MTV Movie & TV Awards 2017 Introduces Two Brand-New Categories

The inaugural MTV Movie & TV Awards 2017 just got bigger. MTV today announced the addition of two brand-new categories, ‘Trending’ and ‘Best Musical Moment’ to the well-established categories.

‘Trending’ will commend some of the greatest viral moments in movies and television from the past year, and ‘Best Musical Moment' celebrates the use of song in movies and television.

The 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards, hosted by Adam Devine, airs LIVE from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Calif. on Sunday, May 7 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. (Very early in the morning for UK & Ireland folks.)

NOMINEES FOR ‘TRENDING’ AND ‘BEST MUSICAL MOMENT’:

‘TRENDING’ (Presented by Time Inc.’s INSTANT)                 

- “Sean Spicer Press Conference” feat. Melissa McCarthy - Saturday Night Live (NBC)       

- “Lady Gaga Carpool Karaoke” - The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)      


- “Cash Me Outside How Bout Dat” - Dr. Phil  (CBS) 

- “Run The World (Girls)” Channing Tatum and Beyonce - Lip Sync Battle (SPIKE)  

- “Wheel of Musical Impressions with Demi Lovato” - The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)         

- Winona Ryder’s Winning SAG Awards Reaction - 23rd Annual SAG Awards (TNT)

‘BEST MUSICAL MOMENT’ (musical.ly) (Powered by truth®)         

- “Beauty and the Beast” - Ariana Grande and John Legend - (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)           

- “Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Justin Timberlake - Trolls (20th Century Fox)   

- “How Far I’ll Go” - Auli'i Cravalho – Moana (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)             

- “City of Stars” - Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone - La La Land (Summit Entertainment)

- “You Can’t Stop” The Beat – Ensemble - Hairspray Live! (NBC)

- “Be That As It May” - Herizen Guardiola - The Get Down (Netflix)

- “You’re the One That I Want” – Ensemble - Grease: Live (FOX)

Want to vote in either of these new categories? You can!

To vote for ‘Trending,’ go to MTV.com. Voting for ‘Best Musical Moment’ will take place exclusively on the next-generation entertainment social network musical.ly. 

Voting ends for both categories on Sunday, May 7.