Verdad. Aparte, son similares las letras de “Mi gente” y “Voodoo Song”?? Como que no me parecería justo que descalificaran a alguien de Canción del Año por usar un sample, sobre todo si la letra es nueva o diferente.

(Ahora, no es que “Mi gente” sea una obra maestra que se deba nominar, pero lo digo en general.)

Hmmm… Pero si mal no recuerdo, “Lo mejor de mi vida eres tú” de Ricky Martin fue nominada a Canción del Año a pesar de ser la versión en español de “The Best Thing About Me Is You.”

A menos que para recibir la nominación hayan tenido que demostrar que se escribió la versión hispana primero…

(Creo que “Más y más” de Robi Rosa también t…[Read more]

In an odd turn of events, ratings for the VMAs actually went up this year…

Despite hitting an all-time low for its live ratings this year, the VMAs’ Live+3 ratings (i.e., live airing + DVR playback up to 3 days later) on MTV and VH1 were about 7% higher than 2017’s Live+3 ratings (+4% on all 11 networks that showed the VMAs).

Source:…[Read more]

No digo que vaya a ser nominada, pero “I Like It” sería elegible a Canción del Año?

Las estrofas de Bad Bunny y J Balvin son en español, lo que la debería poner por encima del mínimo de 51% necesario para la nominación (a menos que cuenten el coro por separado cada vez que ocurre, cosa que no tendría sentido para mí).

Nope. He was unfortunately the one big nominee that gets inevitably shut out.

As nice a moment as it was to see the choreographer for “This Is America” accept the Video with a Message award, there was no way MTV was having a production person accept VOTY lol.

Glover should’ve just recorded a video acceptance speech just in case.

They knew what they were getting. Remember her MJ speech back in 2009?

“Michael Jackson was born in August 1958. So was I. Michael Jackson grew up in the suburbs of the Midwest. So did I. Michael Jackson had eight brothers and sisters. So do I.”

And that was just the beginning of the speech…

Madonna’s speech before presenting VOTY was (supposedly) a tribute to Aretha Franklin. She has an amazing way of turning these things all about herself (like she did for her MJ tribute speech in 2009)…

Video of the Year WINNER: Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug, “Havana”

Say what you will about the production today, but this is the first VMAs…[Read more]

Video with a Message WINNER: Childish Gambino, “This Is America”
(Sherrie Silver, choreographer, accepts)

Multiple Winners Announced

Best Dance WINNER: Avicii feat. Rita Ora, “Lonely Together”

Best Rock WINNER: Imagine Dragons, “Whatever It Takes”

Best Collaboration WINNER: Jennifer Lopez feat. Cardi B & DJ Khaled, “Dinero”

Best New Artist WINNER: Cardi B

That was nice of J.Lo to bring Ja Rule back from 2002 to help us celebrate her career lol.

That said, it was nice of her to shout out Francis Lawrence, Dave Meyers, Paul Hunter, and the other directors she’s worked with.

Artist of the Year WINNER: Camila Cabello

Aw crap, I should’ve followed my gut and made VFX my Super Bet…

Best Latin WINNER: J Balvin & Willy William, “Mi Gente”

Song of the Year WINNER: Post Malone feat. 21 Savage, “Rockstar”

(SN: Cardi was actually losing BNA up until like 20 minutes ago. I kinda would’ve enjoyed seeing the backfire lol)

Best Pop WINNER: Ariana Grande, “No Tears Left to Cry”

Best Hip Hop WINNER: Nicki Minaj, “Chun-Li”

Push Artist of the Year WINNER: Hayley Kiyoko

EDIT: Nessa just mentioned that the professional categories will be announced during the main show.

Song of Summer WINNER: Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin, “I Like It”

EDIT: Also, the top 2 finalists for BNA have been announced:
* Cardi B
* Hayley Kiyoko

(voting done via Twitter now)

It’s varied in the past few years. They used to always be announced on the pre-show between the late 1990s and like the mid-2000s.

Nowadays, you need to basically wait until the show is over for them to refresh their “Winners” page (except for a couple of years when they were announced during the main show, before a commercial break).

WatchMojo just did a Top 10 Video about this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwYgmOygEK8

This was their list:

10. Black Eyed Peas (“My Humps”) over Kanye West (“Gold Digger”) in 2006 [Hip-Hop]
9. Dire Straits (“Money for Nothing”) over a-ha (“Take on Me”) in 1986 [VOTY]
8. Rihanna (“Umbrella”) over Justice (“D.A.N.C.E.”) in 2007…[Read more]