2011 MTV Europe Music Awards
The 2011 MTV EMAs were held in Northern Ireland's capital Belfast, on Sunday, 6 November 2011, at the Odyssey Arena in the Titanic Quarter area of the city and was hosted by Selena Gomez. Additional live venues for the awards show include Ulster Hall and Belfast City Hall.
On 19 September 2011, MTV Networks International announced the 2011 nominees. The main categories were dominated by Lady Gaga with seven nominations, Katy Perry and Bruno Mars with five and Britney Spears, Thirty Seconds to Mars and Adele with three apiece. Lady Gaga was the biggest winner of the night, taking home 4 awards. Other winners include Thirty Seconds to Mars, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber with two apiece.
During the show Selena Gomez said that MTV received 154 million votes from people around the globe. Queen received the Global Icon Award from Katy Perry, and the band closed the awards ceremony, with Adam Lambert on vocals, performing "The Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions".
Nominations
Winners are in bold text.Regional nominations
Winners are in bold text.Worldwide Act nominations
Winners are in bold text.Performances
Pre show
- Jason Derülo — "It Girl / In My Head"
Main show
- Coldplay — "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"
- LMFAO — "Party Rock Anthem"
- Bruno Mars — "Marry You"
- Jessie J — "Price Tag"
- Red Hot Chili Peppers — "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie"
- Lady Gaga — "Marry the Night"
- Selena Gomez & the Scene — "Hit the Lights"
- Snow Patrol — "Called Out in the Dark"
- Justin Bieber — "Mistletoe / Never Say Never"
- David Guetta — "Sweat (David Guetta Remix) / Little Bad Girl / Without You"
- Queen + Adam Lambert — "The Show Must Go On / We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions"
Digital show
Appearances
- Louise Roe and Tim Kash — Red carpet hosts
- Nicole Polizzi and Jennifer Farley — presented Best Live Act
- David Hasselhoff — presented Best Female
- Katy Perry — presented Global Icon Award
- Ashley Rickards and Sheamus — presented Best Male
- Amy Lee — introduced Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Jeremy Scott and From Above — presented Best New Act
- Hayden Panettiere — presented Best Song
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Tracee Ellis Ross — presented Best Worldwide Act
- Jessie J — introduced the Amy Winehouse tribute
- Bar Refaeli and Irina Shayk — presented Best Video