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Rihanna’s ‘Disturbia’ Performance - MTV VMAs 2008
Rihanna performs “Disturbia” at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards at Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles on Sunday.
English comedian Russell Brand will host the event while Britney Spears will be opening up the night with a surprise performance. Kaba Modern and Fanny Pak of America’s Best Dance Crew will battle it out to determine who will present the Best Dancing in a Video award.
WHAT DO YOU THINK of Rihanna’s outfit and her performance — YAY or NAY?
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First!!!!..
i love me some Ri. but, the notes werent being hit at all. she did go better with t.i though. and that outfitt was much better than this one too.
im not too sure how i feel about this performance
i don’t think this was fierce enough for an opening act.. dunno.. no thumbs up from me
Whole show was garbage…mtv dropped the ball. Had a sick location for a show and blew it with performances like this. Think the director was on speed…cut way to many cameras
It was not a good performance at all.
The intro was interesting when the stampede of zombie-like people came out, but it seemed like the backup music was doing more of the singing than Rihanna herself. And the choreography was sloppy and all over the place. Not very well planned.
grace jones, much?
still LOVED it.
she looked desperate coz her voice wasn’t coming out (as usual)
This show was embarrassing and awkward to watch.
First of all, Rihanna looks trashy as always, even when she’s performing! What kind of a performance is that? It’s the VMA opening, and Rihanna just move around lip synching like a freaking zombie!
The VMA opening is a showstopper and Rihanna sucks! She looks completely disfigured in that disgusting outfit. Her legs and thighs are huge compared to her upper body.
Perez Hilton said she was disproportional and I think he’s right! She look weird! Worst performance ever from Rihanna!
the performance was alright. the outift didn’t do her justice. she could have worn something a lot prettier and stuff.
russel brand was just an obnoxious idiot the whole show. what a coward. go back to the uk russel!
The whole VMA sucked besides Pink’s performance and britney winning.
I wish they would have went all out like they usually do but I guess even MTV is feeling the pinch of the economy
They should have had it in a big arena with a big stage as usual, it all looked sloppy and stupid.
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first time ever watching this show, i really wanted to see britney, am also a huge fan of Rihana .but i didn’t like her performance
UGLY *****
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she is such a ****** *****…
okay performance? russel brand suckedd!!!!
Rihanna’s thighs are huge but her upper body is pretty tiny so she’d have to starve to get rid of the huge legs, i guess…i thought her performace was great, actually… i’m a fan…she could do something about those huge legs, though.
It wasn’t a bad or good performance it was just okay.
it was a letdown
She should of worn something else!
No offense to her but her thighs looked huge! Even my dad commented on it.
Boring!!! Rihanna really needs to start getting original, everything about her performance was played out including that hideous rat tail.
GROSS
SHE LOOKS LIKE A TRANNY
EEWWWWWWW!
Absoloutly horrible..
she sang horribly
looked horrible
the vmas suck this year!
Thumbs down. She cannot sing.
It sucked. The VMAs were ****** this year.
Honestly, it was not too good. If we say she was fantastic, will you stop the incessant posts about her?
i don’t care how cool rihanna is… rat tails will always be disgusting. after all the hype, the vma’s were kinda slow this year. i’m on the west coast so they’re still going. i stopped watching after pink’s performance. i love pink and although she didn’t sing all of it, i still think her performance was the only one really worth watching. jb was pretty cool too.
the award show was just slow though. i remember thinking ah just get on with it. like jamie fox? seriously how long did he have to talk to introduce something. i did like the countdown though so i could leave and come back to watch the parts that i wanted to.
Rihanna sucked monkey balls!
I just saw the performance with T.I and all i have to say is, this girl is drop dead gorgeous, its ok to be a little jealous for all those haters on here, made up mostly of ugly fat mostly white teenagers. this girl is naturally beautiful, just be honest
Kathy is a racist and an ugly fat *****!
kathy=fugmous
way too easy
Rihanna’s going bald. That rat on her head ate her hair!
first of all, **** all the ***** ass haters who wanna hate hate & run dey mouth full of bullshit comments bout mah girl RiRi. i don’t give a damn wat nobody say, she did GREAT as usual.. maybe the vocals weren’t all da way up to par, but she still did a FAB job nonetheless. RiRi & CB are the #1 musicians in the game today, so to all yall haters & fake *******, get it together and start to appreciate.
p.s.
Rob looks gud in anything she wears. the fits may sometimes be a lil provacative, but she has the shape & money for it… so stop the wack as HATiN. damn yall need a hobby
i didnt like this performance at all. she sounded horrible. the other performance with t.i. was ok but she should of had more energy. it was just blah to me.
I hated the VMAS this year. It seems so intimate b/c of the location. It wasn’t loud when people applauded, less cameras getting audience reactions/crowd appearances, the host sucked, the host material was **** (why talk about the pres. election. We hear that enough), and the stage was waaaaaay small. It just seemed it was a small budget VMAs. It wasn’t large enough. However, Britney looked great!!
#35 The Realest, you need to get real. Rihanna is a SINGER! If her vocals aren’t up to par, she ain’t doing her job very well. She is #1 right now because of a talented team behind her and a marketable image. I’m not “hatin”, that’s just the truth.
KINKY
i guess you are all realizing she sucks. i’ve known that for a while
She looks like a Vegas showgirl again. No surprise there.
This “singer” needs to practice more if she likes to laugh at Britney Spears. Really. I’m not a Britney fan but you all go to admit that Britney rocks whenever she performs at the VMAs.
She has nice songs. But she can’t sing them live properly. What the hell. At least make it up with the performance.
Too much hype on this “singer”. She isn’t all that great as she thinks she is. And with that white highlights, talk about a “*****”.
I didn’t really enjoy the performance, and was it not really obvious that she was lip synching… or whatever that was? There was very obvious loud recorded singing in the background while Rihanna’s lips weren’t even moving. It was really bad over all, I personally think that song is… disturbing. She looked really zoned out and just not with it. I think she could have done that performance with a little more clothes, less freaky contacts, and less awkward movements, and oh yeah, less recorded vocals.
Why did they do this, Pink should’ve open up to show this girl what a real Rock, Pop or what ever is suppose to look and sound like she was terrible (as usual).
She lip sync on the wrong song…
Terrible, Terrible, Terrible, Terrible
This is why her label want invest in her…
The costumes were phenomenal. I loved the whole look and style of it.
She is such a cute girl with a cute voice…it would be nice just to see her in a cute out-fit singing once in awhile. All the props and garbage out-fits does not do a cute little thing like her any justice.
no no no no
Eh, it was OK. Her voice wasn’t up to it though. I thought the background dressers were more interesting then her. :P
Someone above said Pink should have opened? Never hear a statement more true! Pinks’ act was deff’ the only thing worth looking at!
I feel so disappointed. This is the first time I’ve ever got to watch the VMAs and it sucked. I wish I could have seen the previous ones :(
Rihanna….Most overrated and untalented “singer” with a megabucks contract!!! In fact…that set the tone for the night. The only true singer (Leona Lewis) was relegated to doing backup for Lil Wayne…or Neanderthal..whatever his name is. The American music scene is in the toilet….and it needs to be flushed right away!! I like Britney…but cmon 3 awards??? Rigged. Just like the Presidency. Manufactured just like the Jonas bros/Hanson….
I so wanted to like her performance but it was lazy, sloppy and not worthy of opening the VMA’s. Britney’s performance last year, even in the haze she was in, was better if not the same as Rihanna’s. I was very disappointed. The thing high boots made her thighs look like absolutely huge. Not flattering at all. It was disappointing to say the least.
Rihanna’s performances made the show. I like both performances but enjoyed the TI collabo the best. Everything else was SO BORING.
I Love Rihanna.<3
Inspiration 4 ME..
But The Disturbia PerforMAnCe was Not Her At aLL. To Me She LooKed So Stiff. Her Singing was Nothing like her. Almost Like it was her first time on a stage. The outfit was ok but that tail?… Hell no. But She sucked all that hate away from me with the performance with T.I. The song is Hot, Her outfit was Hot and she was just on Point. I <3 T.I.
But theN again, IlL take that back. The idea was probably not for her to look all cute. It was probably to kind of fit a scary kinda kinky look. So it was hot. I <3 Rihanna! :)
But i didnt like the hair. It was in POint fir T.I.’s performance though
OMG, that knit panty hose is Rodarte collection..
so- suits her. i love when RiRi does those style no better girls than RiRi when it comes to back leather costume..
omg this chick sucked big time, she didn’t even move. she didn’t even dance, it was horrible.
I ♥ her msuic, but not really her look.
She used to look so pretty with long hair, but I kinda dislike the short hair now.
Well nobody has ever mentioned it from what I’ve seen but
RIHANNA FOCUSES MORE ON HER CLOTHES THAN HER PERFORMANCE!
You can tell by all her skimpy outfits. She’s more into her look than giving a better show for fans.
MTV sucked this year.
Rihanna is very very pretty !
Rihanna thighs are so big compared to her upper body. She look so disfigured. She can’t sing live period and she’s ugly like hell.
I hate the whole zombie theme she has going on with this song. It’s scary and disturbing. I don’t like it.
ewwww
ugly bich!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMFAO to #38.. if its just da damn truth, den why da fck u care about wat i got to say..? dats wat i’d like to kno. if u feel dat wat u got 2 say is da dam truth, den don’t worry about me stickin up 4 my idol & sayin wat i said. if u dag hater, den dats jus wat da fck u are. da wisest sh*t u can do is “LiVE YOUR LiFE” like my girl & T.i. said, and dont worry bout nuttin else.
p.s.
she number UNO, 1, #1 b-cuz dats wat God blessed her 2 be. so don’t worry bout wat she sound like… while yo a** cud be thinkin bout who da nxt president NEED 2 be. [OBAMA].
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hate to say it, but rihanna’s performance from this night was pretty awful.
She should date Jude Law. They have matching bald spots.
this performance was weak and the host was terrible.
This chick is done, how she got a record deal in the first place is beyond me. Makes you wonder about all that talk bout her and jigga. No wonder her ass is broke, she can’t sing for ****. Notice how she nolonger rocks da weave anymore, now dat her as is broke. I cannot wait for her 15 minutes to be over. There r way too many talented people out there that could be in her place. She doesn’t even look like shes excited to be performing, this is the ******* vma’s we’re talkin bout!
To me Rihanna has great songs and she sings them well but she is not a performer on stage like beyonce and chris brown are. But i still love her and she did her thing.
it wasn’t great but it didn’t suck, I think that she was a little nervous though.
THIS GIRL WORKS FOR FREE.
SHE FINANCES ALL HER ALBUMS AND ONLY HAD 20K LEFT AFTER WORKING NON-STOP FOR THREE YEARS.
THAT’S WHY SHE’S BROKE.
SAD BUT TRUE.
To be really honest i feel as though for her …in oder to get attention or keep herself fresh ,she gets so ****** an takes off most of her clothes ….if your an “artist” you should be known best for your talent not your body . An am a young bahamian an i really wanted her to go an make the carrib ppl proud an be a respectable young woman …. i mean she should make her self seem so much older than what she is , i mean i wouldn’t look at her an say wow that’s a pretty 20 year old , instead i’ll be like wow she look good for 25 or 23 …An where is her parents in all of this i mean i know she is a woman but sometime ur parents should step in an say look that’s enough ur going too far !
Ok, this performance was not one of her best. In fact it was quite bad and a bit embarrassing to watch. However, some people said she could not perform live at all. I watched her at FNMTV with Maroon 5 and she was absolutely great over there, great sound AND performance (in fact the lead singer of Maroon 5 almost forgot to sing, because he was too busy checking out Rihanna). She is still very young, but over the past two years she turned from just being pretty to being hot! Still, thumbs up for Rihanna.
I didn’t get a chance to catch The performances on TV, but I did see a couple online including this one. From what I see it looks like Rihanna’s performance is in tune with her Video. With that said I liked her performance. I think She is Brilliant and extremely motivated. She will do big things!
ok, this was the worst performance i’ve ever seen at the vma’s. this talentless broad cant sing, cant dance, cant do ****! she dont even write or produce any of her music. people on here saying they like her music but not her live performances, that cuz you get “do overs” in a recording studio, and also they have voice enhancers. notice how this billy goat cant even hit the high notes to her own damn songs, i would say its the peak of the song when she says “release me from this prison i’m in, trying to escape but i’m struggling..” she just f*cking flails on the floor and lets her back up singers do most of the work. It;s funny how she needs 30 back up dancers as to distract the viewing audience of her lack of ability to sing. people on here are making excuses for her, that she was scared and such, well, if you cant perform/sing in front of an audience then maybe you should rethink your career. shes just a marketing scheme, she will soon fade. freaking poser, first she’s a reggae/ r&b artist who grew up listening to soca and reggae, now she’s a emo/goth with a new cd coming out that has a punk rock feel to it?? POSERRRRRRR!! i hope her next cd flops so we wont have to hear anymore from this hag. Damn, it amazes me that all you have to do to be a singer is look pretty, and be able to get on your knee’s and proceed to blow jay z a couple times to get a contract deal.
She’s drop dead gorgeous but the outfits are kinda extreme. She’s got the sexiest thighs in all of celebrity-dom
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