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The Backstreet Boys Performed at the Miss USA 2016 Pageant and That’s All That Matters

It would have been incomplete without them! The Backstreet Boys stole the show with their performance at the 2016 Miss USA 2016 Pageant at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, June 5.

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A.J. McLean, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough (from left) of the Backstreet Boys perform during the 2016 Miss USA pageant at T-Mobile Arena on June 5, 2016, in Las Vegas. Ethan Miller/Getty Images

The boy band — Brian Littrell, Nick Carter, A.J. McLean, Howie Dorough and Kevin Richardson — had the audience on their feet during the live medley. They belted out their hits “As Long as You Love Me” (1997) and “I Want It That Way” (1999) as contestants walked on stage in their formalwear.

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Miss Georgia USA 2016 Emanii Davis walks on stage while singer Kevin Richardson of the Backstreet Boys performs during the 2016 Miss USA pageant at T-Mobile Arena on June 5, 2016, in Las Vegas. Ethan Miller/Getty Images

The Backstreet Boys, who formed in 1993, hung out backstage during the duration of the live broadcast. They even were on hand to walk the red carpet with last year’s Miss USA, Olivia Jordan, and when Miss District of Columbia Deshauna Barber took over the crown.

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Miss District of Columbia USA 2016 Deshauna Barber walks on stage while singer Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys performs during the 2016 Miss USA pageant at T-Mobile Arena on June 5, 2016, in Las Vegas. Ethan Miller/Getty Images

“Oh u know hanging with the current miss USA!! Wow wow Wow,” McLean, 38, captioned an Instagram photo.

Carter, 36, later tweeted: “Hell yeah!!! Congratulations to the new @MissUSA. You deserve it. #MissUSA #MissUSA2016.”

Watch the Backstreet Boys perform in the video above!

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