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The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards will be hosted by Miley Cyrus in what will hopefully be an entertaining night.  ● Taylor Swift premieres her video for "Wildest Dreams"
Miley promised a "psychedelic" and "raw" awards show in her recent interview with the New York Times. ● Fallout Boy wins Best Rock Video for "Uma Thurman."
“I didn’t want this VMAs to be like they’ve been in the past. Last year, there wasn’t even a host, so there was no energy.” ● Taylor Swift wins Best Pop Video for "Blank Space."
This year's version of MTVs "Moonman." (MTV) ● Walk the Moon performs "Shut Up and Dance."
What time is it on?  
The pre-show beings at 8:00pm ET/PT and the awards show begins at 9pm on Sunday.  
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The VMAs will be broadcast live on MTV. The ceremony will not be live streamed online for viewers around the world. Demi Lovato will perform her latest single "Cool for the Summer", while Taylor Swift is delivering the premiere for her track "Wildest Dreams" at this year’s VMA awards, as is Nick Jonas.
UK viewers can the ceremony at 8pm on Monday 31 August. Swift's video "Bad Blood" is nominated for eight awards. The singer found herself in hot water last month after jumping into a series of tweets by Nicki Minaj about black women's influence on pop culture. Minaj felt the video for her single "Anaconda" deserved more recognition but Swift appeared to take this as a personal slight.
Who's performing? Miley Cyrus, who is hosting this year’s event, also commented on the incident, saying Minaj’s comments were “not very polite”.
Nicki Minaj, The Weeknd, Tori Kelly, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Demi Lovato, Twenty One Pilots and A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Justin Bieber. The 22-year-old artist is set to front the awards on her own, two years after a memorable and highly controversial performance with Robin Thicke. 
Why's Kanye West winning the Video Vanguard Award? "We've had a long-standing relationship with her from the 2013 VMAs," said Amy Doyle, executive producer of the show, said of Cyrus. "She continues to be an amazing character in pop culture, she's musical and has lots of personality."
Because he's a genius.
Kanye is taking home the VMA's most prestigious award, which honours his career of "groundbreaking" videos, legendary VMA performances and his impact on music, art, fashion and culture. The ceremony will celebrate videos including: "Bound 2," "Heartless," "Good Life" and many more.
Who's going to win the big awards?
The night's biggest contest is for the Video Of The Year, which is amplified due to the large absence of Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" and her very public explanation of the music industry's race problem.
Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud," Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk," Beyoncé's "7/11," Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" and Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar's "Bad Blood" are all strong contenders for the prize.
Artists to watch is also another great bout featuring: Fetty Wap, James Bay, Vance Joy, George Ezra and FKA twigs.