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1997 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date	6 November 1997
Location	Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Hosted by	Ronan Keating
Most awards	The Prodigy (3)
Most nominations	The Prodigy, Puff Daddy, Radiohead, Spice Girls (4)
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV Networks International (Europe)
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The 1997 MTV Europe Music Awards were held at The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands on 6 November 1997 and were hosted by Ronan Keating. The Prodigy were the big winners of the night winning three awards including Best Video.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Performances

• U2 — "Mofo"
• Björk — "Bachelorette"
• Spice Girls — "Spice Up Your Life"
• Skunk Anansie — "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)"
• LL Cool J — "Phenomenon"
• Blackstreet (featuring Slash) — "Fix"
• Jon Bon Jovi — "Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town"
• Aerosmith — "Pink / Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)"
• Backstreet Boys — "As Long as You Love Me / Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
• Jovanotti — "L'ombelico del mondo"

Appearances

• Dennis Hopper — introduced U2
• Alicia Silverstone — presented Best Dance
• Backstreet Boys — presented Best Male
• Tony Mortimer and Karen Mulder — presented Best Rock
• Stephen Dorff and Saffron — presented Best Song
• Missy Elliott and David Arquette — presented Best Rap
• Louise and Mark Owen — presented Best Female
• Peter Andre and Eternal — presented Best Alternative
• Dennis Hopper — presented Free Your Mind Award
• Caprice Bourret and Steven Tyler — presented Best Group
• Nina Persson, Peter Svensson and Katja Schuurman — presented MTV Select
• Robbie Williams and Gena Lee Nolin — presented Best New Act
• Shola Ama and MC Solaar — presented Best R&B
• Prince Naseem and Björk — presented Best Live Act
• Hanson — presented Best Video

See also

• 1997 MTV Video Music Awards

External links

• Nominees

• MTV Europe Music Awards
• 1997 music awards
• 1997 in the Netherlands
• November 1997 events in Europe