Performances overpowered the actual award part of the show with about 10 moonment actually given out during the two and a half award show. While Miley Cyrus was expected to take home  a moonman for her hit “We Can’t Stop”, the singer went home empty handed …well,sorta. *Flashes back to Miley groping Robin Thicke* Justin Timberlake took the biggest awards of the evening with Video of the Year for his single “Mirrors”. Macklemore and  Ryan Lewis took the moonman for Best Hip Hop Video for “Can’t Hold Us”, beating out Drake, A$AP Rocky, J. Cole and even Kendrick Lamar.

The top performance went to Justin Timberlake who had a 15 minute tribute of his hits throughout the years. Timberlake took us on a ride through his career by performing fan favorites such as “Cry Me a River”, “Suit and Tie”, “Like I Love You” and more. He even reunited with former boy band members of Nsync for a redemption  of “Bye Bye Bye and “Girlfriend”. During his speech for the award of Michael Jackson’s Video Vanguard award, JT thanked his former bandmates, even saying he wanted to “share the award” but it will stay at his house. Where was Jessica Biel though?

The night ended with a finale by Katy Perry, who performed her latest single “Roar” for the first time.

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The video music award show airs on August 25 in the Brooklyn’s Barclay Center to celebrate this years  most memorable music videos. Artist like Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke and Taylor Swift will be in attendance to see if they will take home the signature Moon Man from MTV. Justin Timberlake is up against Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis, Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, and Robin Thicke for the Video of the Year, for his video for “Mirrors”. Drake, A$AP Rocky, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, and 2 Chainz are all up for best Hip-Hop Video. Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop” gets three nominations for Best Female Video, Best Editing and Best Pop Video.

MTV adds a new category entitled Best Video With a Social Message. Kelly Clarkson’s hit “People Like Me” is up against Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis’ “Same Love”, “No Guns Allowed” by Snoop Lion, Beyonce’s “I Was Here” and “Candles in the Sun” by Miguel. Other unique categories include Best Cinematography and Best Direction.

Viewers can cast their votes on MTV.com and watch the awards show on August 25.

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