Here's Where You Can Watch The MTV VMAs 2021
We're only days away from one of the most exciting award shows of the year, the MTV VMAs. And if you're anything like us, you're buzzing to know what you can expect to see, who you can expect to hear, and if your fave celebrities will show up. In addition, fans are curious to know what the style of the award show will be this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rising cases of coronavirus. If you remember, 2020 was full of a gamut of awkward attempts at avoiding the COVID elephant in the room. Some award shows utilized fake audiences, others relied on social distancing, and some completely ignored pandemic guidelines all together with not a mask in sight. The MTV VMAs did a pretty good job at abiding by COVID rules while still making the award show entertaining, adopting a unique system of broadcasting from multiple locations around New York City and limiting audience attendance (via The Hollywood Reporter). This year, however, the show will take place at the Barclays Center for the first time since 2013, per Patch.
But if you're not one of the lucky audience members who gets to attend the show live, where's the best place to watch it?
The VMAs will be available to watch on many popular streaming services
Mark your calendars, as the show will be premiering on Sunday, September 12, with the pre-show starting at 6:30 pm ET and the award show beginning at 8:00 pm ET (via Today). According to a press release by MTV, the show will be on MTV and livestreamed on MTV's Twitter account, as well as available to stream through the MTV app. You can also catch the show on a load of popular streaming services, including Hulu Live, YouTube, Sling TV and FuboTV.
This is definitely not a show you're going to watch to miss, as some of the biggest names in music are slated to perform, including Camila Cabello, Chlöe, Doja Cat, Lil Nas X, Machine Gun Kelly, Shawn Mendes, Kacey Musgraves, Olivia Rodrigo, and Twenty One Pilots. Justin Bieber will always be taking center stage to perform at the VMAs for the first time in six years (via USA Today).
And to make things even more exciting? Doja Cat will host the show, per MTV.