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Vanessa Hudgens shows off her singing talents while on stage hosting at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards held at the T-Mobile Arena on Sunday (May 21) in Las Vegas.

The 28-year-old actress is hosting the show alongside veteran Ludacris, who decided to “haze” her by making her give an impromptu performance.

Vanessa rapped a Nicki Minaj song right after the superstar opened the show with a nine-minute performance and then she sang a snippet of Celine Dion‘s power ballad “The Power of Love.”

Fans impressed by Vanessa‘s singing voice may have forgotten that she was on Broadway recently!

Nicki Minaj performed a hot medley to open the 2017 Billboard Music Awards!

The 34-year-old rapper’s nine minute opening included performances of “No Frauds,” “Swalla,” and “Regret In Your Tears,” and also featured guest appearances by Lil Wayne, David Guetta and Jason Derulo.

The audience was screaming throughout the whole performance, which featured an S&M costume theme.

Watch a snippet of Nicki‘s performance of “No Frauds” below…

FYI: Nicki is wearing a House of Malakai mask, Cecilio Designs leather shoulders, an On Aura Tout Vu custom harness, and Lynn Ban jewelry, as styled by B. Akerlund.

Vanessa Hudgens and Ludacris make their entrances on the red carpet at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards held at the T-Mobile Arena on Sunday (May 21) in Las Vegas.

The two stars are co-hosting the event his evening and they were joined by Luda‘s wife Eudoxie Mbouguiengue.

On the red carpet, Vanessa opened up about how she hasn’t been able to sleep while prepping to host the show.

“I honestly. I normally can sleep anywhere at any time. I woke up probably seven times last night every hour on the hour. I didn’t feel anxious, I couldn’t just stay asleep throughout the night,” she said.

FYI: Vanessa is wearing a Marchesa dress, Jimmy Choo shoes, and Lorraine Schwartz jewelry. Ludacris is wearing Armani.

Sam Hunt looks so dapper in his suit at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards!

The 32-year-old entertainer brought along his lovely wife Hannah Lee Fowler to the event, held at the T-Mobile Arena on Sunday (May 21) in Las Vegas.

Sam is set to take the stage later this evening to perform at the big show! Be sure to check out the entire list of performers and presenters tonight if you missed it.

The Billboard Music Awards is airing right now on ABC – be sure to tune in and catch all the action!

FYI: Sam is wearing an Olia Zavozina suit. Hannah is wearing an Olia Zavozina dress.

Ashley Tisdale turns heads as she arrives at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards held at the T-Mobile Arena on Sunday (May 21) in Las Vegas.

The 31-year-old singer and actress looked sexy in a black lace jumpsuit as she hit the red carpet for the music awards.

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Earlier that day, Ashley took to Instagram to share a pic of herself and pal Lea Michele as they jetted off to Vegas for the show.

“Las Vegas here comes trouble! @leamichele and I are ready for the #BBMAs,” Ashley captioned the pic.

FYI: Ashley is wearing a Tadashi Shoji jumpsuit and Stuart Weitzman shoes.

Noah Cyrus shows off some midriff on the red carpet at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards held at the T-Mobile Arena on Sunday (May 21) in Las Vegas.

The 17-year-old singer is at the event as a presenter and we have a feeling that she will be introducing her older sister Miley‘s performance during the show.

Miley‘s family is at the event in full force. Mom Tish, dad Billy Ray, and sister Brandi are all there as well!

Billy Ray opened up about Noah‘s music on the red carpet.

“She’s always been a very old soul,” he said. “She would say things and she was just kind of deep and had a lot of passion for everything she did. I think that translates to everything she’s doing now. I think she’s really found her calling with this music.”

Prince Michael Jackson spoke about his father Michael Jackson‘s legacy on the 2017 Billboard Music Awards red carpet.

“To see everybody here that is either inspired by him or they want to pursue the same goal, it’s inspiring to me and to future generations,” the 20-year-old told E! News.

In addition, he gave an update on what he is up to. “Right now I just finished up the school semester. During the school semester we have a student organization called Heal Los Angeles and we focus on child hunger, child abuse and homelessness in Los Angeles county and the L.A. city.”

Pictured inside: Prince Michael at the show, held at the T-Mobile Arena on Sunday (May 21) in Las Vegas.

FYI: Prince is wearing a DSTLD bomber jacket and Guess jeans.