Live audience members at the at Fontainebleau Las Vegas revealed that they watched Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani perform pre-recorded performances on a big screen during the 2025 American Music Awards.

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani appeared at the American Music Awards via pre-recorded videos, leaving fans upset that they didn’t perform in person.

Blake Shelton reacted to criticism of his and wife Gwen Stefani's American Music Awards appearance, but I still have questions. If you watched the AMAs this year, then you would have seen Blake introduce Gwen to perform a medley to mark the 20-year anniversary of her hit album Love. Angel. Music. Baby.