1. Taylor Swift opened the show and slayed, but the beginning audio was messed up:
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For an opening performance this is terrible audio wow, or can she really just not sing 😏 #AMAs
Is it me or has audio grown to suck on these awards shows? I can barely hear the performers when they’re on over the screams. #AMAs
2. Camila Cabello almost fell walking up the stairs:
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3. The camera man seemed to have screwed up during Mariah Carey's performance:
Mariah's vocals had the cameras shaking. Literally. Skinny legends only #AMAs
4. Macaulay Culkin presented (and did the most on the carpet) and people were like??????
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Wait, why is Macaulay Culkin here??? #AMAs
5. Billy Eichner, during his speech about voting in the midterm elections, said this about Shawn Mendes, who's Canadian:
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6. People said Carrie Underwood kept looking less-than-impressed when the camera panned to her:
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#AMAslive Carrie Underwood looks grossly unhappy, as usual, pretend-but-not-really-dancing in the crowd..
7. Rivals Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez showed up wearing the same color and sat across the aisle from each other👀👀👀:
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8. Post Malone messed up lip synching (allegedly):
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9. A reporter asked NCT127 this awkward-ish question
The interviewer was asking nct if they were gonna bring dates and THEIR REACTIONS I’m crYing- nice save Jaehyun #AMAs https://t.co/BEASuLdkOb
10. And it looks like one of the members got annoyed at having to re-film something on the carpet.
he bout to throw hands #NCT127_RedCarpet #AMAs
11. Taylor Swift had an awkward hug with Amandla Stenberg.
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12. And finally, Taran Killam and Leighton Meester had to cut their skit short because the show was running long:
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