If you think it’s been a hot summer, it’s about to get even hotter Sunday night! After scoring a record-breaking 11.4 million viewers with last year’s show, the 28th Annual MTV Video Music Awards will once again broadcast LIVE from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, Sunday, August 28th starting at 8pm (live ET/Tape Delayed PT). TV, Music & Movie Stars will have all the winners announced right here for you on Sunday night!
So what’s in store this year with MTV’s Music Video Awards show? The 2011 spectacle will blast off with the VMA Pre-show. Selena Gomez and a cadre of MTV News correspondents including James Montgomery, Jim Cantiello and Sway Calloway will be live on the VMA Black Carpet reporting breaking news and interviewing presenters, performers and nominees as they enter the Nokia Theatre.
This year’s presenters will include Kim Kardashian, the Odd Future collective, Rapper Rick Ross, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Chris Brown and Young the Giant. There’s potential for some hilarious scripted and unscripted moments up on stage just like in years past!
Musical performances will include Cobra Starship, Bruno Mars, Young the Giant, new soul sensation, Adele, Chris Brown and rap artist Lil Wayne. If that wasn’t enough star power to fuel a rocket, MTV has saved the best for first.
Last Thursday, August 18th, during MTV’s First: Lady Gaga, the Mama Monster together with her little monster fans announced, that she will be the coveted opening act for the VMA’s. Known for outrageous entrances and even more outrageous sometimes meaty attire, Gaga promised her fans they would not be disappointed. Gaga never disappoints.
Lady Gaga, who took home eight Moonmen last year, is nominated in four categories this year including Best Female Vocalist and Best Video With a Message as well as technical awards for Best Choreography and Best Art Direction for “Judas.”
MTV will debut a “Best Video With a Message” award this year with Pink, Lady Gaga, Katie Perry, Eminem featuring Rhianna, Rise Against and Taylor Swift as its inaugural nominees. The new award, in collaboration with MTV Act, honors artists who have melded their music with social activism addressing bullying, LGBT rights and self-esteem issues.
Katy Perry leads the nominees list poised to take home nine Moonmen. Britain’s Adele and Kanye West follow with seven nominations. Other nominees include Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars and Eminem.
MTV officials also announced tributes to Britney Spears and the late Amy Winehouse. It’s been rumored that Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato will be part of the Britney Spears tribute show on stage.
With it’s long history of drama, publicity stunts, controversies and alcohol-induced faux paux, this year’s lineup also contains enough potential fuel to blast that Moonman to another universe. MTV fans will not be disappointed.
Check back here starting after 8PM EST on Sunday night. We’ll have the latest updates on all of the 2011 MTV VMA winners right here!
2011 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees (Winners will be BOLD)
Video of the Year
Adele — “Rolling in the Deep”
Beastie Boys — “Make Some Noise”
Bruno Mars — “Grenade”
Katy Perry — “Firework”
Tyler, the Creator — “Yonkers”
Best Male Video
Justin Bieber — “U Smile”
Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — “Love the Way You Lie”
Cee-Lo Green — “F–k You”
Bruno Mars — “Grenade”
Kanye West (featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi) — “All of the Lights”
Best Female Video
Adele — “Rolling in the Deep”
Beyoncé — “Run the World (Girls)”
Lady Gaga — “Born This Way”
Nicki Minaj — “Super Bass”
Katy Perry — “Firework”
Best New Artist
Big Sean (featuring Chris Brown) — “My Last”
Foster the People — “Pumped Up Kicks”
Kreayshawn — “Gucci Gucci”
Tyler, the Creator — “Yonkers”
Wiz Khalifa — “Black and Yellow”
Best Pop Video
Adele — “Rolling in the Deep”
Bruno Mars — “Grenade”
Katy Perry — “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
Pitbull (featuring Ne-Yo, Nayer and Afrojack) — “Give Me Everything”
Britney Spears — “Till the World Ends”
Best Rock Video
The Black Keys — “Howlin’ for You”
Cage the Elephant — “Shake Me Down”
Foo Fighters — “Walk”
Foster the People — “Pumped Up Kicks”
Mumford & Sons — “The Cave”
Best Hip-Hop Video
Chris Brown (featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes) — “Look at Me Now”
Lupe Fiasco — “The Show Goes On”
Lil Wayne (featuring Cory Gunz) — “6 Foot 7 Foot”
Nicki Minaj — “Super Bass”
Kanye West (featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi) — “All of the Lights”
Best Collaboration
Chris Brown (featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes) — “Look at Me Now”
Nicki Minaj (featuring Drake) — “Moment 4 Life”
Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — “E.T.”
Pitbull (featuring Ne-Yo, Nayer, and Afrojack) — “Give Me Everything”
Kanye West (featuring Rihanna) — “All of the Lights”
Best Direction in a Video
30 Seconds to Mars — “Hurricane” (Director: Bartholomew Cubbins)
Adele — “Rolling in the Deep” (Director: Sam Brown)
Beastie Boys — “Make Some Noise” (Director: Adam Yauch)
Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — “Love the Way You Lie” (Director: Joseph Kahn)
Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — “E.T.” (Director: Floria Sigismondi)
Best Choreography in a Video
Beyoncé — “Run the World (Girls)” (Choreographer: Frank Gatson)
Lady Gaga — “Judas” (Chroeographer: Laurieann Gibson)
LMFAO (featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock) — “Party Rock Anthem” (Choreographer: Hokuto Konishi)
Bruno Mars — “The Lazy Song” (Choreographers: Bruno Mars and Poreotics)
Britney Spears — “Till the World Ends” (Choreographer: Brian Friedman)
Best Special Effects in a Video
Chromeo — “Don’t Turn the Lights On” (Special Effects: The Mill)
Linkin Park — “Waiting for the End” (Special Effects: Ghost Town Media)
Manchester Orchestra — “Simple Math” (Special Effects: DANIELS)
Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — “E.T.” (Special Effects: Jeff Dotson for Dot & Effects)
Kanye West (featuring Dwele) — “Power” (Special Effects: Nice Shoes and ArtJail)
Best Art Direction in a Video
Adele — “Rolling in the Deep” (Art Director: Nathan Parker)
Death Cab for Cutie — “You Are a Tourist” (Art Directors: Nick Gould, Tim Nackashi and Anthony Maitz)
Lady Gaga — “Judas” (Art Director: Amy Danger)
Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — “E.T.” (Art Director: Jason Fijal)
Kanye West (featuring Dwele) — “Power” (Art Director: Babak Radboy)
Best Editing in a Video
30 Seconds to Mars — “Hurricane” (Editors: Jared Leto, Frank Snider, Michael Bryson, Stefanie Visser and Daniel Carberry)
Adele — “Rolling in the Deep” (Editor: Art Jones at Work)
Manchester Orchestra — “Simple Math” (Editor: DANIELS)
Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — “E.T.” (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)
Kanye West (featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi) — “All of the Lights” (Editor: Hadaya Turner)
Best Cinematography in a Video
30 Seconds to Mars — “Hurricane” (Directors of Photography: Benoît Debie, Jared Leto, Rob Witt and Daniel Carberry)
Adele — “Rolling in the Deep” (Director of Photography: Tom Townend)
Beyoncé — “Run the World (Girls)” (Director of Photography: Jeffrey Kimball)
Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — “Love the Way You Lie” (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
Katy Perry — “Teenage Dream” (Director of Photography: Paul Laufer)
Best Video with a Message
Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — “Love the Way You Lie”
Lady Gaga — “Born This Way”
Katy Perry — “Firework”
Pink — “Fuckin’ Perfect”
Rise Against — “Make It Stop (September’s Children)”
Taylor Swift — “Mean”
Best Latino Artist of 2011
Don Omar and Lucenzo — “Danza Kuduro”
Enrique Iglesias (featuring Ludacris and DJ Frank E) — “Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You)”
Maná — “Lluvia al Corazón”
Prince Royce — “Corazón Sin Cara”
Wisin & Yandel — “Zun Zun Rompiendo Caderas”
Make sure to bookmark this page on your internet browser and check back for updated winners after 9PM EST on Sunday, August 28th, when the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards goes live!
