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
Date	November 27, 2003 (2003-11-27)
Location	Kyung Hee University, Seoul
Hosted by	Cha Tae-hyun and Sung Yu-ri
Most awards	Big Mama (2)
Most nominations	Big Mama and Lee Hyori (3)
Website	http://mama.interest.me
Television/radio coverage
Network	South Korea: Mnet Japan: Mnet Japan
Runtime	around 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

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

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

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)
Lee Hyori – "10 Minutes"	Big Mama – "Break Away"
Best New Male Artist	Best New Female Artist
Seven – "Come Back to Me" Masta Wu – "Bad Boy" Park Yong-ha – "Tidings" Tim – "I Love You" Lee Jung – "Never"	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"	Koyote – "Emergency" Loveholics – "Loveholic" The Jadu – "Gimbap" Cherry Filter – "Flying Duck" Cool – "If You Were Going To Get Married"
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"	Jewelry – "I Really Like You" Baby Vox – "What Should I Do" Chakra – "To You" Sugar – "Shine" As One – "Mr.A-Jo"
Best Male Artist	Best Female Artist
Wheesung – "With Me" Kim Gun-mo – "Wedding Invitation" Rain – "How To Avoid The Sun" Lee Juck – "I Didn't Know That Time" Jo Sung-mo – "Piano"	Lee Soo-young – "Solitary" Bada – "Music" BoA – "Atlantis Princess" Wax – "Relationship" Lee Hyori – "10 Minutes"
Best R&B Performance	Best Rock Performance
Fly To The Sky – "Missing You" Brown Eyed Soul – "I Love You" Big Mama – "Break Away" Seven – "Once Again" Wheesung – "With Me"	Cherry Filter – "Flying Duck" Butterfly Effect – "First Love" Nell – "Stay" Moon Hee-joon – "My Silent Conflict" YB – "I'll Get Over You"
Best Hip Hop Performance	Best Music Video Director
Kim Jin-pyo – "With a Dogged Spirit" Drunken Tiger – "Because I'm A Man" Leessang – "Leessang Blues" Eun Ji-won – "Drunken In Melody" Cho PD – "Secret Diary" )	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
BoA – "Atlantis Princess" Kim Hyun-jung – "If This Is The End" Shinhwa – "Your Wedding" Lee Hyori – "10 Minutes" jtL – "Without Your Love"	Jo Sung-mo – "Piano" Kim Bum-soo – "I Miss You" Ock Joo-hyun – "I" Lee Soo-young – "Solitary" Lee Seung-hwan – "Flower"
Best International Artist
Linkin Park – "Somewhere I Belong" Beyoncé – "Crazy in Love" Gareth Gates – "Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)" Stacie Orrico – "Stuck" t.A.T.u. – "All the Things She Said"

Special awards

• Mobile Popularity Award: Rain – "Ways To Avoid The Sun"
• Special Jury Prize: Cho PD – "Secret Diary" (비밀일기)
• Netizen Popularity Award: Shinhwa – "Your Wedding

Multiple awards

Artist(s) with multiple wins

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

Awards	Artist(s)
2	Big Mama

Artist(s) with multiple nominations

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

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

Performers

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

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