MTV European Music Awards 2012 – winners

The 19th MTV European Music Awards took place tonight in Frankfurt, Germany. The event was hosted by German supermodel Heidi Klum.

It was a huge night for EMA newcomer Taylor Swift. In her debut appearance at the international music extravaganza, she not only closed the show with ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ but took home three awards, tying longtime EMA fave Justin Bieber with three: Best Live, Best Look, and Best Female.

Canadian heartthrob Justin Bieber won for Best Pop and Best Male as well as scoring Best World Stage. He couldn’t be at Frankfurt’s Festhalle in person, but appeared via video link to express his gratitude and excitement.

Like Taylor, Canadian Carly Rae Jepsen was a first-time EMA attendee, nominee, and performer. She ended up bagging two awards: Best Song (‘Call Me Maybe’, of course) and Best PUSH. Breakout U.K. boy band band One Direction went two for two in their award categories, winning Best New and the second ever Biggest Fans award.

The second ever Worldwide Act, like the first one, went to the nominee from Asia; this time, China’s Han Geng! And another superstar from Asia, K-pop sensation Psy, both performed and won Best Video for ‘Gangnam Style’


Complete list of winners for the 19th MTV European Music Awards

BEST FEMALE
Taylor Swift

BEST SONG
Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”

BEST MALE
Justin Bieber

BEST LIVE
Taylor Swift

BEST LOOK
Taylor Swift

GLOBAL ICON
Whitney Houston

BEST VIDEO
PSY – “Gangnam Style”

WORLDWIDE ACT
Han Geng (Asia Pacific)

BIGGEST FANS
One Direction

BEST WORLD STAGE
Justin Bieber

BEST PUSH
Carly Rae Jepsen

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Lana Del Rey

BEST ELECTRONIC
David Guetta

BEST HIP HOP
Nicki Minaj

BEST NEW
One Direction

BEST POP
Justin Bieber

BEST ROCK
Linkin Park