After all that hype about illusions and mirrors and potions and the like, this is what Britney Spears had to offer as a comeback?
Not only was her dancing half-assed, but even her lip-syncing was passively done.
This isn’t a rehearsal, Brit — this is your career!
And don’t even get me started on that hideous outfit. Clearly aged by motherhood and endless tabloid tension, Brit still opted to don a sparkly black and white bikini and black boots. Awful, awful, awful!
Brit concluded her set with: “I just want more.” Sadly, she’s the only one.
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she was horrible! so stiff and couldn’t even lip-synch…RIDICULOUS!
Yup.
she didnt look very enthused about it. her career is officially over now.
I agree!! She was very unenthusiastic, even missing some of her lip-synced lyrics. I think I even saw her stumble a couple of time in the first 20 seconds. YUCK!
oh god, she was so horrible!! eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww
SHE WASN’T READY TO PERFORM IN FRONT ALL OVER THE WORLD..
IT’S SAD TO SAY BUT WITH THIS SHE FUCKED HERSELF.
She was lipsyn-ing even during her hayday, so I’m not surprised that she lip-synch. But she doesn’t even dance! She left all the dancing to the dancers, and whenever she dances the cameraman pulled a far shot and we can’t even see her moves (a secret deal w/ the MTV to avoid the embarassment)?
No energy in her performance, no dancing, poor outfit, horrible hair extensions (even though her face looks good)…I was rooting for her and hoping her to get a comeback, but she’s gotta give more effort than this as opposed to club-hopping til 3am the prior night! Any stripper can dance better than that since no singing is involved anyway!
that was terrible! what a half hearted performance…and what in the world did Criss Angel help her with??? i saw absolutely NO magic!
OMG, that was painful to watch. What was she thinking? Oh - that’s right…
That was just so sad. It was like she was in slow motion. Bye Bye Britney. Maybe they’ll hire you for Surreal Life 15 in a decade or two.
horrible!
she’s done…and I couldn’t be happier. Too bad MTV didn’t cut to justin timberlake to get a look of what he was thinking. Or even shar jackson
wtf was that?????????????????????????????? was she drunk???
I agree- she looked like she could not care less. She barely moved, and that bikini/boots combo was a terrible choice.
Thumbs Down- you’re DONE, go away Britney- you are a shadow of what you used to be….a batshit crazy shadow.
Somewhere K-Fed is laughing his ass off.
OMG it was so horrible….it was so difficult to watch. She looked bad…The outfit made her look chubby or boxy…I can’t think of the word. She didn’t even bother to lip sync…she did a few spins and off she went. I was a collasal disaster. Please make her go away…for good. I can’t stand slow, lingering death scenes. Britney is becoming the industries biggest joke. That girl needs some major help. She needs to disappear. She needs to be kept out of the spotlight. She is an embarassment to this country!!
OMG. There’s a rumor going around the web (by people in HUGE denial) that this performance was a joke and that the REAL performance will be at the end when she closes the show. To those people, I say: WAKE UP - THE BITCH AND HER CAREER ARE DEAD, OVER, KAPUT.
What Chloe said . . .
You know what? I’m through feeling sorry for poor little rich girl Britney. She blew it again, and I agree with fatmouth Kanye West — why did they even give her this platform at the VMA’s? The whole concept of it was inappropriate — they shouldn’t have offered her the opportunity to perform at this event, and she never should have accepted.
She’s too sick/stupid/stubborn to take the high road and disappear for a while and WORK for a chance at a real comeback.
She needs an intervention, now.
Britney sucked but all this VMA’s sucks…
Chaotic.
Vegas bad choice..
bad
horrible
ridiculus
it’s over for Miss Spears!
It was PAINFUL to watch. So horrific! Poor thing…
Funny thing is, she didn’t even bother to actually do any of the *TALKING* parts (including the line at the end), or even properly lip sync them. When they cut to the celebs in the audience, they looked thoroughly underwhelmed and unimpressed. Hats off to you Brit, any minimal shred of respect your peers had for you is gone.
bitch wasnt even trying!
OMG
Fergie wins and nobody knows where she is….ahahahahahahahah this VMA’s sucks.
Sarah Silverman really ripped her a new one
she couldn’t even be bothered to wash her hair?! and whyyy the underwear- she’s (clearly) not 18 any more. and the choreography and dancing (what she is supposedly famous for) was SHOCKING. i could have done that performance myself and i am terribly uncoordinated and am teased mercilessly by my family for my singing. i suppose i can now say i’m on a par with britney spears haha.
what did sarah silverman say? (i’m a clip whore- does anyone know where i can find one?)
THE WORST VAM’S EVER!!!!WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!!!!!!!THE WORST VAM’S EVER!!!!WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!!!!!!!THE WORST VAM’S EVER!!!!WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!!!!!!!THE WORST VAM’S EVER!!!!WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!!!!!!!THE WORST VAM’S EVER!!!!WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!!!!!!!THE WORST VAM’S EVER!!!!WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!!!!!!!THE WORST VAM’S EVER!!!!WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!!!!!!!THE WORST VAM’S EVER!!!!WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!!!!!!!
Justin. The capital letters and the exclamation marks are enough. There’s not use repeating the phrase countinually. Thanks.
i was wondering if brit would whack silverman for the comment she made haha
^SAS, if the MTV Awards were any indication…. (ditto the clip request!)
hehehe VAMs- justin maybe you should turn off the telly and go have a lie down.
aysla- don’t get my hopes up, mate!
guys do u like this vma’s????
but all the show, the performers and everything it’s too chaotic….
Britney sucked
Ahahaha. She looks like me on my first day at Body Combat. That is some world class suckage going on on that stage, my friends. IMO, this is the best VMAs evah!
This by far was the most embarrassing opening in VMA history. What the hell were they thinking?
Looking at this again, I think they set her up.
MTV sucks.
this year’s vma sucks!
yeah VMA’s suck this year. Really boring but yet chaotic, i dont like it at all.
I knew Vegas was a mistake…….Vegas is always a mistake! and MTV seriously let viewers down with this one, what the hell is with the bands stuck in hotel rooms? and only showing parts of performances…..Completely unorganized and terrible……..
Vegas+Britney=Trainwreck!
PUHFUCKINTHETIC!! Where’s the real talent….i.e. Christina…..shit I’d settle for Beyonce!
Man, I heard it was bad, but seeing it I have to agree!!!! She barely danced and barely tried lip-synching, she seemed bored, or at least so wasted that she could care less if it worked or not.
Even the famous people in the audience seemed bored and wondering what is going on with Britney, they seem more entertained by the girls on the poles than Britney, and that’s not good!
This proves the difference between true performers like Madonna to Britney, Britney always seems like a lost, confused little girl, while Madonna is in total control and knows how to make things work (even to this day!!!)
imnotobsessed.com
has video of silverman’s comedy.
Ahhhhhhhhh ok it’s good to know that i’m not the only one thinking this year VMA’s sucks…
MTV back to Miami or NY pleaseeeeeeee!!!
i agree that britney needs to learn from people like madonna, that was just sucky as hell! The trick mirrors would have worked better. What happened with Criss Angel? Maybe he just banged britney and they pretended he was going to work with her on the VMAs lol.
this will be britney’s career ending performance just as paula abdul’s mess at the 1991 video music awards. Don’t believe me? Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpQs32z2AGQ
LOL
Britney is going to be the next Anna Nicole Smith. So long, career!
Thanks for the links, guys.
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Now I’ve gotta go replay Brit though so I can get freaking Vibeology outta my head.
MTV is cold and ruthless but smart. They knew Brit was going to be a disaster and human nature makes us stop and look at a train wreck. They probably knew the rest of the show was going to suck, which it really did. Having Brit put the final nail in her career’s coffin insured viewers and the rumour, which I’m sure MTV created, about a closing performance kept us watching. They won. They got their ratings. She is just untalented white trash and the fact that she ever had a career still boggles my mind.
It was so bad that I have to watch again. Its watching a career self destruct right in front of your face!!!!
Wow She is a hot mess!
Watching it many times over (LOL), she looks like she’s drunk at the beginning because she almost stumbles (even though she’s not walking!!!!). And its hilarious seeing the reactions from the celebrities, Rihanna is laughing at it, 50 Cent is wondering what the hell is going on, Nelly claps just to be nice and P Diddy is asking why she did this to herself.
Britney has officially become the Anna Nicole and Whitney, drugged up lost souls who ruined their careers.
Ok, so I watched the Sarah Silverman clip. She was wholly unfunny and there were so many pauses and “wow’s” that it broke up whatever comedic flow might have been going.
I honestly expected to see Britney come out and start a fight after Sarah Silverman got started. It was painful to watch from start to finish. Acutally, let’s keep it real….the whole show was BAD.
And the world laughs……..
It was sad, pathetic, and painful to watch. I almost feel ashamed of myself for playing that video…
i must admit the choreography, set, stage, dancers, pole dancers, and lights were cool.
it was very thoughtfully planned out
britney? …not so much.
How dare she come on with that crap! As if all she had to do was give the limpest performance and her mere presence was some kind of gift to us! She does suck so bad and unlike most people I thought it was a bad idea to begin with. But MTV sucks balls, so I don’t expect any original thinking from them.
And Dude^, if the world has any sense like the people here they will not only laugh but reject this dumb tart.
It wasn’t THAT bad. Its just a bit of a lack luster song and she was never over talented anyway - what were people really expecting?
Lord Hovis Whatever^ If you don’t think that was “that bad” I would hate to see what think is really bad. MTV must stand for Moronic Television because anyone who was entertained by that horse shit is a moran. Does anyone remember when MTV was cool? I think I was in elementary school and I’m 33. And how insulting is it to somene like Alicia Keyes, who is hugely talented, to have to share a stage with someone who is so unproffesional. MTV- Did you actually hire a director to produce that crap? Do you have any sense dignity anymore? Have your morals gone the way of Jerry Springer’s? I imagine most of you over there are around my age. Try to remember back when watching a good show meant something to you and try to recreate it. Douchebags.
I guess she is really done with now.
I bet Trousersnake is glad he got out when he did!
this performance was awful.
She’s not done..That bitch Sara Silverman..It wasn’t soo bad.She was very scared and her confidence level was VERY low..But why am I saying it here?It’s easy to laught at people when are they down..
Shame on you people.What goes around comes around!
Isn’t the idea to at least PRETEND you’re singing, you know, LIP SYNCING. She didn’t even bother to do that for much of this, she looked as if she didn’t even remember the words to what was supposedly HER OWN SONG.
Even Rihanna was laughing….did you catch that at the end?
ANyway I didn’t think it was that bad, (yes it was sleepy), until I You Tubed her past performances. Only then do you see the difference….I was never a fan anyway. At least she is not as nasally as she used to be…
She was definitely under something. Maybe a sedative to calm her nerves. That’s what I think….
Game over….plz dont let me hear from you ever agian onces I take our kids away from you.
If she was a stripper, which is what she looks like these days, (an aging flabby stripper who’s had a few kids and working the Pittsburgh warehouse district lunch rush)… It would be a bad night. Tater tot and small fry would be noshing on pepsicola and chef boyardee..
Ive seen better BrittBritt performances staged by 7 yr old girl group poptart wannabees.
Save your money
this is so embarassing to watch…
she wasn’t even trying. so sad!!
I have disliked Britney from the start, but as I watched this I saw stuff other people brushed off as being drunk and uncaring. While all that may be true, I try to see the best in people regardless. In the begining it seems as if she just realized how long it’s been since she was in front of a crowd, let alone it being in front of the flippin’ world, and she was stumbling because she was frightened..especially since the people she was performing for seemed to just be degrading her silently. I would stumble too. I think maybe she really tried but she has alot built up that she hasn’t got passed. I don’t think it was that incredibly bad for a start. You watch all you banwagon Britney fans are going to be wowed and jump back on the wagon. And I’m just gonna laugh.
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