2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards

Date

May 16, 2021
May 17, 2021

Location

Hollywood Palladium,
Los Angeles, California

Country

United States

Hosted by

Leslie Jones (May 16, Scripted)
Nikki Glaser (May 17, Unscripted)

Most awards

WandaVision (4)

Most nominations

WandaVision (6)

Television/radio coverage

Network

MTV

Produced by

Bruce Gillmer
Den of Thieves

Directed by

Ryan Polito

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The 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards were an awards presentation held on May 16 and 17, 2021 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.^[1] It was the 29th edition of the MTV Movie & TV Awards, and the fourth to jointly honor movies and television.

The presentation was held as a two-night event; comedian and actress Leslie Jones hosted the first night, which were dedicated to awards for film and scripted television.^[2] Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the second night, MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted, which were devoted to awards for reality television.^[3]

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Winners and nominees

The full list of nominees was announced on April 19, 2021.^[4] Best Music Documentary nominees were announced on May 10, 2021, followed by Best Musical Moment on May 11, 2021.^[5] All winners are listed first, in bold.

Scripted Awards

Best Movie	Best Show
To All the Boys: Always and Forever Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Judas and the Black Messiah Promising Young Woman Soul	WandaVision The Boys Bridgerton Cobra Kai Emily in Paris
Best Performance in a Movie	Best Performance in a Show
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie	Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You Emma Corrin – The Crown Elliot Page – The Umbrella Academy Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen's Gambit
Best Comedic Performance	Best Hero
Leslie Jones – Coming 2 America Eric Andre – Bad Trip Annie Murphy – Schitt's Creek Issa Rae – Insecure Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso	Anthony Mackie – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman 1984 Pedro Pascal – The Mandalorian Teyonah Parris – WandaVision Jack Quaid – The Boys
Best Villain	Best Kiss
Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision Aya Cash – The Boys Giancarlo Esposito – The Mandalorian Nicholas Hoult – The Great Ewan McGregor – Birds of Prey	Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline – Outer Banks Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh – Killing Eve Lily Collins and Lucas Bravo – Emily in Paris Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Jaren Lewison – Never Have I Ever Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor – Bridgerton
Most Frightened Performance	Best Fight
Victoria Pedretti – The Haunting of Bly Manor Simona Brown – Behind Her Eyes Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country Vince Vaughn – Freaky	"Wanda vs. Agatha" – WandaVision "Final Funhouse Fight" – Birds of Prey "Starlight, Queen Maeve, Kimiko vs. Stormfront" – The Boys "Finale House Fight" – Cobra Kai "Final Fight vs. Steppenwolf" – Zack Snyder's Justice League
Best Breakthrough Performance	Best Duo
Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Antonia Gentry – Ginny & Georgia Paul Mescal – Normal People Ashley Park – Emily in Paris	Falcon and the Winter Soldier – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Barb and Star – Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar Borat and Tutar Sagdiyev – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Din Djarin and Grogu – The Mandalorian Emily Cooper and Mindy Chen – Emily in Paris
Best Musical Moment
"Edge of Great" – Julie and the Phantoms "Brown Skin Girl" – Black is King "Wildest Dreams" – Bridgerton "I Wanna Rock" – Cobra Kai "Stand by Me" - Love and Monsters "Lost in the Wild" – The Kissing Booth 2 "Beginning, Middle, End" – To All the Boys: Always and Forever "Agatha All Along" - WandaVision

Unscripted Awards

Best Music Documentary	Best Docu-Reality Show
*BTS – Break the Silence: The Movie* Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You Framing Britney Spears The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil Tina Shawn Mendes: In Wonder Taylor Swift: Miss Americana	Jersey Shore: Family Vacation Below Deck Mediterranean Black Ink Crew: New York Bling Empire Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta
Best Dating Show	Best Reality Cast
The Bachelorette 90 Day Fiancé Ex on the Beach Love Is Blind Ready to Love	RuPaul's Drag Race 90 Day Fiancé Jersey Shore: Family Vacation Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta
Best Competition Series	Best Lifestyle Show
RuPaul's Drag Race The Circle The Challenge Legendary The Masked Singer	Nailed It! Deliciousness Fixer Upper: Welcome Home Making the Cut Queer Eye
Best New Unscripted Series	Best Talk/Topical Show
Selena + Chef Bling Empire Cardi Tries The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City VH1 Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition	The Daily Show with Trevor Noah The Breakfast Club A Little Late with Lilly Singh Red Table Talk Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Best Comedy/Game Show	Best Host
Impractical Jokers Floor is Lava Kids Say the Darndest Things Ridiculousness Wild 'n Out	RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race Nicole Byer – Nailed It! Rob Dyrdek – Ridiculousness Tiffany Haddish – Kids Say the Darndest Things T. J. Lavin – The Challenge
Breakthrough Social Star	Best Real-Life Mystery or Crime Series
Bretman Rock Addison Rae Jalaiah Harmon Charli D'Amelio Rickey Thompson	Catfish: The TV Show Evil Lives Here Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer Tiger King Unsolved Mysteries
Best Fight	Best International Reality Series
"Kourtney Kardashian vs. Kim Kardashian West" – Keeping Up With The Kardashians "Chrishell Stause vs. Christine Quinn" — Selling Sunset "Jackie Goldschneider vs. Teresa Giudice" – The Real Housewives of New Jersey "Kandy Muse vs. Tamisha Iman" – RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked "Law Roach vs. Guest Judge Dominique Jackson" – Legendary	Love Island (UK) Acapulco Shore Geordie Shore Nailed It! (Mexico) RuPaul's Drag Race UK

Multiple nominations

Film

The following movies received multiple nominations:

Three – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Two – Birds of Prey, Judas and the Black Messiah, Promising Young Woman, To All the Boys: Always and Forever

Television

The following television series received multiple nominations:

Six – WandaVision
Four – The Boys, Bridgerton
Three – Cobra Kai, Emily in Paris, RuPaul's Drag Race, The Mandalorian
Two – 90 Day Fiancé, Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, Kids Say the Darndest Things, Legendary, Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, Nailed It!, Ridiculousness, The Challenge, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Appearances and Presenters

Scripted

Mandy Moore and Justin Hartley – presented Best Hero
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace and Melissa Barrera – introduced In the Heights preview
Yvonne Orji and Eric Andre – presented Best Performance in a Show
Jurnee Smollett – presented Best Breakthrough Performance
Billy Porter – honoured Scarlett Johansson with the Generation Award
Scarlett Johansson – introduced Black Widow preview
Addison Rae and Tanner Buchanan – presented Best Kiss
Nasim Pedrad – presented Comedic Performance
Jacob Elordi - presented Best Fight
Riley Keough and Taylour Paige – presenter Best Duo
Tom Hiddleston – introduced Loki preview
Seth Rogen – honoured Sacha Baron Cohen with the Comedic Genius Award
Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss and Rudy Pankow – presented Best Villain
Anthony Mackie – presented Most Frightened Performance
Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga – introduced The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It preview
Antonia Gentry – presented Best Musical Moment
Yara Shahidi – presented Best Performance in a Movie
Ralph Macchio and William Zabka – presented Best Movie
Henry Golding - introduced Snake Eyes preview
Leslie Jones - presented Best Show

Unscripted

Heidi Klum and Winnie Harlow – presented Best Reality Cast
Ray J and Princess Love – presenter Best Dating Show
Nikki Bella and Brie Bella – presented Best Fight
Paris Hilton – honoured Jersey Shore cast with Reality Royalty Award
Tayshia Adams – presented Best Talk/Topical Show
The D'Amelio Family – introduced "Meet the D'Amelio's" preview and presented Best Host
Bretman Rock – presented Best New Unscripted Series
Erika Jayne, Gottmik and Symone – presented Breakthrough Social Star
Chrishell Stause, Mary Fitzgerald and Heather Young – presented Best Lifestyle Show
Christine Chiu and Anna Shay – presented Best Competition Series
Christine Quinn – presented Best Comedy/Game Show
Kyle Richards – presented Docu-Best Reality Show

Ceremony information

MTV did not announce or hold a 2020 edition of the ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9] MTV announced on March 11, 2021, that the ceremony would be scheduled for May 16 and 17, 2021, with the first night to focus on films and scripted television, and the second (titled MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted) to focus on unscripted and reality television.^[10]

References

^ "DJ Snoopadelic and "Bling Empire's" Kim Lee Set to DJ the 2021 "MTV Movie & TV Awards"" (Press release). MTV. May 7, 2021 – via The Futon Critic.
^ Del Rosario, Alexandra (April 28, 2021). "Leslie Jones Tapped To Host MTV Movie & TV Awards Live Ceremony In Los Angeles". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
^ Del Rosario, Alexandra (April 30, 2021). "Nikki Glaser To Host Inaugural MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted Ceremony". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
^ Del Rosario, Alexandra (April 19, 2021). "MTV Movie & TV Awards Nominations: 'Emily In Paris', 'WandaVision' & 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
^ "Bridgerton, BTS, Taylor Swift, WandaVision, and more are nominated at the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards". Bandwagon. 2021-05-08. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
^ "Academy Award-Nominated Actor and Screenwriter and Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen to Receive the "Comedic Genius Award" at the 2021 "MTV Movie & TV Awards"" (Press release). MTV. May 6, 2021 – via The Futon Critic.
^ "Academy Award-Nominated Actress Scarlett Johansson to Receive the "Generation Award" at the 2021 "MTV Movie & TV Awards"" (Press release). MTV. May 11, 2021 – via The Futon Critic.
^ "Breaking News - MTV's Jersey Shore Family Vacation to Receive the "Reality Royalty" Lifetime Achievement Award at Inaugural 2021 "MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted"". TheFutonCritic.com. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
^ Schnieder, Michael (June 8, 2020). "MTV Movie & TV Awards Postponed Without Clear Return Date, But Could Move to December (Updated) (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
^ Evans, Greg (March 11, 2021). "MTV Movie & TV Awards Sets Live Los Angeles Return". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2021-03-11. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

External links

MTV Movie & TV Awards official site

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