performances by maroon 5, roy boy, dorksha, baby's breath, amber alert, rot we'ller featuring lil it'lya and a special performance by paula deen and the e-trade baby. [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back. with xn,xhf >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you so much ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to stepheft colbchella '01, the song of the summer of the century featuring the artists formerly booked as daft punk. now they're not here tonight, and i have accepted a lot of money from our colbchella sponsor hyundai. so not delivering the song of the summer is a real kick in my balls brought to you by hyundai. now, folks this could not be a bigger disaster if someone had planned it. wait a minute. wait a minute. this is mtv networks. of course, i've ben daft punked. where is he? ashton, i know you're here. where is ashton? [ cheers and applause ] baby! >> come on! stephen: you're the greatest. so, ashton, ashton, i've got to ask you. so, ashton, daft punk not being here -- did i get punked? >> no, you don't [bleep]ed stephen: ashton kutcher, everybody. ashton. you know what? i