MTV Video Music Awards 2004 Reviewed

Before I begin, let me say that the show had no controversies nor was it enjoyable. At 3 hours and 20 minutes, this show seemed like one very long and dull broadcast!!

However, Hilary was there dressed in a nice black top and tuxedo shorts (long pants that she cut to make shorts..a new fashion trend maybe). At 15 minutes after the hour, Hilary lost the Best Pop Video to No Doubt for the horrible song "It's My Life". I will admit that "Come Clean" wasn't great and I was actually hoping that Britney's "Toxic" would win. Hilary really didn't belong in this group of nominees anyway. Hilary's second disappointment was when she was presenting the award for "Best Rap Video" and she was upstaged by the entrance of her co-presenter Matthew "Shaggy" Lillard. He arrived on a raft that was moved among the crowd. Naturally, the camera focused away from her and onto him and his travel to the stage! In the span of 30 minutes, Hilary had seen her share of disappointments.

The only other good part happened 2 and 1/2 hours later, when JoJo arrived on stage at 11pm. Yes, it was too late for many of her fans to see her and her appearance lasted longer than Hilary's, but she proved at 13 that she is a powerhouse who will be quite a force in the future!! The girl didn't look the least bit nervous unlike Hilary who looked like she was going to break down any minute!! JoJo didn't win new artist either. So Hilary and JoJo can cry together.

The bulk of the show looked like something that should be airing on BET. You could almost count the white performers on one hand. Nothing great about the show..no Britney, no Justin, and no Madonna!!

The show "ended" with OutKast performing "Hey Ya" while a "Presidential convention" atmosphere happened around them!! Ballons fell from the ceiling, signs of "OutKast", and the banner "Choose or Lose" waved everywhere. Was this show one big political convention or an award show? I say neither!!

However, I cannot end this review of the show without mentioning Alicia Keys: the frizzied big hair, the big sunglasses, and the total lack of undergarment left nothing to the imagination especially when the camera pulled back to do a long angle shot..it looked like she was topless!! C'mon Alicia if you really want to go topless then go that way, don't compromise the idea with an extremely tight fitting skin colored top!!

My rating on a scale of 1 to 10:

Hilary: 10 (as always..by the way her sister gets a 10 as well..go to www.mtv.com to check out their pics of them preparing for the big show!!)

JoJo: 10 (she is hot and keeps getting better..one to definitely watch in the future!!)

The show: -1,000,000 (Bring the show back to New York and back into what it is meant to be!!)

Until next time..luv ya'll xoxo lou (stay away the VMAs)!!