Sarah G. is Southeast Asian Act nominee at MTV EMAs

Calling all Popsters everywhere. Here is your chance to present your favorite idol with a major international award. The one and only Pop Princess Sarah Geronimo is once more a nominee at this year’s MTV European Music Awards (MTV EMAs) and she needs your votes to win the honor.

Sarah G. has been picked as the official entry from the Philippines for the Best Southeast Asia Act. The nominee who will get the most votes will, of course, win. So cast your votes now. The voting is now open at mtvema.com and will continue until 6:59 a.m. on Nov. 6.

The other acts competing with Sarah, who I am sure will be also well-supported by their fans are: Bunkface from Malaysia; Dong Nhi from Vietnam; Gentle Bones from Singapore; Raisa from Indonesia; Thaitanium from Thailand; and Yuna from Malaysia.

The winner will be announced at the 2016 MTV EMAs at 4 a.m. on Nov. 7. This will be held during the live telecast around the globe that will come this year from the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam in the Netherlands and which will feature performances by some of pop music’s biggest names. There will be a repeat airing on that same day at 9 p.m. And best of all, fans out here can catch the live telecast of the show on MTV Pinoy.

Meanwhile, here are the nominees in the main categories of the MTV EMAs. Not surprisingly, cultural icons Beyoncé and Justin Bieber are leading the pack with five nominations each. Here they are:

Best Song: Adele, Hello; Justin Bieber, Sorry; Lukas Graham, 7 Years; Mike Posner, I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix); and Rihanna featuring Drake, Work.

Best Video: Beyoncé, Formation; Coldplay, Up & Up; Kanye West, Famous; Tame Impala, The Less I Know, The Better; and The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk, Starboy.

Best Female: Adele, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Sia.

Best Male: Calvin Harris, Drake, Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes and The Weeknd.

Best Live: Adele, Beyoncé, Coldplay, Green Day and twenty one pilots.

Best New: Bebe Rexha, DNCE, Lukas Graham, The Chainsmokers and Zara Larsson.

Best Pop: Ariana Grande, Fifth Harmony, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Selena Gomez and Shawn Mendes.

Best Rock: Coldplay; Green Day; Metallica; Muse; and Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

Best Alternative: Kings of Leon, Radiohead, Tame Impala, The 1975 and twenty one pilots.

Best Hip-Hop: Drake, Future, G-Eazy, Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa.

Best Electronic: Afrojack, Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Major Lazer and Martin Garrix.

Best Push: Alessia Cara, Anne-Marie, Bebe Rexha, Blossoms, Charlie Puth, DNCE, Dua Lipa, Elle King, Halsey, Jack Garratt, Jonas Blue and Lukas Graham.

Biggest Fans: Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Shawn Mendes.

Best World Stage: Duran Duran, Piazza Del Duomo, Milan (2015); Ellie Goulding, Piazza Del Duomo, Milan (2015); Jess Glynne, Isle of MTV, Malta (2016); Martin Garrix, Isle of MTV, Malta, (2015); One Republic, MTV Evolution, Philippines (2016); Tinie Tempah, MTV Crashes, Plymouth (2015); Tomorrowland, Belgium (2016); and Wiz Khalifa, Isle of MTV, Malta, 2016.

The MTV VMAs celebrates the hottest artists from around the world and is one of the biggest global music events of the year. It brings music fans a unique multi-platform experience across MTV’s global network of more than 60 channels and over 300 digital media properties and platforms.

Now back to Sarah G. and more exciting news about her new sound. Now out on TV and other platforms is her latest video release. Her follow-up to the big hit Tala is a soaring ballad titled The Great Unknown. This is the lead track from her album of the same title, where she duets for the first time with the alternative band Hale.