2013 MTV Europe Music Awards

2013 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date	November 10, 2013 (9:00 PM CET)
Location	Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
Host	Redfoo[1]
Most awards	Eminem (2)
Most nominations	Justin Timberlake and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (5)
Official website	tv.mtvema.com
Television/Radio coverage
Network	MTV

The 2013 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held at the Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 10 November 2013.^[2] This was the second time the awards had taken place in the Netherlands, the last time being in 1997.^[3]

Several performances of the main show were performed at different locations in Amsterdam than the Ziggo Dome. Dutch DJ Afrojack performed at the Melkweg and was joined by Snoop Lion for the performance of 'Gin and Juice'. The American band Imagine Dragons performed their song 'Radioactive' at the Heineken Music Hall.^[4]

Nominations

The nominees were announced live on MTV Netherlands at 12:55 (CET) on September 17, 2013. The nominees press launch aired at various times throughout the day on localized MTV channels across Europe.^[5][6]

Best Song

• Daft Punk (featuring Pharrell Williams) — "Get Lucky"
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Wanz) — "Thrift Shop"
• Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven"
• Rihanna — "Diamonds"
• Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams) — "Blurred Lines"

Best Video

• Miley Cyrus — "Wrecking Ball"
• Lady Gaga — "Applause"
• Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams) — "Blurred Lines"
• Thirty Seconds to Mars — "Up In The Air"
• Justin Timberlake — "Mirrors"

Best Female

• Miley Cyrus
• Selena Gomez
• Lady Gaga
• Katy Perry
• Taylor Swift

Best Male

• Justin Bieber
• Eminem
• Jay-Z
• Bruno Mars
• Justin Timberlake

Best New Act

• Bastille
• Icona Pop
• Imagine Dragons
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Rudimental

Best Pop

• Justin Bieber
• Miley Cyrus
• One Direction
• Katy Perry
• Taylor Swift

Best Electronic

• Afrojack
• Avicii
• Daft Punk
• Calvin Harris
• Skrillex

Best Rock

• Black Sabbath
• Green Day
• The Killers
• Kings of Leon
• Queens of the Stone Age

Best Alternative

• Arctic Monkeys
• Fall Out Boy
• Franz Ferdinand
• Paramore
• Thirty Seconds to Mars

Best Hip-Hop

• Drake
• Eminem
• Jay-Z
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Kanye West

Best Live Act

• Beyoncé
• Green Day
• Pink
• Taylor Swift
• Justin Timberlake

Best World Stage Performance

• The Black Keys
• Fun
• Garbage
• Green Day
• Jessie J
• Alicia Keys
• Linkin Park
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Jason Mraz
• No Doubt
• Rita Ora
• Paramore
• Robin Thicke
• Snoop Lion
• The Killers

Best Push Act

• Iggy Azalea
• ASAP Rocky
• Bastille
• Icona Pop
• Imagine Dragons
• Karmin
• Austin Mahone
• Bridgit Mendler
• Tom Odell
• Rudimental
• Twenty One Pilots

Biggest Fans

• Justin Bieber
• Lady Gaga
• Tokio Hotel
• Thirty Seconds to Mars
• One Direction

The pre-elimination 15 artist contait also: Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Beyoncé, Paramore, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Ke$ha

Best Look

• Lady Gaga
• Rita Ora
• Harry Styles
• Justin Timberlake
• Rihanna

Artist on the Rise

voting based on social media activity: Twitter, Instagram and Vine (artistontherise.mtv.com). The winner were announced during the US broadcast.

• Ariana Grande
• Cher Lloyd
• Lorde
• Austin Mahone
• Bridgit Mendler
• Cody Simpson

Best Worldwide Act

• Bednarek
• Justin Bieber
• EXO
• Fresno
• Chris Lee
• Lena
• Marco Mengoni
• One Direction
• Cody Simpson
• Ahmed Soultan

Global Icon

• Eminem

Regional nominations

Fans were also able to vote for nominated artists from their respective territory starting Tuesday 17 September 2013. The local winners were announced on 24 October 2013 and received an EMA award. They also moved on to the next phase of voting starting Friday 25 October 2013 and compete for the regional title. The 10 official Worldwide Act nominees from each region were announced on Monday 1 November 2013, and battle for the Worldwide Act Award.

Northern Europe

Best UK & Irish Act

• Ellie Goulding
• Calvin Harris
• Olly Murs
• One Direction
• Rudimental

Best Danish Act

• Jimilian
• Medina
• Nik & Jay
• Panamah
• Shaka Loveless

Best Finnish Act

• Anna Puu
• Elokuu
• Haloo Helsinki!
• Isac Elliot
• Mikael Gabriel

Best Norwegian Act

• Admiral P
• Envy
• Madcon
• Maria Mena
• Truls

Best Swedish Act

• Avicii
• Icona Pop
• John de Sohn
• Medina
• Sebastian Ingrosso

Central Europe

Best German Act

• Cro
• Frida Gold
• Lena
• Sportfreunde Stiller
• Tim Bendzko

Best Dutch Act

• Afrojack
• Armin Van Buuren
• Kensington
• Nicky Romero
• Nielson

Best Belgian Act

• Lazy Jay
• Netsky
• Ozark Henry
• Stromae
• Trixie Whitley

Best Swiss Act

• Bastian Baker
• DJ Antoine
• Remady & Manu-L
• Steff La Cheffe
• Stress

Southern Europe

Best Italian Act

• Emma
• Fedez
• Marco Mengoni
• Max Pezzali
• Salmo

Best French Act

• C2C
• Daft Punk
• Maitre Gims
• Shaka Ponk
• Tal

Best Portuguese Act

• Filipe Pinto
• Monica Ferraz
• Os Azeitonas
• Richie Campbell
• The Gift

Best Spanish Act

• Auryn
• Pablo Alborán
• Anni B Sweet
• Fangoria
• Lori Meyers

Best Greek Act

• Demy
• Goin' Through
• Michalis Hatzigiannis & Midenistis
• Pink Noisy
• Sakis Rouvas

Eastern Europe

Best Polish Act

• Bednarek
• Dawid Podsiadło
• Donatan
• Ewelina Lisowska
• Margaret

Best Russian Act

• Basta
• Ivan Dorn
• Nyusha
• Yolka
• Zemfira

Best Romanian Act

• Antonia
• Corina
• Loredana Groza
• Smiley
• What's Up

Best Adria Act

• Filip Dizdar
• Frenkie
• Katja Šulc
• S.A.R.S.
• Svi na pod!

Best Hungarian Act

• Hősök
• Ivan and the Parazol
• Karanyi
• Punnany Massif
• The hated tomorrow

Best Israeli Act

• Ester Rada
• Hadag Nahash
• Ido B & Zooki
• Roni Daloomi
• The Ultras

Best Czech & Slovak Act

• Ben Cristovao
• Celeste Buckingham
• Charlie Straight
• Ektor & DJ Wich
• Peter Bič Project

Africa, Middle East & India

Best African Act

• Fuse ODG
• LCNVL
• Mafikizolo
• P-Square
• Wizkid

Best Middle East Act

• Ahmed Soultan
• Hamdan Al Abri
• Juliana Down
• Lara Scandar
• Rakan

Best Indian Act

• Amit Trivedi
• AR Rahman
• Mithoon
• Pritam
• Yo Yo Honey Singh

Japan & Korea

Best Japanese Act

• Exile
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
• Miyavi
• Momoiro Clover Z
• One Ok Rock

Best Korean Act

• B.A.P
• Boyfriend
• EXO
• Sistar
• U-KISS

Southeast Asia, Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan

Best Mainland China & Hong Kong Act

• Eason Chan
• Jane Zhang
• Khalil Fong
• Li Yuchun
• Sun Nan

Best Southeast Asian Act

• Hafiz
• My Tam
• Noah
• Olivia Ong
• Sarah Geronimo
• Slot Machine

Best Taiwan Act

• Jam Hsiao
• JJ Lin
• Rainie Yang
• Show Lo
• Vanness Wu

Australia & New Zealand

Best Australian Act

• Cody Simpson
• Empire of the Sun
• Flume
• Iggy Azalea
• Timomatic

Best New Zealander Act

• David Dallas
• Lorde
• Shapeshifter
• Stan Walker
• The Naked and Famous

Latin America

Best Brazilian Act

• Emicida
• Fresno
• P9
• Pollo
• Restart

Best Latin America North Act

• Danna Paola
• Jesse & Joy
• León Larregui
• Paty Cantú
• Reik

Best Latin America Central Act

• Anna Carina
• Cali & El Dandee
• Javiera Mena
• Maluma
• Pescao Vivo

Best Latin America South Act

• Airbag
• Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas
• No Te Va Gustar
• Rayos Laser
• Tan Biónica

North America

Best Canadian Act

• Deadmau5
• Drake
• Justin Bieber
• Tegan and Sara
• The Weeknd

Best United States Act

• Bruno Mars
• Justin Timberlake
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Miley Cyrus
• Robin Thicke

Worldwide nominations

Best Northern European Act

• Admiral P
• Avicii
• Isac Elliot
• Jimilian
• One Direction

Best Central European Act

• Bastian Baker
• Kensington
• Lena
• Stromae

Best Southern European Act

• Auryn
• Filipe Pinto
• Demy
• Marco Mengoni
• Shaka Ponk

Best Eastern European Act

• Bednarek
• Frenkie
• Celeste Buckingham
• Ivan and the Parazol
• The Ultras
• Smiley
• Zemfira

Best Africa, Middle East & India Act

• Ahmed Soultan
• LCNVL
• Yo Yo Honey Singh

Best Japan & Korea Act

• EXO
• Momoiro Clover Z

Best Southeast Asia, China, Hong Kong & Taiwan Act

• Li Yuchun
• Show Lo
• My Tam

Best Australia & New Zealand Act

• Cody Simpson
• Lorde

Best Latin American Act

• Anna Carina
• Airbag
• Fresno
• Paty Cantú

Best Northern American Act

• Justin Bieber
• Miley Cyrus

Performances

Pre show:

• Ylvis — "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)"

Main show:

• Miley Cyrus — "We Can't Stop" (Opening)
• Robin Thicke — "Blurred Lines" (with Iggy Azalea) / "Feel Good"
• Katy Perry — "Unconditionally"
• Miley Cyrus — "Wrecking Ball"
• Kings of Leon — "Beautiful War"
• Bruno Mars — "Gorilla"
• Eminem — "Berzerk" / "Rap God"
• Snoop Lion featuring Afrojack — "Gin and Juice" (at Melkweg)
• The Killers — "Shot At The Night" / "Mr. Brightside"
• Imagine Dragons — "Radioactive" (at Heineken Music Hall)
• Icona Pop — "I Love It"

Appearances

Pre show

• Louise Roe and Laura Whitmore — Red carpet hosts
• Ellie Goulding — presented Best Look
• Dizzee Rascal — presented Biggest Fans

Main show

• Carice van Houten and Colton Haynes — presented Best Song
• Rita Ora — presented Best Hip-Hop
• Ellie Goulding — presented Best Alternative
• Bridgit Mendler and R.J. Mitte — presented Best Female
• Iggy Azalea and Ariana Grande — presented Best Male
• Jared Leto — presented Best Worldwide Act
• Will Ferrell (as Ron Burgundy) presented Global Icon and Best Video (with Katy Perry)
• Afrojack — House DJ (at Melkweg)

Backstage

• Ariana Grande - Host
• Will Ferrell (as Ron Burgundy)
• Will Best

References

1. 10/16/2013 (2013-10-16). "Redfoo of LMFAO Is the EMA MC!". Tv.mtvema.com. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
2. "THE 2013 MTV EMA HOST CITY IS…AMSTERDAM!". MTV. January 26, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
3. "She certainly didn't disappoint! Miley Cyrus cements her reputation as the bad girl of pop in thigh-high boots and a VERY revealing plunging top at 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards". Daily Mail. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
4. "MTV awards: Miley Cyrus smokes 'joint' onstage as Eminem wins big". Guardian UK. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
5. 10.09.2013 (2013-09-17). "Ron Burgundy Will Announce the 2013 MTV EMA Nominees!". Uk.mtvema.com. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
6. 09/10/2013. "Ron Burgundy gaat de nominaties voor MTV EMA 2013 aankondigen!". Nl.mtvema.com. Retrieved 2013-11-05.

External links

• Official website