2016 MTV Europe Music Awards

The 2016 MTV EMAs (also known as the MTV Europe Music Awards) were held at the Rotterdam Ahoy, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on 6 November 2016. It was hosted by Bebe Rexha. This was the third time the awards have taken place in the Netherlands, and the second time Rotterdam has been the host city. The awards were held in the same venue as the 1997 MTV EMAs.

Nominations
The nominations were announced on September 27, 2016. Winners are in bold text.

Regional nominations
Winners are in bold text.

Pre show

 * Laura Whitmore and Sway Calloway — Red carpet hosts
 * Laura Whitmore — Presented Biggest Fans
 * Laura Whitmore and The MTV It Girls — Presented Best Look

Main show

 * G-Eazy and Charli XCX — presented Best Electronic
 * Winnie Harlow and Tinie Tempah — presented Best Live
 * Jourdan Dunn — presented Best Male
 * Jaden Smith — presented Best New Act
 * Nina Dobrev and Deepika Padukone — presented Best Video
 * Idris Elba — presented Global Icon

Voting process
(*)without Best Acts from Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Israel and Poland. In those countries voting was ended earlier.