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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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Thumbs down. She cannot sing.

disappointed @ 09/08/2008 at 1:28 am

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 *****!

way too easy @ 09/08/2008 at 1:43 am

kathy=fugmous
way too easy

Rihanna’s going bald. That rat on her head ate her hair!

The Realest @ 09/08/2008 at 2:05 am

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.

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 “*****”.

tellin it like it is @ 09/08/2008 at 7:10 am

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.

enoughalready @ 09/08/2008 at 8:18 am

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…

jAMES mASON fAN @ 09/08/2008 at 9:51 am

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.

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.

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