2006 Eurovision Song Contest winners, Lordi, will be special guests at MTV's 13th annual European Music Awards in Copenhagen on Thursday 2nd November. The Finnish rockers will be making a guest appearance on the show.

Although the band are not nominated for a main Europeanaward, the huge success of their Eurovision Song Contest entry, Hard rock Halellujah and their current album, The Arockalypse, has led to an invitation from the biggest music entertainment channel of all. They are nominated for 'Best Finnish Band' The news was confirmed exclusively to esctoday.com by the band's tour management today.

The show willfeature performances from some of the biggest names in the music world from across the world. Nelly Furtardo, Keane, The Killers, Snoop Dogg, Rihanna, Kelis and Justin Timberlake will all be performing on stage.