November 02, 2007

Avril Lavigne Wins Big At MTV Europe Music Awards!

By News Desk

Pop punk goddess Avril Lavigne was the biggest winner at the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards held in Munich, Germany on 1 November 2007. Lavigne, the biggest selling artist of 2007 so far, took home two awards - Most Addictive Track and Solo Artist of 2007, beating big names Rihanna, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera for the prestigious Solo Artist title.

Album of the Year was won by Nelly Furtado for the 7 million selling Loose, while 30 Seconds to Mars triumphed in the Rock Out category. Linkin Park took home the gong for Band of 2007, while the on-going feud between Kanye West and Justice was settled once and for all when Justice won the Video Star prize for the second year in a row and taking their tally to two they also triumphed for France in their Regional category. Winners for a second year running were the U.K.'s biggest rock act Muse scooping the best live act "Headliner" Award and winning the U.K. & Ireland category.

More than 50 million votes were registered across Europe in the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards, which totally reinvented itself this year to allow viewers and music fans to take control of nominations and voting for the all-new Award categories.

Show-stopping performances on the night came from Foo Fighters, opening the evening with a medley comprising new single "The Pretender" combined with a short musical homage to Sex Pistol's classic 30th anniversary rock track "God Save the Queen." Avril Lavigne, scorching in a figure-hugging corset, gave a blistering burlesque rendition of her smash hit "Hot," while flamboyant Mika brought the crowd to their feet with an exploding black and white chessboard rendition of "Grace Kelly." German pop phenomenon Tokio Hotel performed "Monsoon" in a full-scale storm, complete with on stage rain, driving wind and electrifying storm visuals, while blistering performances from indie darlings Babyshambles, and a segued together Nicole Scherzinger and will.i.am rounded out the show.

In what was a whirlwind trip, Amy Winehouse touched down for a last minute rehearsal at the eleventh hour and pulled off a show stopping performance of Back To Black. She was rewarded for her efforts though with a special accolade, the 'Artists Choice' award. Put together over the last six months. MTV news crews around the world canvassed over 80 artists to pick their favourite fellow artist of the year....a peer who'd made the biggest impression. Big names in their droves, from Rihanna to Maroon 5, Fergie to Alicia Keys named Amy as their nomination...in the end she received over half of the votes, something of a landslide.

The 14th annual Awards opened in typical over-the-top style with show host and hip hop debonair Snoop Dogg making a triumphal entry onto the stage in a vintage low-rise Cadillac emblazoned with the German flag, accompanied by leather-clad female motorcycle outriders and a full posse of female admirers.

Strutting down the red carpet were a host of celebrities from the music, entertainment, fashion and sporting worlds including British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, actor Jared Leto, glamorous British supermodel Lily Cole, Napoleon Dynamite star Jon Heder, R&B sensation and one third of Destiny's Child, Kelly Rowland, German sporting icon Boris Becker, Craig David, Dave Gahan, Good Charlotte, Joss Stone, Michael Stipe, Serj Tankian, Muse and EMA digital host Wyclef Jean.

The show closed with a nail-biting live "reveal" of the winner of the New Sounds of Europe Award - with the three contenders - Bedwetters (Estonia), Firma (Romania) and Yakup (Turkey) - lined up on stage to learn their fate from U.S. R&B star Nelly Furtado. The award went to Estonian pop-punk rockers Bedwetters who closed the show with a stunning rendition of their hit track "A Dramatic Letter to Conscience." The band was given just a minute's notice that they would perform at the 14th annual Awards, following superstar rockers Tokio Hotel onto the stage for a blockbuster performance.

Winners List

ROCK OUT
30 Seconds to Mars

BAND OF 2007
Linkin Park

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Nelly Furtado - Loose

HEADLINER
Muse

SOLO ARTIST OF 2007
Avril Lavigne

ARTIST'S CHOICE
Amy Winehouse

ULTIMATE URBAN
Rihanna

MOST ADDICTIVE TRACK
Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend

INTER ACT
Tokio Hotel

VIDEO STAR
Justice - D.A.N.C.E

NEW SOUNDS OF EUROPE
Bedwetters

BEST ACT - MTV ADRIA
Van Gogh

BEST ACT - MTV ARABIA
Rashed El Majed

BEST DANISH ACT
Nephew

BEST FINNISH ACT
Negative

BEST GERMAN ACT
Bushido

BEST ITALIAN ACT
J-Ax

BEST POLISH ACT
Doda

BEST ROMANIAN ACT
Andreea Banica

BEST SWEDISH ACT
Neverstore

BEST UK & IRELAND ACT
Muse

BEST AFRICAN ACT
D'banj

BEST BALTIC ACT
Jurga

BEST DUTCH & BELGIAN ACT
Within Temptation

BEST FRENCH ACT
Justice

BEST HUNGARIAN ACT
Ákos

BEST NORWEIGAN ACT
El Axel

BEST PORTUGUESE ACT
Da Weasel

BEST SPANISH ACT
Violadores del Verso

BEST TURKISH ACT
Ceza

BEST UKRAINIAN ACT
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