Fergie sparkles onstage with will.i.am
Miley Cyrus makes a point at Sunday's American Music Awards
Carrie Underwood came up big on Sunday
Jimmy Kimmel shows off his dance moves with rapper Soulja Boy
Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens
opened up the American Music Awards on Sunday with an obligatory strike joke: "I'm not allowed to write any jokes tonight so I have to entertain you with a dance."
The comedian then threw on a hoodie and baseball cap and performed a popular hip-hop dance, much to the crowd's delight.
The first awards show at downtown L.A.'s Nokia Theater was a fittingly over-the-top affair, with pyrotechnics, high-tech moving props and lots of star power.