{"id":354703,"date":"2026-03-19T17:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/354703\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:41:08","slug":"taylor-swift-to-make-appearance-on-iheartradio-music-awards-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/354703\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift to Make Appearance on iHeartRadio Music Awards Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTaylor Swift<\/a> will make an in-person appearance on the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards<\/a> program, iHeartMedia and host network Fox announced Wednesday. <\/p>\n

\n\tAlthough she will not be taking part in a performing capacity, any live participation by the world\u2019s biggest music star is a noteworthy catch for the broadcast, given that Swift has been laying low on public appearances since promoting a pair of Disney+ specials in early December. (She didn\u2019t turn up at this year\u2019s Grammys, although she had no official reason to, since her latest work post-dated that show\u2019s eligibility period.)<\/p>\n

\n\tThe awards show will be broadcast on Fox from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood March 26\u202f, airing live 8-10 p.m. ET, and running tape-delayed in the same time slot on the west coast. It\u2019ll also go out live on iHeartRadio stations and on the iHeartRadio app.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the iHeartRadio Music Awards, Swift has a leading nine nominations, mostly for her \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d single but also her \u201cThe Eras Tour | The End of an Era\u201d streaming special. These include artist of the year, song of the year, pop song of the year, favorite TikTok dance, best lyrics, best music video, favorite on screen and favorite tour style.<\/p>\n

\n\tAny participation by Swift in an awards program falls into the perennial \u201cthey need her more than she needs them\u201d category. Nonetheless, Swift does have a topical reason to partner with iHeart at the moment: the fresh release of \u201cElizabeth Taylor\u201d as the third single from her smash \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl\u201d album. The song went out for radio adds earlier this month and made its debut on Billboard\u2019s pop airplay charts this week. <\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing the No. 1 success of \u201cOpalite\u201d and \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia,\u201d the release of \u201cElizabeth Taylor\u201d to radio marks the first time Swift has officially released three singles from an album since she did the same with 2022\u2019s \u201cMidnights\u201d project. \u201cElizabeth Taylor\u201d previously peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100 the week \u201cShowgirl\u201d came out, based solely on streaming.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs previously announced, Ludacris will host this year\u2019s show as well as receive the\u00a02026 iHeartRadio Landmark Award. Other special honors include\u00a0Miley Cyrus\u00a0getting the\u00a0iHeartRadio Innovator Award, Alex Warren\u00a0receiving the\u00a0iHeartRadio Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award, and John Mellencamp picking up the iHeartRadio Icon Award.<\/p>\n

\n\tPerformers announced thus far for the show are Ludacris, Warren, Mellencamp, Lainey Wilson, Raye\u00a0and the first-time teaming of\u00a0TLC, Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOther personalities booked to make an appearance on the show include Olympic skater Alysa Liu, Sombr, Nicole Scherzinger of the newly semi-reformed Pussycat Dolls, Ne-Yo, Nikki Glaser and Weezer.<\/p>\n

\n\tExecutive producers for the show are Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon\u202fand Jeanna\u00e9 Rouzan-Clay for Jesse Collins Entertainment, John Sykes, Tom Poleman and Bart Peters for iHeartMedia, and Fox Entertainment Studios.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift will make an in-person appearance on the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards program, iHeartMedia and host network…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,119514,60,278,6543],"class_list":["post-354703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-iheartradio-music-awards","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-taylor-swift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}