Other ceremonies 2012, 2014 | Host Themis Georgantas | |
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Hosted by Themis GeorgantasMary Sinatsaki Date June 25, 2013, 11:00 AM PDT Location Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Palaio Faliro, Greece | ||
The 2013 MAD Video Music Awards will be the 10th award ceremony, hosted by Themis Georgantas and Mary Sinatsaki. They will take place on 25 June 2013. The awards will broadcast from the Tae Kwon Do Stadium in Athens, honoring the best music videos and artists of the past year. The theme song, "We Are Young", is performed by the Australian-Greek singer Vassy. The nominations were announced on 23 May 2013 by the presenter, Themis Georgantas. Vegas received five nominations, while Elena Paparizou, Sakis Rouvas, Michalis Hatzigiannis, Melisses and Demy received four. The song "All the Time" received three nominations, the most for any song.
Contents
- Shows
- Awards
- Video of the Year
- Best Laiko Video
- Best Pop Video
- Best Dance Video
- Best Pop Rock Video
- Best Urban Video
- Fashion Icon in Video
- Best Collaboration
- Best Band
- Best Female artist
- Best Male artist
- Best Newcomer artist
- Artist of the Year
- Top 50
- Performances
- References
As every year there were thirty three categories with additionally, the top 50 category which was introduced for first time where the fans could vote their five favorite out of the fifty.
Due to the celebration of the 10 years, the logo was selected through The Missing Logo, a contest where the fans could create their own logos. The winning logo was revealed on 1 May 2013. Also there was another contest with the fifty best performances from the past awards and the people could vote for their favorites.
Shows
As every year, a kick-off party was held to mark the start of the Awards. The party was held on 23 May 2013 at the Balux Privé in Athens, the same day the voting opened. Eleni Foureira, Ivi Adamou, Vegas, Kostas Martakis were some of the artists that attended for the party. A 10 hours live concert was held on 14 June to celebrate the 10 years of the awards. Artists including Ivi Adamou, Melisses, Demy, Shaya and Stavento performed in the concert.
A few hours before the ceremony a MAD PreShow was held with Melisses, Melina Zisi, Snik, OGE, The Fade and Stelios Legakis performing cover versions of the best performances through the ten years of the awards. The songs were picked by the fans in April.
Awards
The nominations were announced on 23 May 2013.
Video of the Year
Sakis Rouvas – "Tora"
Best Laiko Video
Antonis Remos – "Ta Savvata"
Best Pop Video
Demy – "Poses Hiliades Kalokairia"
Best Dance Video
Playmen feat. Elena Paparizou, Courtney and RiskyKidd – "All the Time"
Best Pop Rock Video
Giorgos Sabanis – "Ora Miden"
Best Urban Video
Stan – "Kalokairini Drosia"
Fashion Icon in Video
Eleni Foureira – "Pio Erotas Pethaineis"
Best Collaboration
Playmen feat. Elena Paparizou, Courtney and RiskyKidd – "All the Time"
Best Band
Melisses
Best Female artist
Elena Paparizou
Best Male artist
Sakis Rouvas
Best Newcomer artist
Pantelis Pantelidis
Artist of the Year
Antonis Remos
Top 50
Konstantinos Argiros – "Pote Ksana"
Performances
34 artists have been confirmed to perform at the award night.