# 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 took place in Berlin, Germany at the O2 World and Brandenburg Gate on 5 November 2009. The awards ceremony was presented by Katy Perry for a 2nd consecutive year. It was the fourth time that the MTV Europe Music Awards were hosted in Germany and the second time that they were hosted in Berlin, since the inaugural edition of the MTV Europe Music Awards also took place there. Thus Berlin became the first city to host the event twice.
Nominations for regional awards were announced on 1 September 2009, followed by those of the main awards on September 21, 2009. Pete Wentz was the host for the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards webcast.
Though the MTV EMAs have traditionally been advertised as Europe's premiere music event, few European artists received nominations in key categories.
The 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards logo and promos were designed in-house by MTV World Design Studio in Milan and Buenos Aires with additional input by Swedish graphic design company Kungen & Hertigen.

## Nominations

Winners are in bold text.
| Best Song | Best Video |
| Beyoncé — "Halo" David Guetta (featuring Kelly Rowland) — "When Love Takes Over" Kings of Leon — "Use Somebody" Lady Gaga — "Poker Face" The Black Eyed Peas — "I Gotta Feeling" | Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" Britney Spears — "Circus" Eminem — "We Made You" Katy Perry — "Waking Up in Vegas" Shakira — "She Wolf" |
| Best Female | Best Male |
| Beyoncé Katy Perry Lady Gaga Leona Lewis Shakira | Eminem Jay-Z Kanye West Mika Robbie Williams |
| Best Group | Best New Act |
| Tokio Hotel Green Day Jonas Brothers Kings of Leon The Black Eyed Peas | Lady Gaga Daniel Merriweather La Roux Pixie Lott Taylor Swift |
| Best Rock | Best Alternative |
| Green Day Foo Fighters Kings of Leon Linkin Park U2 | Placebo Muse Paramore The Killers The Prodigy |
| Best Urban | Best Live Act |
| Jay-Z Ciara Eminem Kanye West T.I. | U2 Beyoncé Green Day Kings of Leon Lady Gaga |
| Best World Stage Performance | Best Push Act |
| Linkin Park Coldplay Kid Rock Kings of Leon Lady Gaga | Pixie Lott Daniel Merriweather Hockey Kesha Little Boots Metro Station The Veronicas White Lies |
| Best European Act | |
| Manga Deep Insight Dima Bilan Doda Lost | |
| Free Your Mind ||
| Mikhail Gorbachev ||

## Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.
| Best Adria Act | Best Baltic Act |
| Lollobrigida Girls Darkwood Dub Dubioza Kolektiv Elvis Jackson Superhiks | Leon Somov & Jazzu Chungin & the Cats of Destiny DJ Ella Flamingo Popidiot |
| Best Danish Act | Best Dutch & Belgian Act |
| Medina Dúné Jooks L.O.C. Outlandish | Esmée Denters Alain Clark Fedde le Grand Milow The Black Box Revelation |
| Best Finnish Act | Best French Act |
| Deep Insight Apulanta Cheek Disco Ensemble Happoradio | Orelsan David Guetta Olivia Ruiz Rohff Sliimy |
| Best German Act | Best Greek Act |
| Silbermond Jan Delay Peter Fox Söhne Mannheims Sportfreunde Stiller | Helena Paparizou Matisse Monika Onirama Professional Sinnerz |
| Best Hungarian Act | Best Israeli Act |
| The Kolin Esclin Syndo The Idoru The Moog Zagar | Ninet Tayeb Assaf Amdursky Asaf Avidan & the Mojos Infected Mushroom Terry Poison |
| Best Italian Act | Best Norwegian Act |
| Lost Giusy Ferreri J-Ax Tiziano Ferro Zero Assoluto | Yoga Fire Donkeyboy Maria Mena Paperboys Röyksopp |
| Best Polish Act | Best Portuguese Act |
| Doda Afromental Ania Dąbrowska Ewa Farna Jamal | Xutos e Pontapés Buraka Som Sistema David Fonseca Os Pontos Negros X-Wife |
| Best Romanian Act | Best Russian Act |
| Inna David Deejay (featuring Dony) Puya (featuring George Hora) Smiley Tom Boxer (featuring Jay) | Dima Bilan Centr Kasta Sergey Lazarev Timati |
| Best Spanish Act | Best Swedish Act |
| We Are Standard Fangoria Macaco Nena Daconte Russian Red | Agnes Adiam Dymott Darin Mando Diao Promoe |
| Best Swiss Act | Best Turkish Act |
| Stress Lovebugs Phenomden Ritschi Seven | Manga Atiye Deniz Bedük Kenan Doğulu Nil Karaibrahimgil |
| Best Ukrainian Act | Best UK & Ireland New Act |
| Green Grey Antytila Druha Rika Kamon!!! Lama | Pixie Lott Florence and the Machine La Roux The Saturdays Tinchy Stryder |
| Best Arabian Act | |
| Joe Ashkar Amr Mostafa Darine Hadchiti Ramy Sabry Rashed Al-Majed | |

## Performances

* Green Day — "Know Your Enemy" / "Minority"
* Katy Perry — "I Gotta Feeling" / "When Love Takes Over" / "Use Somebody" / "Halo" / "Poker Face"
* Beyoncé — "Sweet Dreams"
* Jay-Z and Bridget Kelly — "Empire State of Mind"
* Foo Fighters — "Wheels" / "All My Life"
* U2 — "One" / "Magnificent"
* Shakira — "Did It Again"
* Tokio Hotel — "World Behind My Wall"
* Leona Lewis — "Happy"
* U2 and Jay-Z — "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

## Appearances

* Pete Wentz and Bar Refaeli — presented Best Live Act
* Joss Stone and Wladimir Klitschko — presented Best Urban
* David Hasselhoff — presented Best Rock
* Dave Bautista — presented Best Song
* Juliette Lewis and Gillian Deegan — presented Best Alternative
* Lil' Kim — presented Best New Act
* Jean Reno — presented Best Male
* Jonas Brothers — introduced the Michael Jackson tribute
* Joko Winterscheidt and Matthias Schweighöfer — presented Best German Act
* Backstreet Boys — presented Best European Act
* Jesse Metcalfe — presented Best Group
* David Guetta and Asia Argento — presented Best Female
* Miranda Cosgrove and Brody Jenner — presented Best Video