Justin Bieber Got Booed, Miguel Crotch-Faced Somebody, And Other Billboard Awards Highlights
Who knew the Billboard Awards were so entertaining?
The Billboard Music Awards just wrapped up in Las Vegas earlier today, and viewers came away with quite a few talking (tweeting?) points. Who knew the Billboard Awards were so interesting these days? When I was a kid, it was just an endless repetition of weird cowboy-hatted country people getting excited whenever Garth Brooks or Alabama won an award. Thankfully, that’s not the case anymore…
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1. The part when Justin Bieber got booed
It seems some people present didn’t feel that Justin Bieber deserved the fan-voted ‘Milestone Award’ that he received, supposedly given to the artist who shows ‘the most musical ingenuity and innovation’ throughout the year. Boos echoed around the auditorium as he slowly sauntered to the stage in sunglasses and a full leather get-up that wouldn’t have looked out of place at yesterday’s Eurovision contest.
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2. Ke$ha dressed up
“I went more naked than usual,” the pop singer told red carpet reporters.
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3. The part when Nicki Minaj gave Lil’ Wayne a lap dance
This performance found the Cash Money label mates attempting to bring the steamy awkwardness of their ‘High School’ music video to the stage. It was definitely awkward.
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4. Tracy Morgan and Psy’s dance battle
Can anyone else imagine these guys starring together in a buddy-cop flick? We’d totally watch that.
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5. Prince’s incredible afro
The elusive Purple One, who was at the event accepting a Billboard Icon award, sported an awesome afro and leather tassels, and set his guitar ablaze (well, figuratively) like some sorta reincarnated Jimi Hendrix (skip to the 3.25 mark for the performance).
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6. Miguel’s crotch face slam
The ‘Adore’ singer, who’ll be visiting our shores next year as the support act on Bruno Mars’s national tour, misjudged an unnecessary platform-to-platform jump mid-performance, and landed on some unlucky woman, who copped a crotch right in the face and a sickening head-clash against the shiny stage. To add further insult to injury, she sauntered off, probably concussed and seeing little yellow birdies, while Miguel, clearly embarrassed and confused, apologetically caressed the wrong audience member.
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