2003 MTV Europe Music Awards
The 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards were held at the Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh, Scotland.
| 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards | |
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| Date | 6 November 2003 |
| Location | Ocean Terminal Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Hosted by | Christina Aguilera |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | MTV Networks International (Europe) |
On the night, Justin Timberlake notably received a total of three awards, for 'Best Male', 'Best Pop' and 'Best Album'.
Presenters included André 3000, Justin Timberlake, The Black Eyed Peas and Ludacris.
Nominations
Winners are in bold text.
Best Song
- Christina Aguilera — "Beautiful"
- Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z) — "Crazy in Love"
- Evanescence (featuring Paul McCoy) — "Bring Me to Life"
- Sean Paul — "Get Busy"
- Justin Timberlake — "Cry Me a River"
Best Video
- Missy Elliott — "Work It"
- Queens of the Stone Age — "Go with the Flow"
- Sigur Rós — "Untitled 1"
- U.N.K.L.E. — "Eye for an Eye"
- The White Stripes — "Seven Nation Army"
Best Album
- 50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin'
- Christina Aguilera — Stripped
- Justin Timberlake — Justified
- The White Stripes — Elephant
- Robbie Williams — Escapology
Best Female
Best Group
Best New Act
Best R&B
Best Hip-Hop
Web Award
Free Your Mind
Regional nominations
Winners are in bold text.
Best French Act
- Berenice
- Jenifer
- Kyo
- One-T
- Bob Sinclar
Best German Act
Best Italian Act
Best Nordic Act
Best Polish Act
Best Portuguese Act
Best Russian Act
Best Spanish Act
Best MTV2 UK Act
Performances
Pre show
- Jane's Addiction — "True Nature"
Main show
- Christina Aguilera — "Dirrty"
- Beyoncé (featuring Sean Paul) — "Baby Boy"
- Kylie Minogue — "Slow"
- Missy Elliott — "Work It / Pass That Dutch"
- The Black Eyed Peas (featuring Justin Timberlake) — "Where Is the Love?"
- Travis — "The Beautiful Occupation"
- The Chemical Brothers and The Flaming Lips — "Hey Boy Hey Girl (intro) / The Golden Path"
- Dido — "White Flag"
- Kraftwerk — "Aerodynamik"
- The Darkness — "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
- The White Stripes — "Seven Nation Army"
- Pink — "Trouble"
Live Technical Difficulties
During the live performance of Beyoncé and Sean Paul's "Baby Boy" (near to Paul's rap), the back tracking of vocals ("Baby boy you are so damn fine") started to malfunction to repeat as well as losing the instrumental part of the song. Through the technical difficulties, Paul sang for a bit and Beyoncé asked the crowd how they were doing tonight in which received applause and cheers. The airing of the back tracking vocals were cut off from the live airing on TV, but was still being played through the venue. Both artist and the dancers exited off the stage in which also then resulted confusion among the presenters in which Christina Aguilera walked on to the stage to continue the event, the track stopped playing. After Pink presented the award for Best Album, the duo was asked if they would like to do a re-take in which both agreed and performed with the correct run of what was supposed to happen. The re-take would replace the original take on re-airings of the show, however it did not replace anything after the second take, the back tracking mistake was cut out completely, however, when Christina walked out. This also resulted the EMAs to be extended due to the second retake, which has never happened before.
Appearances
- Pink — presented Best Album
- Justin Timberlake — introduced Kylie Minogue
- Shirley Manson and Sharleen Spiteri — presented Best Dance
- Michael Stipe — introduced Dido
- Andre 3000 — presented Best R&B
- Dave Navarro and Perry Farrell — presented Best Rock
- Kelly Osbourne — presented Best Pop
- Billy Boyd and Gerard Butler — presented Best Hip-Hop
- Kylie Minogue — introduced Kraftwerk
- Christina Aguilera — presented the Free Your Mind Award
- Sean Paul — presented Best Female
- Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo — presented Best Male
- Minnie Driver — presented Best Video
- Chris Pontius and Preston Lacy — presented Best Group
- Chingy and Ludacris — presented Best New Act
- Vin Diesel — presented Best Song