The 2020 MTV VMAs held this year’s best music videos in their first socially distanced award ceremony, with a star-studded line up of music performances. Lady Gaga emerged the biggest winner of the night bagging 5 awards including Best Collaboration for Rain on Me with Ariana Grande. The Weeknd went home with the prestigious “Video of the Year” award for Blinding Lights. Other winners included BTS, who won “Best Pop” & “Best Group” & Megan The Stallion won “Best Hip Hop”.
The 2020 MTV VMAs were hosted by actress Keke Palmer, who opened the ceremony at the Empire State Building in the heart of Manhattan, New York. In her opening address, she paid tribute to Chadwick Boseman whose untimely death has touched the world. She also showed her support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
The ceremony had Lady Gaga perform a medley of hits including Rain On Me with Ariana Grande. Best New Artist winner Doja Cat performed her smash hits Say so and Like That and The Weeknd delivered an epic rendition of Blinding Lights. The Black Eyed Peas made a return to the MTV VMAs stage debuting their latest single VIDA LOCA on television for the first time.
The MTV VMAs aired in primetime on Monday August 31, at 17:30 CAT (Pre-show) & 19:00 CAT – 21:00 CAT (Main show) and will repeat on MTV (DStv Channel 130) at 8:00 CAT and on MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) 19:00 CAT on Wednesday September 2.