Tuesday 6 May 2014

Miley Cyrus, Ricky Martin to Perform on Billboard Music Awards

Jordin Sparks, Kelly Rowland, Pete Wentz and Wiz Khalifa are among the presenters for the May 18 event on ABC

Miley Cyrus and Ricky Martin have joined the growing list of performers on the upcoming 2014 Billboard Music Awards. The BBMAs will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 18, on ABC at 8 p.m. ET.
They join previously announced performers including Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull, 5 Seconds of Summer, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Derulo, Imagine Dragons, Luke Bryan, John Legend and OneRepublic.
Also announced today was a first batch of presenters for the live show -- a lineup that includes Jordin Sparks, Kelly Rowland, Kendall Jenner, Kevin O’Leary, Mark Cuban, Pete Wentz, and Wiz Khalifa.
Cyrus will be performing remotely from a tour stop in England. The "Wrecking Ball" star is a finalist in eight categories this year, including top artist, top Hot 100 artist and top social artist. (The full list of finalists can be viewed here.) Martin is fresh off releasing new song "Vida," off the official soundtrack for the FIFA World Cup.
On Monday it was revealed that Lopez will be the recipient of this year's Icon Award. Meanwhile, voting for the 2014 Milestone Award is ongoing and will continue through the first two hours of the show. To vote for finalists Ellie Goulding, OneRepublic or Carrie Underwood go to billboard.com/milestone.
Yahoo will be streaming this year's red carpet show, hosted by Lance Bass, Jordin Sparks, Ted Stryker and more. 
The 2014 Billboard Music Awards is produced by dick clark productions and will be aired by on ABC at 8pm ET.  Allen Shapiro and Mike Mahan are Executive Producers.  Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco join Klein as Producers. For additional information on the 2014 Billboard Music Awards visit us atbillboardmusicawards.com or the Billboard hub at billboard.com/bbma.

No comments: