Gaga explained in the nineteenth episode of her " Transmission Gagavision " series the main idea behind the music video for " Poker Face " : " I knew I wanted it to be sexy , so I thought no pants , because that 's sexy , ... And I knew I wanted it to be futuristic , so I thought shoulder pads , because that 's my thing . " The music video premiered on MTV UK on February 17 , 2009 . In some versions of the video , the words " muffin " ( being a slang term for a woman 's vagina ) , " Russian Roulette " and " gun " are censored out ( bleeped ) . On June 21 , 2009 , the video won the Best International Artist Video at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards . The video received four nominations at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards , in the categories of Video of the Year , Best New Artist , Best Female Video and Best Pop Video . Along with five other nominations for " Paparazzi " , Gaga was tied with Beyoncé for most nominations each for that year
2009 MuchMusic Video Awards
2009 MuchMusic Video Awards
Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)