Co-host Ruby Rose blows a fire gun on stage during the MTV EMAs on Sunday. No regrets. That said, I was hoping we’d enter a red carpet season that finally killed the sheer-skirting look dead, but alas: the twin sisters of EDM duo Nervo have taken it to its logical disgusting conclusion in knee-high boots and patterning straight from the design eye Lucifer himself, something that I would lament slightly more if it didn’t afford me the opportunity to type the phrase “Nerv-NO!”
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It will be released on November 13 and will mark Bieber’s official return to the music scene after a couple of wayward years.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis opened the show with a high-octane performance of their award-winning song “Downtown”.
Other winners included: Best Pop: One Direction; Best New: Shawn Mendes; and Best Female: Rihanna.
Although One Direction actually won the award for Best Pop, it wasn’t enough as Directioners wanted the accolade for Biggest Fans.
Bieber, who performed his What Do You Mean? hit to roaring fans, was the biggest victor of the night, taking Best Male, Best Look, Best Worldwide Act: North America, Best Fans and Best Collaboration for Where Are U Now? with Skrillex and Diplo.
“And let us not forget her teaching a nervous-looking (and perhaps not entirely sober?) Ed Sheeran how to use a flamethrower…” The broadcast then cut to Milan’s cantral Piazza Duomo, where thousands of fans held up a massive “Freedom’ flag comprising national flags from all over the world”.
Among the many moments, Pharrell Williams pulled off another fashion achievement – this year, with a pair of overalls rather than an oversized hat.
Duran Duran received the first MTV video visionary award. MTV said “their distinctive style has had an undeniable impact on music history”.
Andrea Bocelli made his MTV EMA debut, lulling the Italian crowd into a singalong of his hit “Con te partiro” before singing a duet with best newcomer nominee Tori Kelly.
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The EMA’s awards ceremony takes place in a different European city each year and winners are chosen by fans across the continent. In his impressive come-back, the singer had another set of bows to add on his arrow after dominating the recently concluded MTV Europe Music Awards.
