2003 Mnet Music Video Festival

The 2003 Mnet Music Video Festival (MMF) was the fifth of the annual music awards in Seoul, South Korea that took place on November 27, 2003, at the Kyung Hee University.

2003 Mnet Music Video Festival
DateNovember 27, 2003 (2003-11-27)
LocationKyung Hee University, Seoul
Hosted byCha Tae-hyun and Sung Yu-ri
Most awardsBig Mama (2)
Most nominationsBig Mama and Lee Hyori (3)
Websitehttp://mama.interest.me Edit this on Wikidata
Television/radio coverage
NetworkSouth Korea: Mnet
Japan: Mnet Japan
Runtimearound 203 minutes
← 2002 · Mnet Asian Music Awards · 2004 →

Leading the nominees were duo Big Mama and solo artist Lee Hyori, with three each. By the end of the ceremony, Big Mama were the only ones to receive two wins, including Music Video of the Year daesang award.

Background

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In its fifth year, the award-giving body continued to use the name "M.net Korean Music Festival" (MKMF)[1] and the grand awards (or daesang) were still the Best Popular Music Video and Music Video of the Year. However, the event took place at the Kyung Hee University for the first time. Singer-actor Cha Tae-hyun came back to host the event for the third time, together with Sung Yu-ri.[2]

During this year, the category for Best Indie Performance was discontinued.

Selection process and judging criteria

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During the preliminary screening, the committee selected the nominees who released their singles and albums from November 2002 to October 2003. Afterwards, the official website of Mnet was opened so that fans will be able to vote their for candidates. In the same way, the professional juries have chosen from the nominees as well. The votes from both the fans and the judges were combined for the winners of each category.[2]

Winners and nominees

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[3]

 
Lee Hyori, Most Popular Music Video
 
Big Mama, Best New Group and Music Video of the Year
 
Seven, Best New Male Artist
 
Shinhwa, Best Male Group and Netizen Popularity Award
 
Jo Sungmo, Best Ballad Performance
 
Lee Soo-young, Best Female Artist
 
BoA, Most Popular Music Video and Best Dance Performance
 
Fly to the Sky, Best R&B Performance
 
Kim Jin-pyo, Best Hip Hop Performance
 
Linkin Park, Best International Artist
 
Rain, Mobile Popularity Award
 
Jo PD, Special Jury Prize
Most Popular Music Video
(daesang)
Music Video of the Year
(daesang)
Best New Male Artist Best New Female Artist
  • Maya – "Azalea"
    • Gummy – "If You Come Back"
    • Leeds – "You'll Be Happy"
    • Lexy – "Grasshopper"
    • Chae Yeon – "Dangerous Directing"
Best New Group Best Mixed Group
  • Big Mama – "Break Away"
    • Noel – "If It's Love"
    • The Gold – "Two Years, Two Months"
    • 2SHAI – "Love Letter"
    • F-iV – "Girl"
Best Male Group Best Female Group
  • Shinhwa – "Your Wedding"
    • g.o.d – "Letter"
    • S – "I Swear"
    • N.R.G – "Hit Song"
    • jtL – "Without Your Love"
Best Male Artist Best Female Artist
Best R&B Performance Best Rock Performance
Best Hip Hop Performance Best Music Video Director
  • Jang Jae-hyuk – "My Silent Conflict" (Moon Hee-joon) and "Flower" (Lee Seung-hwan)
    • Seo Hyeon-seung
    • Park Yeong-jin
    • Lee Jun-hyeong
    • Hong Jong-ho
Best Dance Performance Best Ballad Performance
Best International Artist
Special awards

Multiple awards

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Artist(s) with multiple wins

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The following artist(s) received two or more wins (excluding the special awards):

Awards Artist(s)
2 Big Mama

Artist(s) with multiple nominations

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The following artist(s) received two or more nominations:

Nominations Artist(s)
3 Lee Hyori
Big Mama
2 Seven
Cherry Filter
Shinhwa
jtL
Wheesung
Jo Sung-mo
Lee Soo-young
BoA

Performers and presenters

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The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.[2][4][5]

Performers

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Name(s) Performed Notes
DJ DOC "Pozori", "Street Life", and "Run To You" Opening of the show
Seven "I Just Wanna Be", 와줘", Best New Artist
Jo Sung-mo "Piano", "Fly Me to the Moon", and "Can't Stop Loving You"
Lee Hyori "10 Minutes" Middle of the show
M "Sweet Girl"
M ft. Lee Hyori "Hey Girl"
Wheesung "Gone", "With Me" "Mr.Real-Slow"
Wheesung and Seven "Luz Control"
Lexy "Lose Control"
Koo Jun-yup, Jeong Lee, Chae Yeon, Rain, Kang Won-rae (강원래) and Bada "You're My Life", "Back To Top", "Escape", "I", "Thinking of My Brother" "Born Again 2003"
Rain "Do You Like That I'm Famous Now", "Ways To Avoid The Sun" "He's Perfect!"
Asoto Union. Dynamic Duo, Eun Ji-won, Jung-in, Movement "We Don't Stop", "Whistle", "Rush", "Because I'm A Man", "Love Rollercoaster" "The Musician"
Crystal Kay "Can't Be Stopped" "Friends Over The Rainbow"
Bada "A Day Of Renew"
Lee Hyori "10 Minutes" encore Closing remarks (Most Popular Music Video awardee)

Presenters

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Name(s) Role
Cha Tae-hyun and Sung Yu-ri Main hosts of the show
Rain and Gong Hyo-jin Presenters for the award for Best New Male Artist
Yeo Wook-hwan (여욱환) and Han Ji-min Presenters for the award for Best New Female Artist
Lim Eun-kyung and Eun Ji-won Presenters for the award for Best New Group
Jo Sung-mo and Park Jung-ah Presenters for the award for Best International Artist
Kim Young-ho and Ahn Heung-chan (안흥찬) Presenters for the award for Best Rock Performance
Uhm Jung-hwa and DJ DOC Presenters for the award for Best Hip Hop Performance
Kim Jong-wan (김종완) and Chakra Presenters for the special award for Mobile Popularity Award
Oh Seung-hwan and Yeon Jung-hoon Presenters for the award for Best Male Group
Kwon Min-jung (권민중) and Lee Hyuk-jae Presenters for the award for Best Female Group
Lee Mun-seok (이문석) and Kim Jun-hee (김준희) Presenters for the award for Best Mixed Group
Kim Jung-man (김중만) and Kim Jung-hwa Presenters for the award for Best Music Video Director
Myung Se-bin and 용이감독 Presenters for the award for Special Jury Prize
Ahn Byeong-gyun (안병균) and Jang Shin-young Presenters for the award for Netizen Popularity Award
Gong Hyung-jin and Song Seon-mi Presenters for the award for Best Dance Performance
Ryu Soo-young and Cho Yun-heok (초윤헉) Presenters for the award for Best Ballad Performance
Kim Nam-jeon (김남전) and Han Ji-hye Presenters for the award for Best R&B Performance
Chae Shi-ra and Kim Tae-wook (김태욱) Presenters for the award for Best Male Artist
Kang Ho-dong, Jo Jeong-rin (조정린), and Shin Dong-yup Presenters for the award for Best Female Artist
Kim Sung-eun and Park Jeung-chum (박증츰) Presenters for the award for Music Video of the Year
Han Chae-young and Lee Gang-mok (이강목) Presenters for the award for Most Popular Music Video

References

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  1. ^ "Mnet's MKMF goes into history" Asiae. October 20, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2012
  2. ^ a b c "2003 MMF part 1" Archived August 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Mwave. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "2003 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list" Archived October 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. MAMA. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
  4. ^ "2003 MMF part 2" Archived August 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Mwave. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  5. ^ "2003 MMF part 3" Archived August 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Mwave. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
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