Overview

• Jessica Simpson, Ashlee Simpson, Ciara, Drew Barrymore, Paris Hilton, Ice Spice, Latto and Livvy Dunne head a newly announced group of presenters, with Audrey Nuna, EJAE and REI AMI from KPop Demon Hunters also on the roster.
• LL Cool J hosts the live telecast from New York’s UBS Arena on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET, airing on CBS and MTV and streaming on Paramount+.
• The one-hour preshow features hosts Nessa and Kevan Kenney with a performance by KATSEYE, and it will air across MTV and sister networks including BET, Comedy Central, CMT, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land and VH1.
• The VMAs add a Doritos-branded Extended Play Stage spotlighting Bailey Zimmerman featuring The Kid LAROI, Lola Young and Megan Moroney.
• Performers include Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Post Malone, J Balvin with DJ Snake, Jelly Roll, Tate McRae and Conan Gray, with Mariah Carey receiving the Video Vanguard Award, Busta Rhymes the Rock the Bells Visionary Award and Ricky Martin the Latin Icon Award; Lady Gaga leads nominations with 12, followed by Bruno Mars with 11 and Kendrick Lamar with 10.