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The 24th annual MTV EMAs took over London’s SSE Arena, Wembley on Sunday night and was hosted by Rita Ora.

Taylor Swift was the most nominated artist going into the 2017 EMAs with six nominations but she didn’t win any.

Hostess with the mostess- Rita Ora showed up on the red carpet in a glammed up robe. (C) AFP 

Aside from Rita Ora’s gazillion outfit and hair changes, Shawn Mendes turned out to be the big winner of the night giving a rocking performance and taking home four trophies – Best Look, Best Song, Best Artist and Best Canadian Act.

One surprising win was Eminem’s best hip hop award. The rapper who opened the awards performing his latest song, “Walk on Water”, was also surprised about the win and voiced his shock, quickly reassuring everyone his album was coming soon.

So who won what? Here’s a complete list of winners

BEST SONG

Clean Bandit – “Rockabye” ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
DJ Khaled – “Wild Thoughts” ft. Rihanna, Bryson Tiller
Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You”
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee – “Despacito” (Remix) ft. Justin Bieber
Shawn Mendes – “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” — WINNER

BEST ARTIST
Ariana Grande
Ed Sheeran
Kendrick Lamar
Miley Cyrus
Shawn Mendes — WINNER
Taylor Swift

BEST LOOK
Dua Lipa
Harry Styles
Rita Ora
Taylor Swift
Zayn — WINNER

BEST NEW
Dua Lipa — WINNER
Julia Michaels
Khalid
Kyle
Rag‘n’Bone Man

Camila Cabello gave a beautiful performance of “Havana”

BEST POP
Camila Cabello — WINNER
Demi Lovato
Miley Cyrus
Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift

BEST VIDEO
Foo Fighters – “Run”
Katy Perry – “Bon Appetit” ft. Migos
Kendrick Lamar – “Humble” — WINNER
Kyle – “iSpy” ft. Lil Yachty
Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do”

BEST LIVE
Bruno Mars
Coldplay
Ed Sheeran — WINNER
Eminem
U2

BEST ELECTRONIC
Calvin Harris
David Guetta — WINNER
Major Lazer
Martin Garrix
The Chainsmokers

BEST ROCK
Coldplay — WINNER
Foo Fighters
Royal Blood
The Killers
U2

Eminem

BEST HIP HOP
Drake
Eminem — WINNER
Future
Kendrick Lamar
Post Malone

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Imagine Dragons
Lana Del Rey
Lorde
The xx

Thirty Seconds To Mars — WINNER

BIGGEST FANS
Ariana Grande
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
Shawn Mendes – – WINNER
Taylor Swift

BEST PUSH
Hailee Steinfeld — WINNER
Jon Bellion
Julia Michaels
Kacy Hill
Khalid
Kyle
Noah Cyrus
Petite Meller
Rag’n’Bone Man
SZA
The Head And The Heart

 

BEST AFRICAN ACT

Babes Wodumo – South Africa

C4 Pedro – Angola

DaVido – Nigeria – – WINNER

Nasty C – South Africa

Nyashinski – Kenya

WizKid – Nigeria

Thirty Seconds to Mars

BEST WORLD STAGE
Steve Aoki – Live from Isle of MTV Malta 2016
Kings of Leon – Live from Oude Luxor Theatre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016
Tomorrowland 2017
DNCE – Live from Isle of MTV Malta 2017
The Chainsmokers – Live from Isle of MTV Malta 2017
Foo Fighters – Live from Barcelona, Spain 2017

BEST LOCAL ACT
Bruno Mars (U.S.), Little Mix (U.K. & Ireland), Drake (Canada), Justin Bieber (Canada) and Kygo (Norway) are among those nominated for their respective home regions. In the Best U.S. Act voting category, wildcard nominee Fifth Harmony has been chosen by fans via social vote. Similarly, Louis Tomlinson has been chosen by fans via social vote for Best U.K. & Ireland Act.

GLOBAL ICON
U2 — WINNER

 

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