BANGKOK  May 06, 2006 - Asia's biggest music stars showed off their finest Saturday at MTV's Fifth Annual MTV Asia Music Awards show, in a glitzy concert broadcast around the continent from the heart of Bangkok's commercial district. Fans waited for as long as five hours to catch a glimpse of their favorite celebrities -- including the likes of  Maggie Q , Jolin Tsai, Vicky Zhao, Twins, and Wang Leehom -- all dressed in sexy outfits parading along from the red carpet entrance to the performance hall.
 

Grammy-winner and Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland hosted the show with Wang Leehom. It was a big night for Leehom -- hosting, performing, and receiving an award. Leehom hosted the entire show in fluent English and took home the Favorite Taiwanese artist. Leehom also performed "Heroes of the Earth" and "Besides the Plum Blossom."

Taiwan's pop queen Jolin Tsai, who won the style award, gave an acrobatic hip-hop performance of "Dancing Diva" with twirling gymnastics ribbons.

Bombshell diva Tata Young, who took best Thai artist, and former British boy bander Lee Ryan sang "Endless Love."

Webbe, who belonged to Blue with Ryan, joined Thai group Thaitanium to perform "No Worries."

Rowland also debuted her new single "Gotsta Go" before a swooning crowd of 5,000 people in a packed house.

"It was more than I expected, and it was a lot of fun," Rowland said after the show, praising her co-host as full of "great energy."

The show was a smaller affair than last year's awards show, which came in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami and was transformed into a global aid concert for the recovery effort. That didn't deter the screaming crowd.

Newly formed group, Taiwan's Vanness Wu and Korea's Kang Ta performed their new song "2nd Scandal."

We love Vanness. He's smart and can dance so well. He's so sexy when he dances," squealed Rin Khaochot, 30, who came with a group of Vanness Wu fans wearing T-shirts with his name on them.

Awards were handed out to international stars, as well as to the best artists from around Asia.

Latin heartthrob Ricky Martin was named favorite male artist, while Kelly Clarkson took best female artist. Backstreet Boys won for favorite pop act, Green Day for best rockers, and Simon Webbe for best breakthough artist. Best video went to Korn for "Twisted Transistor."

In the Asian categories, Vicky Zhao won from mainland China, Twins from Hong Kong, Jai from India, and Peterpan from Indonesia. Seven took the honor for South Korea, Mawi for Malaysia, Rivermaya for Philippines and Taufik Batisah for Singapore. Wang Leehom won for Taiwan and Tata Young for Thailand.

MTV Asia Awards 2006 Opening (credit to mei lee blog)

Twins accepting Favorite Hong Kong Artist Award (credit to twinsfans.net)

2006 MTV ASIA AWARD WINNERS