1<\/span> of 1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n It\u2019s MTV Video Music Awards day! This is exciting because, a) it\u2019s been too long since our last Hollywood awards ceremony, and b) the VMAs are basically the Oscars of awards shows. If that makes no sense, then that\u2019s the correct spirit for the VMAs, which are always a little nuts.<\/p>\n Among those we\u2019re looking out for today are Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat and Troye Sivan.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Artwork: Aresna Villanueva<\/cite><\/p>\n Today\u2019s event, the awards\u2019 40th installment, is coming live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, with none other than Nicki Minaj<\/strong> on hosting duties. But if the Harajuku Barbie doesn\u2019t do it for you, stick with us \u2013 our live blog will be bringing you all the fun from the red carpet and beyond.<\/p>\n If you\u2019d like to watch along, the show\u2019s being broadcast on 10 Peach (you know, that channel where you watch all your Becker<\/i> repeats) from 11am AEST.<\/p>\n Joining me on the blog today will be style editor Damien Woolnough<\/strong>, who will be leading us through the red carpet looks, and culture and lifestyle reporter Nell Geraets<\/strong>. Strap in, it\u2019s sure to be\u2026 something.<\/p>\n Every awards show should have a category this specific. Proving the genre\u2019s global dominance, Dixie<\/strong> and Charli D\u2019Amelio<\/strong> get onstage to present the award for best K-pop music video to supergroup Stray Kids<\/strong>. If you\u2019re shocked by their Australian accents, you should know – Bang Chan<\/strong> and Felix<\/strong> grew up in Sydney. We can claim this one, right?<\/p>\n Stray Kids arrive at the awards.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Invision<\/cite><\/p>\n Once the realm of socialites and princesses from the Middle East, couture has crawled onto the VMAs red carpet. Brazilian singer Annita<\/strong> has followed in Lady Gaga<\/strong>\u2019s footsteps by tapping haute couture label Schiaparelli, helmed by American Daniel Roseberry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Annita in Schiaparelli and Saweetie in Area couture.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Instagram<\/cite><\/p>\n The peek-a-boo gown gives keyhole cut a surreal twist, befitting the label\u2019s artistic founder Elsa Schiaparelli<\/strong>. Rapper Saweetie<\/strong> has embraced US couture, in a pink gown with bone details that might prompt Mattel to release a Flintstones Barbie.<\/p>\n Cardi B<\/strong> and Megan Thee Stallion<\/strong>, who killed the Grammys a couple of years ago with their viral WAP<\/em>, are back with another collaboration called Bongos<\/em>. It\u2019s about their butts, I think. Understandably, about half the performance is bleeped out. But Taylor, out in the crowd, is feeling it.<\/p>\n Megan Thee Stallion on the red carpet.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Invision<\/cite><\/p>\n Olivia Rodrigo<\/strong>, the pop star of the moment, opened the show with a killer performance of Get Him Back<\/em>, the best song on her new album Guts<\/em>, alongside 15 Olivia doppelgangers.<\/p>\n Popstar of the moment, Olivia Rodrigo arrives.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Invision<\/cite><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve ever wanted to see a moshpit of Olivia Rodrigos, it\u2019s your lucky day.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve started and Taylor Swift<\/strong>, seated at the awards right next to Ice Spice<\/strong>, has claimed the first prize, winning best pop music video for her single Anti-Hero<\/em>. She grabs the award from a reunited NSync<\/strong>. \u201cYou\u2019re pop personified. To receive this from your golden pop hands, it\u2019s too much,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Swift arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Invision<\/cite><\/p>\n Shakira with her children Sasha Pique Mebarak (left) and Milan Pique Mebarak at the VMAs.<\/span>Credit: <\/span> Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP<\/cite><\/p>\n Shakira\u2019s hips famously don\u2019t lie, but her stylist might. Convincing the Colombian superstar\u2019s children Sasha and Milan Pique Mebarak that their Versace tracksuits are a good choice deserves a style intervention.<\/p>\n While Shakira is a sparkly glam sensation, her children look as though they\u2019re dressed as Elton John for an early Halloween.<\/p>\n Italian luxury label Versace has started strong out of the gates on the VMAs red carpet with Taylor Swift<\/strong> in one of their signature, strappy designs.<\/p>\n Taylor Swift in Versace at 2023 VMAs. Model Cindy Crawford attends the Ninth Annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1992.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n The dress is a quiet throwback to supermodel Cindy Crawford<\/strong>\u2019s Versace dress from the 1992 VMAs. Crawford has a permanent place on Swift\u2019s mood board, even appearing in the singer\u2019s music video for Bad Blood<\/i>.<\/p>\n Leading the nominees this year is Taylor Swift<\/strong>, who\u2019s up for eight prizes, including the coveted Artist of the Year and Video of the Year for Karma<\/i>.<\/p>\n R&B superstar SZA<\/strong> follows with six nods, and then five each for Olivia Rodrigo<\/strong>, Doja Cat<\/strong>, Miley Cyrus<\/strong>, Nicki Minaj<\/strong> and Kim Petras<\/strong> and Sam Smith<\/strong>. If anything, the night is primed for an Olivia Rodrigo takeover.<\/p>\n Fresh off the triumph of her new album Guts<\/i>, the 20-year-old is favoured to win the night\u2019s top honour, Video of the Year, for her acclaimed single Vampire<\/i>, although Doja Cat\u2019s madcap Attention<\/em> could steal the whole thing.<\/p>\n But let\u2019s be honest, the awards are the least important part of the MTV VMAs. No one\u2019s obituary is gonna start with, \u201cKendrick Lamar, winner of MTV\u2019s Video of the Year in 2017\u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n This show\u2019s all about the performances, and there\u2019s some good ones on the cards. Rodrigo will be taking the stage, ready to cast fear and fury across all the dumb boys (and Taylor Swift?) who wronged her ahead of her new album cycle.<\/p>\n Cardi B<\/strong> and Megan Thee Stallion<\/strong>, who debuted their infamous WAP<\/i> at the Grammys in 2021, are gifting their new single Bongos<\/i> to the VMAs in what will surely be a completely safe-for-work recital.<\/p>\n I\u2019m excited for Fall Out Boy<\/strong> to do their very embarrassing 2023 update of We Didn\u2019t Start the Fire<\/i> (\u201cCaptain Planet, Arab Spring\u2026\u201c), and please pray for Australian country star Morgan Evans<\/strong> when his ex-wife Kelsea Ballerini<\/strong> takes the stage. And then there\u2019s the medleys: Diddy<\/strong>, recipient of this year\u2019s Global Icon award, will perform one so get ready for Ma$e<\/strong> and a Biggie<\/strong> hologram, and so will Shakira<\/strong>, this year\u2019s Video Vanguard icon. It\u2019s time for our hips to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. I\u2019m ready.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy are the MTV VMAs at all significant?\u201d I hear you (or the downer voice in my head) ask. Where do I even start?<\/p>\n From Miley Cyrus<\/strong>\u2019 infamous twerkathon (2013), to Lady Gaga<\/strong>\u2019s meat dress (2010), to Kanye<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cImma let you finish\u201d of Taylor Swift<\/strong> (2009), to Britney<\/strong> and Madonna<\/strong>\u2019s kiss (2003), to Fiona Apple<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cthis world is bullshit\u201d speech (1997), to Courtney Love<\/strong> pelting Madonna with items from her handbag (1995), the VMAs have long provided some of the most enduring moments in pop culture history.<\/p>\n Lady Gaga, complete with steak headgear in 2010.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>AFP<\/cite><\/p>\n Who will own that moment today? My money\u2019s on the ever-unpredictable Doja Cat<\/strong>, but we\u2019ll see. Anything\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n It\u2019s MTV Video Music Awards day! This is exciting because, a) it\u2019s been too long since our last Hollywood awards ceremony, and b) the VMAs are basically the Oscars of awards shows. If that makes no sense, then that\u2019s the correct spirit for the VMAs, which are always a little nuts.<\/p>\n Among those we\u2019re looking out for today are Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat and Troye Sivan.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Artwork: Aresna Villanueva<\/cite><\/p>\n Today\u2019s event, the awards\u2019 40th installment, is coming live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, with none other than Nicki Minaj<\/strong> on hosting duties. But if the Harajuku Barbie doesn\u2019t do it for you, stick with us \u2013 our live blog will be bringing you all the fun from the red carpet and beyond.<\/p>\n If you\u2019d like to watch along, the show\u2019s being broadcast on 10 Peach (you know, that channel where you watch all your Becker<\/i> repeats) from 11am AEST.<\/p>\n Joining me on the blog today will be style editor Damien Woolnough<\/strong>, who will be leading us through the red carpet looks, and culture and lifestyle reporter Nell Geraets<\/strong>. Strap in, it\u2019s sure to be\u2026 something.<\/p>\nWelcome to our MTV VMAs live blog<\/h2>\n
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Time to send the children away, it\u2019s Bongos time<\/h2>\n
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Olivia Rodrigo got him back<\/h2>\n
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Taylor grabs her first win of the night, from NSync<\/h2>\n
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Shakira\u2019s kids sport Elton John vibes<\/h2>\n
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Taylor\u2019s throwback to Cindy Crawford<\/h2>\n
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