2008 MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 took place on November 6, 2008 in Liverpool, United Kingdom at the Echo Arena. Nominations were officially announced on September 29, 2008. Ceremony hosts were Katy Perry, Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Miličević of Thirty Seconds to Mars (who presented the interviews space called "Weird Things That Humans Do"). European-born award winners were Tokio Hotel (Germany), Emre Aydın (Turkey), Rick Astley and Paul McCartney (UK) alongside all the regional awards winners. Notably, 30 Seconds to Mars and Britney Spears won two awards each.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Act of 2008

• Coldplay
• Leona Lewis
• Rihanna
• Britney Spears
• Amy Winehouse

Most Addictive Track

• Coldplay — "Viva la Vida"
• Duffy — "Mercy"
• Kid Rock — "All Summer Long"
• Pink — "So What"
• Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl"

Video Star

• Thirty Seconds to Mars — "A Beautiful Lie"
• Madonna (featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland) — "4 Minutes"
• Santogold — "L.E.S. Artistes"
• Snoop Dogg — "Sensual Seduction"
• Weezer — "Pork and Beans"

Album of the Year

• Coldplay — Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
• Duffy — Rockferry
• Alicia Keys — As I Am
• Leona Lewis — Spirit
• Britney Spears — Blackout

Best New Act

• Miley Cyrus
• Duffy
• Jonas Brothers
• Katy Perry
• OneRepublic

Rock Out

• Thirty Seconds to Mars
• Linkin Park
• Metallica
• Paramore
• Slipknot

Ultimate Urban

• Beyoncé
• Chris Brown
• Alicia Keys
• Lil Wayne
• Kanye West

Best Headliner

• The Cure
• Foo Fighters
• Linkin Park
• Metallica
• Tokio Hotel

Europe's Favorite Act

• Emre Aydın
• Dima Bilan
• Finley
• Leona Lewis
• Shiri Maimon

Best Act Ever

• Christina Aguilera
• Rick Astley
• Green Day
• Britney Spears
• Tokio Hotel
• U2

Artist's Choice

• Lil Wayne

Ultimate Legend Award

• Sir Paul McCartney

Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best UK and Ireland New Act

• Adele
• Duffy
• Leona Lewis
• The Ting Tings
• The Wombats

Best Danish Act

• Alphabeat
• Infernal
• L.O.C.
• Suspekt
• Volbeat

Best Finnish Act

• Anna Abreu
• Children Of Bodom
• Disco Ensemble
• H.I.M.
• Nightwish

Best Norwegian Act

• Erik og Kriss
• Ida Maria
• Kakkmaddafakka
• Karpe Diem
• Madcon

Best Swedish Act

• Kleerup
• Lazee
• Veronica Maggio
• Neverstore
• Adam Tensta

Best German Act

• Die Ärzte
• Fettes Brot
• MIA.
• Sido
• Söhne Mannheims

Best Italian Act

• Baustelle
• Fabri Fibra
• Finley
• Marracash
• Sonohra

Best Dutch and Belgian Act

• Alain Clark
• De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig
• Kraak & Smaak
• Pete Philly & Perquisite
• Room Eleven

Best French Act

• BB Brunes
• Feist
• David Guetta
• Sefyu
• Zaho

Best Polish Act

• Afromental
• Kasia Cerekwicka
• Ania Dabrowska
• Feel
• Hey

Best Spanish Act

• Amaral
• Pereza
• Porta
• Pignoise
• La Casa Azul

Best Russian Act

• Band'Eros
• Dima Bilan
• Sergey Lazarev
• Timati
• Nastya Zadorozhnaya

Best Romanian Act

• Andra
• Crazy Loop
• Morandi
• Smiley
• Tom Boxer with Anca Parghel and Fly Project

Best Portuguese Act

• Buraka Som Sistema
• Rita Redshoes
• Sam The Kid
• Slimmy
• The Vicious Five

Best Adria Act

• The Beat Fleet
• Jinx
• Elvir Laković Laka
• Leeloojamais
• Marčelo

Best Baltic Act

• Detlef Zoo
• Happyendless
• Jurga
• Kerli
• Rulers of the Deep

Best Arabia Act

• Abri
• Fayez
• Mohamed Hamaki
• Carole Samaha
• Karl Wolf

Best Hungarian Act

• Beat Dis
• Gonzo
• Irie Maffia
• The Unbending Trees
• Žagar

Best Turkish Act

• Emre Aydın
• Hayko Cepkin
• Hadise
• Sagopa Kajmer
• Hande Yener

Best Ukrainian Act

• Boombox
• Druha Rika
• Esthetic Education
• Quest Pistols
• S.K.A.Y.

Best Greek Act

• Cyanna
• Matisse
• Mihalis Hatzigiannis
• Stavento
• Stereo Mike

Best Israeli Act

• Asaf Avidan
• Infected Mushroom
• Izabo
• Kutiman
• Shiri Maimon

Performances

• Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl" opening act
• Beyoncé — "If I Were a Boy"
• Take That — "Greatest Day"
• The Killers — "Human"
• Kanye West — "Love Lockdown"
• Estelle and Kanye West — "American Boy"
• The Ting Tings — "That's Not My Name"
• Kid Rock — "So Hott / All Summer Long"
• Duffy — "Mercy"
• Pink — "So What"
• Katy Perry — "Hot n Cold" closing act

Appearances

• Sugababes — presented Most Addictive Track
• Michael Owen and Anastacia — presented Best Headliner
• Travis McCoy and Solange Knowles — presented Rock Out
• Craig David — presented Album of the Year
• Grace Jones — presented Best New Act
• Kerry Katona and Dirk — presented Video Star
• Perez Hilton and Katy Perry — presented Best Act Ever
• Leona Lewis — presented Ultimate Urban
• Kelly Rowland — presented Artist's Choice Award
• Estelle and Tim Cahill — presented Best Act of 2008
• Bono — presented Ultimate Legend Award
• Lauri Ylönen and Tiziano Ferro — presented Europe's Favorite Act

External links

• Official show site (Archived)
• 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards at MTV.com
• Ultimate Guitar Archives - Rick Rolling the MTV Europe Music Awards