After a one-year hiatus, the MTV Asia Awards 2008 (or 2008 MTV Asia Awards) returned on August 2, 2008. The event was held at the 6,000-seat Arena of Stars in Genting, Malaysia. This was the first time the award show was held in Malaysia. This was the sixth MTV Asia Awards.
Nominees were announced on June 14, 2008 via the channel. At the same day the MTV Asia Awards official website was also reopened. Voting commences from June 14 until July 25, 2008. Unlike previous award shows, international categories were not chosen by viewers (except for the Favorite International Artist in Asia award) and included for the first time Best Hook Up, Bring Da House Down, and The Innovation Award.
Viewers were able to vote from the official site or by text messaging service. The event was hosted by Jared Leto of Thirty Seconds to Mars and Karen Mok as co-host.
The MTV Asia Awards 2006 was held at the Siam Paragon in Bangkok, Thailand. The show aired live on Saturday, May 6 across Asian MTV channels. Like previous award shows, the show is best known for live performances featuring collaborations of Eastern and Western act. The show was hosted by Leehom Wang together with Kelly Rowland replacing Kelly Clarkson.
The biannual MTV Asia Awards is the Asian equivalent of the Europe MTV EMA. Established in 2002, the show gives recognition and awards to Asian and international icons in achievement, cinema, fashion, humanitarian, and music. Just like the EMA, most of the awards are voted for by the viewers from the Asian region.
The latest trophy design is a gold toblerone-like bar. The twin prism shape represents the letter M and double A, the acronyms for MTV Asia Awards.
The show was absent in 2007 and was discontinued since 2009.