Last night were the 2010 MTV VMA's hosted by the always hilarious Chelsea Handler. Being the first female host in 16 years Chelsea handled herself well especially with her opening skit featuring Lindsay Lohan as well as her monologue. The rest of the night….was a bit underwhelming. Bieber lip-synced, who apparently gets his poor skills from Usher, and Gaga dominated the night, not letting any of the other artists stand a change. The Monster's multiple outfits features a dress made out of meat, resembling her Vogue cover and the reference to a raw meat bikini in a Key of Awesome parody of Bad Romance. If you haven't seen it yet, it made Ke$ha's trash bag dress look like Chanel. Eminem was one of the big male winners of the night, but after his performance he jetted on a flight to NYC. If you're the most nominated male artist of the night, you'd think he'd stick around.
Gaga won 8 out of her 13 nominations which after the third award became very tedious. In most cases when there are multiple winners, they will do a montage and announce everything the artist won at once. Why they didn't do this last night I'll never know, it got old very quickly.
Of course there was tremendous hype surrounding Kanye West and Taylor Swift, who were both performing. Taylor's well-written song was overshadowed by her being off-key. Kanye on the other hand gave a great performance but I am agitated they made everyone wait for him til the end.
The only award I was really happy with was 30 Seconds To Mars winning best rock video, and Jared Leto was looking more than spiffy, he is still a top trending Twitter topic as I type.
Although I watched the full ceremony and will more than likely watch the awards next year, I was extremely underwhelmed and was reminded the whole night of why I don't listen to most of that stuff.
List of winners.
Best Dance Video: Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
Best Collaboration Video: Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé, "Telephone"
Best Female Video: Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
Best Rock Video: 30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens"
Best Male Video: Eminem, "Not Afraid"
Best Pop Video: Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
Best Cinematography: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, "Empire State of Mind"
Best Direction: Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
Best Choreography: Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance"
Best Editing: Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
Best Special Effects: Muse, "Uprising"
Best Art Director: Florence + the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over"
Breakthrough Video: Black Keys, "Tighten Up"
Best Hip-Hop Video: Eminem, "Not Afraid"
Best New Artist: Justing Bieber, "Baby"
Video of The Year: Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"