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Shambolic showing of the night, no doubt, belongs to Ms. Rihanna. Her rendition of ‘Disturbia’ had all the elements of a great performance (truly amazing stage set-up, overly on-point dancers etc)… that is until she opened her mouth. Billy Goat Gruff at her worst. Terrible, just terrible. Though, I must say she redeemed herself ever so slightly with her performance of ‘Live Your Life’ with T.I. (the faux-hood chick thing wasn’t working, though. No). Rihanna aside, Clifford was on fire.
Christina Aguilera’s first post-pregnancy performance was notable, not least because we were given our first look at her new musical/image direction (seems Xtina has embraced the Electro-Pop sound – jumped on the bandwagon, maybe?), more so the fact that 95% of the performance was lip-synched. She gets a pass, somewhat, as she’s already proven herself to be one this generation’s greatest vocalists. That said, I’m still not entirely sold on ‘Keeps Gettin’ Better’ or this new direction of hers. I guess time will tell.
Is it bad that I haven’t (and don’t intend to) watch The Jonas Brothers or Kid Rock performances? LOL LOL…not enough time in the day…
I feel quite proud seeing Leona getting her shine over in the States, who would have ever envisioned a Lil’Wayne / Leona performance? As for Weezy’s showing with T-Pain, it was kinda ‘samey’ IMO.
Highlights of the night, no doubt, were Pink and Kanye West. Pink’s show-stopping performance of ‘So What’ really has me liking the song even more than before. While, Kanye’s debut of ‘sing song’ new single ‘Love Lockdown’ was great…a much needed spark of energy to close out an otherwise tired show.
One will, in future, be better off expecting exactly what is on the show’s ‘can’, as opposed to any surprises, seeing as the VMA’s ability to shock and awe seems like a distant memory. Having not turned in anything of substance since 2004, it seems the classic moments that made the VMA’s such a staple fixture on the music calendar have all but disappeared – the Michael/Nsync performance, Beyonce’s infamous ceiling entrance, Britney/Madonna/Christina….need I say more?
SAM TAKE RHIANNA ASS DOWN NOW!!!
MTV IS FULL OF IT. HOW BORING. WHAT KIND OF EXCITING OPENING WAS THAT?!!
AGREE…RHIANNA SANG THE CORRECT SONG…..CAUSE I WAS TRULY DISTURBED BY THAT LAME AS PERFORMANCE….
Britney looks great.. wow…welcome back….Am sorry Rihanna but your proformance was seriously boring and the singing was off. I like her but let face it proforming live is not her thing. She is a video chick.
RIHANNA DIDNT REALLY DO IT FOR ME. SHE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST FELT IT IN HER PERFORMANCE… IT WAS KINDA BORING.
As long as she stop trying to hit the high notes, her singing isn’t that bad. As much as I hate to say this, that performance reminded me of Madonna’s “Blonde Amibition” tour. It was boring, put that is why she has a ton of dancers to entertain you while she sings.
ri performance was dry as helllllll. she has no stage presence. and never has! all her performances are like this. all the beyonce comparisons need to stop. its insulting! ri needs to get on beys level
Rihanna sucked LMAO KARMA is a b****, that’s why Britney won, whose laughuing now 5head?
rihanna was horrible.britney looks amazing.she is so hott.rihanna is a b****.
she did good, ok it wasnt amazing but she hit all her notes i mean damn it was better than britney did last year
luvin p!nk’s performance!!!!!!!!
i hate the jonas brothers.and no britney was better last year than rihanna this year
rihanna performance was not bad. I think they should have raised the volume on the mic though. But seein as disturbia is sung using auto tune i could forgive her. Some PPl jus hatin get wanna facts and come again.
b**** please shut up.she is wack.she will never accomplish what the other people have accomplish.haley from paramore jumped her ass all over the stage and sang better than rihanna.so you get the facts or get off of the website
Britney won . . . and she looks great. Pink was fiyah . . . Loves her . . . Rihanna could have stepped her game up a hell of alot more for an opening. Lil Wayne and T-pain had more energy!!!
Th e fact that yall even comparing it britney is evidence enuff that the ishh was BAD, HORRIBLE, THEE WORSE!
ok! i thought rihanna was gonna redeem herself with the t.i performance cuz she barely had anything 2 do. lol but she f’ed that up for me 2. =(
^^ she looked good though. lmfao!!
christina is trying to copy lad ygaga
RIRI NEED TO BE A DAMN MODEL CAUSE SINGING AINT IT I TOLD YALL A LONG TIME AGO IT’S HER ACCENT THAT MAKE HER SOUND LIKE SHE CAN SING!!!
THAT B**** CHRISTINA IS LIP SINGING!!!!!
CHRISTINA IS LIP SINGING!!!!!
CHRISTINA IS LIP SINGING!!!!!
Love Christina but hating the new single, love Pink, and Leona Lewis has a beautiful voice.
Even if Christina is “Lip singing” its ok. Cause we all know she is a wick live proformer and we all know that girl can song.. Go Christina she look great
britney won again.take that rihanna and who ever that is taking up for her and cant spell
the mic was too low
the notes were too high
the alignment of the moon was off
basically if you took away the dancers the performance would be crap, not that it wasn’t crap anyway. and i won’t bring b*** name in this but let’s say if it was jordan sparks with rihannas voice i wouldnt b hearing the lame excuses i am hearing now. give it up ppl she is an entertainer, not a strong entertainer but definitely not an artist. in order to be an artist u have to create something other than buzz.
wtf is a lady gaga compared 2 christina!!!!!
so what! she lipsynced(lol) what does she have 2 prove?!?!?
i wasnt to hot 4 rihanna but she wasnt dat bad
MISS Fenty AKA RIHANNA AKA FAMOUS FOR NOTHING WAS WACK AS EXPECTED IT STARTED OF SO WELL WITH THE DANCERS ENTRANCE THEN SHE APPEARED (SHE HAS THE STAGE PRESENCE OF A CORPSE)
Yeah who cares if Christina lipsynched we all know she can blow when she sings so it dont matter. And yeah who is a lady gaga? lmfao
yll stop ahtin she was jus doin her …ya she wasnt all dat …so wa she never said she coulda sing dat damn gud …she is jus doin her best
smt rihanna wasnt the best damn wa get over it
Ri Ri(SHE HAS THE STAGE PRESENCE OF A CORPSE) LOL LOL LOL
There will be no performance by Beyonce . . . damn shame too. But she will be on CBS on Tuesday night to perform
she’ll get better ……aint like the born wit a voice like ……mimi or christina
Rihanna shud go sit down smewhere….while she in NY she shud look 4 a modellin agency coz its about 2 go down beyotch!
So much 4 laughin at Brit Brit!!!
Britney Had more stage presnce than RHIANNA And that crazy ass b**** did not sing lol
britney won again
Wow Mtv was kissing Britney Spears ASS f*** they lose all credit now theyy on the level of bet catering to one star like Bet-Beyonce Mtv-Britney lol
Kanye sit down singing i bet he mad no competion he was getting ready to perform and kill it but the show was boring lmao no the all stars lmao b-list show this is the worst mtv vma omg
RIHANNA WAS THE S*** SO SHUTUP HATERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
The show was better than last year. But no on can top 03’s VMAs…plus, yes!! my girls Pink and Xtina did their thing. Who cares if tina lip synced….she is a powerhouse vocalist. And stop with the comparisons and hate.
BY FAR…BY FAR THE WORST VMAs EVER! DID I SAY LAST YEAR THE VMAs SUCKED? WELL SCRATCH THAT. THE WORST VMAs EVER!!!!!
Jonas brothers – Don’t know who they are.. don’t care.
Rhianna – Yawn….zzzzzz
Britney – She looks good, but how many thought the VMAs were seriously kissing her a**?
The British host – Who the f*k is he? I was laughing at him than with him.
Lil Wayne – He mine as well go buck naked. Let it all out!
Kayne – Did I just witness a rapper singing?
X-tina – Was she lip synching?
Pink – THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SHOW. CLASS ACT! SHE ROCKED IT!!
the end…
no beyonce!!!!! and wtf was that KANYE? he just kept saying the same thing over and over. I think beyonce really needs to get her B*** back in the game because without her its WACK!!!! i dont understand why she didnt perform her new single, if she is releasing her new single this month, the VMAS was the perfect place to premire it. UGHHH!!! Xtina and PINK were the best.
I must say, the awards were a serious disappointment. Who told Kanye he could sing . . . he is a trip.. LOL
the vma’s were boring as heck and u would think it would have been crazy cause of all the hipe around it. but i do like russell brand now. oh yea rihanna, DRY!
to all ppl who say rihanna has no stage presence pleaeeeeeeeee tell me wat u mean. Cause when i she her i see all the facial expressions all the hand movements all the body movments. Cause i jus feel ppl want her to do dancin like ciara. Either that or u want her to shoot fire crackers out her ass.
just watched rihannas performance with t.i… did she raid pinks wardrobe? Pink was on point.. Britney looked s*** as hell..mmm.. bit boring tho.. christin aggywhateva’s genie on a bottle mix was kinda aiite too..yea but ain no one can say they didnt get a lil happy watchin rihanna crawl around.. i did :$
lol llow me!
That mess was wack all the way around. Rihanna just reminded us all why she’s really famous and that’s for fashion and a hairdo because she sucked big time in the performance department. The only thing worth watching was the red carpet because to me none of the artist really tore it down. And the way Britney suddenly won all them awards when her album flopped this year and she did nothing this time around to earn them awards was some crap. MTV please step up your game next year because that show was terrible all the way around.
Loved Christina Aguilera’s performance! The whole futuristic theme is completely different. Love the new song and the re-recorded version of Genie In A Bottle. So what if she was lip singing? I’ve seen her live in concert and we all know she can belt out all those lyrics live. Great performance! Can’t wait for the greatest hits and the new album.
ALL You ppl are haters riri xtina and no else at those awrds are paying yall no damn mind go to bed they aint reading this s***. Dont yall got real jobs stop hating on ppl who made it to the big leauges. lol lmfao.
Jazzi is a faithful hater yall. She is a known hater. I gues she trying to get the shine riri got.
EveryBody on here are HATERZZZ… Rhianna did o.k. But she is going to do better as time progress. she is a new artist and it takes alot of pratice that s*** is not easy. You try getting up in front of hella people and sing… The number one fear in the world is public speaking. She must be doing something right that people like, because every album she has released have sold very well and to top it off she is in everybody’s song and magazines.
why is she such a big deal? Nobody says nothing about paris hilton that b**** is famous for what? taking hella pictures on tmz LMFAO people get ready because rhianna is going to be around for a long time. eat it or s*** it…peace
I was kinda bored with the show.. The only performances I liked were Christina Aguilera and Pink. Congrats to Britney Spears. I’m glad she won..
SAM THE KANYE SONG IS CALLED LOVE LOCKDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ITS CALLED
LOVE LOCKDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE LOCKDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG,FOR ONCE CHECK UR S*** DUDE ITS CALLED
LOVE LOCKDOWN
WHERE THE F*** DID U GET THAT NAME FROM
I thought it was tight that some of the performances were on some of Paramount’s backlofts,like the Jonas brothers.I won’t say it was tight because number one: where they had it looked cheaped,they know they could’ve done better.Rhianna sounded off beat.most people don’t sound good live than on the videos. Christina did look like Lady Gaga.Her new single ain’t all that.
I got some advice for the artists:if y’all sound dry,drink some water,or work on your talents more.
RIHANNA AND CHRISTINA ARE HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
mess was garbage, oooo yea its okay for x-tina to get a pass for lip-synching! had that been beyonce ya’ll would hav came for her neck NO EXCUSES just for her lip-synching performance was bad. RIHANNA once again proves she cant sing live to save her life were is bee wen u need her. that show was pure GARBAGE every year it gets worse and worse
I actually liked “Love Lockdown” by Kanye… it was different! I’m sick of all these rappers.. and bling and h*** and non-sense…. Kanye’s bringin something fresh and I love that!
Britney.. I love ya to bits! Glad to see her back… and wish she performed 🙁
Christina.. whoa! lol… Loved the Genie remix, and her new single is hot.. but I wish she didnt’ lipsync.. love the new look, but wish it was a bit more diff from Lady Gaga.
Rihanna.. get rid of that man-cut.. and go back to the s*** Umbrella-look!
Pink killed it. I enjoy the song even more now after that performance.
Christina did well also. There’s nothing wrong with lip synching. She actually had an excuse to lip synch based on her performance.
Ok now, this isn’t hate, but honest critcism. I see a lot of people in here don’t know the difference. Rihanna was lack luster as usual. Why are the some people in here saying she will improve? Um, hello she’s been in the industry for 3 years and her live performances are still the same. Take a look at some of her live clips on youtube if aren’t convinced.
If she hasn’t improved after doing all the shows and tours she has done in her career, she won’t get any better. You either have vocal talent, vocal potential, or you don’t have it all and clearly she doesn’t have it. Like someone pointed out earlier, she doesn’t sing, she just hums through songs with her accent.
^ LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO
I LOVE RIH BUT THAT IS FUNNY
hums with her accent heehe
Wack show as usual. MTV really needs to go back to the drawing board with their awards show. Place looked like a rented gymnasium. Pink killed it and that’s about it. Rihanna lacked energy, looked lost and clearly does not have what it takes to own a stage. Christina lip synching was the be all to end all. She said she would never be caught lip synching….mmmhmmm. Kanye’s song was a dude. What a waste of time for all that hype.
Wasn’t as good as last year, but I was surprised:
Rhianna…was this year’s Britney (who I think got her awards via sympathy, b/c I don’t think her video or song is honestly that great. It’s getting so old. Least her har iwas nicer, and Katy Perry didn’t win) Rhianna’s singing was reminicent of Ashlee…or Lindsay…
Jonas brothers: When will they go away?!
Lil Wayne was about to have a wardrobe malfunction 😛
And Kayne West…I missed the introduction, so I could not figure out who it was! then when my friend told me, I thought for sure he was lip synching, b/c he was…singing? And the talk box sound…I just couldn’t tell. I still haven’t decided if I liked it or not.
Christina was lip synching, no doubt. Wonder why?
Pink was the only true artist there.
Btw…who is Tokyo hotel? Is the front”man” a drag queen or what?!
oops…meant *dud lol
I hope people stop hating on Rihanna. Everyone knows she cannot sing or dance so was it really a surprise her performance was boring? I mean, what were people expecting from her when she has never been a great performer.
WHY THE HELL DID MTV LET RIHANNA OPEN THE SHOW. SHE CAN’T SING, PERFOREMCES OR ACT. SHE GOT A FEW HIT SONG BUT IT’S DOWN HILL FROM NOW ON FOR HER.. AND PLEASE DON’T EVEN COMPARE HER TO BEYONCE CAUSE SHE IS NOT AT THAT LEVEL YET OR EVER WILL BE…
RIHANNA SUCKED NUTZZZZZZ!!! THAT BORING HEIFER HAD ALL THE POMP & CIRCUMSTANCE AND DID WHAT WITH IT? THE ENTRANCE WAS TIGHT… BUT THEN WHAT? THAT B1TCH PUT THE MIC TO HER MOUTH, THAT'S WHAT! LOLOL OMG! THE NOTES? DID YOU HEAR THE NOTES? DID YOU HEAR THE ENDING? WTF?! I CAN'T WAIT TO POST THIS ISH ON OUR BLOG 😀
AND LMAO @ THESE COMMENTS
and I rushed home for this s***………..
Katebozz-
H*** BETTER HAVE THERE FUN WHILE IT LAST…CAUSE .B. GOING TO STING AGAIN…THE HOTTEST CHIC IN THE GAME IS GOING TO PUT IT DOWN AND U KNOW MONIQUE GOING TO HOST THE B.E.T AWARDS NEXT YEAR SHE SAID EVERY TIME .B. DANCE SHE GOING TO, THAT WHAT AM WAITING ON THE B.E.T AWARDS WITH MONIQUE HOSTING NEXT YEAR AND OF COURSE RIHANNA SOUNDED TERRIBLE WHAT DO U EXPECT FROM HER…BUT I CANT WAIT FOR T.I. CD…AND YA KNOW WHO HEAD GOT BIGGER TONIGHT KANYE WEST EVEN THOUGH HE BOUGHT HALF OF CDs LAST YEAR…TO ME HE DNT KNOW WHO ASS TO KISS JAY-Z OR LIL WAYNE HE STILL SECOND TO BOTH CAUSE ON THE B.E.T AWARD HE WAS UP LIL WAYNE ASS AND HIS SONG TELL IT ALL ON BIG BROTHER…GOODNIGHT
i already commented on the awards on the other post….it sucked
fav was wayne (wit leona and t-pain)
and pink she ripped that s***….i kinda was feeling paramores too…..i mean but like i said before thats what you get when bey aint on the show,you get b*******,ask bet!
riri had a lil glimpse of stage presence when she walked out for t.i performance and then it vanished
Ppl Ppl PLEASE! LEAVE THE RIHANNA/BEYONCE comparisons off of the stage and vocals, and keep it at hair do's and clothing because, Ilike Rihanna, the Idea and Thrilleresque Concept was HOT BUT, SHE F***** IT ALL UP! Rihanna does not have the energy, charisma & Stage presence of Pink's level, let alone Michael Jackson to make this a HOT & CLASSIC Performance! I'm sorry but I'm just callin it like I see it. Her style is hot, her clothes are hot, But when she has to perform, hell even concert critics S*** on her & her live performances when they give her tour reviews. Performing isnt her thing.
This was the f****** worst vma’s ever!Horrible host,a ton of mess ups, horrible performances ( except pink was ok), nothing exciting, even the place it was in looked like s***! I seriously feel like I wasted my life watching this! It wasn’t well put together. AND…I don’t see how Britney won 3 awards, one might have been ok..but come on THREE! B*******. And she still looked like she was tweakin or something…her eyes were all crazy up close haah
Where were the performances from Britney & Jacko?
A few years ago Christina made such a big deal about Britney Lip synching, and then she gives us that shitious performance, all together now… SELL OUT!
Sam and TGJ you guys are beasts!!!! Thanks for the excellent coverage.
omgomgomg.. the coments are soo funny. no offence though, i didnt mean it in a bad way..
anyway.. i thought that britney’s opening, the part where she went on stage was tooo rushed.. lack of time? i dunno but they should’ve let her speak more. and i don’t think mtv’s kissing britney’s ass.. it ight seem so but no. britney’s been the epidemy of what pop culture was back then when she started off with mtv.. so she’s special to them.. they wanna give her a chance to comeback even if it’s a 2nd chance or 3rd chance (but maybe not the 4th chance that’s jsut too much lol).. whatever it is, britney looks smoking hottt. jonas borthers? um i didnt bother watching their performance.. rihanna..? well.. her opening performance was bad.. i mean her singing was bad.. the dancing and all those kind of things were good. she wasnt herself during the performance.. though she was great when she sang with t.i. pink was AWESOME!!! i think her performance was the best of all.. next to christina.. though she lip-synched.. but i believe she did sing part of the performance.. eitherways.. we all know she has a great voice.. overall i guess i expected more coverage on britney, like a performance *hints hints*.. and oh, one of the reasons beyonce didn’t perform would be that she doesn’t have a video out yet.. yes christina too but she did the whole genie in a bottle thing and she’s been one of mtv’s icons from the start too.. but hey! beyonce’s gonna shoot her vid next week! i’m sure the song will leak very soon.
LMAO @ RIHANNA. bish is wack. bey and ci didnt’ perform on purpose so this bish can air herself out.
what a snore
rihanna was ok, not special
but CHRISTINA was the best… good stuff.. .I like the new look
Kanye west I am disapointed his performace was week. I love the guy but I thought it would get better during the song but it just never did! Rihanna should just retire and start modeling cause she has no presence on stage. She just doesnt allow me to feel the music through her performace. In the T.I. performace when they pictured her onscreen, my enthusiasim physicaly drained from the song she just didn’t know what to do with herself. Or was it her leather jacket that was restricting her movements.at one point point she just looked bored to me. If she dont enjoy her work then she should quit cause she is sucking the exitement from the performance. But I quite liked chritina’s performance lip-sinc or not I was feeling it!! Hats off to christina!! Pink seems like she is just carrying on with the same old stuff. I lost interesnt in that a long time ago. When is she gonna grow up and stop singing about being a girl and actuwaly sing something cheerful? If she did once in while I would like her and buy her stuff, and i bet you it would rock the socks off anything out at that time, but I supose in a the same “rock and roll fashion” … its not her style. I just cant stand her.
The only people calling rihanna wack are the black african gorilla looking girls because your all jealous she has money a hot man and light skin !!!
nuff said !
and as for your opinion sam, you can keep it to yourself and shove it up your big black hairy ass hole
The comment that anon left is so racist! BLACK AFRICANs ARE BEAUTIFUL WETHER THEY ARE DARK SKIN OR LIGHT SKIN!!! STOP CHATTING S***!! PEOPLE DONT HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU! JUST BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE TO DISLIKE RIHANNA AND ITS NOT BECAUSE OF HER “LIGHT SKIN” KMT I THINK YOU SHOLD SAVE YOUR RACIST COMMENT FOR YOURSELF
It’s true the only people hating rihanna are the black african gorilla loooking girls because there ugly and rihanna is hot, loaded and dating a guy they all cant have !
Really, that show was boring. That British guy was boring as hell!! Jamie Fox even thought the show was boring, he came out with energy trying to wake up the crowd. Maybe he should have been the host. To me Pink, TI with Rihanna, Lil Wayne and T Pain with Leona Lewis had a lot of energy I was so bored with the show I fell asleep.
Well…speakin bout xtina…doesn’t this performance remind u of Toxic by Britney Spears? Hmm…i think it does…well, the best without any doubt was Pink n of course Brit is back on tha game ready to shake off all those “Pretendin-to-be-Pop-singers” like Rihanna…(where’s B?? i miss her so much…)
T.I PERFORMANCE WAS THE BEST OVERALL!!!RIHANNA NEEDS TO TAKE UP MODELLING…SERIOUSLY!
People should be able to post their opinions without insults. That is not intelligent or nice to say black african gorilla looking girls are jealous of Rihanna. We can agree and disagree without racial comments. People like who they like does not mean that they are jealous of artist and performers, I’m sure they don’t know them personally.
Kanye should have opened the show, he is not a professional singer, but he invoked so much emotion with that damn song along with the drums kicking in, I just teared up a little bit.
LOL, shut the f*** up gorilla
Why dont you all shut the f*** up???
We all have different opinions … some liked this some liked that… so what?
Britney looks great!!!!!!!
Congratulations Britney, we all knew you could do it!!! It was a tough year for you….
Can’t wait to see Britney perform again!!!!
Did not like Rhianna’s opening performance…but then again I don’t like that song!!!!!!!!!
The host did a great job. Kept us all laughing….who the hell is he????
Little Wayne….you have much better songs you could have sang!!!!!!
Overall I would rate the VMA’S this year out of 10…..I would give the show an 8.
The show was boring. The host was awful. The performances were just O.K. I enjoyed Pinks, Christina Aguliera, Paramore, and T.I. performances. I do not understand how Britney won three awards. The “Pieces of Me” is a good song with a mediocre video. How did she earn all of those awards? I assuming she has a very loyal fans that will vote for any video she puts out. The show lost it creditability for me when more deserving artist should have gotten the awards. I do enjoy listening to Britney Spears music, but I feel those were pity awards. However, she did look beautiful. I think MTV is trying to help Britney make a comeback (with the promotions for the show and introduction to the show).
Rihanna proved last night; while performing with TI, that the only possible way for her to give an even half way decent performance is to just stand in one place and bob her head to the music. This might work for Mariah Carey who has an amazing voice but when you have a below average singing voice and absolutely no stage presence it won’t, at least not for very long anyway.
Moving right along, I agree with Sam, Pink had the best performance of the night she is a real rocker, unlike that poser Rihanna.
I’m so proud of Brithey she deserved all the awards she got last night, the girl has been pulling in ratings for MTV for the last 9 years, it’s about time she got some recognition and what a better occasion could ther be than the 25th year anniversary of the VMA’s. Other than Pink and Britney, I really wish I would have just skipped the VMAs this year, it was mediocre at best
I don’t know what you saw, but I thought Kanye sucked ass! And I do like Christina Aguilera’s new song. Rihanna wasn’t even singing live to “Live Your” Life” too if you ask me. Her singing to “Disturbia,” was a mess, I guess kinda cool she opened the show.
SO glad Britney won a VMA before Mariah! LOL!
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Was it me or did it feel like i was watching the Disney Channel?? (Jonas Bro, Miley Cyrus, High School Musical Cast.) Just feel like this year was very weak and is catering to young teenagers for viewers and ratings. (Then again maybe MTV is since its full of reality tv shows instead of music)
like Christina when she sings her more soulful style songs. Was expecting her to sing live but its cool we all know she can do it. She did though for a lil bit.
Rihanna lip synced or whatever you call it through her and T I’s performance, Disturbia was so pityful you cant address it.
Pink killed it, riri should go and try and copy off of her.
The best performances was Leona, Lil Wayne and T-Pain then Pink. Rihanna rocking side to side and back and fourth like she was doing something was a disgrace again to the music industry.
This is the very reason why her label puts no trust in her.
Why did Miley Sirus (what ever her name is) had to help her sing on Fashion Rock?
Studio Artist need to stay in the Studio and never try to perform line she was terrible, that’s what she gets last year she was laughing at Brit and this year Brit had the last laugh on her…
Rihanna is and will always be the Joke of the Music Industry I dont care how much she sales she gets no respect from her peers and she will never get it with stuff like this. Like Jamie Foxx said her outfit was fly…
beyonces infamous celing entrace sam ?
what you mean the one britney did about 2 years before beyonce LOL
your a music enthusiast sam check your s*** !
LOL sams still criticisng rihanna and yet when hes asked about why shes in the website header he has nothing to say ?
LOL
^^^ I have asked sam alot of times on here why he insults rihanna and than has put her in the website banner ?
i guess he thinks hes too good to talk to us pesants
^^^ me too he doesnt even respond too me and im a dedicated fan of this site
SAM IF YOUR READING THIS…please can i just ask
IF YOU DONT LIKE RIHANNA, WHY IS SHE IN “YOUR” WEBSITE BANNER ?
sams a C***
LOL why does anyone even care what he has too say..hes nothing ? lol
^Why does the same person on here constantly make comments knocking Sam? It’s so lame, we know you’re the same person LMAO Seriously dude, just get the f*** off his website if you hate Sam so much, I dunno, go find yourself a lovely Rihanna fan forum to spend your time on or something.
1) All Britney needed to do is show up to redeem herself. I would have loved to see her perform what she did on that video that leaked, but in all honesty, I'm glad she just showed up to WOW everyone with her grace & presence. Good job Brit Brit on your STEALING THE SHOW AWAY!
2) Rihanna, your performace had everything well put together… I just wished you didn't try so hard at the vocals because let's be honest, the song doesnt really require that much vocal effort and it showed in your singing… sad, but true story…
3) TI, thank you for giving me a reason to listen to your album this morning on the way to work! I'm loving it! Rihanna def helped make up for the mess of her singing earlier, and the 2 of you rocked out that stage!
4) Was I the only one that noticed Pink's boob almost pop out during her awesome performance??
5) Lil Wayne was freakin EVERYWHERE LAST NIGHT!!! Is he becoming the next big thing in hip hop as we know it? Good job bro! I enjoyed all of his performances last night and think that Leona killed it in the collabo!!! Good job!
6) Christina Aguilera, the POP world re-embraces you! I hope you don't ditch the soutry vocals entirely though. I hope that her next album has some tracks that are similar to the contribution she made on Diddy's "Tell Me". You know, a couple of strong R&B tracks..
7) Kanye West's performance was breath taking and he is THE REVOLUTION OF HIP HOP AS WE KNOW IT!! I really really hope one of the mp4 blogs i visit post the video of his performance because I want it on my phone!!! Kanye is a rock star and i'm still shocked at how awesome his performance was!! Think about it, what other VMA closing acts in the past 25 years were the best performances on the night????
VMA's 2008 summed up….
I really enjoyed what they were trying to do this year. Each performance was like it's own Live music video and it was carried out well. The entire night, i was wondering where that WOW performance was and it's unfortunate that it was at the very end of the show with Kanye's performance. MTV has a lot of planning to do for next year's ceremony, and they need to include the rating grabbing artists like Beyonce, Britney, Madonna.. etc.. As far as the host. Russell Brand didn't wow me anymore than Sarah Silverman did last year. The jokes were just ok and could have been conceived more as personal attacks than good content. If I could make a suggestion, let's get Harold & Kumar do the VMAs or maybe even that chick from Juno?? They're freakin hilarious in their own natures and will not rely on dry comedy to maintain the evening. Anyways, my congrats to Britney once again on salvaging her career and proving your HATERS WRONG!
I loved Rihanna performance, and her voice is nice, sounded like the record even though her mic was low. Must just be this site with all the haters, but you know what they say haters make u stronger. She’s improving. Shout out to T.I. love him and definitely loved the song
okay Sam was just trying to highlight some nice and interesting moments idiots.. damn…. but yea i loved Xtina’s song the most. Pink was good, but i think some people here overrated her…
ok ok, Britney looked great-hapy 4 her-Christina made a comment about Beyonce & Mariah yrs ago & lip singin & UMMMMM, sweeti def lip sang last nite-I LIKED her performance tho-sumtimes lip singin isnt such a bad thng X-tina/ok, so the BEST def were PINK, KANYE & TI!-PERIOD, LIL WAYNE & T-pain-YUKK! Y was his a$$ out the whole time, I thnk he likes the co*k! ummm Leona was a nice addition, she is good live-UNLIKE Rihanna (hahaha) she cute, che got catchy hooks yea yea, BUT LIV SINGING HONEY?!?! leave it alone…ummm yea, Kid Rock was ok & I turned the tv when Jonas Brothers were on-like seriously?!?! 🙂 ummm, I am kinda disappointed the TOKIO HOTEL FREAKS won over Jordin Sparks & even tht Miley Cirus chik (although I may not care 4 her) the girl is on the charts HARD-selllling out every artists this year..anyway…yea, it was OK, BEYONCE COME BACK LORD JESUS !!!!!! JANET & MAriah shouldve been ther tooo, wtf????
SAM IS A DUMBASS N***** N***** N***** N***** N*****
aguilera did a great job..nice single and lovely outfit..!
Riri was just hoorrrrible..
LOL at all the rihanna p***-takes!! but all true..she seriously sucks!! she didn’t get the high note once…sounded like she was gonna loose her voice
if only beyonce opened the show…she would of killed it!!
I am Rihanna’s like number one fan but even I have to admit she let me down on her Disturbia performance – her vocals were crap to be honest, and her dancing was boring. Her performance with T.I was just OK at best.
LOVED the performances from Pink and Christina!
Ri is gettin loads of stick as usual but she tried(not hard enough) so thats all i'll say cus if i was her and reading this its bit crazy be callin her crazy names.. (Rhi take it up a notch or lip-sync)
Xtina didn't sing live to really cater to her dancing which in my opinion was a hot routine 4her.. Cool Remix of Genie & new track ok…
I just love her voice period..
Pink done a real good show of overall performance. Nicely staged…
Kanye please jus rap……even Lil' Wayne sings better than that lol…
Good 2 see Britney is back on track..
Was hoping for a hot dance routine like in the leaked footage..
Maybe its for her video..
Leona could've at least be given a slot to do solo performance…
If Kanye can stand & sing why can't she….(Random comment/rant lol…need Beyonce)
LOL@ whoever said rihanna is a NEW artist and she will get better. U have really gone far to call someone who have release fur albums new and when will she get better. Well, I am waiting on that one….
Best performance of the night goes to PINK.
I’m so glad to see britney the way she use to be…
Good to see christina back too
I did not like rihanna’s perfomance and TI’s performance was wack
can anyone tell me how the fuvk Britney won 3 awards and for what. For the last year all she did was flash her crotch.SHE never won a mtv award when she was on top. now she did nothing and she won 3. The fix was in MTV is a mess. They promise her the award so she can show up. they try to make up for exploiting her last year.
This whole show was just GARBAGE! I am so over MTV rite now!
I wonder how Rihanna is feeling reading every site even the ones dedicated to her seeing all the bad reviews she got cause she was just horrible and there is no excuse…
btw, don’t you think Christina looked like a freakin super hero last night??? i mean seriously.. Can we say, X-Men4 Casting Call???
who ever loves and defend rihanna you go to her boring concert and fall to sleep…bottom line she not a good performer just like knox said she needs to stick to modeling her back up dancers was better to watch…i know u could never compare .B. and rihanna…like i said .B. made those h*** step up there game and rite now there playing in her playground… .B. can have a bad hair day but when it time to perform she going to sing and dance….so please stop comparing .B. to the people she birth
Wow look at all the people defending Rihanna yall know people aren’t hating on her, that was just a bad/boring performance from her damn will yall accept that? lmaooo everytime somebody criticizing Rihanna they gotta be a hater or mad cuz Rihanna got Chris Brown. Forget her and Chris Brown lol its about her performance. She would’ve been better off lipsynching her song.
dayum why couldnt janet jackson open the f***** show up!!! duh
To clarify im sure people dont hate Ri. It is just a common school of thought that she should model as performance singing is just not her thing. she should model or have perfomanses where others act out her song. I just dont know why, i love the song, but on stage she just has no presence.
DAMN! I didn’t know ppl really hated Rihanna like that. I agree the performace was kind of dry, but I do feel she delivered the song just like the record (minus a few notes).
But I’m definately feeling that new T.I. joint “Live Your Life.” “Ain’t got no time for no hatas, just live your life.” That’s my new sh*t.
I try to stay impartial, just b/c I’m not crazy about a particular artist I don’t like to just hate on them. With that being said, I’m not crazy about Rihanna, but some 1 said she’s famous for her look. Do you remember about a year ago, she had a song called “Umbrella” I would say that’s the reason why she’s famous, and everybody and their mommma liked that song. I mean damn get off the girl’s nuts cus she just told you she ain’t got time for no hatas. I ain’t mad at you Rihanna, do your thing girl. The more they talk the more paper you getting.
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I swear I am one of Rihanna's biggest fans. However, she can't sing live. This is no surprise, she never could. So y is everyone on here acting shocked. She needs to call it a rap and just lip sing, like most performers who can't sing live do. No credit will be taken away from her, then maybe she could focus on her dancing more and not worry about her live vocals (singing live and performing a difficult choreographed routine is an art that most artists struggle to master) Nothing will ever take away from her beauty (she looked awesome)… moving on.
PINK's performance was HOT, looked and sounded great.
JONAS BRO'S – I dont like the song, but they're cute kids
LEONA LEWIS & WAYNE- Leona sounded great (although her performance was timid), lil wayne was ok… tired of seeing him, but can't knock his hustle
TI & RIHANNA – The performance kicked ass. Rihanna redeemed herself from earlier, she had a little more confidence than her opening act.
KID ROCK & WAYNE – didn't suck, I enjoyed, nothing more to say
CHRISTINA A's – I'm really feeling that mix of Genie in a Bottle, very hot. Her new song, is ok, it'll grow on me. Glad to see her back, she's one of the greatest in pop. The baby weight looks nice. Didn't like her hair (no volume looked real synthetic, toook away from her presence and her face, she was hiding behind her wig). She's danciing more, which is always good for live performances (and this is why she was lip singing, because SHE DANCED). The performance gave me, move over britney (or should I say get over britney)
OVERALL THE VMA's BORED ME (probably because I was entertainin guest and couldn't get into it like I wanted too (I'll catch the re-run). I couldn't get into the production of it at all. It looked almost like it was on the set of FNMTV. Everything looked staged and pre-arranged, it was very odd and confusing at the same time, but whatever, Britney winning three moon men alone lets me kno that MTV isn't in there right frame of mind now adays. Not to linger, but that was there way of correcting the way they exploited her last year. But Britney is cool too though, glad to have her back.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
Ok i think it was dope to see Britney looking good again. I love Rihanna,But I think Pink or Kanye should of opened the show both of their performances were the HIGHLIGHTS of the night. I skipped through the 'Jonas Brothers' & 'Kid Rock' performances, Not hatin just not my cup of tea. Even Leona,Lil Wayne, & T-Pain could of opened and T.I. & Rihanna rocked that duet performance. This year proved though no Britney Performance & Beyonce performance lower ratings. MTV owed Brit those awards they put her up when she wasn't ready and im sure they knew it. Then ragged on her fot doing so. The performance was rubbish, But she got the break she deserved and looked good doin so.
Rihanna sounded like Rihanna and i dont think she sounded that bad, okay she isn’t a dancer but what she does is her thing her way. Christina was goo although she mimed. and pink was okay. People praise brittany for ding nothing.
SAM YOU ARE REALLY BORING NOW! YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR TUNE!
Oh yeah i was mad Christina lip-synced, But we all know she can sing anyway. It’s good to see her re-inventing herself
pink was the best last night.
SAM IS A UGLY GORILLA LOOKING, N***** N***** N***** N***** N***** N***** N***** N***** N***** NIGGERRRRRR
i really wanted Danity Kane to take home at least one award. Those pussycat b****** won the dancing award for that horrible song and horrible dancing. damn!
at least they were nominated.
diddy, hop on the DK train homie, those girls are fire and there aint no promo for them at all. they could have performed bad girl at the awards but have horrible PR.
oh well…GO DK!!!
wat u say bout rihanna bet u can’t sin
T.I and Pink…YES! Rihanna…great performance, bad vocals.
why didn’t chris brown perform? he’s had baree hit singles…c’mon beyonce hurry up and release some songs so u can take over award shows all over again!!! whooop
TI ROCKED THE HOUSE DOWN
T-PAIN LOOKED A HOT MESS
LITTLE WAYNE SHOULD OF PULLED HIS PANTS UP
RIHANA LOOKED NICE BUT DIDNT SOUND RIGHT AS USUAL BUT SHE MADE UP FOR IT WITH THE TI PERFORMANCE
NEYO SHOULD OF WON
IM GLAD BRITNEY FINALLY WON BUT SHE DIDNT
DESERVE ALL 3 MOON MAN AFTER HER LATEST ALBUM WAS A BIG FLOP
PINK DID HER THING AS USUALLY
THOUGH CHRISTINA COULD SING THE SONG WAS CRAP SHE NEEDS TO COME BACK HARDER THAN THAT
RUSSELL BRAND THE HOST WAS OK TO ME IT WAS LIKE THE BET AWARDS WHEN D L HUGHLEY WAS THE HOST
THEY COULD OF DONE BETTER BUT I LIKED RUSSELL BRAND BETTER
THEY MADE A BIG DEAL ABOUT BRITNEY FOR NOTHING AND THOUGH KANYE’S PERFORMANCE WAS NICE
HE DIDNT HAVE TO DO THE LAST PERFORMANCE IT WASNT HOT ENOUGH
BRITNEY SPEARS CAN ACTUALLY SING
SHE JUST MAKES STUPID DECISIONS REGARDING LAST YEAR AND SHE CAN PERFORM AND HAVE ACTUALLY PRESENCE
RIHANNA LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND COMMERCIALIZED BUT SHE STILL CANT SING
THOUGH HER ACCENT MAKES HER SOUND S***
I STILL LIKE SEEING HER BUT JUST WISH SHE KEPT HER MOUTH SHUT WHEN IT COMES TO SINGING
It wasnt just her bad singing, she has no stage presence, AT ALL! and its not just the vma’s its all her performances. something’s just lacking.
And no one who takes fans money (def not mine), making a living off their hard earned money def should not be cut any slack, wtf kinda statement is that?, when did accepting BS become ok. yall cant be forreal?!
RHIANNA IS RELEVANT STRICTLY BECAUSE OF HER STYLE.
^^^ I agree your rihanna bashing is constant so why she in your banner LOL
why not sucklange, or shitelle williams
I thought Russell Brand did a crackin job, i dont think America took to he’s style of humour like the UK does tho.
If the crowd were more embracing of the host, and were laughing at he’s jokes (like i was at home) then the atmosphere would have been a lot more energetic.
Most of the performers where great some ok but that host was boring.
Rihanna did a smashing job and for all those who think different you are crazy! Britney on the other hand was one big stage play… Oh how amazing that she came back with one song and won 3 awards. Yea freaking right.. Did anyone notice the 3 commercials she had with the host before the show came on.. Not a coincidence, I believe her people paid MTV so she could win all those awards. I mean that one song wasn’t that hot. To beat out people like Chris Brown and the J brothers? Let’s get real! She needs all the help she can get.. Starting with a new weave…………..
All the fuckers taking up for their precious Rihanna sound dumb as hell. Her stan even always compliment on her clothes, not her talent!!! This girl needs to be a damn model. she has the exotic look and everything. I mean, she got a record deal on accident for goodness sake. Somebody heard her singing a little tune and thought they had a real singer on their hands?? that’s why she looks so awkward on stage, singing is not her priority, fashion is. point blank, face it, her look and accent is what carries her in this industry, not her talent. everybody in her know she sound like a cat being tortured when she performed at the vma’s
pink shut that s*** down!! now that was a performance, and it didn’t need a thousand dancers in the background
My issue with Rihanna is I am just not buying it. There is nothing rock star about Rihanna, how do you go from Pond de Replay to this? Fe Fe needs her style back and Rihanna needs to sit down! Rihanna actually believes she is better than what she is and it is just soo painful to watch her perform, where is the passion or the energy? She has none! She is just cute. I can’t deny her fashion since but other than that she needs to save her money because her appointment with obscurity is near, hey just look at Ashanti she can’t give her album away!
christina aguileras performance was lackluster and boring,kid rock should be on the cma’s with that rubbish song, not even lil wayne could save that song,and tokio hotel receiving the best new artist award is mind boggling who the hell are they? 2008 vmas put the ho in horrible.
OMG TIS YEAR IT SUCKED.lol rihanna was just,not working for her animore. sesa ayawnn now. HOw the hell people gonna go from beyonce need to take a break and now hey screaming to get her back.lol.I LUV BEE. i wish she was there 2. so the BET awards FLonk VMA’s FLONK. wow bee PLEASE COME BACK QUCIK. HURRY. and Pink was hott. best performance to me. i LUVE P!NK. cant wait or cd to come out. 😀 But yeah kanye umm not cool. couldnt understand what he was saying. xtina was hot to say she just a had a baby. but britney been done that. choose sumething else xtina. but yeah im seeing a diffrence in these awards the stage suck. it was just horrible.