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The 2023\u00a0<\/span>MTV Video Music Awards<\/a>\u00a0will be packed to the gills with celebrities.<\/span><\/p>\n Just hours ahead of the big show, ET has learned that NSYNC, which includes Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, and Joey Fatone,\u00a0<\/span>will be reuniting<\/a> and presenting at this year’s ceremony. They last reunited at the 2013 VMAs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Other presenters include Bebe Rexha (though she’s expressed she may not attend), Charli D’Amelio, Coco Jones, Dixie D\u2019Amelio, Emily Ratajkowski, French Montana, GloRilla, Ice Spice, Jared Leto, Madelyn Cline, Rita Ora, Sabrina Carpenter,\u00a0A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Anuel AA, Ashanti, Billy Porter, Chloe Bailey, Dove Cameron, Fat Joe, Halle Bailey, Nelly Furtado, Rene\u00e9 Rapp, Saweetie, Shenseea, Thalia, Tiffany Haddish, Timbaland and Wyclef Jean.<\/span><\/p>\n Also this week, it was announced that Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion will reunite for a debut performance of their just-released single, “Bongos.” Additionally, Bacardi is sponsoring\u00a0a show-stopping finale featuring some of hip hop’s most iconic tracks performed by DMC, Doug E. Fresh, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, LL COOL J, Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj.<\/span><\/p>\n Minaj<\/a> will be returning to the VMAs\u00a0stage this year as both the evening’s emcee and for a performance of her new single, “Last Time I Saw You.”\u00a0It’s the second consecutive year that the 40-year-old “Barbie World” rapper will host and perform after serving in the same role for the 2022 show. Throughout her impressive career, Minaj has racked up 25 VMA nominations, including the six she has at this year’s show, and six wins. Her first VMAs appearance was in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n On top of these artists, <\/span>Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u00a0is returning for a special performance at this year’s ceremony after her 2021 debut.<\/span><\/p>\n And in addition to the the hip hop tribute, Lil Wayne, a nominee this year for Best Hip Hop, will make a long-awaited return to the VMAs stage with his first performance at the show in more than a decade. The rapper will perform his new single, “Kat Food,” \u00a0live for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n Sean “Diddy” Combs<\/a>, who will be <\/span>honored with the Global Icon Award<\/a>, and <\/span>Shakira<\/a>, who will accept the Video Vanguard Award, will both also perform during the awards show for the first time in nearly two decades.<\/span><\/p>\n The list of <\/span>2023 MTV Video Music Awards<\/a>\u00a0performances does not stop there. MTV revealed\u00a0Anitta, Doja Cat,\u00a0Kelsea Ballerini,\u00a0and\u00a0TOMORROW X TOGETHER will take the stage for their own performances inside New Jersey’s Prudential Center.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n On top of that, Demi Lovato, Karol G, M\u00e5neskin, and Stray Kids are set to entertain viewers across the country during the VMAs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Lovato\u00a0returns for her first VMAs performance in six years, which comes mere days before she drops her\u00a0highly anticipated new album,\u00a0<\/span>REVAMPED. <\/span><\/em>The new album\u00a0features rock versions of her hit songs, including the recently released rock versions of “Confident,” “Heart Attack,” “Cool for the Summer” and “Sorry Not Sorry,” featuring Slash.\u00a0The award-winning singer has previously been nominated 14 times and is up for two categories this year: Best Pop and Video for Good.<\/span><\/p>\n Taking a break from her\u00a0first-ever stadium tour,\u00a0Karol G will make her debut on the MTV VMAs stage and compete for her first win in three categories, including\u00a0Artist of the Year.<\/span><\/p>\n M\u00e5neskin makes their return after their history-making win for Best Alternative last year. This time around, the globally dominating rockers set their much-anticipated return to the storied MTV stage for the world premiere performance of their forthcoming new single, “HONEY (ARE YOU COMING?),” dropping Sept. 1. The group is also up for Best Rock, again setting records as the first Italian act to be nominated for two consecutive years in a main show category.<\/span><\/p>\n Global K-Pop mavens Stray Kids will also be making their debut, marking their first time performing at the VMAs with the U.S. broadcast premiere of “S-CLASS,” off their latest record-breaking #1 album,\u00a0<\/span>5-STAR<\/span><\/em>. The group is in the running to claim their first MTV Moon Person for Best K-Pop, the same category which earned them their first VMAs nomination last year.<\/span><\/p>\n MTV previously revealed\u00a0the nominees for this year’s festivities, with\u00a0<\/span>Taylor Swift<\/a>\u00a0and <\/span>SZA<\/a> leading the pack with an impressive eight nominations each. Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Minaj, Rodrigo and Sam Smith trail close behind with five noms each.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Additionally, this year’s VMAs will also see a record-setting 35 first-time nominees, including GloRilla, Ice Spice, Metro Boomin, Peso Pluma, PinkPantheress, Rene\u00e9 Rapp, and many others.<\/span><\/p>\n While many awards shows recruit critics to determine winners, MTV puts the power in the public’s hands to decide who is the best of the best for the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Fans can find out who reigns supreme when the 2023 VMAs air Tuesday, Sept. 12, at 8 p.m. ET on MTV. And follow along at\u00a0<\/span>ETonline.com<\/a>\u00a0for full coverage from this year’s VMAs, including the complete list of the\u00a0<\/span>nominees<\/a>\u00a0and the night’s big winners.<\/span><\/p>\n