![]() (Photo by Anthony Harvey/MTV 2015/Getty Images for MTV) The awards take place on Sunday October 25th. And the troupe will be choreographed by Nathan Clarke MILAN, ITALY – OCTOBER 23: A general view in Hair and Make Up ahead of the MTV EMA’s 2015 on Octoin Milan, Italy. *This year’s troupe of 35 dancers was selected by MTV EMAs veteran Aicha McKenzie of AMCK from over 700 potentials who flew to Italy to audition. *24-hour fabric sublimation printing was employed to create one fabulous outfit. ![]() *On top of reams of fabric, the team has used over 72 metres of ribbon and 1,000 metres of silicon. *Despite the scale of the event, an intimate team of 14 wardrobe staff have worked around the clock to produce more than 150 costumes for dancers, presenters and artists. This is the highest number of wigs ever housed at the EMAs backstage MILAN, ITALY – OCTOBER 23: A general view of the Wardrobe department ahead of the MTV EMA’s 2015 on Octoin Milan, Italy. *And here are some added hair-raising facts: A backstage wiggery to house over 1000 over-the-top wigs, 300 hairpieces and 100 poly heads, with the onsite help of 22 expert hairdressers, led by Pauline Simmons, now in her 17th year at the MTV EMAs. *The team includes a specialist graffiti artist – The Urbanist – who creates beautiful body art, treating the human body as a living canvas. *Together, they have brought an arsenal of make-up tools, including 5 kilos of glitter, 300 sets of lashes, 60 assorted moustaches, 300 cans of hairspray and 300 assorted styling products. *The 40-person MTV EMAs professional makeup artist team has spent over 500 hours with internationally renowned make-up artist and MTV EMAs guru, Glam Squad’s Debbie Dannell. * MTV EMAs Site Managers walk approximately 15 miles each day in the run up to the show MILAN, ITALY – OCTOBER 23: A general view of the Wardrobe department ahead of the MTV EMA’s 2015 on Octoin Milan, Italy. *6 enormous generator units will be used to power the show. *Everything has been transported through 50 technical trucks. ![]() 10 truckloads of lighting to help ignite the stage and red carpet – all of which will be housed in a 70 metre long glass marquee. *10,000 CDs have been flown in to be used as a performance backdrop. *The entire set on the main stage is made of LED screens with a ‘tongue-like’ stage extension from the main stage, creating a floating effect into the arena. *This year’s set is inspired by taking MTV back to its roots – creating a massive TV set on – stage as the show will take the audience into different ‘worlds’. He has also previously designed for the MTV Movie Awards and the MTV VMAs. *The 2015 MTV EMAs set has been designed by celebrated German-American stage and set designer Florian Wieder – the creative mastermind behind the MTV EMAs set designs in Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, Liverpool, Amsterdam and Glasgow. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/MTV 2015/Getty Images for MTV)Įver wondered what it takes to pull together a show like the MTV EMAs? Well, look no further as an MTV insider has gathered the bizarre and ‘EMA-zing’ facts about the 2015 MTV EMAs for you – revealing what goes on behind the scenes to produce one of the biggest global music events of the year that celebrates the hottest artists from around the world. MILAN, ITALY – OCTOBER 22: Dancers rehearse ahead of the MTV EMA’s 2015 on Octoin Milan, Italy.
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