MANILA: Among the six nominees in the Best Southeast Asia Act for the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) to be held in the Netherlands is Filipina “popstar princess” Sarah Geronimo.
The other nominees are Dong Nhi (Vietnam), Gentle Bones (Singapore), Raisa Andriana (Indonesia), Thaitanium (Thailand) and Yuna (Malaysia), reported Manila Bulletin.
MTV Asia has said that fans have a chance to put their local act in the spotlight, as they can decide who the final nominee will be.
Those in the wild card who will get the most votes during the pre-voting stage will compete against the other nominees, the report said.
Another Filipina, Donnalyn Bartolome, who rose to fame after the release of her single, “Kakaibabe,” is among the wild card contenders in the MTV EMA to be held on November 6 at the Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
MTV will announce the official 2016 EMA nominees on September 27.
Meanwhile, the MTV EMA is said to be one of the biggest award shows in the world. It will be held in Rotterdam for the second time this year. Rotterdam hosted the show back in 1997, reported Manila Bulletin.
