What can we expect at the 2024 MTV Awards

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MTV Rita Ora holding up an MTV Award trophy

Stars volition descend connected Manchester connected Sunday for this year's MTV Europe Music Awards, with a formed database including Shawn Mendes, Raye and South African vocalist Tyla.

Pop prima Rita Ora volition big the ceremony, which is being staged successful the UK for the archetypal clip since 2017, with location municipality leader Liam Gallagher among the nominees.

Taylor Swift leads the nominations with 7 successful total, including champion creator and champion video for Fortnight, her duet with Post Malone.

She was up for the aforesaid fig past year, but the ceremony, which was owed to instrumentality spot successful Paris, was cancelled pursuing the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war.

Other nominees see US singers Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Billie Eilish, alongside British acts Central Cee, Adele, Fred Again and Coldplay.

Many are incapable to attend, however, with Eilish, Swift, Carpenter and Roan each touring extracurricular the UK.

Here are six moments to look retired for astatine the show, which volition instrumentality spot astatine the Co-op Live arena, six months aft the venue's troubled opening.

It volition beryllium broadcast successful the UK connected MTV and Pluto TV from 21:00 GMT connected Sunday and connected Channel 5 from 22:00 GMT.

1) Taylor Swift and Beyoncé could interruption records

Getty Images Beyonce and Taylor Swift airs astatine the US premiere of Swift's Eras Tour movie successful 2023

In September, Swift became the astir awarded creator successful the past of the American subdivision of the MTV Awards, with 30 trophies successful all.

She can't rather lucifer that accomplishment successful Europe. Even if she takes location each 7 of the prizes she's nominated for, she'll lone adjacent Justin Bieber's grounds of 22 MTV EMA honours.

However, Swift could go the archetypal idiosyncratic to triumph champion creator 3 times. She is presently tied with Shawn Mendes connected two.

Elsewhere, Beyoncé could go the archetypal idiosyncratic to triumph opus of the twelvemonth 3 times. But her state deed Texas Hold 'Em faces beardown contention from 2 of the songs of the summertime - Sabrina Carpenter's Espresso and Chapel Roan's Good Luck, Babe.

2) Busta Rhymes is going backmost to his roots

It mightiness look unusual giving Brooklyn-born rapper Busta Rhymes a beingness accomplishment prize successful Manchester... but the instrumentalist has an improbable transportation to north-west England.

Before helium developed his rapid-fire rap delivery, 11-year-old Rhymes spent 2 summers surviving with his Aunt Velma successful Morecambe.

"That's a fact," he told BBC 1 Xtra's Nadia Jae past year. "I'd ne'er seen a achromatic and a achromatic idiosyncratic spell [to school] unneurotic until I came here.

"When I was 11 years old, that was the archetypal clip I saw that successful my life. In Lancashire, successful Preston, successful Morecambe, successful Blackpool."

Regarded arsenic 1 of the top MCs of each time, he's owed to execute a top hits medley - which could see tracks specified arsenic Break Ya Neck, Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check, and Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See.

The prima said helium was "beyond honoured" to get the planetary icon prize, saying the designation was "not lone a solemnisation of my vocation but besides of hip-hop culture".

3) A rumoured tribute to Liam Payne

Getty Images Liam Payne astatine the 2017 MTV Awards

It's been wide reported - though not confirmed - that the ceremonial volition see a tribute to Liam Payne, who died successful Argentina past period aft falling from a edifice balcony.

The Sun reported past period that producers were "keen" to retrieve the singer, who won 12 MTV EMAs arsenic portion of One Direction.

He aboriginal utilized the ceremonial to motorboat his solo career, performing his planetary smash deed Strip That Down astatine the 2017 ceremony.

If the plans spell ahead, Ora is apt to pb the tributes. She duetted with the prima connected the 2018 deed For You, and helium aboriginal called her "a existent friend".

Last month, she broke down connected signifier successful Japan portion performing For You to honour Payne.

"I can't adjacent sing this close now," she told fans, holding her caput successful her hands.

4) Le Sserafim marque their UK debut

Kazuha, Eunchae, Chaewon, Yunjin and Sakrua

K-pop set Le Sserafim are having a stellar year. They played the Coachella festival, topped the US medium income chart, and adjacent lit up the Empire State Building successful "fearless blue" to observe the merchandise of their Crazy EP.

But Chaewon, Sakura, Kazuha, Eunchae and Yunjin person ne'er been to the UK... until now. They'll marque their unrecorded debut astatine the EMAs, wherever they're successful the moving for 3 prizes including champion caller artist.

Speaking to the BBC past month, the set said playing the UK was connected their must-do list.

"Oh my God, we would truthful honoured to play successful England," said Yunjin. "I really went to London connected my ain for a abrogation – my archetypal abrogation - truthful it'd beryllium awesome to spell arsenic a team, each together.

"Covent Garden was truthful pretty. It'd beryllium truthful amusive to busk there!"

Based connected their past performances, the five-piece volition beryllium readying thing a small much elaborate than singing astir a chapeau with a bashed-up guitar.

5) Pet Shop Boys spell orchestral

Getty Images Pet Shop Boys connected stage

Two weeks aft launching their beverage set, Pet Shop Boys volition person the inaugural "pop pioneers" grant astatine the EMAs.

The prize recognises "their publication to the satellite of popular music, including the groundbreaking sonic and ocular spectacles they make for their fans".

The grant comes arsenic the set people the 40th day of their debut single, West End Girls. Since then, they've scored 22 apical 10 hits successful the UK, including 4 fig ones, and person conscionable released a screen of the David Bowie/Mott The Hoople classical All The Young Dudes.

To celebrate, they'll enactment connected a peculiar show backed by the Manchester Camerata orchestra.

6) A fewer surprises?

PA Media Eva Longoria dressed arsenic an Iberia Ham astatine the 2010 MTV EMAs

It wouldn't beryllium the MTV Awards without a show-stopping entranceway oregon two. Who tin hide Stormzy arriving successful a constabulary car astatine the 2017 show? Or Britney Spears kicking her mode retired of a artifact of Kryptonite successful 1999?

The hosts person had their moments, too. In 2010, histrion Eva Longoria presented portion of the amusement dressed arsenic a elephantine Spanish ham (see above), portion Ed Sheeran and Ruby Rose spent 2015 shooting flame-throwers into the air.

Then determination are the props - Lady Gaga performing Marry The Night connected apical of the Moon, oregon Bebe Rexha singing I Got You to a massive, furry missive "U" (this actually happened successful existent life and isn't a Sesame Street fever dream).

With performances successful Manchester by Raye, Mendes, Tyla, Peso Pluma, The Warning, Teddy Swims and Benson Boone, determination are bound to beryllium a fewer surprises successful store.