Happy Friday everyone!
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and Little Mix has officially been nominated
for their first MTV VMA alongside Blackpink, Five Seconds of Summer, BTS, and more.
News broke this week that Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards
were nominated for their first VMA ever for Best Group.
The girls are in the category alongside other iconic groups like Chloe X Halle, BTS, Blackpink,
Monsta X, 5SOS, CNCO, the 1975, and more.
Is it just me or is this category seriously stacked...
And interestingly enough, this is only the 2nd year that the VMA’s brought back the
Best Group category.
They eliminated the category after Fall Out Boy won in 2007, but Best Group was first
brought back last year with BTS taking the win over groups like the Jonas Brothers, the
Backstreet Boys, BLACKPINK, and more.
Now this year, fans were able to cast their votes via MTV’s Instagram stories earlier
this week.
And the ladies of Little Mix were particularly excited about being nominated in this category
as it’s their first ever VMA nom.
“Guys we have one more hour left to vote for us to get a VMA, just head over to MTV’s
Instagram and swipe up for Little Mix to vote for us.”
The voting for the category is closed now, so hopefully you got your vote in!
And many Mixers have been taking to social media to share their excitement over Little
Mix’s first VMA nomination.
One fan tweeted saying “i want to see them win and smile while holding this award they
deserve this.
I know every mixers wants that too so please, stop reading this tweet and vote for Little
Mix 'best group' on @MTV ig story.”
This person also asked others to vote for Little Mix writing, “Guys it’s literally
@LittleMix first time nominated for #VMAs after nine f***ing years y’all better let
them win this one we have 2 plz mutuals even if u don’t stan them vote for them”
And this person threw some shade at Little Mix’s old label manager Simon Cowell and
wrote quote, “CALLING ALL 1D FANS WHO ALSO STAN/LISTEN TO LITTE MIX!
Mixers need your help! Wanna get back at Simon and show him that groups can survive and thrive
without him?
Please help us vote for Little Mix best group at the VMAS.
It’s their first nomination and deserve it sm”
And many Mixers have been pleasantly surprised that other fandoms on Twitter helped promote
voting for Little Mix.
One person tweeted saying “im still so shocked at the vma nomination, i feel like as a fandom
we are so used to the girls being forgotten about at award shows that we didnt even consider
this category which sucks but im so so happy to see other fandoms helping us vote .. PLEASE
VOTE FOR LITTLE MIX AT VMAS”
And another fan added “Demi, Nicki, And Taylor stans helping us vote for Little Mix
at the VMAS....
I thought we were gonna have to do this on our own....thank y’all sm.”
Some fans are even hoping for a surprise performance from Little Mix at this weekend’s award
show.
Rumors of a potential performance started swirling around when this fan resurfaced a
recent Capital FM interview with Perrie and Leigh-Anne, writing quote, “do you all remember
the email perrie talked about what if they were asked to perform at VMAS??????”
And here’s what Perrie said…
“The email literally just got sent today but it is one of the craziest things we’ve
ever been asked to do to the point where we were like ‘is this a joke?’
I am so intrigued right now.
Leigh-Anne I actually thought I was gonna cry, but what an opportunity though.
It’s gonna be amazing.”
And fans have been replying to this video writing things like “LITTLE MIX AT VMAS”
and “omg same that's what I've been thinking too…”
So who knows who will take home the award for Best Group.
Just means we will have to tune in this weekend to see who wins the stacked Best Group category
and maybe, just maybe, there might be a surprise performance from Little Mix.
Obviously, given the ongoing global pandemic, this year’s VMAs are going to look a bit
different.
Keke Palmer is set to host the award show in person in New York City, but performances
will be held at different locations all over NYC.
MTV announced plans for the show to quote "[span] all five boroughs" to “pay homage
to the strength, spirit, and incredible resilience of NYC and its beloved residents” after
they were hit so hard by COVID-19.
So it seems like the majority of the performances and show will be outside, which is safer for
social distancing.
And as far as we know, the VMAs will be held with “limited or no audience.”
It will definitely be an unforgettable VMAs and this show will likely set the stage for
how future award shows take place during the ongoing pandemic.
I know we will definitely be tuning in and personally, I’m really hoping for that surprise
Little Mix performance!
If you want more on Little Mix and want to see our exclusive Clevver interview with Jade,
Leigh-Anne, Perrie, and Jesy, click right over here.
And let us know down in the comments below who you think is going to win the Best Group
category.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!