The performer lineup for the 2025 TikTok Awards has dropped, including Music Artist of the Year nominee Keli Holiday.
The show’s host, Sophie Monk, will be joined by a stellar line-up of performers and presenters next Wednesday, November 26th, with the awards streaming live on TikTok and Stan.
Keli Holiday will perform his hit “Dancing2” — a song that has swept the nation, being used in over 84,000 TikTok videos in the past four months.
@keliholiday all time high #newmusic #ontour ♬ Dancing2 – Keli Holiday
He’ll be joined by fellow Music Artist of the Year nominee Larissa Lambert, who will bring her velvet-smooth R&B voice to the awards. Recently-crowned Billboard‘s Rookie of the Year, Lambert is best known for her covers on TikTok, with music heavyweights SZA and Justin Bieber among her fans.
Other Music Artist of the Year nominees include Max Jackson and Lance Savali. Singer-songwriter Dean Lewis was also originally nominated, but withdrew in the wake of mounting public pressure over his conduct with fans.
“To present Dean with a genuine opportunity to step back and focus on his wellbeing, TikTok has agreed to remove Dean from nomination for their annual awards at our request,” a spokesperson told the Daily Telegraph.
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Jude York, who broke hearts around the globe with his emotive cover of ABBA’s “Slipping Through My Fingers”, amassing over 47 million views on TikTok, will also perform on the night. Among the nominees for Video of the Year, York will perform the absolute tearjerker live (remember to pack tissues).
One of Australia’s most prolific TikTok comedic voices, Blake Pavey, will also perform. With 46 million likes and over 1.2 million followers on the platform, the 24-year-old has grown a cult following, thanks to his razor-sharp wit, candid crowd work, and deadpan delivery about living with cystic fibrosis.
This year’s awards also features a killer lineup of presenters, led by Cody Simpson and Roxie Mohebbi from the upcoming Stan Original comedy drama series He Had It Coming.
Australian entertainment icons, including Today Show hosts Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo, the beloved Osher Günsberg, Australian boxer and advocate Harry Garside, international drag icon Courtney Act, and KIIS radio host Kent ‘Smallzy’ Small will all also present awards.
2024 Creator of the Year Bridey Drake and 2024 New Zealand Creator of the Year Lisa Perese-Cullen will crown their successors for 2025. Also handing out TikTok Awards will be Nagi Maehashi (RecipeTin Eats), The Inspired Unemployed’s Matt Ford and Jack Steele, fitness entrepreneur Rachel Dillon, Victorian MP Georgie Purcell, and gaming and live streaming superstar Loserfruit.
Before the winners take to the stage, Stan’s Pink Carpet Preshow, hosted by 2024 Creator of the Year nominee Elle Ray and Stan ambassador Mitch Churi, will deliver stars, creators, and every outfit straight from the pink carpet.
The 2025 TikTok Awards voting has officially closed, with a record-breaking 6.4 million votes cast — three million more than last year. The competition this year was fierce, with 245,000 votes cast each day on average. In particular, the Creator of the Year Award was hotly contested with more than 2.1 million votes cast for 2025’s favourite creator.
The 2025 TikTok Awards will be available to watch live on TikTok and Stan from 6pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, November 26th.