# 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards

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

## Nominations

Winners are in bold text.
| Best Song | Best Video |
| Bruno Mars — "Locked Out of Heaven" Daft Punk (featuring Pharrell Williams) — "Get Lucky" Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Wanz) — "Thrift Shop" Rihanna — "Diamonds" Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams) — "Blurred Lines" | Miley Cyrus — "Wrecking Ball" Justin Timberlake — "Mirrors" Lady Gaga — "Applause" Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams) — "Blurred Lines" Thirty Seconds to Mars — "Up In The Air" |
| Best Female | Best Male |
| Katy Perry Miley Cyrus Lady Gaga Selena Gomez Taylor Swift | Justin Bieber Bruno Mars Eminem Jay-Z Justin Timberlake |
| Best New Act | Best Pop |
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Bastille Icona Pop Imagine Dragons Rudimental | One Direction Justin Bieber Katy Perry Miley Cyrus Taylor Swift |
| Best Electronic | Best Rock |
| Avicii Afrojack Daft Punk Calvin Harris Skrillex | Green Day Black Sabbath Kings of Leon Queens of the Stone Age The Killers |
| Best Alternative | Best Hip-Hop |
| Thirty Seconds To Mars Arctic Monkeys Fall Out Boy Franz Ferdinand Paramore | Eminem Drake Jay-Z Kanye West Macklemore & Ryan Lewis |
| Best Live Act | Best World Stage Performance |
| Beyoncé Green Day Justin Timberlake Pink Taylor Swift | Linkin Park Alicia Keys Fun Garbage Green Day Jason Mraz Jessie J Macklemore & Ryan Lewis No Doubt Paramore Rita Ora Robin Thicke Snoop Lion The Black Keys The Killers |
| Best Push Act | Biggest Fans |
| Austin Mahone ASAP Rocky Bastille Bridgit Mendler Icona Pop Iggy Azalea Imagine Dragons Karmin Rudimental Tom Odell Twenty One Pilots | Tokio Hotel Justin Bieber Lady Gaga One Direction Thirty Seconds to Mars |
| Best Look | Best Worldwide Act |
| Harry Styles Justin Timberlake Lady Gaga Rihanna Rita Ora | Chris Lee Ahmed Soultan Bednarek Cody Simpson EXO Fresno Justin Bieber Lena Marco Mengoni One Direction |
| Artist on the Rise | |
| Austin Mahone Ariana Grande Bridgit Mendler Cher Lloyd Cody Simpson Lorde | |
| Global Icon ||
| Eminem ||

## Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

### Northern Europe

| Best Danish Act | Best Finnish Act |
| Jimilian Medina Nik & Jay Panamah Shaka Loveless | Isac Elliot Anna Puu Elokuu Haloo Helsinki! Mikael Gabriel |
| Best Norwegian Act | Best Swedish Act |
| Admiral P Envy Madcon Maria Mena Truls | Avicii Icona Pop John de Sohn Medina Sebastian Ingrosso |
| Best UK & Ireland Act | |
| One Direction Ellie Goulding Calvin Harris Olly Murs Rudimental | |

### Southern Europe

| Best French Act | Best Greek Act |
| Shaka Ponk C2C Daft Punk Maitre Gims Tal | Demy Goin' Through Michalis Hatzigiannis & Midenistis Pink Noisy Sakis Rouvas |
| Best Italian Act | Best Portuguese Act |
| Marco Mengoni Emma Fedez Max Pezzali Salmo | Filipe Pinto Monica Ferraz Os Azeitonas Richie Campbell The Gift |
| Best Spanish Act | |
| Auryn Pablo Alborán Anni B Sweet Fangoria Lori Meyers | |

### Central Europe

| Best Belgian Act | Best Dutch Act |
| Stromae Lazy Jay Netsky Ozark Henry Trixie Whitley | Kensington Afrojack Armin Van Buuren Nicky Romero Nielson |
| Best German Act | Best Swiss Act |
| Lena Cro Frida Gold Sportfreunde Stiller Tim Bendzko | Bastian Baker DJ Antoine Remady & Manu-L Steff La Cheffe Stress |

### Eastern Europe

| Best Adria Act | Best Czech & Slovak Act |
| Frenkie Filip Dizdar Katja Šulc S.A.R.S. Svi na pod! | Celeste Buckingham Ben Cristovao Charlie Straight Ektor & DJ Wich Peter Bič Project |
| Best Hungarian Act | Best Israeli Act |
| Ivan & The Parazol Hősök Karanyi Punnany Massif The hated tomorrow | The Ultras Ester Rada Hadag Nahash Ido B & Zooki Roni Daloomi |
| Best Polish Act | Best Romanian Act |
| Bednarek Dawid Podsiadło Donatan Ewelina Lisowska Margaret | Smiley Antonia Corina Loredana Groza What's Up |
| Best Russian Act | |
| Zemfira Basta Ivan Dorn Nyusha Yolka | |

### Africa, Middle East and India

| Best African Act | Best Middle East Act |
| LCNVL Fuse ODG Mafikizolo P-Square Wizkid | Ahmed Soultan Hamdan Al Abri Juliana Down Lara Scandar Rakan |
| Best Indian Act | |
| Yo Yo Honey Singh Amit Trivedi AR Rahman Mithoon Pritam | |

### Japan and Korea

| Best Japanese Act | Best Korean Act |
| Momoiro Clover Z Exile Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Miyavi One Ok Rock | EXO B.A.P Boyfriend Sistar U-KISS |

### Southeast Asia, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

| Best Southeast Asian Act | Best Mainland China and Hong Kong Act |
| My Tam Hafiz Noah Olivia Ong Sarah Geronimo Slot Machine | Li Yuchun Eason Chan Jane Zhang Khalil Fong Sun Nan |
| Best Taiwanese Act | |
| Show Lo Jam Hsiao JJ Lin Rainie Yang Vanness Wu | |

### Australia and New Zealand

| Best Australian Act | Best New Zealand Act |
| Cody Simpson Empire of the Sun Flume Iggy Azalea Timomatic | Lorde David Dallas Shapeshifter Stan Walker The Naked and Famous |

### Latin America

| Best Brazilian Act | Best Latin America North Act |
| Fresno Emicida P9 Pollo Restart | Paty Cantú Danna Paola Jesse & Joy León Larregui Reik |
| Best Latin America Central Act | Best Latin America South Act |
| Anna Carina Cali y El Dandee Javiera Mena Maluma Pescao Vivo | Airbag Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas No Te Va Gustar Rayos Láser Tan Biónica |

### North America

| Best Canadian Act | Best US Act |
| Justin Bieber Deadmau5 Drake Tegan and Sara The Weeknd | Miley Cyrus Bruno Mars Justin Timberlake Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Robin Thicke |

## Worldwide nominations

Winners are in bold text.
| Best Northern European Act | Best Southern European Act |
| One Direction Admiral P Avicii Isac Elliot Jimilian | Marco Mengoni Auryn Filipe Pinto Demy Shaka Ponk |
| Best Central European Act | Best Eastern European Act |
| Lena Bastian Baker Kensington Stromae | Bednarek Frenkie Celeste Buckingham Ivan & The Parazol The Ultras Smiley Zemfira |
| Best Africa, Middle East and India Act | Best Japan and Korea Act |
| Ahmed Soultan LCNVL Yo Yo Honey Singh | EXO Momoiro Clover Z |
| Best Southeast Asia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Act | Best Australia and New Zealand Act |
| Li Yuchun Show Lo My Tam | Cody Simpson Lorde |
| Best Latin American Act | Best North American Act |
| Fresno Anna Carina Airbag Paty Cantú | Justin Bieber Miley Cyrus |

## Performances
### Pre show

| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Pre-show ||
| TR/ST | "Sulk/Capitol" |
| Ylvis | "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" |

### Main show

| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Main show ||
| Miley Cyrus | "We Can't Stop" |
| Robin Thicke | "Blurred Lines" (with Iggy Azalea) "Feel Good" |
| Katy Perry | "Unconditionally" |
| Miley Cyrus | "Wrecking Ball" |
| Kings of Leon | "Beautiful War" |
| Bruno Mars | "Gorilla" |
| Snoop Dogg Afrojack | "Gin and Juice" |
| Eminem | "Berzerk" "Rap God" |
| The Killers | "Shot at the Night" "Mr. Brightside" |
| Imagine Dragons | "Radioactive" |
| 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
* Will Ferrell — presented Best Video