The MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) took place at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow last night. The event was hosted by Nicki Minaj whose boobs, not butt, were the talk of the evening, and completely took over Twitter. One Direction were the biggest winners, taking home four awards including Best Pop and Best Live Act. Unfortunately they weren’t at the show to collect their awards in person, fans had to make do with a video thank you.
Ariana Grande also did well taking home two awards for Best Song (Problem) and Best Female Act. Other stars winning multiple awards were Katy Perry (also absent) and 5 Seconds of Summer.
Nicki Minaj showcased a number of outfits throughout the evening, but the most talked about was the outfit she wore when she first appeared on stage. She also performed a fantastic medley of her hits (no official videos available yet).
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Other performers were U2, Ed Sheeran, Royal Blood and Canadian artist Kiesza, whose fantastic performance was mostly from the inside of a glittery red phone box.
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Other artists appeared at the O2 Academy in Glasgow with their performances making up part of an outside broadcast – with performances shown live on screens around the Hydro Arena. A heavily pregnant Alicia Keys was one of the artists in this outside broadcast.
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The majority of the audience must have been under 20 and crowds of teenagers were queueing up from midday on Sunday (8 hours before the show started) and the excitement was palpable. Many had come from all over Europe to see their stars perform.
Highlights
Highlights from the show included Nicki Minaj’s incredible and much-talked about cleavage, the fact that Ariana Grande didn’t wear a ponytail (hooray!) and then performed in her knickers (hooray!) – her entrance was pretty impressive as well – she came flying in on a huge chair/swing.
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Nicki Minaj’s see through jumpsuit has to be a highlight – and of course when she played mini golf on the stage shooting the ball into a model of her butt…Ed Sheeran’s performance of Thinking Out Loud was amazing – as were the dancers that accompanied him.
Other WTF moments were the appearance of a dinosaur, Katy Perry hugging a model of Nicki Minaj’s butt, the incredible amount of times Ariana Grande said Thank You and last, but certainly not least, the free drinks tickets that were thrown into the audience.
It’s no mean feat of organisation hosting the EMAs and organisers revealed that an incredible 10,000 km of cable had been installed to power the event. The attending stars and performers needed 22 hairdressers and 40 make-up artists to look as good as they did and a huge wiggery was built backstage to house the 300 hairpieces and 500 wigs! The dressing rooms were jammed packed with luxurious gifts and each performer and presenter was given a goodie bag that included diamond and crystal jewellery, condoms and SpongeBob SquarePants socks.
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THE WINNERS
Best Song
Ariana Grande – Problem, ft. Iggy Azalea
Best Pop Act
One Direction
Best Male Act
Justin Bieber
Best Female Act
Ariana Grande
Best New Act
5 Seconds of Summer
Best Video
Katy Perry – Dark Horse ft. Juicy J
Best Rock Act
Linkin Park
Best Electronic
Afrojack
Best World Stage Performance
Enrique Iglesias
Best Alternative Act
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Best Hip-Hop Act
Nicki Minaj
Best Live Act
One Direction
Best Look
Katy Perry
Best Push Act
5 Seconds of Summer
Best Song With A Social Message
Beyonce – Pretty Hurts
Best UK & Ireland Act
One Direction
Best US Act
Fifth Harmony
Biggest Fans
One Direction
Global Icon
Ozzy Osbourne
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