2003 MTV Europe Music Awards

2003 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date	6 November 2003
Location	Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh, Scotland
Hosted by	Christina Aguilera
Television/Radio coverage
Network	MTV Networks International (Europe)

The 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards were held at Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh, Scotland.

On the night, Justin Timberlake notably received a total of three awards, for 'Best Male', 'Best Pop' and 'Best Album'.

Presenters included André 3000, Justin Timberlake, The Black Eyed Peas and Ludacris.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Song

• Christina Aguilera — "Beautiful"
• Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z) — "Crazy in Love"
• Evanescence (featuring Paul McCoy) — "Bring Me to Life"
• Sean Paul — "Get Busy"
• Justin Timberlake — "Cry Me a River"

Best Video

• Missy Elliott — "Work It"
• Queens of the Stone Age — "Go with the Flow"
• Sigur Rós — "Untitled 1"
• U.N.K.L.E. — "Eye for an Eye"
• The White Stripes — "Seven Nation Army"

Best Album

• 50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin'
• Christina Aguilera — Stripped
• Justin Timberlake — Justified
• The White Stripes — Elephant
• Robbie Williams — Escapology

Best Female

• Christina Aguilera
• Beyoncé
• Madonna
• Kylie Minogue
• Pink

Best Male

• Craig David
• Eminem
• Sean Paul
• Justin Timberlake
• Robbie Williams

Best Group

• Coldplay
• Evanescence
• Metallica
• Radiohead
• The White Stripes

Best New Act

• 50 Cent
• Evanescence
• Good Charlotte
• Sean Paul
• Justin Timberlake

Best Pop

• Christina Aguilera
• Kylie Minogue
• Pink
• Justin Timberlake
• Robbie Williams

Best Dance

• The Chemical Brothers
• Junior Senior
• Panjabi MC
• Moby
• Paul Oakenfold

Best Rock

• Good Charlotte
• Linkin Park
• Metallica
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The White Stripes

Best R&B

• Ashanti
• Beyoncé
• Mary J. Blige
• Craig David
• Jennifer Lopez

Best Hip-Hop

• 50 Cent
• Missy Elliott
• Eminem
• Jay-Z
• Nelly

Web Award

• Goldfrapp (www.goldfrapp.co.uk)
• Junior Senior (www.juniorsenior.com)
• Madonna (http://www.madonna.com)
• Marilyn Manson (www.marilynmanson.com)
• Queens of the Stone Age (www.qotsa.com)

Free Your Mind

• Aung San Suu Kyi

Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best MTV2 UK Act

• The Coral
• The Darkness
• Funeral for a Friend
• The Libertines
• The Thrills

Best Nordic Act

• The Cardigans
• Junior Senior
• Kashmir
• Outlandish
• The Rasmus

Best German Act

• Die Ärzte
• Guano Apes
• Xavier Naidoo
• Seeed
• Wir sind Helden

Best Italian Act

• Carmen Consoli
• Gemelli Diversi
• Negrita
• Tiromancino
• Le Vibrazioni

Best Dutch Act

• Beef
• BLØF
• Junkie XL
• Kane
• Tiësto

Best French Act

• Berenice
• Jenifer
• Kyo
• One-T
• Bob Sinclar

Best Polish Act

• Blue Café
• Cool Kids of Death
• Myslovitz
• Peja
• Smolik

Best Spanish Act

• El Canto del Loco
• Jarabe de Palo
• Las Niñas
• La Oreja de Van Gogh
• Alejandro Sanz

Best Russian Act

• Diskoteka Avariya
• Leningrad
• Glukoza
• Splean
• t.A.T.u.

Best Romanian Act

• AB4
• Andra vs. Tiger One
• O-Zone
• Paraziții
• Voltaj

Best Portuguese Act

• Blasted Mechanism
• Blind Zero
• David Fonseca
• Fonzie
• Primitive Reason

Performances

Pre show

• Jane's Addiction — "True Nature"

Main show

• Christina Aguilera — "Dirrty"
• Beyoncé (featuring Sean Paul) — "Baby Boy"
• Kylie Minogue — "Slow"
• Missy Elliott — "Work It / Pass That Dutch"
• The Black Eyed Peas (featuring Justin Timberlake) — "Where Is the Love?"
• Travis — "The Beautiful Occupation"
• The Chemical Brothers and The Flaming Lips — "Hey Boy Hey Girl (intro) / The Golden Path"
• Dido — "White Flag"
• Kraftwerk — "Aerodynamik"
• The Darkness — "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
• The White Stripes — "Seven Nation Army"
• Pink — "Trouble"

Live Technical Difficulties

During the live performance of Beyoncé and Sean Paul's "Baby Boy" (near to Paul's rap), the back tracking of vocals ("Baby boy you are so damn fine") started to malfunction to repeat as well as losing the instrumental part of the song. Through the technical difficulties, Paul sang for a bit and Beyoncé asked the crowd how they were doing tonight in which received applause and cheers. The airing of the back tracking vocals were cut off from the live airing on TV, but was still being played through the venue. Both artist and the dancers exited off the stage in which also then resulted confusion among the presenters in which Christina Aguilera walked on to the stage to continue the event, the track stopped playing. After Pink presented the award for Best Album, the duo was asked if they would like to do a re-take in which both agreed and performed with the correct run of what was supposed to happen. The re-take would replace the original take on re-airings of the show, however it did not replace anything after the second take, the back tracking mistake was cut out completely, however, when Christina walked out. This also resulted the EMAs to be extended due to the second retake, which has never happened before.

Appearances

• Pink — presented Best Album
• Justin Timberlake — introduced Kylie Minogue
• Shirley Manson and Sharleen Spiteri — presented Best Dance
• Michael Stipe — introduced Dido
• Andre 3000 — presented Best R&B
• Dave Navarro and Perry Farrell — presented Best Rock
• Kelly Osbourne — presented Best Pop
• Billy Boyd and Gerard Butler — presented Best Hip-Hop
• Kylie Minogue — introduced Kraftwerk
• Sean Paul — presented Best Female
• Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo — presented Best Male
• Minnie Driver — presented Best Video
• Chris Pontius and Preston Lacy — presented Best Group
• Chingy and Ludacris — presented Best New Act
• Bill McLaren — presented Best Song

References

External links

• Nominees