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Sabrina Carpenter is set to perform during the 2025 VMAs.Kevin Mazur \/ Getty Images <\/p>\nThe MTV Video Music Awards are back and expected to bring some of the biggest names in music together once again. <\/p>\n
The 2025 VMAs, where fans vote for their top artists, songs and performances over the past year, air Sunday, Sept. 7, with LL Cool J set to host. <\/p>\n
Lady Gaga leads the nominations with 12 nods, with Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Bruno Mars, Kendrick Lamar, ROS\u00c9, Sabrina Carpenter and The Weeknd among the top competitors. <\/p>\n
Sabrina Carpenter is set to perform during the 2025 VMAs.Kevin Mazur \/ Getty Images <\/p>\n
This year brings first-time nominations to 33 artists, including Blake Shelton, Gigi Perez, Lainey Wilson, Mac Miller and Role Model, among others. <\/p>\n
In addition to the awards, the VMAs showcase a night full of extravagant performances. The upcoming show has Carpenter, Post Malone, Tate McRae, Jelly Roll, Conan Gray, Sombr and more slated to perform. <\/p>\n
The VMAs also celebrate musicians with various honorary awards. This year, Mariah Carey is set to receive the Video Vanguard Award and perform a \u201ccareer-spanning medley of her biggest hits.\u201d <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Busta Rhymes is expected to be awarded the MTV VMA Rock The Bells Visionary Award. Ricky Martin is set to receive the VMAs first-ever Latin Icon Award. <\/p>\n
Read on for how and when to watch the VMAs. <\/p>\n
When Are the VMAs? <\/p>\n
The 2025 VMAs will take place Sunday, Sept. 7. <\/p>\n
What Time Are the VMAs? <\/p>\n
The VMAs will begin at 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT. <\/p>\n
While the VMAs do not have a set end time, the award show has historically lasted about three hours. <\/p>\n
Where Are the VMAs? <\/p>\n
The VMAs will be held at UBS Arena on Long Island in New York. <\/p>\n
How to Watch the VMAs <\/p>\n
The VMAs will be broadcast live Sunday night on MTV and CBS, as well as on streaming platforms with cable options like Hulu and YouTube TV. <\/p>\n
The award show will also be streamed live on Paramount+ for premium plan subscribers. <\/p>\n
What to know about the VMAs Pre-Show<\/p>\n
Before all the action kicks off at 8 p.m. ET, radio and TV personalities Nessa and Kevan Kenney will host a VMAs pre-show. The pre-show will also include a performance from KATSEYE, a girl group that was formed through the reality competition show “Dream Academy.” <\/p>\n
The pre-show starts at 7 p.m. ET\/4 p.m. PT and will run for one hour. The pre-show is available to watch on MTV, BET, BET Her, Comedy Central, CMT, Logo, MTV2, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land and VH1.<\/p>\n
How to Vote for the VMAs <\/p>\n
Any person over the age of 12 can vote in the VMAs polls and is allowed up to 10 votes per day. <\/p>\n
For most categories, voting ended Friday, Sept. 5. Voting in the category of best new artist ends the same day as the VMAs, Sunday, Sept. 7. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The MTV Video Music Awards are back and expected to bring some of the biggest names in music…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-8484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}