Twelve-member K-pop band EXO won the Best Korea Act in the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards (MTV EMA), besting fellow Hallyu acts U-KISS, B.A.P, Boyfriend and girl group SISTAR. On the other hand, Vietnam’s My Tam won the Best Southeast Asia Act, edging Filipina singer Sarah Geronimo, Hafiz from Malaysia, Noah from Indonesia, Olivia Ong from Singapore and Slot Machine from Thailand. Chris Lee won the Best Mainland China & Hong Kong Act over Eason Chan, Jane Zhang, Khalil Fong and Sun Nan. Show Lo won the Best Taiwan Act against Vanness Wu, Jam Hsiao, JJ Lin and Rainie Yang. The Best Japan Act was won by Momoiro Clover Z. Other nominees are EXILE, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, MIYAVI and ONE OK ROCK. The local winners have moved on to the next round of competition for the Worldwide Act Award. EXO and Momoiro Clover Z will compete with each other to know who will be the Korea-Japan Worldwide Act nominee. My Tam, Chris Lee and Show Lo will compete for the Asia Worldwide Act category. Fans have until Oct. 31 to vote for their favorite regional act on the MTV EMA website. The winners in Asia and Korea-Japan will battle for the Worldwide Act along with regional winners from North Europe, Central Europe, South Europe, East Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Latin America, North America, and Africa/India/Middle East. The winner for the Worldwide Act will be announced during the broadcast of the MTV EMA in Amsterdam on Nov. 11. For this year, a total of 186 artists from 51 countries became nominees for the Worldwide Act voting contest. Here’s the complete list of local winners in the 2013 MTV EMA: Best Adria Act: Frenkie Best Africa Act: LCNVL Best Australia Act: Cody Simpson Best Belgian Act: Stromae Best Brazilian Act: Fresno Best Canada Act: Justin Bieber Best Czech and Slovak Act: Celeste Buckingham Best Danish Act: Jimilian Best Dutch Act: Kensington Best Finnish Act: Isac Elliot Best French Act: Shaka Ponk Best German Act: Lena Best Greek Act: Demy Best Hungarian Act: Ivan and the Parazol Best India Act: Yo Yo Honey Singh Best Israeli Act: The Ultras Best Italian Act: Marco Mengoni Best Japan Act: Momoiro Clover Z Best Korea Act: EXO Best LatAm Central Act: Anna Carina Best LatAm North Act: Paty Cantú Best LatAm South Act: Airbag Best Mainland China & Hong Kong Act: Chris Lee Best Middle East Act: Ahmed Soultan Best New Zealand Act: Lorde Best Norwegian Act: Admiral P Best Polish Act: Bednarek Best Portuguese Act: Filipe Pinto Best Romanian Act: Smiley Best Russian Act: Zemfira Best Southeast Asia Act: My TAM Best Spanish Act: Auryn Best Swedish Act: Avicii Best Swiss Act: Bastian Baker Best Taiwan Act: Show Lo Best UK & Ireland Act: One Direction Best US Act: miley cyrus
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:34:41 +0000
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