Carly Rae Jepsen, Rita Ora Confirmed For MTV EMA 2012

Carly Rae Jepsen, Rita Ora and Fun have been announced in addition to Taylor Swift and No Doubt to perform at the MTV EMA 2012.

More acts were confirmed to perform at the MTV EMA Awards next month these included ‘Call Me Maybe’ star Carly Rae Jepsen and British singer-songwriter Rita Ora.


The MTV EMA Awards will take place in Frankfurt on November 11 at 9pm and will see Jepsen and Ora perform for the first time at the EMA’s. Rita Ora told Capital FM: ''I’m so excited to be part of the 2012 MTV EMA! And to be nominated is incredible- let’s have some fun this year!''

Also announced to perform is Fun, they will be added to the list of already confirmed acts which include Muse.

Justin Bieber, One Direction, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey and Nicki Minaj have multiple nominations in the upcoming awards however it is Rihanna and Taylor Swift who have been dominating the nominations this year.

With Rihanna scooping a total of six nominations including Best Pop Act, Best Video for her hit ‘We Found Love’ and Best Female where she fights it out with fellow friend Katy Perry and country-pop princess Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift is also nominated for Best Live and Best World Stage. We will see the award for Biggest Fans either awarded to One Direction, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Rihanna or Lady Gaga.

Supermodel Heidi Klum will host the event.

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Rihanna pleas for votes from her twitter fans

The 2012 VMAs are rapidly approaching (Green Day, Pink, One Direction,Beyonce and a bunch of other amazing people are performing!!), and Rihanna really wants you to vote for her! Rihanna, who is nominated for a whopping FIVE VMAs, recently appealed to her devoted Rihanna Navy with this photo urging them to vote, tweeting,

"Pretty Please." With a cherry on top and maybe a one-on-one lunch date with you? Cause that'd be motivation enough for me. In a totally non-weird, besties kinda way.

And let us not forget, Rihanna's up for some of the night's biggest prizes! Her smash "We Found Love" is up for Video of the Year along with her duet with Drake on "Take Care." Rihanna will also battle for Best Female Video and Best Pop Video, as well as possibly get on the board in a number of professional categories, including Best Choreography and Best Visual Effects. Guys, Rihanna is asking YOU for a favor! When's that ever gonna happen again? Don't say no.

Don't miss the 2012 MTV VMAs live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 6, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Go to VMA.MTV.com now through Aug. 24 to vote for your favorites, or text BNA to 22444 to vote for Best New Artist all the way through the show!

source: Mtv 
Photo credit: Rihanna

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