# 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards

The 2012 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held in Frankfurt, Germany, on 11 November 2012. This was the fifth time the awards had been held in Germany, and the second time Frankfurt had been the host city. On 17 August the nominees were announced. Rihanna received eight nominations while Katy Perry and Taylor Swift received five, leading the categories.
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. Taylor Swift, Han Geng, Justin Bieber and One Direction were the biggest winners taking home three awards each.

## 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 Gharbi) 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
* Cast of Geordie Shore (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