2013 MAD Video Music Awards

The 2013 MAD Video Music Awards were the 10th award ceremony, hosted by Themis Georgantas and Mary Sinatsaki. They took place on 25 June 2013. The awards were 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", was 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.[1][2]

2013 MAD Video Music Awards
Date25 June 2013
LocationTae Kwon Do Stadium,
Athens, Greece
Hosted byThemis Georgantas
Mary Sinatsaki
Television/radio coverage
NetworkMAD and ANT1 (Greece)
ANT1 (Cyprus)
MAD BG (Bulgaria)

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.[3][4] 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.[5] Eleni Foureira, Ivi Adamou, Vegas, Kostas Martakis were some of the artists that attended for the party.[6][7] 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.[8]

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.[9]

Awards

The nominations were announced on 23 May 2013.[1][2]

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"

  • Claydee – "Mamacita Buena"
  • Etostone feat. Carlos Galavis – "For Eternity"
  • Phatjak Feat. Perry Mystique – "Yayo"
  • Pink Noisy feat. Radio Killer – "Mestral"

Best Pop Rock Video

Giorgos Sabanis – "Ora Miden"

  • Melisses – "More Than That"
  • Onirama – "Den Iparheis"
  • Kokkina Halia – "Esi & Ego"
  • Mironas Startis – "An me theleis"

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.[10]

References
  1. "MAD Video Music Awards 2013 by Vodafone: Οι υποψηφιότητες!". MAD TV (in Greek). Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  2. Οι Υποψηφιότητες. videomusiawards.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  3. "Mad Video Music Awards 2013 by Vodafone: The Missing Logo Contest!". MAD TV (in Greek). Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  4. "The Winner - The Missing Logo Contest! Mad Video Music Awards 2013 by Vodafone!". MAD TV (in Greek). Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  5. "MAD Video Music Awards 2013 by Vodafone: The Kick-Off Party!". MAD TV (in Greek). Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  6. "Φωτογραφίες Από Το Kick-Off Party Των Mad Video Music Awards 2013". The Trend Report (in Greek). Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  7. "Ποιους είδαμε στο Mad VMA Kick Off Party 2013". Miss Bloom (in Greek). Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  8. "10 years Mad Video Music Awards - 10 Hours Live Concert: Δείτε τη σειρά εμφάνισης των καλλιτεχνών". MAD TV (Cyprus) (in Greek). Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  9. "MAD Video Music Awards 2013 by Vodafone:VMA PRESHOW BY PICK CRACKERS ΠΑΠΑΔΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ!". MAD (in Greek). Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  10. "Mad Video Music Awards - News". videomusicawards.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2013-06-08.
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