2008 MTV Europe Music Awards

Nominations

Best Act

• 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"

  Best Video

• Thirty Seconds to Mars — "A Beautiful Lie"
• Madonna — "4 Minutes"
• Kerli — "Walking on Air"
• 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

  Regional nominations

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"
• Kerli - "Walking on Air"
• Duffy — "Mercy"
• Pink — "So What"
• Katy Perry — "Hot n Cold"

  Appearances

• Sugababes — presented MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song
• Michael Owen and Anastacia — presented Best Headliner
• Travis McCoy and Solange Knowles — presented MTV Europe Music Award for Best Rock
• Craig David — presented MTV Europe Music Award for Best Album
• Grace Jones — presented MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act
• Kerry Katona and Dirk — presented MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video
• Perez Hilton and Katy Perry — presented Best Act
• Leona Lewis — presented MTV Europe Music Award for Best 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 MTV Europe Music Award for Best European Act