Taylor Swift was the Queen of the night earning four awards at the MTV EMAs 2022 held in Düsseldorf, Germany. Hosted by Rita Ora and Taika Waititi, the live global music celebration featured electrifying performances from chart-topping artists and honoured fan favourites across 20 categories. The show also featured a moving performance by Ukrainian Band Kalush Orchestra with a powerful display of support for Ukraine.
Taylor Swift took top awards including Best Artist, Best Video, Best Pop and Best Longform Video for All Too Well (10 Minute Version). Nicki Minaj was awarded Best Song for Super Freaky Girl, and Best Hip Hop, while Harry Styles won Best Live.
Show host Rita Ora won Best Look ‘Personal Style’, while Video for Good went to Sam Smith feat. Kim Petras for Unholy.
The Best Collaboration award went to David Guetta and Bebe Rexha for I’m Good (Blue) while Guetta also nabbed Best Electronic, and new EMA category Best Metaverse Performance went to BLACKPINK The Virtual PUBG Mobile.
Read full list of winners here.
Deriving inspiration from electronic music pioneers and Düsseldorf natives, Kraftwerk, the show featured a digital vibe with lighting, graphic elements and a giant head structure. EMA hosts Rita Ora and Taikia Waititi brought the fashion and the fun with unforgettable looks and show moments.
David Guetta and Bebe Rexha opened the night performing their hit song I’m Good (Blue), with Guetta DJing from a massive riser and Rexha swinging onto the stage.
Muse lit up the stage performing Will of the People, flanked by people wearing mirrored masks, parkour dancers and an explosive finale with flames and flares.
Ava Max performed Million Dollar Baby from a giant diamond with sparkling lighting flooding the arena.
World Stage headliners Gorillaz feat. Thundercat performed Cracker Island from the iconic Tonhalle Music Concert Hall in Dusseldorf.
Stormzy performed his ballad Fire Babe for the first time on TV, creating an intimate show moment with kinetic lighting and special guest vocalist, Debbie.
OneRepublic performed the theme I Ain’t Worried, from the blockbuster film Top Gun: Maverick, which featured giant fighter jet afterburners and a special video intro from global superstar, Tom Cruise.
GAYLE made her award show debut performing her chart-topping hit abcdefu in a teenage bedroom scene featuring confetti explosions.
Making his EMA debut, Lewis Capaldi performed a stripped back version of Forget Me, with on screen graphics that made him appear to be floating on water.
Tate McRae performed a medley of She’s All I Wanna Be and Uh Oh on a stage with dancers in four boxes.
Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra performed a lively and poignant rendition of Stefania with the arena turning blue and yellow in a display of support for Ukraine.
SPINALL, Äyanna and Nasty C closed the night performing Power, flanked by roller skaters with tracking devices that made the lights on the stage form funky patterns.
The show also featured special appearances by actor, singer and global superstar David Hasselhoff, GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Julian Lennon, world-renowned model and activist Leomie Anderson, British singer-songwriter and TikTok Star Sam Ryder, German-raised model and influencer Leonie Hanne, and Canadian singer-songwriter Lauren Spencer Smith, Maxim Baldry, Luis Gerardo Méndez and Miguel Ángel Silvestre. Rising West Philadelphia rapper Armani White performed his hit song, Billie Eilish during the EMA red carpet show.
Additionally, MTV celebrated all the local EMA winners from different regions around the globe from Spain to Latin America, to Germany and Africa, with G Flip taking out the award for Best Australian Act.
MTV Europe Music Awards.
Encores Tuesday, November 15 At 9.15am On MTV.
