12 Jingle Ball L.A. Highlights From Camila, Cardi B, Monsta X, And More

Pop music fans, the most festive time of the year is here: Jingle Ball season!


iHeartRadio's annual concert series touched down in Los Angeles on Friday night (November 30) with a characteristically killer lineup in tow. As routinely, each artist stuck to Jingle Ball's breakneck format, essentially performing mini medleys of their greatest hits. From the second Bebe Rexha hit stage, all of the way up to Cardi B's hype-as-hell finale, it was a nonstop party that featured more some surprise visitors. Below, check out highlights from every one of the 12 performers.

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   Bebe Rexha's initial set was anything although a "mess."
   
   
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   Looking like an ice queen in a bedazzled white gown, Rexha kicked off the evening with an energetic four-song set that climaxed with her surprise nation smash, "Meant to Be."
   
   
   
   
   



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   Bazzi serenaded the crowd like a bonafide Casanova.
   
   
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   While the award for "most romantic performer" of the evening went to Camila Cabello (more on that later), Bazzi was close in back of, thanks to his live renditions of pretty and "Mine." On the latter song, he let the audience take the lead for a singalong of stunning, sentimental proportions.
   
   
   
   
   



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   Monsta X's historic appearance was "K-poppin.'"
   
   
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   The seven-piece boy musical group made history because the initial K-pop act to headline Jingle Ball, and so they didn't waste a second of their monumental efficiency. "We're from Korea... So tonight we're gonna make this K-poppin'!" They exclaimed, before tearing through a nimble three-song set that had The Forum shaking and rattling.
   
   
   
   
   



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   Shawn Mendes had a couple surprises in store.
   
   
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   "I'm the luckiest guy on planet Earth," the 20-year-old mentioned, in between making the #MendesArmy contingent of the crowd go wild for "In My Blood," "Treat You Better," and more hits. The falsetto-flaunting "Lost in Japan" was a highlight, as was his cover of Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody," however the real treat came while he brought Khalid out for a rare live duet of their moving collab, "Youth."
   
   
   
   
   



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   Calvin Harris offered the mid-show dance break.
   
   
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   The DJ's flame-filled, spastically lit set was damn near seizure-inducing, although it was a solid reminder of just how several hits he's given us over the years. His setlist comprised classics like "Feel So Close" and "We Noticed Love," and also recent hits like "One Kiss" and "Promises." So several bops!
   
   
   
   
   



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   Alessia Cara celebrated her album release day in style.
   
   
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   Just hours immediately after dropped her sophomore album, The Pains of Growing, the suited-up star bounded onstage to keep the party going. Best day ever?!
   
   
   
   
   



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   Dua Lipa had electricity to spare.
   
   
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   Looking like a shiny, tinsel-covered Christmas tree, Dua danced her way through "One Kiss" and "Electricity" before sassing it up with "IDGAF" and "New Rules." Best of all, she wrapped her efficiency with an exhilarating promise: visualize you with new music in 2019."
   
   
   
   
   



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   G-Eazy brought some companions along for the ride.
   
   
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   The Oakland rapper gave fans a bout of déjà vu whenever he opened with "Me, Myself & I," the same track that Rexha used to launch her own set just a couple hours prior. Although G's rendition was entirely his own, and it also made way for a hyped-up efficiency that included cameos from Anthony Russo and Marc E. Bassy.
   
   
   
   
   



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   Camila Cabello made an entire arena of people cry.
   
   
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   The most festive all of the performers, Cabello talked to the crowd about how excited she was for the holidays and why her shiny jumpsuit was inspired by a Christmas ornament. Her tight set opened with the intense "Never Be the Same" and closed with the dance-filled "Havana," yet the real peak was her cover of "Can't Help Falling In Love," which led straight into implications Cue all of the tears.
   
   
   
   
   



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    Khalid spiced things up with Normani.
    
    
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    Immediately after joining Mendes's set earlier in the night, Khalid had a surprise of his own for the crowd: a sultry efficiency of "Love Lies" that featured Normani herself. Unsurprisingly, the pair's chemistry was off the charts, and Khalid kept the vibes rolling with "Location" and "Better."
    
    
    
    
    



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    Cardi B got an assist from Offset for her explosive finale.
    
    
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    Who else could close the party yet Cardi? She sprinted through a stacked setlist that included no far less than nine songs — everything from "Bickenhead" and "I Like It" to "Finesse" and "Drip." Soon after a couple numbers, she hit pause and coaxed Offset into accompany her onstage immediately after telling the crowd, "Hold on, honey. I require a break. I'm already running out of breath, I got asthma. I'ma need somebody to assist me out. Where's my hubby And obviously, she closed out the festivities with an efficiency of "Bodak Yellow" that made everyone's ears ring, ring, ring, ring.