This year’s 2012 Billboard Music Awards hosted many of the country’s music and television artists of today and yesterday. As the famed celebrities arrive, they graced the infamous red carpet to woo and wow us with the latest designer trends. These appearances are important to the designers, artists, entertainment and fashion industry as a whole, and these trends eventually assist us mainstreamers/commoners in drafting and instituting these looks into our daily lives. Taking time to analyze and critique the best and worst of the evening, the dreckitude as well as insanely fabulous can be dissected as follows:

Katy Perry in Blumarine (8/10)

Taylor Swift in Elie Saab (10/10)

Carrie Underwood in Oscar de la Renta (8/10)

Miley Cyrus in Jean Paul Gaultier (6/10)

Jordin Sparks in Diane Von Furstenburg (7/10)

Chrissy Teigun in George Chaka Couture (6/10)

Brandy in Herve Leger by Max Azria (9/10)

Nelly Furtado in Alberta Ferretti (7/10)

Zooey Deschanel in Moschino (8/10)

Natasha Bedingfield in Versace (10/10)

Monica in Givenchy (9/10)

Usher in Armani (7/10)

Kerli in vintage (6/10)