At her 2019 American Music Awards performance on 24 November, she wore a red bodysuit and was backed by a float of dancers in silver costumes during the 1970s-inspired rendition, which featured a giant disco ball and cube-shaped side tables as props. The performance ended with silver, cushion-shaped balloons falling from the ceiling. In Australia, Lipa presented the song at the 2019 ARIA Music Awards on 27 November 2019, and on the breakfast television programme "Sunrise" the following day. In Japan, Lipa sang "Don't Start Now" in an all-black Versace outfit at the 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards on 4 December 2019; South Korean singer Hwasa of Mamamoo opened for her, staging "New Rules". On 17 December, she performed the song on the 17th US season finale of "The Voice" surrounded by roller skaters in a showgirl-inspired set. Lipa performed the song on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" with a string section on 19 December 2019, and on "Good Morning America" the following day. On 31 December, she played "Don't Start Now" in a chequerboard miniskirt on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve". On 9 January 2020, Lipa performed the song on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". During the presentation, purple and blue lights were projected on stage, creating silhouettes of Lipa and her dancers against a white backdrop.