Comments on: The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards

By: Ashley(:

Ashley(: — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:34:57 +0000

Overall everything was pretty good, I thought.
It wasn’t the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen but it was okay :D

By: KSTAR

KSTAR — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:03:09 +0000

I only have 1 word for X-tina’s performance: HIPS!!!!
I know, I know, she just had a baby. So don’t squeeze all that “baby fat” into shiny spandex leggings!!
Otherwise I think that her new transition is fine. It’s part of the artistic process. Picasso didn’t stick to just his Blue period or his Rose. He branched out and tried new things i.e a little movement called “cubism”.
Besides oo one says a damn thing about Maddona’s biannual makeovers. And X-Tina can actually sing.

By: April

April — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:18:39 +0000

Britney didn’t deserve 3, let alone even 1 award. Truly a pity award which is idiotic….I think these MTV award shows have really been going downhill. It’s stupid to see a so-so song win that many times and then other actual huge hits not even be nominated. To not have RIhanna or Kanye or Miley (trust me, I am not too big a fan of her either but she admitedly had a big hit on her hands with that See You Again song) nominated for 0-1 items is ridiculous.

Kanye did amazing AS USUAL and as talented as he is, if I were him, I wouldn’t give the VMAs the time of my day between last year’s poor setup for his performance and MTV’s incredible overlooking of one of the most talented guys in the game. TALENT…….unlike someone who got 3 sympathy awards last night.. MTV prob just paid him big bucks to do the performance because he is too good for MTV’s treatment on my opinion.

Christina ROCKED it as usual – she is so good at what she does! I loved the way Genie in a Bottle sounded. 100000x the talent of Britney but because she is way less of a trainwreck, way too many eyes remain focused on Britney. Oh the INJUSTICE……

By: Paz

Paz — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:18:34 +0000

I think Britney got a sympathy award.
Pieces of Me was not deserving of video of the year. it’s an awesome song but the video was lackluster.
it looked great for mtv to announce Britney’s back! because it looks good for her and MTV.
I dont like the argument that it’s been overdue because supposedly the award is for the video at hand, not paying for last year for a career at large. Other than Toxic and Baby One More Time I can’t think of many memorable videos of hers.
But then what am I saying, as if these were the Oscars.
Whatever, i’m happy for her.

By: David G.

David G. — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:21:50 +0000

ok i have to admit that i was a surprised that christina didn’t sing live but i think she compensated with the great performance quality of the performance and the large amount of dancing i have ever seen her do…also there may be many valid reasons why she didn’t sing live…just give the sweet thing a damn break…i absolutely loved the new version of genie…it sounded mysterious and sexy…it left me wanting to hear more…the new song is starting to grow on me and once again her look looks great…the hair works well for her… one thing that bothers me is the constant comparisons people make when it comes to anything anybody does that seems similar to what someone else has done…i do see several similarities of the outifit chris wore with the one britney wore in the toxic video and the whole britney-like elements of christina’s performance but i don’t believe that chris did it to intentionally to imitate brit. its her own rendition of something that is quite similar to that of brit…but i feel that there is no need to dis chris and just constantly point out comparisons and say who does what better…its obvious that people aren’t done making chris and brit rivals…and as far as the lipsynching…chris might have done it this one time but im sure that wen she does sing it live, she’ll tear that shit up and own it!!!!!!

By: M

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:17:06 +0000

Christina is different than Madonna because Christina is NOT Madonna – not even close. Madonna reinvents herself but she set the gold standard first and then changed it up. Christina on the other hand has been all over the place since the beginning. Is she a pop star or a serious singer? Is she chaste or trashy? It comes off as desperate while Madonna has always been the ultimate empowered trendsetter. People know Christina best for her singing – that won’t ever change, so in my opinion, it’s in her best interest to stick with what works. She was the one who always said she and Britney were so different – so why rip off Britney’s whole shtick circa 4 years ago?? Also just for the record, Madonna is someone who can sing AND dance her ass off – that’s what makes her a superstar!

By: missy

missy — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:56:33 +0000

O man. Rihanna.. If I turned off the sound, the performance was awesome. She looked totally edgy, and sexy in her angry way. But when you turn the sound back on, Jesus Lord. Grrl can’t sing for nuts.
And please don’t tell me you don’t agree with me. You know your ears hurt too. She shud have done what Christina did. Stick to dancing, don’t sing and sound like a git.
Brand is fuckin’ genius!!!!

By: sawwaa!

sawwaa! — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:53:00 +0000

Can you believe Xtina is a mother?!!?
When I saw the performance last night I just about died. Woman looks unreal for someone who just gave birth a while ago. And while I don’t like lip-syncing, period, I think Xtina did a great job.. it was fun it was fresh it was sexy and can I say, even though people talk about how she copied Lady GaGa or whoever, I’m saying.. come on. If we started that debate, then everyone copies everyone, yeah? Rihanna copying some of the outfits of her tour from Xtina, Lady GaGa’s hair from Gwen’s Sweet Escape phase.. this is the entertainment business, it will be recycled, so chill y’all!

But I agree. Britney looked amazing. I’m so happy for her, deserving of the awards or not!

And can I just say… I totally agree with Kendra. Jordin needs to chill a bit, it’s just a dig to hype things up. Russell is mad awesome!

By: Kendra

Kendra — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:03:50 +0000

Yah for Brit-Brit!!! Xtina was awesome as always! For all the Xtina haters out there, how is her transformation in music any different then what Madonna has done? Why should she be limited to the type of music she performs when she obviously is talented enough to pull off more than just pop music. I loved Brand, couldn’t get enough of him! Jordin Sparks needed to chill out, she took that too far about the JB. Aren’t the hosts supposed to be funny and pick on the guests? I’m just sayin…..

By: Prieta Linda

Prieta Linda — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:35:44 +0000

Ok…I have to be honest. For a 25th anniversary…this was by far the least entertaining VMA’s. The crowd was tough…it appeared that the crowd was bored…there were no hijinx or anything to really remember about this year’s VMA’s. I loved Russell Brand…I thought he was spot on with the political commentary. There were some pretty good performances but nothing that, for me, would be added to the Vault of great performances you’d expect at the VMA’s!

By: PC

PC — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:24:35 +0000

Christina’s performance was sooo Britney 5 years ago. Even the outfit was almost identical to Britney’s on the Onyx Hotel Tour. Hilarious.

The Russell guy was utter genius, too.

By: Sheri-Lee

Sheri-Lee — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:22:24 +0000

The concensus in my household was xtina’s performance was awful. I have never been a big fan but the one respect I had for the woman was that her voice is amazing and she ALWAYS sang live. My roomate loves her and was extremely disappointed with her performance. Brand was hillarious! Britney stills looks out of it and just said what they fed her to say. She needs serious mental help. A hospital stay would probably be best. Why does the industry feel the need to pressure all underaged stars to say they are virgins and they are waiting till marriage? Nice happy thought but is it really realistic. Jordin Sparks needs to be introduced to the real world. People that have sex before marriage are not sluts.

By: K$

K$ — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:11:28 +0000

Jonas Brothers should be commended on being genuine, kind, goal orientated, and decent young men who young people can look up to. It is hard to find that kind of role model today. When Brand was bashing them on personal choices that they have made, it made me furious.

By: Meme

Meme — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:33:38 +0000

I thought Mr Brand hit the nail on the head. I thought the most off color was Jordin Sparks insinuating that those who chose to have sex under 16 were sluts…..way to win over your female audience Jord.

Plus (being british and not being subjected to the Jonas Brothers before this evening) how awful is the state of music that 3 boys with questionable voices and criminal hair cuts are the most popular music in America at the moment????

By: yyyyyyy

yyyyyyy — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:28:56 +0000

OK so maybe britney needed to win something but 3 is a bit too much,I loved russell brand, but i think his humor was understood by many.

THE JORDYN COMMENT ,ALTHOUGH I THINK IT WAS GREAT THAT SHE STANDS UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES , I THOUGHT THAT HER COMMENT “I just wanna say, it’s not bad to wear a promise ring because not every guy and a girl wants to be a slut”WAS A BIT OFF,SO
TO HER PEOPLE THAT DON´T WEAR PURITY RINGS OR
HAVE SEX ARE SLUTS!!!!!!anyways i think purity rings are stupid, it doesn´t mean anything how do we really know people who wear it are actual virgins…

XTINA´S MEDLEY OF GENIE IN THE BOTTLE WAS GREAT LOVED THAT PART, I AGREE WITH SOME PEOPLE THAT SHE DID LOOK LIKE LADY GAGA AND THE SUIT SHE WAS WEARING REMINDED ME OF THE ONE BRITNEY WORE FOR THE TOXIC VIDEO..

By: jessica

jessica — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:28:47 +0000

I thought Xtina’s performance was total crap. Thought she looked terrible, and was disappointed that she did something out of character for her. The bad lipsynching, and the choreography was hideous, and she didn’t execute it well at all. I thought it was sad, honestly- and I’ve always been a big Xtina fan.

The whole Britney thing- everyone knows they gave her those awards because they all feel sorry for her and want her to get back to where she was. MTV needs Britney for some reason.

I thought this VMAs was absolute crap. There were so many logistical problems all night- presenters not knowing where to stand, walking out without mics, not knowing when to start talking…. it was very amateur feeling. I was disappointed.

By: Vamp

Vamp — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:12:36 +0000

The show was better when I was much younger. You know, back when MTV actually showed videos and I knew who the people actually were.

And I’m only 35 for crying out loud.

Bring back the 90′s!

By: Megan

Megan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:12:19 +0000

We just saying, Christina sounds like a hyprocite, she dissed lip synching and then she does it herself. LOL and she sucks for originality, if i didnt see the video package at first i would of thought it was LADY GAGA

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:29:32 +0000

I am surprised that people are commenting on Christina’s attempt to try something different and update herself. Artists have to keep reinventing themselves to stay relevant. Is this not what Madonna is praised for? She did a lot more dancing in this performance then she usually does, which I thought was great. Now we all know that Christina can sing AND dance… just not at the same time, but can anyone really dance and sing at the same time without compromising the quality? No! As for her outfit, I think she looked fantastic, especially since her son is only a few months old. She is in fantastic shape and you could tell by the way she was dancing.

Although I am surprised that Britney has never won a moon man and I believe that in the past she did deserve to win, I do not believe that makes it right to give her not only one award, but THREE (!!!) for a lackluster video. Yes the song is great and I like the album, but these awards are for the music videos and I am dumbstruck that anyone sees it any differently than that. She should not have won any of these awards. Sorry Britt Britt fans.

By: BCdanielle

BCdanielle — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:27:57 +0000

I didn’t mind Russell Brand that much….although I cringed quite a bit over his comments on the Jonas brothers purity rings…I thought he went too far there. I LOVED that Jordin Sparks said something about it, and the look on John Legend’s face was priceless! lol.
Britney looked amazing, as did Xtina (yea, no red lipstick!), Rihanna and T.I. were great, and Lil Wayne rocked it!
Overall….I give the awards show a B/B+ :)

By: maggz

maggz — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:17:26 +0000

i didnt make it past 9:30. Russel Brand fell flat- is he really supposed to be funny? britney looked amazing, good for her! all of the performances seemed oddly familiar?

as far as the political commentary, it would be far better for celebrities to keep their opinions to themselves. intelligent people who vote recognize that these individuals, in their multi million dollar mansions and 7 figure incomes, do not live in the same world the other 99.9% of us do so their thoughts and opinions on politics dont count for much and in my opinion can be potentially damaging to candidates. the lifestyles and positions of the general, working population of this country bears no resemblance to hollywood celebrities.
politics should be left out of the script when it comes to entertainment as brainless as mtv’s ‘awards’ ceremonies.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:13:38 +0000

Trent I gotta disagree with you on Xtina’s red carpet dress I thought is wasn’t that great and kinda unflatering I thought Pink looked better!

By: kendell

kendell — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:10:15 +0000

ok psychopath named punisher… take that energy and use it to find urself a good therapist. im so over you being a negative nancy on everything brit brit. she deserved it. u can have ur (wrong) opinion that says she doesnt desserve it but im not going to freak out and quote PEREZ HILTION on TRENT’s page? do you even know what the point of blogging is. jeez. I didnt watch but i did get the info that britters won big and thats really all i cared to see in the show anywyas. so congrats brit… ill probably catch the rest of the show in rerun sometime this month. peace love and stfupunisher

By: Ali Di

Ali Di — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:47:42 +0000

Christina Rocked it…P!nk was awesome, and Rihanna’s show had tons of flair (and Christina may have lip synced but she was still fabulous) all in all there were good performances this year, everyone is getting on Russell Brand’s case about his political comments, but everyone is entitled to their own opinions and has a right to say how they feel. For someone to call it treason is an EXTREME exaggeration, you don’t have to agree with the man but it’s not treason in a world of “free speach”. All in all i enjoyed the VMA’s and was so happy for Britney Spears, this could be a push (and boost of confidence) for her to do something even more fabulous on her upcoming album. Though was it just me or did the audience seem kind of dead this year? No one was standing or dancing (aside for on the back lot sets for P!nk and the Jonas Brothers).

By: nat

nat — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:45:31 +0000

Does Xtinas new song have a Goldfrapp sound to it or am I imagining things? Not that I’m complaining, it’s something new for her…..