Taylor Swift entered the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards with a leading 10 nominations. When the night was all said and done, Swift — along with Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish — led the way with three wins each. One of Moonman Trophies Swift received was presented by John Travolta.
Travolta took the stage with Queen Latifa to present the award for Video of the Year.
Swift took home the award for her song “You Need to Calm Down,” and took the stage with her dancers and team for the video. One of those people in the entourage happened to be Jade Jolie, a drag queen who has previously competed on season 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
When it came time to hand over the Moonman, Travolta had a minor brain malfunction and mistook Jade Jolie as Taylor Swift and attempted to give the drag queen the trophy.
It gave us this hilarious moment.
John Travolta mistaking Jade Jolie for Taylor Swift.
DRAG
RACE
EXCELLENCE pic.twitter.com/zVLgsbHhD7
— Joey Nolfi (@joeynolfi) August 27, 2019
DRAG Way to go, John.
A full look at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards winners can be seen below.
2019 MTV VMAs Winners
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- 21 Savage ft. J. Cole — “a lot” — Epic Records
- Billie Eilish — “Bad Guy” — Darkroom/Interscope Records
- Ariana Grande — “thank u, next” — Republic Records
- Jonas Brothers — “Sucker” — Republic Records
- Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)” — Columbia Records
- WINNER: Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down” — Republic Records
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Cardi B — Atlantic Records
- Billie Eilish — Darkroom/Interscope Records
- WINNER: Ariana Grande — Republic Records
- Halsey — Astralwerks/Capitol Records
- Jonas Brothers — Republic Records
- Shawn Mendes– Island Records
SONG OF THE YEAR
- Drake — “In My Feelings” — Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records
- Ariana Grande — “thank u, next” — Republic Records
- Jonas Brothers — “Sucker” — Republic Records
- Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — “Shallow” — Interscope Records
- WINNER: Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)” — Columbia Records
- Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down” — Republic Records
BEST NEW ARTIST
- Ava Max — Atlantic Records
- WINNER: Billie Eilish — Darkroom/Interscope Records
- H.E.R. — MBK/RCA Records
- Lil Nas X — Columbia Records
- Lizzo — Atlantic Records
- ROSALÍA — Columbia Records
BEST COLLABORATION
- Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)” — Columbia Records
- Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — “Shallow” — Interscope Records
- WINNER: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — “Señorita” — Island Records
- Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco — “ME!” — Republic Records
- Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — “I Don’t Care” — Atlantic Records
- BTS ft. Halsey — “Boy With Luv” — Columbia Records
PUSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Bazzi — Atlantic Records
- CNCO — RCA Records
- WINNER: Billie Eilish — Darkroom/Interscope Records
- H.E.R. — MBK/RCA Records
- Lauv — LAUV/AWAL
- Lizzo — Atlantic Records
BEST POP
- 5 Seconds of Summer — “Easier” — Interscope Records
- Cardi B & Bruno Mars — “Please Me” — Atlantic Records
- Billie Eilish — “Bad Guy” — Darkroom/Interscope Records
- Khalid — “Talk” — Right Hand Music Group/RCA Records
- Ariana Grande — “thank u, next” — Republic Records
- WINNER: Jonas Brothers — “Sucker” — Republic Records
- Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down” — Republic Records
BEST HIP HOP
- 2 Chainz ft. Ariana Grande — “Rule the World” — 2 Chainz Ps/Def Jam
- 21 Savage ft. J. Cole — “a lot” — Epic Records
- WINNER: Cardi B — “Money” — Atlantic Records
- DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend — “Higher” — We The Best/Epic Records
- Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)” — Columbia Records
- Travis Scott ft. Drake — “SICKO MODE” — Epic Records/Grand Hustle/Cactus Jack
BEST R&B
- Anderson .Paak ft. Smokey Robinson — “Make It Better” — Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music
- Childish Gambino — “Feels Like Summer” — RCA Records
- H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller — “Could’ve Been” — MBK/RCA Records
- Alicia Keys — “Raise A Man” — RCA Records
- Ella Mai — “Trip” — 10 Summers/Interscope Records
- WINNER: Normani ft. 6lack — “Waves” — Keep Cool/RCA Records
BEST K-POP
- WINNER: BTS ft. Halsey — “Boy With Luv” — Columbia Records
- BLACKPINK — “Kill This Love” — YG Entertainment/Interscope Records
- Monsta X ft. French Montana — “Who Do You Love” — Epic Records
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER — “Cat & Dog” — Republic Records
- NCT 127 — “Regular” — SM Entertainment
- EXO — “Tempo” — SM Entertainment
BEST LATIN
- Anuel AA, Karol G — “Secreto” — Universal Music Latino
- Bad Bunny ft. Drake — “MIA” — OVO Sound/Warner Bros. Records
- benny blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez, J Balvin — “I Can’t Get Enough” — NEON16/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope Records
- Daddy Yankee ft. Snow — “Con Calma” — Universal Music Latin Entertainment
- Maluma — “Mala Mía” — Sony Music US Latin
- WINNER: ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho — “Con Altura” — Columbia Records
BEST DANCE
- WINNER: The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha — “Call You Mine” — Disruptor/Columbia Records
- Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato — “Solo” — Big Beat/Atlantic Records
- DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B — “Taki Taki” — DJ Snake Music Productions Ltd/Geffen
- David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin — “Say My Name” — Big Beat/Atlantic Records
- Marshmello & Bastille — “Happier” — Capitol Records
- Silk City & Dua Lipa — “Electricity” — Columbia Records
BEST ROCK
- The 1975 — “Love It If We Made It” — Dirty Hit/Interscope Records
- Fall Out Boy — “Bishops Knife Trick” — Island Records
- Imagine Dragons — “Natural” — KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records
- Lenny Kravitz — “Low” — BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
- WINNER: Panic! At The Disco — “High Hopes” — Elektra Music Group
- twenty one pilots — “My Blood” — Elektra Music Group
VIDEO FOR GOOD
- Halsey — “Nightmare” — Astralwerks/Capitol Records
- The Killers — “Land of the Free” — Island
- Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey ft. Gallant — “Runaway Train” — Interscope Records
- John Legend — “Preach” — Columbia Records
- Lil Dicky — “Earth” — Dirty Burd, Inc./Commission/BMG
- WINNER: Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down” — Republic Records
BEST GROUP
- 5 Seconds of Summer
- Backstreet Boys
- BLACKPINK
- WINNER: BTS
- CNCO
- Jonas Brothers
- PRETTYMUCH
- Why Don’t We
BEST POWER ANTHEM
- Ariana Grande – “7 rings”
- DJ Khaled ft. Cardi B & 21 Savage – “Wish Wish”
- Halsey – “Nightmare”
- Lizzo ft. Missy Elliott – “Tempo”
- Maren Morris – “GIRL”
- WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion ft. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign – “Hot Girl Summer”
- Miley Cyrus – “Mother’s Daughter”
- Taylor Swift – “You Need To Calm Down”
SONG OF SUMMER
- WINNER: Ariana Grande, Social House — “Boyfriend”
- Billie Eilish — “Bad Guy”
- DaBaby — “Suge”
- Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — “I Don’t Care”
- Jonas Brothers — Sucker”
- Khalid — “Talk”
- Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)”
- Lil Tecca — “Ransom”
- Lizzo — “Truth Hurts”
- Miley Cyrus — “Mother’s Daughter”
- Post Malone ft. Young Thug — “Goodbyes”
- ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho — “Con Altura”
- Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — “Señorita”
- Taylor Swift – “You Need To Calm Down”
- The Chainsmokers, Bebe Rexha — “Call You Mine”
- Young Thug ft. J. Cole & Travis Scott — “The London”
BEST DIRECTION
- Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” — Darkroom/Interscope Records — Directed by Dave Meyers
- FKA twigs — “Cellophane” — Young Turks — Directed by Andrew Thomas Huang
- WINNER: Ariana Grande — “thank you, next” — Republic Records — Directed by Hannah Lux Davis
- Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)” — Columbia Records — Directed by Calmatic
- LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo — “No New Friends” — Columbia Records — Directed by Dano Cerny
- Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down” — Republic Records — Directed by Drew Kirsch & Taylor Swift
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- Billie Eilish – “when the party’s over” — Darkroom/Interscope Records — Visual Effects by Ryan Ross, Andres Jaramillo
- FKA twigs — “Cellophane” — Young Turks — Visual Effects by Matt Chandler, Fabio Zaveti for Analog
- Ariana Grande — “God is a Woman” — Republic Records — Visual Effects by Fabrice Lagayette, Kristina Prilukova & Rebecca Rice for Mathematic
- DJ Khaled ft. SZA — “Just Us” — We The Best/Epic Records — Visual Effects by Sergii Mashevskyi
- LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo — “No New Friends” — Columbia Records — Visual Effects by Ethan Chancer
- WINNER: Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco — “ME!” — Republic Records — Visual Effects by Loris Paillier & Lucas Salton for BUF VFX
BEST EDITING
- Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar — “Tints” — Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music — Editing by Elias Talbot
- Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)” — Columbia Record — Editing by Calmatic
- WINNER: Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” — Darkroom/Interscope Records — Editing by Billie Eilish
- Ariana Grande — “7 Rings” — Republic Records — Editing by Hannah Lux Davis & Taylor Walsh
- Solange — “Almeda” — Columbia Records — Editing by Solange Knowles, Vinnie Hobbs, Jonathon Proctor
- Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down” — Republic Records — Editing by Jarrett Fijal
BEST ART DIRECTION
- BTS ft. Halsey — “Boy With Luv” — Columbia Records — Art Direction by JinSil Park, BoNa Kim (MU:E)
- WINNER: Ariana Grande — “7 Rings” — Republic Records — Art Direction by John Richoux
- Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)” — Columbia Records — Art Direction by Itaru Dela Vegas
- Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — “Señorita” — Island Records — Art Direction by Tatiana Van Sauter
- Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down” — Republic Records — Art Direction by Brittany Porter
- Kanye West and Lil’ Pump ft. Adele Givens — “I Love It” — Warner Records & Def Jam Music Group — Art Direction by Tino Schaedler
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
- FKA twigs — “Cellophane” — Young Turks — Choreography by Kelly Yvonne
- WINNER: ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho — “Con Altura” — Columbia Records — Choreography by Charm La’Donna
- LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo — “No New Friends” — Columbia Records — Choreography by Ryan Heffington
- Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — “Señorita” — Island Records — Choreography by Calvit Hodge, Sara Biv
- Solange — “Almeda” — Columbia Records — Choreography by Maya Taylor, Solange Knowles
- BTS ft. Halsey — “Boy With Luv” — Columbia Records — Choreography by Rie Hata
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar — “Tints” — Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music — Cinematography by Elias Talbot
- Billie Eilish – “hostage” — Darkroom/Interscope Records — Cinematography by Pau Castejon
- Ariana Grande — “thank you, next” — Republic Records — Cinematography by Christopher Probst
- WINNER: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — “Señorita” — Island Records — Cinematography by Scott Cunningham
- Solange — “Almeda” — Columbia Records — Cinematography by Chayse Irvin, Ryan Marie Helfant, Justin Hamilton
- Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco — “ME!” — Republic Records — Cinematography by Starr Whitesides