2020 MTV Europe Music Awards | |
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Date | 8 November 2020 |
Location | Breakfast Television Centre, London, United Kingdom |
Hosted by | Little Mix |
Most awards | BTS (4) |
Most nominations | Lady Gaga (7) |
Website | mtvema |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | MTV (International) Channel 5 (UK) 10 Shake (AUS) VH1 India and Voot Select (IND) |
Runtime | 120 minutes |
Produced by | Bruce Gilmer Richard Godfrey Debbie Phillips Chloe Mason |
The 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards were held on 8 November 2020 at the Breakfast Television Centre in London. The ceremony was hosted by Little Mix, making them the first group ever to host; however, only three members -- Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall, appeared;[1] Jesy Nelson did not participate for health reasons.[2] In similar fashion to its American counterpart held earlier in August, the performances were filmed at various locations across Europe and the world due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The two-hour long show was broadcast in 180 countries.[3][4]
Lady Gaga was the most nominated artist with seven nominations to her name, followed by BTS and Justin Bieber with five each.[5] BTS was the most awarded act of the ceremony, claiming awards in four of the five categories they were nominated in.[6] Three new categories were introduced that year: Best Latin, Video for Good, and Best Virtual Live.[7]
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).The MTV EMA added three new categories this year: best Latin, video for good and best virtual live. The first two came directly from the MTV Video Music Awards, where they were introduced in 2010 and 2011, respectively.