2020 MTV Video Music Awards

## Television/Radio Coverage

### Label

MTV MTV2 VH1 BET Nick at Nite CMT Comedy Central Logo TV Paramount Network TV Land BET Her Pop TV The CW Titmouse TV

The **2020 MTV Video Music Awards** are to be held on August 30, 2020, in New York City.

## Ceremony information

The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held at Barclays Center for the first time since 2013. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was expected to be held with "limited or no audience", as one of the first major indoor events to be held in the city since the onset of the pandemic in the state, with MTV also announcing plans for the show to "[span] all five boroughs" to "pay homage to the strength, spirit and incredible resilience of NYC and its beloved residents".[2] New one-off award categories for "quarantine performance" and home-filmed music videos were also added.[3]

On August 7, MTV announced that it had scrapped the indoor component of the ceremony at Barclays Center after "close consultation with state and local health officials", and that the show would be conducted in an outdoor format across the city. Barclays Center will host the ceremony in 2021.[4]

On August 21, it was announced that the ceremony will be simulcast by ViacomCBS sister network The CW, marking the first time the VMAs have ever been broadcast on terrestrial television in the United States.[5]

## Performances

J Balvin and Roddy Ricch were initially announced as performers on August 4 and 11, respectively, but pulled out of the event.

### Pre-show

* Nessa and Jamila Mustafa (Co-hosts) – presented Best Group and Best K-Pop
* Travis Mills and Kevan Kenney (Celebrity correspondents)
* Travis Mills – presented Best Alternative

### Main show

* Keke Palmer (Host)
* Jaden Smith – presented Best Collaboration
* Drew Barrymore – presented Best Direction
* Anthony Ramos – presented Best Latin
* Joey King – presented Song of the Year
* Madison Beer – presented Best Music Video from Home
* Nicole Richie – presented Best Pop and Best R&B
* Kelly Clarkson – presented Artist of the Year
* Sofia Carson – presented Video for Good
* Bella Hadid – presented the Tricon Award
* Travis Barker – presented Best Hip Hop and introduced the "In Memoriam" segment
* Machine Gun Kelly – presented Push Best New Artist
* Bebe Rexha – presented Video of the Year

## Winners and nominees

On July 23, 2020, seventeen Push Best New Artist pre-nominees were announced. Fan voting for most categories took place from July 30 to August 23. Nominees for most other categories were revealed on July 30. Nominations for remaining categories were announced August 24. The Push Best New Artist category was narrowed down to three finalists on August 24 and voting moved to Twitter, where it will continue until August 28. Voting for Best Group and Song of Summer ran from August 24 to August 26 and August 26 to August 28, respectively. The voting process for both categories happened through MTV's Instagram stories.

Winners are listed first and highlighted in **bold**

## External links

* Official website

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