Taylor Swift earned an impressive 10 nominations for the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, one of which she shares with boyfriend Travis Kelce.
Among Swift’s nods is one for Favorite Surprise Guest. In the new show category, Swift, 35, was recognized for enlisting Kelce, also 35, for a special moment during her June 2024 concert in London.
The couple, who have been together since 2023, is up against the likes of Charli XCX and Lorde, Coldplay and Selena Gomez, Jennifer Hudson and Cher and Luke Combs and the Twisters cast, among others for their respective stage collaborations in 2024.
Kelce is a double honoree in the category, also receiving recognition for his and Kansas City Chiefs teammate Patrick Mahomes’ walk-on roles during Morgan Wallen’s August 2024 show in Missouri.
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Kelce and Mahomes, 29, had accompanied Wallen, 31, from his greenroom to the stage at Arrowhead Stadium during his One Night at a Time concert tour. Two months earlier, the tight end joined Swift on stage in London.
During Swift’s third of eight performances at Wembley Stadium, Kelce joined dancers Kam Saunders and Jan Ravnik for the “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” pantomime segment. Dressed in matching tuxedos and top hats, the three men were tasked with “reviving” Swift after she “dies” during “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.” Kelce carried his girlfriend across the catwalk before fake-applying blush to her cheeks.
“It’s very unlike me. I’m not big, I don’t like going on stages. There were a lot of people out there, really didn’t feel at home,” Kelce later said during an episode of his “New Heights” podcast. “I initially mentioned to Tay, I was like, ‘How funny would it be if I just rolled out on one of the bikes during the 1989 [section]?’ She started laughing, she was like, ‘Would you seriously be up for doing something like that?’ I was like, ‘What? I would love to do that, are you kidding me?’”
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He added, “I’ve seen the show enough, might as well put me to work here. And sure enough, she found the perfect part of the show for me to come in. There was no, like, bike in case I ran into somebody else or hit one of the dancers or anything. It was, like, the safest option.”
Kelce was able to attend over a dozen of Swift’s Eras shows since they started dating, telling Us Weekly in May 2024 that the performances were “unbelievable.”
Swift wrapped her two-year Eras Tour run in December 2024, which Kelce honored by organizing a surprise “End of an Era” party that same month. He sported his stage costume for the occasion, top hat, makeup brush and all.
Swift’s Eras Tour also earned iHeartRadio Music Awards nominations for Favorite Tour Style, Favorite Tour Tradition and Favorite On Screen. In addition, she was recognized in the Artist of the Year, Pop Artist of the Year, Best Collaboration, Best Music Video and Best Lyrics categories.
The iHeartRadio Music Awards air Monday, March 17, on Fox.
