It may have been the MTV Europe Music Awards, but once again America dominated with Britney Spears, Usher and OutKast taking key gongs at the annual pan-European awards event, this year staged in Rome.
OutKast were the biggest winners, taking three awards for Best Group, Best Video and Best Song (for 'Hey Ya!'). Usher took Best Male and Best Album for 'Confessions' while Britney was named Best Female.
Other Americans among the winners list included the Black Eyed Peas (Best Pop Act), Maroon 5 (Best New Act), Linkin Park (Best Rock Band) and D12 (Best Hip Hop). The latter was actually quite a surprise, with Eminem telling the ceremony: "D12 finally won an award, thank you very much."
In fact the only Europeans to win one of the main awards on the night were Britain's Muse who took the gong for Best Alternative Act.