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.
| Best Song | Best Video |
|---|---|
|
The Prodigy — "Breathe" |
| Best Female | Best Male |
| Best Group | Breakthrough Artist |
| Best Dance | Best Rock |
| Best Alternative | Best R&B |
| Best Rap | Best Live Act |
| MTV Select | |
|
Backstreet Boys — "As Long as You Love Me"
|
|
| Free Your Mind | |
| Landmine Survivors Network | |
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