The nominees for the 18th AVN Awards had been introduced in November 1999. Seven Deadly Sins acquired the most nominations with 15, followed by Nothing to hide three & 4 with 12 and Double Feature! The seventeenth AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), occurred January 8, 2000 on the Venetian Hotel Grand Ballroom, at Paradise, Nevada, U.S.A.