MTV Europe Music Award for Best European Act

The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award winners and nominees for Best European Act.

2000s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Eliminated
2007	Bedwetters ^[a]	Firma Yakup	Sunrise Avenue Christophe Willem Jaula de Grillos Buraka Som Sistema Chakuza Klaxons Neverstore Zero Assoluto Delain Dani Gravel Coma Alphabeat Aleksander With Astro'n'out
2008	Emre Aydın ^[b]	Finley Dima Bilan Leona Lewis Shiri Maimon	Fettes Brot Happyendless Amaral Stereo Mike Suspekt Nightwish Erik og Kriss Neverstore Quest Pistols Elvir Laković Laka Morandi De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig Zaho Feel Buraka Som Sistema Gonzo
2009	maNga	Deep Insight Lost Doda (Runner-up) Dima Bilan	Inna Lollobrigida Girls Agnes Esmée Denters The Kolin Stress Pixie Lott Orelsan Ninet Tayeb Medina We Are Standard Xutos e Pontapés Leon Somov & Jazzu Yoga Fire Silbermond Lama Helena Paparizou

2010s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Pre-nomination
2010	Marco Mengoni	Afromental Dima Bilan Enrique Iglesias Inna	Caro Emerald Gramophonedzie Ivri Lider Charlie Straight Swedish House Mafia Karpe Diem Stam1na Rasmus Seebach Max Barskih Marina and the Diamonds Sido Greis Pony Pony Run Run Nu Soul Family The Kolin Sakis Rouvas
2011	Lena	Adele Alexandra Stan Atiye Deniz Aurea Ben Saunders Charlie Straight Compact Disco dEUS Dubioza Kolektiv Eva & The Heartmaker Ewa Farna Gimma La Fouine Lauri Ylönen Mark F. Angelo featuring Shaya Medina Modà Nyusha Russian Red Sirena Swedish House Mafia The Young Professionals
2012	Dima Bilan	30Y Afrojack Alloise Aurea DJ Antoine Emis Killa Erik & Kriss Loreen Majk Spirit Medina Milow Monika Brodka Ninet Tayeb One Direction Robin Shaka Ponk Tim Bendzko Vegas Vunk Who See The Zombie Kids
2013	Bednarek ^[c]	Frenkie Celeste Buckingham Ivan and the Parazol The Ultras Smiley Zemfira
	One Direction ^[d]	Jimilian Isac Elliot Admiral P Avicii
	Lena ^[e]	Stromae Bastian Baker Kensington
	Marco Mengoni ^[f]	Auryn Filipe Pinto Demy Shaka Ponk
2014	Dawid Kwiatkowski ^[c]	Nyusha Van Gogh Tripl featuring Meital de Razon Andra
	One Direction ^[d]	Adelén The Fooo Christopher Isac Elliot
	Revolverheld ^[e]	Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Sinplus Kensington
	Alessandra Amoroso ^[f]	Vegas David Carreira Enrique Iglesias Shaka Ponk
2015	Marco Mengoni	Agir Astrid S Black M Daniel Kajmakoski Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Eliad Giorgias Mazonakis Inna JVG Kensington Lena Meyer-Landrut Little Mix Lukas Graham Margaret MBAND Stefanie Heinzmann Sweet California The Fooo Conspiracy

^{^[a]}New Sounds of Europe

^{^[b]}Europe's Favourite Act

^{^[c]}Best Eastern European Act

^{^[d]}Best Northern European Act

^{^[e]}Best Central European Act

^{^[f]}Best Southern European Act

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Categories
Years	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 ~~2023~~
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Special Awards	Free Your Mind
Nominations by nationality of artist	British (English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Ireland) German French Irish Swedish Dutch Belgian Norwegian Finnish Italian Icelandic Spanish Danish Russian