Tarot Randy West, Bridgette Hasek, Up and Cummers 72 Tera Patrick, Randy West, Up and Cummers 80 Midori, Dillion Day, West Side Asia Carrera, John Decker, Wet Dreams 7 Lexington Steele, Alexandra Nice, Wickedgirl.com |

### Additional Award Winners

* Best All-Girl Feature: Hard Love/How to Fuck in High Heels
* Best All-Girl Series: The Violation of...
* Best Alternative Video: Dream Girls: Real Adventures 18
* Best Anal Sex Scene—Film: Randy Spears, Inari Vachs; Façade
* Best Anal Sex Scene—Video: "Kristi Myst's Anal Gang Bang" (Kristy Myst, Anthony Crane, Arnold Schwartzenpecker, Brandon Iron, Brian Surewood, Dick Nasty, Gino Greco, John Strong, Rod Fontana, Trevor Thompson, Valentino), In the Days of Whore
* Best Anal-Themed Feature: Rocco's True Anal Stories 11
* Best Anal-Themed Series: Rocco's True Anal Stories
* Best Art Direction—Film: Jekyll and Hyde
* Best Art Direction—Video: Shayla's Web
* Best Box Cover Concept: Les Vampyres, Cal Vista Films/Metro
* Best Cinematography: Ralph Parfait, Jake Jacobs; Dream Quest
* Best Classic Release on DVD: Chameleons Not the Sequel
* Best Continuing Video Series: Pick Up Lines, Hollywood Hardcore (tie)
* Best Director—Foreign Release: Tanya Hyde; Hell, Whores and High Heels (Pirate Video 10)
* Best DVD Extras: All Star
* Best Editing—Film: Michael Raven, Sammy Slater; Watchers
* Best Editing—Video: Nic Andrews, Dark Angels
* Best Ethnic-Themed Release: Panochitas 5
* Best Foreign Vignette Series: Private XXX
* Best Foreign Vignette Tape: Hell, Whores and High Heels (Pirate Video 10)
* Best Group Sex Scene—Film: Violet Luv, Wendi Knight, Brandon Iron; Les Vampyres
* Best Group Sex Scene—Video: Hakan Serbes, Alisha Klass, McKayla Matthews; Mission to Uranus
* Best Interactive DVD: Virtual Sex With Tera Patrick
* Best Music: Derik Andrews, Inversion 89; Dark Angels
* Best Non-Sex Performance—Film or Video: Rob Spallone, The Sopornos
* Best Oral-Themed Feature: Blowjob Adventures of Dr. Fellatio 26
* Best Oral-Themed Series: Blowjob Adventures of Dr. Fellatio
* Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Company Image: Vivid Entertainment Group
* Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Individual Title or Series: Les Vampyres, Cal Vista Films/Metro
* Best Packaging: Dream Quest, Wicked Pictures
* Best Pro-Am or Amateur Series: Up and Cummers
* Best Pro-Am or Amateur Tape: California College Student Bodies 16
* Best Screenplay—Film: Michael Raven, George Kaplan; Watchers
* Best Screenplay—Video: Antonio Passolini, Raw
* Best Solo Sex Scene: Devinn Lane, In Style
* Best Special Effects: Intimate Expressions
* Best Specialty Tape—Bondage and S/M: Humiliation of Heidi
* Best Specialty Tape—Big Bust: Harem Hooters
* Best Specialty Tape—Other Genre: Barefoot Confidential 8
* Best Specialty Tape—Spanking: Public Canings
* Best Supporting Actor—Film: Randy Spears, Watchers
* Best Supporting Actor—Video: Wilde Oscar, West Side
* Best Supporting Actress—Film: Chloe, True Blue
* Best Tease Performance: Jessica Drake, Shayla's Web
* Best Transsexual Tape: Rogue Adventures: Big Ass She-Males 7
* Best Videography: Nic Andrews, Jake Jacobs; Dark Angels
* Best Vignette Tape: Terrors From the Clit 2
* Best Vignette Series: Perverted Stories
* Most Outrageous Sex Scene: “The Detached Cock” with Bridgette Kerkove, Tyce Bune; In the Days of Whore

### Honorary AVN Awards
#### Reuben Sturman Award

* Ed Powers, Mark Kernes

#### Hall of Fame

AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 2001 were: Kaitlyn Ashley, John T. Bone, Asia Carrera, Bud Lee, Shayla La Veaux, Clive McLean, Earl Miller, Tiffany Mynx, Reb Sawitz, Sunset Thomas, Bob Vosse, Honey Wilder, Sam Xavier

### Multiple nominations and awards

| Nominations | Movie |
| 20 | Dream Quest |
| 18 | Watchers |
| 17 | Les Vampyres |
| 16 | West Side |
| 15 | Raw |
| 14 | Dark Angels |
| 12 | Jekyll and Hyde |
| 10 | A Midsummer Night’s Cream |
| 10 | Artemesia |
| 10 | In the Days of Whore |
| 9 | Spellbound |
| 9 | White Lightning |
| 8 | Adrenaline |
| 8 | Goddaughter 5 |
| 8 | Screamers |
| 8 | Shayla's Web |
| Awards | Movie |
| 6 | Dark Angels |
| 5 | Les Vampyres |
| 4 | Dream Quest |
| 4 | Watchers |
| 3 | Raw |
| 3 | West Side |
| 2 | Blowjob Adventures of Dr. Fellatio 26 |
| 2 | Façade |
| 2 | Hell, Whores and High Heels (Pirate Video 10) |
| 2 | In the Days of Whore |
| 2 | Jekyll and Hyde |
| 2 | M: Caught In the Act |
| 2 | Please 12 |
| 2 | Rocco's True Anal Stories 11 |
| 2 | Shayla's Web |

## Presenters and performers

The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers or comedy. The show's trophy girls were Haven and Lacey.

### Presenters (in order of appearance)

| Name(s) | Role |
| Chloe Crystal Knight Lee Stone | Presenters of the awards for Best Couples Sex Scene—Film and Best Couples Sex Scene—Video |
| Dee Mikko Lee | Presenters of the awards for Best Gonzo Series and Best Ethnic-Themed Series |
| Dayton Nicole Sheridan | Presenters of the awards for Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video and Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Film |
| Ron Jeremy | Presenter of the awards for Best Renting Tape and Best Selling Tape |
| Brittany Andrews Mike Saccone | Presenters of the award for Best Sex Comedy |
| Jewel De'Nyle Shyla Fox | Presenters of the award for Best DVD |
| Taylor Hayes Ben Dover | Presenters of the awards for Best Sex Scene in a Foreign Release and Best Foreign Release |
| Sydnee Steele Dascha Dillion Day | Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress—Video |
| Paul Fishbein | Presenter of the Hall of Fame honors and first Reuben Sturman Memorial Award |
| Al Goldstein | Presenters of the second Reuben Sturman Memorial Award |
| Alexa Raylene Dale DaBone | Presenters of the awards for Best Actor—Video and Best Actress—Video |
| Bridgette Kerkove | Presenter of the Best New Starlet Award |
| Mickey G. Lola Charlie | Presenters of the awards for Best Actor—Film and Best Actress—Film |
| Alec Metro Cassidey Mikayla Matthews | Presenters of the awards for Male Performer of the Year and Female Performer of the Year |
| Mark Davis Juliet Cariaga Ashley Degenford | Presenters of the award for Best Director—Film and Best Director—Video |
| Midori Kid Vegas | Presenters of the awards for Best All-Sex Film, Best All-Sex Video and Best Gonzo Video |
| Jessica Drake Ava Vincent Evan Stone | Presenters of the awards for Best Video Feature and Best Film |

### Performers

| Name(s) | Role | Performed |
| Mike Saccone | Performer | Standup comedy segment |
| Planet Eater | Performers | Musical numbers |

## Ceremony information

The awards show marked the premiere of its new trophy design, which Adult Video News called "an original 3-D Lucite monolith that hailed the long awaited Demise of the Golden Bitch."
The year's show featured a "Pussy Cam", a floor-level camera near the stage's podium, which offered attendees an infrequent glimpse of female stars lingerie or lack thereof. In his moment at the podium, actor Mark Davis offered female attendees equal time by dropping his trousers for the audience's supposed benefit.
The show was recorded and a DVD of the show was published and distributed by VCA Interactive.

### Performance of year's movies

Dream Quest was announced as the adult movie industry's top selling movie and was also the top renting movie of the previous year.

### Critical reviews

The show received a negative reception from Adult DVD Talk. An article by Groundskeeper Willie was titled, "The Adult Video Snooze Awars" and besides having found the show slow and monotonous with occasional gaffes, he also took organizers to task for not using film or video clips during the show, even in the major categories.
Hustler magazine agreed that "the ceremony dragged on for what seemed like an eternity but still managed to entertain, despite the shaky hositn gskills of cock-shy Jenna Jameson" and also decried the $195 fee for admission tickets.