Überraschend schaffte es auch Markus Lanz mit «Wettlauf zum Südpol» unter die Nominierungen. Der «Wetten, dass..?»-Moderator ging zusammen mit Joey Kelly auf die Reise, als Produktionsunternehmen fungierte loopfilm. Auch die Dokumentation «Songs of War» kann auf einen International Emmy hoffen.
Arts Programming
- «All My Life – Cartola» (TV Globo / Rede Globo, Brasilien)
- «BLUE MAN» (WOWOW Inc., Japan)
- «Queen: Days of Our Lives» (Eagle Rock Entertainment/Queen Productions Ltd/Globe Films, UK)
- «Songs of War» (ZDF German Television/ ARTE / A & O Büro, Deutschland)
Best Performance by an Actor
- Arthur Acuña in «The Kitchen Musical» (The Group Entertainment, Singapur)
- Darío Grandinetti in «Televisión por la Inclusión» (ON TV Contenidos, Argentinien)
- Jason Isaacs in «Case Histories» (Ruby Film and Television / Monastic Productions, UK)
- Stein Winge in «Norwegian Cozy» (Tordenfilm AS/ NRK / NFI / Nordisk Film & TV Fond / YLE,
Norway)
- Zhu Yawen in «Flying Eagle» (H.Brothers Tianyi Movie & TV Co.,Ltd / Beijing Yechen Film & TV Cultural Development Co., Ltd, China)
Best Performance by an Actress
- Sidse Babett Knudsen in «Government» (DR, Denmark)
- Cristina Banegas in «Televisión por la Inclusión» (ON TV Contenidos, Argentina)
- Rina Sa in «Zhong Guo Di» (Phoenix Satellite TV in association with Sino Television / Liaoning Seven-star Film / Dongyang Tangyun Fenghua Culture Communications, Hong Kong, China)
- Joanna Vanderham in «The Runaway» (BSkyB / Company Pictures/ Sky 1, UK)
Comedy
- «Absolutely Fabulous» (BBC Productions / Saunders and French Production, UK)
- «The Invisible Woman» (TV Globo / Rede Globo, Brazil)
- «Spy» (BSkyB / Hat Trick / Sky 1, UK)
- «What if?» (Shelter, Belgium)
Documentary
- «Across Land, Across Sea» (The Chosunilbo, South Korea)
- «Hitler's Escape» (Anima Films / The History Channel Latin America, Argentina)
- «Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die» (BBC / KEO Films, UK)
- «Wettlauf Zum Südpol (Race to the South Pole)» (Loopfilm GmbH / ZDF, Germany)
Drama Series
- «Braquo» (Capa Drama / Canal + / Bad Company / Big Nose, France)
- «ICAC Investigators 2011» (RTHK / ICAC, Hong Kong, China)
- «The Kitchen Musical» (The Group Entertainment, Singapore)
- «The Slap» (Matchbox Pictures / ABC / Screen Australia, Australia)
- «The Social Leader» (Artear / Pol-ka, Argentina)
Non-Scripted Entertainment
- «The Amazing Race Australia» (Seven Productions-Seven Network (Operations) Ltd. / Active TV / ABC Studios, Australia)
- «The Challenger Muaythai» (Imagine Group Pte Ltd / The Group Entertainment, Singapore)
- «El Hormiguero (The Anthill)» (7yaccion / Antena 3, Spain)
- «Planeta Extremo (Extreme Planet)» (TV Globo, Brazil)
Telenovela
- «The Fire of the Rose» (SP Televisão / SIC, Portugal)
- «Holy Remedy» (Plural Entertainment Portugal, Portugal)
- «The Illusionist» (TV Globo / Rede Globo, Brazil)
- «Iron Daughters-in-Law» (MBC, South Korea)
TV Movie/Mini-Series
- «Black Mirror» (Channel Four Television / Zeppotron, UK)
- «Early Autumn» (Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting / Shochiku Co. Ltd., Japan)
- «The Good Men» (TV Globo / Rede Globo / Casa de Cinema de POA, Brazil)
- «L'Infiltré (The Lying Game)» (Breakout Films / Aperto Films / Sirena Film / Canal+, France)