The HBO series bags four nods, including Best Show, the Tom Holland-starring Marvel superhero movie earns two trophies, while 'Selling Sunset' is the top winner in unscripted categories.
- Jun 6, 2022
AceShowbiz - The cast and fans of "Euphoria" have a reason to be overjoyed following the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards. The hit HBO series has won big at the award show, which took place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on Sunday, June 5.
The teen drama series created by Sam Levinson, who scored the most nominations with seven, came home with four trophies. They included the coveted Best Show Award and Best Performance in a Show for Zendaya Coleman. Additionally, the show won Best Fight for a Cassie vs. Maddy moment and Here for the Hookup Award.
"Loki" was another scripted series which won multiple awards that night. Despite losing the Best Show title, the MCU series, which streams on Disney+, snatched Best Team for its stars Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino and Owen Wilson as well as Breakthrough Performance for Sophia Di Martino, who stars as Sylvie, a variant of Loki.
Still coming from the same realm, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" was the top winner in movie categories. The third solo Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland was voted as the Best Movie, in addition to scoring Best Performance in a Movie Award for its lead actor.
Scarlett Johansson was named Best Hero for her performance in "Black Widow". Daniel Radcliffe earned Best Villain for his role in "The Lost City". A "Jackass Forever" stunt featuring Poopies and a snake was hailed as the Best Kiss, while Ryan Reynolds was honored with Best Comedic Performance for his portrayal of Guy in "Free Guy".
The live ceremony, which was hosted by Vanessa Hudgens, was followed immediately by the Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED, with Tayshia Adams carrying out the second half of the show. "Selling Sunset" and "RuPaul's Drag Race" dominated these categories with two wins each.
The Netflix series won Best Docu-Reality Series and helped its star Chrishell Stause earn the Golden Popcorn as Best Reality Star. Meanwhile, the VH1 series was named Best Competition Series and won Best Fight for a Bosco vs. Lady Camden moment.
Selena Gomez's cooking show "Selena + Chef" was hailed as Best Lifestyle Show. Kelly Clarkson won Best Host for her stint on her eponymous talk show "The Kelly Clarkson Show", while "Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u" was picked as Best Music Documentary.
The show also honored Jennifer Lopez with Generation Award, Jack Black with Comedic Genius Award, and Bethenny Frankel with Reality Royalty Lifetime Achievement Award.
Winners of the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards
Scripted Categories
- Best Movie: "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
- Best Show: "Euphoria"
- Best Performance in a Movie: Tom Holland, "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
- Best Performance in a Show: Zendaya Coleman, "Euphoria"
- Best Hero: Scarlett Johansson, "Black Widow"
- Best Villain: Daniel Radcliffe, "The Lost City"
- Best Kiss: Poopies & the snake, "Jackass Forever"
- Best Comedic Performance: Ryan Reynolds, "Free Guy"
- Breakthrough Performance: Sophia Di Martino, "Loki"
- Best Fight: Cassie vs. Maddy, "Euphoria"
- Most Frightened Performance: Jenna Ortega, "Scream"
- Best Team: "Loki", Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson
- Here for the Hookup: "Euphoria"
- Best Song: "On My Way (Marry Me)", Jennifer Lopez Best Musical Moment: "Dance With Me", "Heartstopper"
- Generation Award: Jennifer Lopez
- Comedic Genius Award: Jack Black
Unscripted Categories
- Best Docu-Reality Series: "Selling Sunset"
- Best Competition Series: "RuPaul's Drag Race"
- Best Lifestyle Show: "Selena + Chef"
- Best New Unscripted Series: "The D'Amelio Show"
- Best Reality Star: Chrishell Stause, "Selling Sunset"
- Best Reality Romance: Loren & Alexei Brovarnik, "Loren & Alexei: After the 90 Days"
- Best Talk/Topical Show: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"
- Best Host: Kelly Clarkson, "The Kelly Clarkson Show"
- Breakthrough Social Star: Bella Poarch
- Best Fight: Bosco vs. Lady Camden, "RuPaul's Drag Race"
- Best Reality Return: Paris Hilton, "Cooking with Paris" and "Paris in Love"
- Best Music Documentary: "Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u"
- Reality Royalty Lifetime Achievement Award: Bethenny Frankel
