The 22nd AVN Awards ceremony, presented by

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(AVN), took place January 8, 2005 at the Venetian Hotel Grand Ballroom, at

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, U.S.A. During the ceremony, AVN presented

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, referred to as the

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of porn, in nearly 100 categories honoring the best

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released between Oct. 1, 2003 to Sept. 30, 2004. The ceremony, televised in the United States by Playboy TV, was produced and directed by Gary Miller. Comedian

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hosted the show for the first time with adult film star

Savanna Samson Savanna Samson (born October 14, 1967) is the stage name of Natalie Oliveros, an American former pornographic actress. The winner of several AVN Awards, she has spent most of her career as a contract performer with major producer Vivid Entertain ...

. ''

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'' won the most awards on the night with seven, including Best Film. ''The Collector'' won four awards. Other winners included: ''Bella Loves Jenna'', ''In the Garden of Shadows'', ''

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'' and ''Stuntgirl'' with three wins apiece.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 22nd AVN Awards were announced on November 12, 2004. ''The Masseuse'' and ''The Collector'' received the most nominations with 16 each; '' Misty Beethoven: The Musical'' was next with 15. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 8, 2005. Adult film star

Jenna Jameson Jenna Marie Massoli (born April 9, 1974), known professionally as Jenna Jameson (), is an American businesswoman, writer, television personality, and former pornographic film actress. She has been named the world's most famous adult entertainm ...

was the year's biggest winner. Besides starring in both Best Film winner ''

'' and Best Video Feature winner ''Bella Loves Jenna'', she won individual awards for Best Actress–Film, Best All-Girl Sex Scene–Film and Best Couples Sex Scene–Film, all for ''

''.

Major awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Additional Award Winners

These awards were announced, but not presented, in two pre-recorded winners-only segments during the event. Trophies were given to the recipients off-stage: DIRECTOR AWARDS * Best Director—Foreign Release:

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, ''Hot Rats'' * Best Director—Non-Feature: Jack the Zipper, ''Stuntgirl'' MARKETING AWARDS * Best DVD Packaging: ''Millionaire'', Private North America/Pure Play * Best Marketing Website: Evil Angel.com * Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Company Image:

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* Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Individual Project: ''

'',

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* Best Retail Website: Adult DVD Empire.com and Wanted List.com(tie) * Best VHS Packaging: ''Island Fever 3'',

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PERFORMER AWARDS * Best Male Newcomer: Tommy Gunn * Best Non-Sex Performance: Mike Horner, ''The Collector'' * Best Supporting Actor—Film:

Rod Fontana Ronald Boyer (born September 18, 1952), commonly known by the stage name Rod Fontana, is a pornographic actor and director. In 2005, he was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame. He was reported to have retired from the adult film industry in 2007 t ...

, ''The 8th Sin'' * Best Supporting Actor—Video:

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, ''Fluff and Fold'' * Best Supporting Actress—Film: Lesley Zen, ''Bare Stage'' * Best Tease Performance: Vicky Vette, ''Metropolis'' * Female Foreign Performer of the Year: Katsumi * Male Foreign Performer of the Year: Steve Holmes * Transsexual Performer of the Year: Vicki Richter PRODUCTION AWARDS' * Best Amateur Series: '' Homegrown Video'' * Best Classic DVD: '' Deep Throat (Remastered)'' Production (ctd.) * Best Sex Comedy: '' Misty Beethoven: The Musical'' SEX SCENE AWARDS * Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Film:

, ''

'' * Best Group Sex Scene—Film: Katsumi,

, Alec Metro, ''Dual Identity'' * Best Group Sex Scene—Video: Venus,

Ariana Jollee Ariana Jollee (born September 29, 1982) is an American pornographic actress and director of Italian and Russian descent. Career Jollee got into the adult film industry in March 2003 at around 20 years old after promoting herself on her homemad ...

, Staci Thorn, Zena, Louisa, Trinity,

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, Nike, Melanie X, Bishop, D. Wise, Julian St. Jox, L.T., Mark Anthony, Tyler Knight, 2 others, ''Orgy World: The Next Level 7'' * Best Oral Sex Scene—Film:

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, Chris Cannon, Cheyne Collins, ''The Collector'' * Best Oral Sex Scene—Video: Ava Devine,

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, Steven French, Scott Lyons, Mario Rossi, Arnold Schwarzenpecker, ''Cum Swallowing Whores 2'' * Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production: Anna, Auxanna, Camilla, Daria, Gianna, Katia, Linda, Venus, Maria, Victoria,

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, ''Rocco Ravishes Russia'' * Best Solo Sex Scene: Penny Flame, ''Repo Girl'' * Most Outrageous Sex Scene: Chloe, Ava Vincent and

in “Randy's Singing Penis,” '' Misty Beethoven: The Musical'' TECHNICAL AWARDS * Best Cinematography: Andrew Blake, ''Flirts'' * Best Editing—Film: Sonny Malone, ''The Masseuse'' * Best Editing—Video: Justin Sterling, ''Bella Loves Jenna'' * Best Music:

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, ''Groupie Love'' * Best Screenplay—Film: Brad Armstrong, ''The Collector''

Honorary AVN Awards

Reuben Sturman Award

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Hall of Fame

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Seymore Butts Adam Glasser (born March 18, 1964), known professionally as Seymore Butts, is an American pornographic film director, producer, and occasional performer who has produced hundreds of films in the gonzo genre of pornography (faux reality-based adul ...

Kylie Ireland Kylie Ireland (born May 26, 1970) is an American pornographic actress, film director, producer, publicist, and satellite radio show host. She is an inductee into the AVN, XRCO, and NightMoves Halls of Fame. Early life and education Irelan ...

, C. J. Laing,

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, Serenity,

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Taylor Wane Taylor Wane is a British actress, model, and former pornographic film performer. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2005 and the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2014 as well as Legends Hall of Fame. Early life Wane was born in Gateshead, in Ty ...

Multiple nominations and awards

The following releases received the most nominations. The following 14 releases received multiple awards:

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers or comedy.

Presenters

Performers

Ceremony information

Two new categories were announced for this year's show – Best Interracial Release and Best P.O.V. Release. However, two other categories had insufficient entries to warrant a competition: Best Anal Sex Scene – Film and Adult Video Nudes, the latter for the worst release of the year. With the advent of digital video, emphasis started to shift to shot-on-video awards from shot-on-film awards. For the first time, the final award of the night was the Best Video Feature award, whereas in the past it had been the Best Film award. As well, the award for Best Supporting Actress—Video was moved on-stage into the main body of the awards show while the Best Supporting Actor—Film and Best Supporting Actress—Video awards were moved into the announcements segment with awards given off-stage. The show was plagued by several glitches and miscues. Among them, the most noticeable one came when Sean Michaels announced the winner for Best Actress—Film as being

instead of the correct winner,

. He and co-presenter

Jessica Jaymes Jessica Redding (March 8, 1979 – September 17, 2019), known by her stage name Jessica Jaymes, was an American pornographic actress. She was '' Hustler''s first contract model and the "''Hustler'' Honey of the Year" in 2004, the August 20 ...

tried to correct the error but were drowned out by the orchestra and Samson, who, as co-host, was in the wings changing costumes, ran onstage in a towel to collect the award. When told apologetically by Jaymes of the mistake, in an epic wardrobe malfunction, Samson dropped the towel and exited naked back to the off-stage changing area. Earlier during the show, when Lit launched into its song, " My Own Worst Enemy", Jeremy Popoff knocked over his amplifier when he started playing and the musical performance was cut short. Lit came on again at the end of the show to redo the song so it would be recorded properly for television. Besides being recorded for broadcast on

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, a DVD of the awards show was also issued by

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Performance of year's movies

The

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sex tape, ''

'', was announced as the adult movie industry's top selling movie and the top renting movie of the previous year.

Critical reviews

London's '' Men's World'' magazine gave the show a positive review, calling comedian

"a hilarious host" and adding, "it was clear that the 2005 AVN Awards had been a big hit; it was quicker, slicker and better than previous years." The magazine also noted how well-dressed everyone was for the event, stating, "When the U.S. porn biz does glam, it does it 110 per cent." It concluded, "With music from

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and rapper

Chingy Howard Earl Bailey Jr. (born March 9, 1980), better known by his stage name Chingy, is an American rapper. He toured as an opening act with fellow St. Louis rapper Nelly in 2002, and signed with Georgia-based rapper Ludacris' record label, D ...

, it was a good evening, made better by the use of high speed video scrolls to list the many award categories that would bore an audience if they were done live (best packaging?), and little video vignettes including a comedy cracker about Ron Jeremy, which saw him playing the violin while 'factoids' popped up on-screen." Video reviewer Denny Recob similarly enjoyed the show: "The first thing I noticed about this year's show is the comedian was outstanding. Her jokes were funny and topical and she actually knew the correct porn slang and knew the correct pronunciation of the stars' names. This is a big improvement from previous years."

''In Memoriam''

AVN founder Paul Fishbein dedicated the show to two people who died in the previous year: Filmmaker

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and film historian and director

Jim Holliday Jim Holliday (1948 – December 15, 2004) was an American pornographic film director, critic, and historian. He was a founder and previously the honorary historian of the X-Rated Critics Organization. Holliday was also a member of the AVN Hall o ...

Notes

References

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External links

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