The show received a total of 78 million votes, the most in MTV Europe Music Awards history.

Foo Fighters opened the show, with frontman Dave Grohl hosting the VIP 'Glamour Pit' area, interviewing celebrities live on air.

Other performances on the night included Avril Lavigne, Amy Winehouse with "Back to Black", Tokio Hotel, will.i.am and Babyshambles.

Nelly Furtado — Loose Avril Lavigne Linkin Park Bedwetters Thirty Seconds to Mars Rihanna Muse Tokio Hotel Winners are in bold text.

Van Gogh Jurga Nephew Within Temptation Negative Justice Bushido Ákos J-Ax El Axel Doda Da Weasel Dima Bilan Andreea Bănică Violadores del Verso Neverstore Ceza Lama Muse D'banj Rashed Al-Majed