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2008 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date	6 November 2008
Location	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
Hosted by	Katy Perry
Most awards	Britney Spears (3)
Most nominations	Britney Spears (6)
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV Networks International (Europe)
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The 2008 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England, on 6 November 2008. It was hosted by Katy Perry. This was the second time the awards have taken place in England.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Act

• Coldplay


• Leona Lewis


• Rihanna


• Britney Spears


• Amy Winehouse

Best Song

• 
  Coldplay — "Viva la Vida"


• 
  Duffy — "Mercy"


• 
  Kid Rock — "All Summer Long"


• Pink — "So What"


• 
  Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl"

Best Video

• 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"

Best Album

• 
  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

Best Rock

• Thirty Seconds to Mars


• Linkin Park


• Metallica


• Paramore


• Slipknot

Ultimate Urban

• Beyoncé


• Chris Brown


• Alicia Keys


• Lil Wayne


• Kanye West

Best Live

• 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^[1]
  

Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Adria Act

• The Beat Fleet


• Jinx


• Elvir Laković Laka


• Leeloojamais


• Marčelo

Best Arabia Act

• Abri


• Fayez


• Mohamed Hamaki


• Carole Samaha


• Karl Wolf

Best Baltic Act

• Detlef Zoo


• Happyendless


• Jurga


• Kerli


• Rulers of the Deep

Best Danish Act

• Alphabeat


• Infernal


• L.O.C.


• Suspekt


• Volbeat

Best Dutch and Belgian Act

• Alain Clark


• De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig


• Kraak & Smaak


• Pete Philly & Perquisite


• Room Eleven

Best Finnish Act

• Anna Abreu


• Children Of Bodom


• Disco Ensemble


• H.I.M.


• Nightwish

Best French Act

• BB Brunes


• Feist


• David Guetta


• Sefyu


• Zaho

Best German Act

• Die Ärzte


• Fettes Brot


• MIA.


• Sido


• Söhne Mannheims

Best Greek Act

• Cyanna


• Matisse


• Mihalis Hatzigiannis


• Stavento


• Stereo Mike

Best Hungarian Act

• Beat Dis


• Gonzo


• Irie Maffia


• The Unbending Trees


• Žagar

Best Italian Act

• Baustelle


• Fabri Fibra


• Finley


• Marracash


• Sonohra

Best Israeli Act

• Asaf Avidan


• Infected Mushroom


• Izabo


• Kutiman


• Shiri Maimon

Best Norwegian Act

• Erik og Kriss


• Ida Maria


• Kakkmaddafakka


• Karpe Diem


• Madcon

Best Polish Act

• Afromental


• Kasia Cerekwicka


• Ania Dabrowska


• Feel


• Hey

Best Portuguese Act

• Buraka Som Sistema


• Rita Redshoes


• Sam The Kid


• Slimmy


• The Vicious Five

Best Romanian Act

• Andra


• Crazy Loop


• Morandi


• Smiley


• Tom Boxer with Anca Parghel and Fly Project
  

Best Russian Act

• Band'Eros


• Dima Bilan


• Sergey Lazarev


• Timati


• Nastya Zadorozhnaya

Best Spanish Act

• Amaral


• Pereza


• Porta


• Pignoise


• La Casa Azul

Best Swedish Act

• Kleerup


• Lazee


• Veronica Maggio


• Neverstore


• Adam Tensta

Best Turkish Act

• Emre Aydın


• Hayko Cepkin


• Hadise


• Sagopa Kajmer


• Hande Yener

Best UK and Ireland New Act

• Adele


• Duffy


• Leona Lewis


• The Ting Tings


• The Wombats

Best Ukrainian Act

• Boombox


• Druha Rika


• Esthetic Education


• Quest Pistols


• S.K.A.Y.

Performances

• 
  Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl"


• 
  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"

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
  

See also

• 2008 MTV Video Music Awards

References

External links

• 
  Official show site (Archived)


• 
  2008 MTV Europe Music Awards at MTV.com


• Ultimate Guitar Archives - Rick Rolling the MTV Europe Music Awards