Main show •
Mariah Carey – presented Best Group Video •
Kevin Bacon and
Rosie O'Donnell – presented Best New Artist in a Video •
Claudia Schiffer and
Red Hot Chili Peppers (
Anthony Kiedis and
Flea) – presented Best Dance Video •
Béla Károlyi – appeared in several backstage vignettes with
Lars Ulrich and
Hootie & the Blowfish •
Toni Braxton and
Dennis Rodman – presented Breakthrough Video •
Norm Macdonald (as
Bob Dole) – appeared in a pre-commercial vignette about Viewer's Choice voting •
Beck and
Chris Rock – presented Best R&B Video •
Michael Buffer – introduced
LL Cool J •
Geena Davis – presented Best Direction in a Video • Cosmonauts
Valery Korzun and
Aleksandr Kaleri – interviewed by host
Dennis Miller live via satellite from the
Mir space station •
Jenny McCarthy and
Damon Wayans – presented Best Rap Video •
2Pac and
Snoop Doggy Dogg – presented Best Hard Rock Video •
Seal – introduced
Alanis Morissette •
Darrell Hammond (as
Bill Clinton) – appeared in a pre-commercial vignette about Viewer's Choice voting •
Beavis and
Butt-head – introduced the International Viewer's Choice Award winners • VJs
Rahul Khanna (
India), George Williams (
Japan),
Eden Harel (
Europe), Sabrina Parlatore (
Brasil), Edith Serrano (
Latin America), Mike Kasem (
Asia) and Stacy Hsu (
Mandarin) – announced their respective region's Viewer's Choice winner •
Tim Robbins – presented Best Alternative Video •
Janeane Garofalo – introduced
The Cranberries •
Gwyneth Paltrow – introduced the winners of the professional categories •
Aerosmith (
Steven Tyler and
Joe Perry) – presented Viewer's Choice •
Ewan McGregor and
Ewen Bremner – introduced Oasis •
Van Halen – presented Best Male Video •
Susan Sarandon – presented Best Female Video •
Jay Leno – appeared in a "coming up" vignette hyping the Video of the Year award and the
Kiss performance •
Sharon Stone – presented Video of the Year
Post-show •
John Norris and
Alison Stewart – presented Best Video from a Film ==Winners and nominees==