Leona Lewis nominated for Favourite Act at MTV EMA's

1 month ago 14th Oct 15:21

MTV Networks International today announced the nominees for Europe’s Favourite Act and revealed that Leona Lewis will represent the UK and Ireland.

The 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool – European Capital of Culture - on Thursday 6th November and are sponsored by edc by Esprit, Sony Ericsson and Dell.

Lewis secured the most audience votes in the Virgin Train-sponsored category New UK & Ireland Act, beating Adele, Duffy, Ting Tings and The Wombats. With three nominations – Europe’s Favourite Act, Album of The Year and Act of 2008 – Lewis joins Britney Spears, Coldplay and Duffy in terms of artists with the most nominations.

“With Europe’s Favourite Act all the categories for this year’s Awards are complete,” added Godfrey. “The range of the finalists truly demonstrates the breadth and taste of our audience and now it is up to them to choose the final winner who will be announced on the night.”

The full list of nominees for Europe’s Favourite Act are:

2008 MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS EUROPE’S FAVOURITE ACT NOMINATIONS (In alphabetical order) Country Artist ADRIA 1 LAKA

BALTIC 2 Happyendless

DENMARK 3 Suspekt

FINLAND 4 Nightwish

FRANCE 5 Zaho

GERMANY 6 Fettes Brot

GREECE 7 Stereo Mike

HOLLAND 8 Der Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig

HUNGARY 9 Gonzo

ISRAEL 10 Shiri Maimon

ITALY 11 Finley

NORWAY 12 Erik & Kriss

POLAND 13 Feel

PORTUGAL 14 Buraka Som Sistema

ROMANIA 15 Morandi

RUSSIA 16 Dima Bilan

SPAIN 17 Amaral

SWEDEN 18 Neverstore

TURKEY 19 Emre Ayd

UNITED KINGDOM 20 Leona Lewis

UKRAINE 21 Quest Pistols