1997 MTV Europe Music Awards

The 1997 MTV Europe Music Awards were held at The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands on 6 November 1997 and were hosted by Ronan Keating. The Prodigy were the big winners of the night winning three awards including Best Video.

Nominations
Winners are in bold text.

Performances

 * U2 — "Mofo"
 * Björk — "Bachelorette"
 * Spice Girls — "Spice Up Your Life"
 * Skunk Anansie — "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)"
 * LL Cool J — "Phenomenon"
 * Blackstreet (featuring Slash) — "Fix"
 * Jon Bon Jovi — "Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town"
 * Aerosmith — "Pink / Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)"
 * Backstreet Boys — "As Long as You Love Me / Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
 * Jovanotti — "L'ombelico del mondo"

Appearances

 * Dennis Hopper — introduced U2
 * Alicia Silverstone — presented Best Dance
 * Backstreet Boys — presented Best Male
 * Tony Mortimer and Karen Mulder — presented Best Rock
 * Stephen Dorff and Saffron — presented Best Song
 * Missy Elliott and David Arquette — presented Best Rap
 * Louise and Mark Owen — presented Best Female
 * Peter Andre and Eternal — presented Best Alternative
 * Dennis Hopper — presented Free Your Mind Award
 * Caprice Bourret and Steven Tyler — presented Best Group
 * Nina Persson, Peter Svensson and Katja Schuurman — presented MTV Select
 * Robbie Williams and Gena Lee Nolin — presented Best New Act
 * Shola Ama and MC Solaar — presented Best R&B
 * Prince Naseem and Björk — presented Best Live Act
 * Hanson — presented Best Video