2012 MTV Europe Music Awards

2012 MTV Europe Music Awards
2012 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date	11 November 2012
Location	Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Hosted by	Heidi Klum and Ludacris
Most awards	Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and One Direction (3)
Most nominations	Rihanna (8)
Television/radio coverage
Network	Viacom International Media Networks (Europe)

The 2012 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held in Frankfurt, Germany, on 11 November 2012.^[1] This was the fifth time the awards had been held in Germany, and the second time Frankfurt had been the host city.^[2] On 17 August the nominees were announced. Rihanna received eight nominations while Katy Perry and Taylor Swift received five, leading the categories.^[3]

This year added new regional categories to compete in the Best Worldwide Act, as well as the Best Look category, due to the presence of the same award at the Italian TRL Awards.^[4] Taylor Swift, Han Geng, Justin Bieber and One Direction were the biggest winners taking home three awards each.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Song	Best Video
Carly Rae Jepsen – "Call Me Maybe" Fun (featuring Janelle Monáe) – "We Are Young" Gotye (featuring Kimbra) – "Somebody That I Used to Know" Pitbull (featuring Chris Brown) – "International Love" Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) – "We Found Love"	Psy – "Gangnam Style" Katy Perry – "Wide Awake" Lady Gaga – "Marry the Night" M.I.A. – "Bad Girls" Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) – "We Found Love"
Best Female	Best Male
Taylor Swift Katy Perry Nicki Minaj Pink Rihanna	Justin Bieber Flo Rida Jay-Z Kanye West Pitbull
Best New Act	Best Pop
One Direction Carly Rae Jepsen Fun Lana Del Rey Rita Ora	Justin Bieber Katy Perry No Doubt Rihanna Taylor Swift
Best Electronic	Best Rock
David Guetta Avicii Calvin Harris Skrillex Swedish House Mafia	Linkin Park Coldplay Green Day Muse The Killers
Best Alternative	Best Hip-Hop
Lana Del Rey Arctic Monkeys Florence and the Machine Jack White The Black Keys	Nicki Minaj Drake Jay-Z & Kanye West Nas Rick Ross
Best Live Act	Best World Stage Performance
Taylor Swift Green Day Jay-Z & Kanye West Lady Gaga Muse	Justin Bieber Arcade Fire Arctic Monkeys B.o.B Evanescence Flo Rida Jason Derülo Joe Jonas Kasabian Kesha LMFAO Maroon 5 Nelly Furtado Red Hot Chili Peppers Sean Paul Snoop Dogg Snow Patrol Taylor Swift
Best Push Act	Biggest Fans
Carly Rae Jepsen Conor Maynard Foster the People Fun Gotye Lana Del Rey Mac Miller Michael Kiwanuka Of Monsters and Men Rebecca Ferguson Rita Ora	One Direction Justin Bieber Katy Perry Lady Gaga Rihanna
Best Look	Best Worldwide Act
Taylor Swift ASAP Rocky Jack White Nicki Minaj Rihanna	Han Geng Ahmed Soultan Dima Bilan Restart Rihanna
MTV2 US Artist About to Go Global
MGK 2 Chainz ASAP Rocky Big Sean Mac Miller Tyga
Global Icon
Whitney Houston

Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Europe

Best Adria Act	Best Belgian Act
Who See Elemental MVP TBF Trash Candy	Milow Deus Netsky Selah Sue Triggerfinger
Best Czech & Slovak Act	Best Danish Act
Majk Spirit Ben Cristovao Sunshine Mandrage Celeste Buckingham	Medina Aura Dione L.O.C. Nik & Jay Rasmus Seebach
Best Dutch Act	Best Finnish Act
Afrojack The Partysquad Eva Simons Gers Pardoel Tiësto	Robin Cheek Chisu Elokuu PMMP
Best French Act	Best German Act
Shaka Ponk Irma Orelsan Sexion D'Assaut Tal	Tim Bendzko Cro Kraftklub Seeed Udo Lindenberg
Best Greek Act	Best Hungarian Act
Vegas Claydee Goin' Through Melisses Nikki Ponte	30Y Funktasztikus Odett Soerii és Poolek Supernem
Best Israeli Act	Best Italian Act
Ninet Tayeb Dudu Tassa Moshe Peretz Riff Cohen The Young Professionals	Emis Killa Cesare Cremonini Club Dogo Giorgia Marracash
Best Norwegian Act	Best Polish Act
Erik & Kriss Donkeyboy Madcon Karpe Diem Sirkus Eliassen	Monika Brodka Iza Lach Mrozu Pezet The Stubs
Best Portuguese Act	Best Romanian Act
Aurea Amor Electro Klepht Monica Ferraz Os Azeitonas	Vunk CRBL Grasu XXL Guess Who Maximilian
Best Russian Act	Best Spanish Act
Dima Bilan Kasta Nervy Serebro Jeanna Friske	The Zombie Kids Corizonas Iván Ferreiro Love of Lesbian Supersubmarina
Best Swedish Act	Best Swiss Act
Loreen Alina Devecerski Avicii Laleh Panetoz	DJ Antoine 77 Bombay Street Mike Candys Remady Stress
Best Ukrainian Act	Best UK & Ireland Act
Alloise Champagne Morning Dio.Filmy Ivan Dorn The Hardkiss	One Direction Conor Maynard Jessie J Ed Sheeran Rita Ora

Africa, Middle East and India

Best African Act	Best Middle East Act
D'Banj Camp Mulla Mi Casa Sarkodie Wizkid	Ahmed Soultan K2RHYM (Karim AlGharbi) Karl Wolf Qusai Sandy
Best Indian Act
Alobo Naga & The Band Bandish Projekt Indus Creed Menwhopause Oliver Sean

Asia and Oceania

Best Asian Act	Best Australia & New Zealand Act
Han Geng Yuna Zarai Super Junior Exile Jolin Tsai	Gotye 360 Gin Wigmore Kimbra The Temper Trap

Latin America

Best Brazilian Act	Best Latin America North Act
Restart Agridoce ConeCrewDiretoria Emicida Vanguart	Panda Danna Paola Jesse & Joy Kinky Ximena Sariñana
Best Latin America Central Act	Best Latin America South Act
Don Tetto Ádammo Caramelos de Cianuro Juanes Naty Botero	Axel Babasónicos Campo Miranda! Tan Biónica

Worldwide Act nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Africa, Middle East and India Act	Best Asia and Pacific Act
Ahmed Soultan Alobo Naga & The Band D'Banj	Han Geng Gotye
Best European Act	Best Latin American Act
Dima Bilan 30Y Afrojack Alloise Aurea DJ Antoine Emis Killa Erik & Kriss Loreen Majk Spirit Medina Milow Monika Brodka One Direction Robin Shaka Ponk Tim Bendzko Vegas Vunk Who See The Zombie Kids	Restart Axel Don Tetto Panda
Best North American Act
Rihanna Carly Rae Jepsen Chris Brown Drake Green Day Justin Bieber Katy Perry Linkin Park Pink Usher

Performances

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Rita Ora	"R.I.P."
Fun	"We Are Young"
Carly Rae Jepsen	"Call Me Maybe"
Alicia Keys	"New Day" "Girl on Fire"
No Doubt	"Looking Hot"
The Killers	"Runaways"
Psy	"Gangnam Style"
Muse	"Madness"
Pitbull	"Don't Stop the Party"
Taylor Swift	"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"

Appearances

Louise Roe, Tim Kash and Sway Calloway – Red carpet hosts and presented Biggest Fans
Lana Del Rey – presented Best Female
Kim Kardashian – presented Best Song
Gaz Beadle, Holly Hagan, Sophie Kasaei, Ricci Guarnaccio, Vicky Pattison, Daniel Thomas-Tuck, Jay Gardner and Charlotte Crosby – presented Best Male
Anne Vyalitsyna, Brett Davern and Isabeli Fontana – presented Best Live Act
Heidi Klum – presented Best Look
Alicia Keys – presented Global Icon
David Hasselhoff – presented Best Video
Jonas Brothers – presented Best Worldwide Act

References

External links

Official Site Archived 27 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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2012 MTV Europe Music Awards

Contents

Nominations

Regional nominations

Europe

Africa, Middle East and India

Asia and Oceania

Latin America

Worldwide Act nominations

Performances

Appearances

See also

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