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Ben&Ben nominated in 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards

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<p>MANILA --Filipino indie folk-pop band Ben&amp;Ben has been nominated in the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA).</p><p>In an official post by MTV Asia on Tuesday, October 6, it was reveled that the band is nominated in the Best Southeast Asia Act category.</p><p>Fans and followers of the popular OPM band can now <a href="https://www.mtvema.com/en-asia/vote/">vote</a> until November 3. </p><p>On Twitter, the 9-piece band shared the good news to all their fans.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">LONG BUT PLEASE READ:<br/><br/>hello! nominated tayo bilang BEST SOUTHEAST ASIA ACT sa MTV EMA 2020 😭 pangarap talaga naming umabot tayo at yung music ng Ben&amp;Ben sa iba&#x27;t ibang part ng mundo at super makakatulong itong once-in-a-lifetime opportunity if mapanalunan natin to<br/><br/>magpapa(1/2) <a href="https://t.co/nKF8nt0ISq">pic.twitter.com/nKF8nt0ISq</a></p>— Ben&amp;Ben (@BenAndBenMusic) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenAndBenMusic/status/1313431740178784258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script> <br/>Ben&amp;Ben will be competing against Vietnam’s Jack, Indonesia’s Agnez Mo, Singapore’s Benjamin Kheng, Malaysia’s K-Clique and Thailand’s Violette Wautier. </p><p>This year&#x27;s MTV EMA will air globally on November 8, 2020.</p><p>Ben&amp;Ben is behind the hits &quot;Araw-Araw,&quot; Kathang Isip,&quot; “Maybe the Night,” and “Pagtingin.” </p><p>Early this year, the band held a free online concert, shot from their homes, for the benefit of the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/27/20/maybe-the-night-holds-a-little-hope-benben-inspires-with-online-concert-for-frontliners">country’s frontliners</a> against COVID-19. </p><p>Just last August, the band donated the proceeds from their song, “<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/12/20/para-sa-pilipinas-benben-releases-studio-version-of-nakikinig-ka-ba-sa-akin-on-independence-day">Nakikinig Ka Ba Sa Akin</a>,” to campaigns helping the ABS-CBN employees who lost their jobs. </p><p>The music video for the song premiered after ABS-CBN was denied a franchise, with the band writing: “isang alay sa ating mga kapamilya, sa bigat ng mga pangyayari ngayon.” </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P2BhsHX7EqM?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Ben&Ben will be competing against Vietnam’s Jack, Indonesia’s Agnez Mo, Singapore’s Benjamin Kheng, Malaysia’s K-Clique and Thailand’s Violette Wautier. </p>

Ben&Ben will be competing against Vietnam’s Jack, Indonesia’s Agnez Mo, Singapore’s Benjamin Kheng, Malaysia’s K-Clique and Thailand’s Violette Wautier.