Tuesday, September 30th, 2003

MTV today revealed the host, nominations and a selection of performers and presenters for the 10th annual ceremony, to take place at the Ocean Terminal Arena, Edinburgh on November 6th, 2003.

This year's clear front-runner in the Awards race is Justin Timberlake with five nominations - for Best Album (Justified), Best Male, Best Pop, Best New Act, and Best Song (Cry Me A River). Justin worked with songwriting and production heavyweights The Neptunes and Timbaland on his debut solo album - the Best Album-nominated Justified.

Following closely behind Justin with four nominations are Awards host
Christina Aguilera - nominated for Best Album (Stripped), Best Female, Best Pop, and Best Song (Beautiful) and The White Stripes, who are up for Best Album (Elephant), Best Rock, Best Group and Best Video.

Hosting this year's awards will be Christina Aguilera, with additional help
from Jane's Addiction and confirmed performing live so far at this years
event is Beyonce, Kylie Minogue, The Chemical Brothers, The Flaming Lips, Travis, with many more to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

For the first time in MTV Europe Music Awards history, the winners of the Best Song category will be voted for live by SMS text messaging during the Awards. MTV Europe viewers vote for the winners of all other award categories online across MTV Europe's network of 12 websites - with the exception of the winner of Best Video award, which will be chosen exclusively by MTV Europe. The Web Award is voted for exclusively online by MTV website users.

The worldwide nominations for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2003 are:

Best Group:
Coldplay
Evanescence
Metallica
Radiohead
The White Stripes


Best Song:
Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z - Crazy in Love
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
Evanescence - Bring Me to Life
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
Sean Paul - Get Busy


Best Female:
Beyonce
Christina Aguilera
Kylie Minogue
Madonna
Pink


Best Male:
Craig David
Eminem
Justin Timberlake
Robbie Williams
Sean Paul


Best Hip-Hop:
50 Cent
Eminem
Jay-Z
Missy Elliott
Nelly


Best New Act:
50 Cent
Evanescence
Good Charlotte
Justin Timberlake
Sean Paul


Best R&B:
Ashanti
Beyoncé
Craig David
Jennifer Lopez
Mary J. Blige


Best Album:
50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Christina Aguilera - Stripped
Justin Timberlake - Justified
Robbie Williams - Escapology
The White Stripes - Elephant


Best Dance:
Junior Senior
Moby
Panjabi MC
Paul Oakenfold
The Chemical Brothers


Best Rock:
Good Charlotte
Linkin Park
Metallica
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The White Stripes


Best Pop:
Christina Aguilera
Justin Timberlake
Kylie Minogue
Pink
Robbie Williams


Best Video:
Missy Elliott - Work It
Queens of the Stone Age - Go With the Flow
Sigur Ros - Untitled 1
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
U.N.K.L.E. - An Eye for an Eye


The Web Award
www.goldfrapp.co.uk
www.juniorsenior.com
www.madonna.com
www.marilynmanson.com
www.qotsa.com


The MTV Europe Music Awards 2003 will comprise 24 individual awards. The nominations for 22 of these have been compiled by MTV Europe's voting academy of 1100 people - consisting of key figures from the European music industry and MTV viewers from across Europe. The remaining 2 categories (Best Video and The Web Award) were nominated by MTV Europe.


The regional nominations for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2003 are:

Best MTV2 UK:
Funeral For A Friend
The Coral
The Darkness
The Libertines
The Thrills


Best French Act:
Berenice
Bob Sinclar
Jenifer
KYO
One-T


Best Italian Act:
Carmen Consoli
Gemelli Diversi
Negrita
Tiromancino
Le Vibrazioni


Best Polish Act:
Blue Café
Cool Kids of Death
Myslovitz
Peja
Smolik


Best Portuguese Act:
Blasted Mechanism
Blind Zero
David Fonseca
Fonzie
Primitive Reason


Best Romanian Act:
AB4
Andra vs. Tiger One
O-zone
Parazitii
Voltaj


Best Dutch Act:
Beef
Bløf
Junkie XL
Kane
Tiesto


Best Spanish Act:
Alejandro Sanz
El Canto Del Loco
Jarabe De Palo
Las Niñas
La Oreja de Van Gogh


Best German Act:
Die Ärzte
Guano Apes
Seeed
Wir sind Helden
Xavier Naidoo


Best Russian Act:
Diskoteka Avariya
Glucoza
Leningrad
Splin
t.A.T.u


Best Nordic Act:
Junior Senior
Kashmir
Outlandish
The Cardigans
The Rasmus


Winners of the 11 regional categories (Best MTV2UK Act, Best Dutch Act, Best French Act, Best Nordic Act, Best German Act, Best Italian Act, Best Polish Act, Best Spanish Act, Best Portuguese Act, Best Romanian Act and Best Russian Act) will be chosen by viewers of MTV Europe's regional services.

For the first time, the winners of each regional category will be voted for purely by SMS text messaging.

More performers and Awards presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.