Highlights from the Billboards Music Awards 2014.
Missed this year’s Billboard Music Awards that took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas? We’ve got the highlights from the dazzling red carpet, killer performances, memorable moments, boo-boos and big wins.
Red Carpet Knockouts
Carrie Underwood is a neon vision in this chiffon with silver-beaded embellishment by Oriett Domenech.
Carrie Underwood / Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Sizzling hot in this burgundy Donna Karan number, our girl Jenny gives us a lil leg action through the sheer panel overlay.
Jennifer Lopez / Christopher Polk/Getty Images for DCP
Armed with a complete image makeover, Kesha kicks up the glam quotient in this strapless lace mermaid gown by Ines Di Santo showcasing perfect curves.
Kesha / Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Hosted by Ludacris, the event kicked off Sunday May 18, and with it came the usual shameless name-dropping dates. Nicki Minaj revealed her new single named ‘Pills N Potions’ to drop this Wednesday.
Performances
The show opened with a memorable performance by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte to the official 2014 FIFA World Cup anthem ‘We Are One (Ole Ola)’. From top streaming star Miley Cyrus to Robin Thicke, performances were plentiful.
Our favs:
Shakira steamed up the set with her provocative ‘Empire’ track amidst a fire-blazing background.
Katy Perry all the way from Newcastle, UK, gives a birthday girl a real treat with her multicoloured neon ‘Birthday’ serenade. Imagine Dragons hit up the rock scene full throttle with ‘Tiptoe’.
Blonde invasion Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert hit the stage together for the first time clad in leather and legs up to their armpits with ‘Somethin’ Bad’.
Bom-bom shaker, Ricky Martin brought ‘Vida’ action to the Billboards with the hit song that is part of the official soundtrack to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Highlights
But the highlight of the night goes to the incredible holographic image of Michael Jackson performing ‘Slave to the Rhythm’, the result of nearly half a year of planning, choreography and filming according to Billboard. The development of the surreal new technology meant producers of the awards show weren't able to see the final product until just eight days before the broadcast.
With 16 dancers onstage, the king of pop appeared clad in gold and red on a set mimicking that of the album Dangerous.
A photo of Michael Jackson's holographic perforamce/ Kevin Winter/Getty Images
The second annual Milestone Award presented by Chevrolet went to Carrie Underwood, who received the honor graciously.
Jennifer Lopez became the first woman in the award’s history to receive the Icon Award. The megastar accepted the honor with an emotional speech thanking everyone she’s ever worked with.
Funny Moments
Model and reality TV star Kendall Jenner ran into trouble introducing '5 Seconds of Summer', It would seem the youngster was having a hard time getting 'One Direction' off her mind. Catch the blunder here.
Big winner of the night: Justin Timberlake with seven trophies that included 'Top Artist' and 'Top Male Artist' cracked us up when he accepted for Top Artist with his diss of Donald Sterling. "I wanna thank everybody on earth, everybody on earth," Timberlake said, "Except Donald Sterling."
Other big winners of the evening included Imagine Dragons with five awards and Pharrell, Robin Thicke and T.I. each scoring four awards. For the complete list of winners click here.
Don't forget to share with us your favourite moment of the night by dropping us a note below.
All Images courtey of Billboard
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