2011 MTV Europe Music Awards

2011 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date	November 6, 2011 (9:00 PM CET)
Location	Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Host	Selena Gomez
Most awards	Lady Gaga (4)
Most nominations	Lady Gaga (6)
Television/Radio coverage
Network	MTV Networks International (Europe)

The 2011 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held in Northern Ireland's capital Belfast, on Sunday, November 6, 2011, at the Odyssey Arena in the Titanic Quarter area of the city and were hosted by Selena Gomez.^[1][2] Additional live venues for the awards show include Ulster Hall and Belfast City Hall.

On September 19, 2011, MTV Networks International announced the 2011 nominees. The main categories were dominated by Lady Gaga with six nominations, Katy Perry and Bruno Mars with five and Britney Spears, Thirty Seconds to Mars and Adele with three apiece. Lady Gaga was the biggest winner of the night, taking home 4 awards.^[3][4][5][6] Other winners include Thirty Seconds to Mars, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber with two apiece.

During the show Selena Gomez said that MTV received 154 million votes from people around the globe.^[7] Queen received the Global Icon Award from Katy Perry, and the band closed the awards ceremony, with Adam Lambert on vocals, performing "The Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions".^[8]

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Song

• Adele — "Rolling in the Deep"
• Bruno Mars — "Grenade"
• Jennifer Lopez (featuring Pitbull) — "On the Floor"
• Katy Perry — "Firework"
• Lady Gaga — "Born This Way"

Best Video

• Adele — "Rolling in the Deep"
• Beastie Boys — "Make Some Noise"
• Beyoncé — "Run the World (Girls)"
• Justice — "Civilization"
• Lady Gaga — "Born This Way"

Best Female

• Adele
• Beyoncé
• Jennifer Lopez
• Katy Perry
• Lady Gaga

Best Male

• Bruno Mars
• David Guetta
• Eminem
• Justin Bieber
• Kanye West

Best New Act

• Bruno Mars
• Far East Movement
• Jessie J
• LMFAO
• Wiz Khalifa

Best Pop

• Britney Spears
• Justin Bieber
• Rihanna
• Lady Gaga
• Katy Perry

Best Rock

• Coldplay
• Foo Fighters
• Kings of Leon
• Linkin Park
• Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Alternative

• Thirty Seconds to Mars
• Arcade Fire
• Arctic Monkeys
• My Chemical Romance
• The Strokes

Best Hip-Hop

• Eminem
• Jay-Z & Kanye West
• Lil Wayne
• Pitbull
• Snoop Dogg

Best Live Act

• Coldplay
• Foo Fighters
• Katy Perry
• Lady Gaga
• Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best World Stage performance

• Thirty Seconds to Mars
• Arcade Fire
• The Black Eyed Peas
• Diddy – Dirty Money
• Enrique Iglesias
• Kings of Leon
• Linkin Park
• My Chemical Romance
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Snoop Dogg

Best Push Act

• Alexis Jordan
• Big Time Rush
• Bruno Mars
• Far East Movement
• Jessie J
• Katy B
• LMFAO
• Neon Trees
• Theophilus London
• Wiz Khalifa

Biggest Fans

• Thirty Seconds to Mars
• Justin Bieber
• Lady Gaga
• Paramore
• Selena Gomez

Best Worldwide Act

• Restart
• Big Bang
• Lena
• Britney Spears
• Abdelfattah Grini

Global Icon

• Queen^[9]

Artists that participated on the show Bruno Mars Katy Perry Lady Gaga Justin Bieber Selena Gomez Eminem David Guetta Jessie J LMFAO Coldplay Red Hot Chili Peppers Queen Linkin Park 30 Seconds To Mars Katy B

Regional nominations

Best UK & Ireland Act

• Adele
• Coldplay
• Florence and the Machine
• Jessie J
• Kasabian

Best Danish Act

• L.O.C.
• Medina
• Nik & Jay
• Rasmus Seebach
• Rune RK

Best Finnish Act

• Anna Abreu
• Children of Bodom
• Haloo Helsinki!
• Lauri Ylönen
• Sunrise Avenue

Best Norwegian Act

• Erik og Kriss
• Eva & The Heartmaker
• Jaa9 & OnklP
• Jarle Bernhoft
• Madcon

Best Swedish Act

• Eric Amarillo
• Mohombi
• Robyn
• Swedish House Mafia
• Veronica Maggio

Best German Act

• Beatsteaks
• Clueso
• Culcha Candela
• Frida Gold
• Lena

Best Italian Act

• Fabri Fibra
• Jovanotti
• Modà
• Negramaro
• Verdena

Best Dutch Act

• Afrojack
• Baskervilles
• Ben Saunders
• De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig
• Go Back to the Zoo

Best Belgian Act

• Deus
• Goose
• Stromae
• The Subs
• Triggerfinger

Best French Act

• Ben l'Oncle Soul
• David Guetta
• La Fouine
• Martin Solveig
• Soprano

Best Polish Act

• Afromental
• Doda
• Ewa Farna
• Monika Brodka
• Myslovitz

Best Spanish Act

• El Pescao
• Nach
• Russian Red
• Vetusta Morla
• Zenttric

Best Russian Act

• Gradusi
• Kasta
• Machete
• Nyusha
• Timati

Best Romanian Act

• Alexandra Stan
• Fly Project
• Guess Who
• Puya
• Smiley

Best Portuguese Act

• Amor Electro
• Aurea
• Diego Miranda
• Expensive Soul
• The Gift

Best Adria Act

• Dubioza Kolektiv
• Hladno pivo
• Magnifico
• S.A.R.S.
• SevdahBABY

Best Hungarian Act

• Bin Jip
• Compact Disco
• Fish!
• Punnany Massif
• The Carbonfools

Best Turkish Act

• Atiye Deniz
• Cartel
• Duman
• Hadise
• Mor ve Ötesi

Best Ukrainian Act

• Jamala
• Ivan Dorn
• Kazaky
• Max Barskih
• Sirena

Best Greek Act

• Κokkina Halia
• Mark F. Angelo featuring Shaya
• Melisses
• Onirama
• Panos Mouzourakis featuring Kostis Maraveyas

Best Israeli Act

• Izabo
• Liran Danino
• Sarit Hadad
• The Walking Man
• The Young Professionals

Best Swiss Act

• Adrian Stern
• Baschi
• Gimma
• Myron
• TinkaBelle

Best Czech and Slovak Act

• Ben Cristovao
• Charlie Straight
• Debbi
• PSH
• Rytmus

Worldwide Act nominations

Best European Act

• Adele
• Alexandra Stan
• Atiye Deniz
• Aurea
• Ben Saunders
• Charlie Straight
• Compact Disco
• Deus
• Dubioza Kolektiv
• Eva & The Heartmaker
• Ewa Farna
• Gimma
• La Fouine
• Lauri Ylönen
• Lena
• Mark F. Angelo & Shaya
• Medina
• Modà
• Nyusha
• Russian Red
• Sirena
• Swedish House Mafia
• The Young Professionals

Best Africa, Middle East and India Act

• Abdelfattah Grini
• Black Coffee
• Cabo Snoop
• Fally Ipupa
• Scribe
• Wizkid

Best Asia and Pacific Act

• Agnes Monica
• Big Bang
• Exile
• Gotye
• Jane Zhang
• Jay Chou
• Sia

Best Latin American Act

• Ádammo
• Babasónicos
• Belanova
• Calle 13
• Don Tetto
• No Te Va Gustar
• Panda
• Restart
• Seu Jorge
• Zoé

Best North American Act

• Beyoncé
• Britney Spears
• Bruno Mars
• Foo Fighters
• Justin Bieber
• Katy Perry
• Lady Gaga
• Lil Wayne

Performances

Pre show

At Belfast City Hall

• Boyce Avenue — "On My Way / Change Your Mind / Broken Angel / Rolling In The Deep / Daylight / Tonight / Back For Good/Wonderwall / Every Breath"^[10]
• Jason Derülo — "It Girl / In My Head"^[11]
• Does It Offend You, Yeah? - "The Monkeys Are Coming / Dawn Of The Dead"

Main show

At Odyssey Arena

• Coldplay — "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"^[12]
• LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock — "Party Rock Anthem"^[12]
• Bruno Mars — "Marry You"^[13]
• Jessie J — "Price Tag"^[12]
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie"^[14]
• Lady Gaga — "Marry the Night"^[13]
• Selena Gomez & the Scene — "Hit the Lights"^[15]
• Snow Patrol — "Called Out in the Dark"^[11]
• Justin Bieber — "Mistletoe / Never Say Never"^[16]
• David Guetta featuring Taio Cruz, Ludacris and Jessie J — "Sweat (David Guetta Remix) / Little Bad Girl / Without You"^[16]
• Queen + Adam Lambert — "The Show Must Go On / We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions"^[17]

Digital show

At Belfast City Hall

• Snow Patrol — "This Isn't Everything You Are"
• Jason Derülo — "Don't Wanna Go Home"
• Pendulum - "Stay Too Long" (with Plan B) / "Watercolour"
• Does It Offend You, Yeah? - "Let's Make Out / Being Bad Feels Pretty Good / Battle Royale / With A Heavy Heart (I Regret To Inform You) / We Are Rockstars"

Appearances

• Louise Roe and Tim Kash — Red carpet hosts
• Nicole Polizzi and Jennifer Farley — presented Best Live Act^[13]
• David Hasselhoff — presented Best Female^[16]
• Katy Perry — presented Global Icon Award^[16]
• Ashley Rickards and Sheamus — presented Best Male^[13][16]
• Amy Lee — introduced Red Hot Chili Peppers^[16]
• Jeremy Scott and From Above — presented Best New Act^[16]
• Hayden Panettiere — presented Best Song^[16]
• Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Tracee Ellis Ross — presented Best Worldwide Act
• Jessie J — introduced the Amy Winehouse tribute
• Bar Refaeli and Irina Shayk — presented Best Video^[16]

References

1. "The 2011 MTV EMAs Are Coming To…Belfast!". MTV.
2. "The 2011 MTV EMA Host Is…Selena Gomez!". MTV Networks Europe. 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
3. "Lady Gaga wins four prizes at MTV Europe awards". Guardian. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
4. "Lady Gaga dominates MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast". BBC News. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
5. "MTV Europe Music Awards 2011: as it happened". Daily Telegraph. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
6. "Lady Gaga goes to the moon and back as she scoops best female at the MTV Europe Music Awards". Daily Mail. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
7. http://www.mtv.pl/shows/mtv-europe-music-awards-2011/episodes/mtv-europe-music-awards-2011-czesc-2/video/2011-ema-main-show-part-16-selena-gomez-link-3-say-cheese-snow-drop-704601/
8. Katy and Adam Honour Queen MTV. Retrieved 19 April 2011
9. "The 2011 Global Icon Is...Queen!". MTV Networks Europe. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
10. "MTV EMA 2011: Snow Patrol and Jason Derulo to perform at free event". Mirror.co.uk. 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
11. "Snow Patrol and Jason Derulo Will Play the EMAs From City Hall!". MTV Networks Europe. 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
12. "Jessie J, Coldplay & LMFAO To Perform At 2011 MTV EMAs". MTV Networks Europe. 2011-12-10. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
13. "Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Will Perform At 2011 MTV EMAs". MTV Networks Europe. 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
14. "Red Hot Chili Peppers To Perform At 2011 MTV EMAs". MTV Networks Europe. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
15. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a349338/selena-gomez-to-perform-at-mtv-emas.html
16. "Justin Bieber and David Guetta Will Perform!". MTV Networks Europe. 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
17. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/columnists/dean-piper/2011/11/06/lady-gaga-wears-gigantic-dangly-earrings-115875-23540808/

External links

• MTV Europe Music Awards Official show site