2012 MTV Europe Music Awards

The 2012 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held in Frankfurt, Germany, on 11 November 2012. This was the fifth time the awards had been held in Germany, and the second time Frankfurt had been the host city. On 17 August the nominees were announced. Rihanna received eight nominations while Katy Perry and Taylor Swift received five, leading the categories.

This year added new regional categories to compete in the Best Worldwide Act, as well as the Best Look category, due to the presence of the same award at the Italian TRL Awards. Taylor Swift, Han Geng, Justin Bieber and One Direction were the biggest winners taking home three awards each.

Nominations
Winners are in bold text.

Regional nominations
Winners are in bold text.

Worldwide Act nominations
Winners are in bold text.

Appearances

 * Louise Roe, Tim Kash and Sway Calloway – Red carpet hosts and presented Biggest Fans
 * Lana Del Rey – presented Best Female
 * Kim Kardashian – presented Best Song
 * Gaz Beadle, Holly Hagan, Sophie Kasaei, Ricci Guarnaccio, Vicky Pattison, Daniel Thomas-Tuck, Jay Gardner and Charlotte Crosby – presented Best Male
 * Anne Vyalitsyna, Brett Davern and Isabeli Fontana – presented Best Live Act
 * Heidi Klum – presented Best Look
 * Alicia Keys – presented Global Icon
 * David Hasselhoff – presented Best Video
 * Jonas Brothers – presented Best Worldwide Act