The 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards was presented on November 2, 2006 simultaneously at Bella Center and Rådhuspladsen, in Copenhagen, Denmark. This was the 13th MTV Europe Music Awards. The host was Justin Timberlake. The event featured a PSYC backstage video chat hosted by Juliette and the Licks.

Performers

• Justin Timberlake (performer and host)
• Nelly Furtado
• Muse
• The Killers
• Keane
• Diddy & Cassie
• Rihanna
• Snoop Dogg
• Outlandish
• Jet
• Lordi
• Gwar

Presenters

• Moby
• Sugababes
• Robbie Williams
• Lordi
• Daniel Craig
• Mads Mikkelsen
• Cassie
• Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine
• Borat
• Adrien Brody
• Timbaland
• Tiziano Ferro
• Kelis
• Kanye West
• Lars Ulrich

Awards

The winner of a category will be shown in bold text.

Best Group

• The Black Eyed Peas
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The Pussycat Dolls
• Keane
• Depeche Mode

Best Song

• "Hips Don't Lie", Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
• "SOS", Rihanna
• "Crazy", Gnarls Barkley
• "Maneater", Nelly Furtado
• "Dani California", Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Female

• Madonna
• Shakira
• Beyoncé
• Christina Aguilera
• Nelly Furtado

Best R&B

• Beyoncé
• Mary J. Blige
• OutKast
• Rihanna
• Pharrell

Best Album

• Confessions on a Dancefloor, Madonna
• Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Back to Basics, Christina Aguilera
• Loose, Nelly Furtado
• Black Holes and Revelations, Muse

Best Alternative

• System of a Down
• Arctic Monkeys
• Muse
• The Raconteurs
• KoЯn

Best Rock

• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Evanescence
• The Killers
• Keane
• The Strokes

Best Pop

• Madonna
• Christina Aguilera
• Shakira
• Robbie Williams
• Justin Timberlake

Best Video

• "A Million Ways", OK Go
• "Crazy", Gnarls Barkley
• "We Are Your Friends", Justice vs. Simian
• "Stupid Girls", Pink
• "Touch the Sky", Kanye West

Best Male

• Justin Timberlake
• Kanye West
• Pharrell
• Robbie Williams
• Sean Paul

Regional Awards

Best Adriatic (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia)

• Aleksandra Kovač (Serbia)
• Edo Maajka
• Let 3
• Neisha
• Siddharta

Best African

• Freshlyground
• Nameless
• P-Square
• Juma Nature
• Anselmo Ralph

Best Baltic

• Brainstorm
• Vanilla Ninja
• Skamp
• Inculto
• Tanel Padar & The Sun

Best Danish

• Kashmir
• Outlandish
• Nik & Jay
• L.O.C.
• Spleen United

Best Dutch and Belgian

• Anouk
• dEUS
• Gabriel Rios
• Pete Philly & Perquisite
• Kane

Best Finnish

• Poets of the Fall
• Lordi
• Von Hertzen Brothers
• Olavi Uusivirta
• PMMP

Best French

• Diam's
• Bob Sinclar
• Rohff
• Olivia Ruiz
• 113

Best German

• Bushido
• Die Toten Hosen
• Rammstein
• Silbermond
• Sportfreunde Stiller

Best Italian

• Jovanotti
• Lacuna Coil
• Finley
• Mondo Marcio
• Tiziano Ferro

Best Norwegian

• Elvira Nikolaisen
• Serena Maneesh
• Mira Craig
• Amulet
• Marit Larsen

Best Polish

• Virgin
• Coma
• Blog 27
• Hey
• SiStars

Best Portuguese

• Boss AC
• David Fonseca
• Expensive Soul
• Mind Da Gap
• Moonspell

Best Romanian

• DJ Project
• Blondy
• Morandi
• Paraziţii
• Simplu

Best Russian

• Dima Bilan
• t.A.T.u.
• Valeriy Meladze
• Gorod 312
• Uma2rman

Best Spanish

• La Oreja de van Gogh
• Pereza
• La Excepción
• Macaco
• Nena Daconte

Best Swedish

• Lisa Miskovsky
• Snook
• The Sounds
• The Knife
• Peter Bjorn and John

Best UK and Ireland

• Arctic Monkeys
• Corinne Bailey Rae
• Lily Allen
• Muse
• The Kooks

Special Awards

Free Your Mind Award

No winner.

Future Sounds - Best New Act

The winner was selected by the stars, not by the viewers.

• Gnarls Barkley

Also nominated and seen in the Trailer:

• Panic! at the Disco
• Ne-Yo
• Fall Out Boy
• Lily Allen
• We Are Scientists
• Arctic Monkeys
• Lordi

External links

• "Justin Timberlake to host the EMA's 2006" MTV Europe, September 19, 2006.
• MTV Europe Official site.
• MTV Europe Music Awards Official show site.
• Copenhagen For Partiers - The Ultimate Copenhagen Tourist Guide