Catfight alert! Besties Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez go head-to-head with frenemy Katy Perry in Best Collaboration category for MTV VMAs
MTV announced nominations for the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday using Instagram Live.
And one of the most interesting categories was for Best Collaboration, which could turn into one big celebrity catfight during the live August telecast.
Best pals Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift will go head to head with frenemy Katy Perry.
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They will compete: Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift, seen in 2016, have both been nominated in the Best Collaboration category for the MTV VMAs, which were announced on Tuesday
Yikes, here comes some Bad Blood: Also in the category is Katy Perry
Gomez is named for her song We Don't Talk Anymore with Charlie Puth. Swift was listed for her work with Zayn Malik for I Don't Wanna Live Forever.
And Perry was recognized for her work with Calvin Harris and Pharrell on Feels.
Also in the category are Khaled with Rihanna and Tiller for Wild Thoughs, DRAM and Lil Yachty for Broccoli and The Chainsmokers and Halsey for Closer.
So close: Gomez and Swift attend the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards in LA in 2015
Not so close: Perry and Swift, who used to be best friends, in 2010
Swift released Bad Blood in 2014 and it was assumed the song was about Perry.
Taylor told Rolling Stone: 'For years, I was never sure if we were friends or not. She would come up to me at awards shows and say something and walk away, and I would think, "Are we friends, or did she just give me the harshest insult of my life?"
Then Swift said Perry did something so 'horrible' she thought, ‘Oh, we’re just straight-up enemies.'
Taylor added: 'And it wasn’t even about a guy! It had to do with business. She basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour. She tried to hire a bunch of people out from under me. And I’m surprisingly non-confrontational – you would not believe how much I hate conflict. So now I have to avoid her. It’s awkward, and I don’t like it.'
She got this too: Best Pop Video included Perry's Chained To The Rhythm with Skip Marley
Looking good: The siren in her video with Calvin Harris for Feels
Blonde bombshell: Swift in her video with Zayn Malik
Perry called Swift a Mean Girl on Twitter.
Then in 2015 Perry told The Telegraph: 'It’s not real if someone appears to never have any issues with anyone,” she said. “I have my friends. I have enemies. I have bad days when I don’t want to go to a photo shoot, but I’m not going to show up four hours late. I’m going to be there on-time. I’m not nice all the time, but I try not to be carelessly rude to people who don’t deserve it.'
Adding fuel to the fire, Katy then worked with Swift's ex Calvin on Feels.
Kudos: Kendrick Lamar and Perry led the list of the MTV Video Music Award nominations which were announced on Tuesday
Big deal: The Weeknd was given five nods for his work in 2017
Perry has since said she would work with Taylor if she said she was 'sorry.'
As far as the VMAs, Katy got the most female nods with five.
Kendrick Lamar landed the most nominations of the year with eight nods for his video HUMBLE.
The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards will air live from The Forum in Inglewood, California on August 27.
Selena's man: The Weeknd got a nod for his video Reminder
Video Of The Year went to five top artists, including Lamar for Humble, Bruno Mars for 24K Magic, Alessia Car for Scars To Your Beautiful, DJ Khaled with Rihanna and Bryson Tiller for Wild Thoughts and The Weeknd for Reminder.
On the list for Artist Of The Year were Bruno Mars, Lamar, Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande and The Weeknd.
The stars that made the grade for Best New Artist are Khalid, Kodak Black, SZA, Young MA, Julia Michaels and Noah Cyrus, who is the sister of Miley Cyrus.
A fresh look on the beach: Miley Cyrus was noticed for her video for the hit Malibu
New blood: Miley's younger sister Noah, seen here in June, got a nomination for Best New Artist
He got noticed as well: Harry Styles' video for Sign Of The Times made the grade
In a global first, MTV announced the nominations on Instagram Live with an elite squad of Instagram stars.
To date, no previous tentpole awards show has utilized Instagram Live to announce their complete list of nominees.
Building on the critical acclaim of the non-gendered categories at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards, the network also announced the former Best Female Video and Best Male Video categories have been combined for Artist of the Year.
He's tops: Lamar's video for Humble received a lot of recognition
Additionally, Best Fight Against the System has been added to celebrate videos that inspire viewers to stand up and fight injustice.
Bretman Rock, Ariel Martin (Baby Ariel), DC Young Fly, Andrea Russet, Chantel Jeffries, Ricky Dillon, StassiBaby, Jay Versace and Nate Garner unveiled a portion of the nominees on Instagram Live in a successive chain that ultimately revealed the full list.
RiRi did good: Video Of The Year went to five top artists, including Lamar for Humble, Bruno Mars for 24K Magic, Alessia Car for Scars To Your Beautiful, DJ Khaled with Rihanna (pictured) and Bryson Tiller for Wild Thoughts
Made it: Ariana Grande has been nominated in the category Artist Of The Year; seen in 2016
Beginning on Tuesday, fans can vote for their favorites across eight VMA categories, including Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, Best Collaboration and more by visiting www.vma.mtv.com.
Jesse Ignjatovic returns as Executive Producer for the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards.
Bruce Gillmer, Garrett English and Lee Lodge are Executive Producers.
Melanie Block serves as Executive In Charge of Production. Amani Duncan is Music Executive in Charge. Wendy Plaut is Celebrity Talent Executive in Charge.
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