We love a good music video, and when it comes to handing out awards for the best of em’, we look to the MTV VMAs.
The nominations are in and we’re checking to see if MTV will a.) go the political route and award the most popular artists or b.) surprise us by giving it to the person who actually deserves it.
(Did you catch that ??) Either way, we tapped our TV One oracle to predict who will take this year’s moon man home:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Adele, Hello
Beyoncé, Formation
Drake, Hotline Bling
Justin Bieber, Sorry
Kanye West, Famous
TV One’s oracle prediction: BEYONCE, DUH! Even Kanye can see that!
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Adele, Hello
Beyoncé, Hold Up
Sia, Cheap Thrills
Ariana Grande, Into You
Rihanna, Work (featuring Drake)
TV One’s oracle prediction: When Adele dropped this video she made us all want to reconnect with our ex, one last time.
BEST MALE VIDEO
Drake, Hotline Bling
Bryson Tiller, Don’t
Calvin Harris, This is What You Came For (featuring Rihanna)
Kanye West, Famous
The Weeknd, Can’t Feel My Face
TV One’s oracle prediction: Rihanna will be the first female to win best male video.
BEST COLLABORATION
Beyoncé, Freedom (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Fifth Harmony, Work From Home (featuring Ty Dolla $ign)
Ariana Grande, Let Me Love You (featuring Lil Wayne)
Calvin Harris, This is What You Came For (featuring Rihanna)
Rihanna, Work (featuring Drake)
TV One’s oracle prediction: Competition? Beyoncé would like some.
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
Drake, Hotline Bling
Desiigner, Panda
Bryson Tiller, Don’t
Chance the Rapper, Angels (featuring Saba)
2 Chainz, Watch Out
TV One’s oracle prediction: 10/10 Drake is going to take this one home, but that doesn’t mean he deserves it.
BEST POP VIDEO
Adele, Hello
Beyoncé, Formation
Justin Bieber, Sorry
Alessia Cara, Wild Things
Ariana Grande, Into You
TV One’s oracle prediction: White girls killing it with dancehall-inspired moves? MTV GOLD.
BEST ROCK VIDEO
All Time Low, Missing You
Coldplay, Adventure of a Lifetime
Fall Out Boy, Irresistible (featuring Demi Lovato)
Twenty One Pilots, Heathens
Panic! At The Disco, Victorious
TV One’s oracle prediction: In loving memory of Harambe….Coldplay has this one in their back pocket.
BEST ELECTRONIC VIDEO
Calvin Harris & Disciples, How Deep is Your Love
99 Souls, The Girl is Mine (featuring Destiny’s Child and Brandy)
Mike Posner, I Took a Pill in Ibiza
Afrojack, SummerThing!
The Chainsmokers, Don’t Let Me Down (featuring Daya)
TV One’s oracle prediction: What’s losing when you have Gigi Hadid in your video?
BREAKTHROUGH LONG-FORM VIDEO
Florence + the Machine, The Odyssey
Beyoncé, Lemonade
Justin Bieber, Purpose: The Movement
Chris Brown, Royalty
Troye Sivan, Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy
TV One’s oracle prediction: How do you like your lemonade sweetened? With honey?
BEST NEW ARTIST
Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE
TV One’s oracle prediction: Cant quite make out what this guy is saying, but whatever it is, it WILL win him this award.
BEST ART DIRECTION
Beyoncé, Hold Up
Fergie, M.I.L.F. $
Drake, Hotline Bling
David Bowie, Blackstar
Adele, Hello
TV One’s oracle prediction: Politics may play a part in this one, but at least it would be well-deserved.
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé, Formation
Missy Elliott, WTF (Where They From) (featuring Pharrell)
Beyoncé, Sorry
FKA Twigs, M3LL155X
Florence + The Machine, Delilah
TV One’s oracle prediction: In all fairness, Missy or FKA Twigs SHOULD win this one. But let’s BEY real!
BEST DIRECTION
Beyoncé, Formation
Coldplay, Up&Up
Adele, Hello
David Bowie, Lazarus
Tame Impala, The Less I Know the Better
TV One’s oracle prediction: This will be another battle of the popular kids but Tame Impala will pull through.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beyoncé, Formation
Adele, Hello
David Bowie, Lazarus
Alesso, I Wanna Know
Ariana Grande, Into You
TV One’s oracle prediction: The video was in Sepia…. SEPIA! Who does that? Only Adele.
BEST EDITING
Beyoncé, Formation
Adele, Hello
Fergie, M.I.L.F.$
David Bowie, Lazarus
Ariana Grande, Into You
TV One’s oracle prediction: We see the gender-defying legend taking this one home.
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Coldplay, Up&Up
FKA Twigs, M3LL155X
Adele, Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
The Weeknd, Can’t Feel My Face
Zayn, Pillowtalk
TV One’s oracle prediction: Visual effects is what Coldplay does! Everyone else, stay in your lane.
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