The MUZ-TV 2026 “Movement” Awards will take place on June 6 at Live Arena: performers, hosts, nominees, the show concept and the main intrigues of the ceremony.
On June 6, 2026, Live Arena will host the 21st ceremony of the national music award “MUZ-TV 2026. Movement”. This year, the organizers are focusing not only on the presentation of the awards, but also on a large-scale visual show: innovative technologies, bold directing concepts, special effects and a transforming stage space have all been announced, designed to immerse the audience in an atmosphere of constant motion and illusory worlds.
The concept of “Movement” was chosen for a reason. For MUZ-TV, it is an attempt to capture the current state of the modern pop industry, where several generations of artists exist side by side: major names from the past, current hitmakers and new heroes of the streaming era. The line-up will bring together Zivert, Leonid Agutin, ANNA ASTI, Vanya Dmitrienko, Dima Bilan, Lyusya Chebotina, Philipp Kirkorov, Lolita, Grigory Leps, Sergey Lazarev, Polina Gagarina, Klava Koka, Artik & Asti, MOT, Vladimir Presnyakov, Mari Kraimbrery, ZOLOTO, ICEGERGERT, Bond s knopkoy, Eva Vlasova, Lyosha Svik and other artists. The legendary band KINO has been announced as the special guest of the ceremony.
The hosts of the “MUZ-TV 2026. Movement” Awards will be Vanya Dmitrienko, Regina Todorenko, Lera Kudryavtseva, Nikolay Baskov, Vladimir Marconi, Dmitry Maslennikov and Marina Kravets. Initially, the name of the seventh host was kept secret, but MUZ-TV later confirmed that it would be Marina Kravets.
The main intrigue of the evening will be the winners in the key categories. The announced nominations include “Best Group”, “Best Video”, “Best Dance Video”, “Best Solo Concert”, “Best Lyrical Video”, “Best Male Artist”, “Breakthrough of the Year”, “Best Online Artist”, “Best Female Artist”, “Best Song”, “Best Cover Version”, “Best Collaboration” and “Best Album”. Voting opened on April 22, and the official awards website now states that it has already closed. The winners will be announced on June 6.
This year’s list of nominees shows that the award is trying to maintain a balance between television pop classics and the new wave. In the “Best Song” category, the nominees include “Kukhni” by Bond s knopkoy, “Siluet” by Vanya Dmitrienko and Anya Peresild, “Shelk” by Vanya Dmitrienko, “Kabluk” by Lyusya Chebotina, “Bank” by ICEGERGERT and ZIVERT, “Homay” by AY YOLA, “Poezda” by Zhenya Trofimov, Komnaty Kultury and Basta, as well as “Inogda” by Moya Mishel. In the “Breakthrough of the Year” category, the nominees are Bond s knopkoy, ICEGERGERT, AY YOLA, NEMIGA, Dmitry Zhuravlev, Anna Nemchenko, Tima ishchet svet and TRITIA.
In the “Best Male Artist” category, Vanya Dmitrienko, Sergey Lazarev, Dima Bilan, Vladimir Presnyakov, XOLIDAYBOY, Leonid Agutin, MOT and Philipp Kirkorov will compete for the award. The nominees for “Best Female Artist” are ZIVERT, Mari Kraimbrery, MONA, ANNA ASTI, Lolita, Lyusya Chebotina, Polina Gagarina and Eva Vlasova. Among the contenders for “Best Album” are “Angely i ne ochen” by Moya Mishel, “Dlya tebya” by Xolidayboy, “Schastlivye tozhe plachut” by Sergey Lazarev, “N.V.L” by Leonid Agutin, “Segodnya moy luchshiy den” by Mari Kraimbrery, “Vysshie sily” by ANNA ASTI, “Vector V” by Dima Bilan and “Nedetskiy mir” by Vintage.
Special attention should be paid to the “Best Collaboration” category. Here, MUZ-TV has brought together several formats at once: soundtrack-style pop from Vanya Dmitrienko and Anya Peresild, the club-pop pairing of ICEGERGERT and ZIVERT, the duet of Alsou and Eva Vlasova, the collaboration between FILATOV & KARAS and DJ GROOVE, as well as more traditional artistic pairings such as Leonid Agutin with Angelika Varum and Basta with Dmitry Zhuravlev. This clearly shows how the Russian pop scene currently exists at the intersection of nostalgia, the TikTok effect, television formats and streaming-era dynamics.
According to the event posters, the ceremony at Live Arena is scheduled to begin for the audience at 18:00, while MUZ-TV’s broadcast coverage around the award will start earlier: the channel has announced live coverage on June 6 from 16:00 Moscow time, including the red carpet and performances.
The “MUZ-TV Awards” have long since become more than just a ceremony for handing out the famous “plates”. It is a televised snapshot of the industry: who gets major airtime, who is supported by the mass media market, which songs are recognized as the biggest, and which artists are considered strong enough for large-scale staged performances. In 2026, the ceremony is especially interesting because KINO, Kirkorov, Agutin, Bilan, Lazarev, ANNA ASTI, Zivert, Vanya Dmitrienko, ICEGERGERT and Bond s knopkoy will all appear on the same stage — several different musical eras brought together in one show.
From there, it becomes a matter of taste. MUZ-TV remains a major television showcase, but music has long existed far beyond TV airtime. We do not measure ourselves against awards, and we do not get stuck in the past: Minatrix.FM is looking toward tomorrow, where new artists, DJs and producers get a chance to be heard without waiting for the verdict of a big jury. Our TOP DJ is proof of that: come in, listen and see for yourself.
