The 2015 Billboard Music Awards, held Sunday at Las Vegas’s MGM Grand Garden Arena, had its share of great performances. But many of those performances were upstaged by one artist who didn’t even say (or sing) a word; one that didn’t perform at all; and another who did perform but could barely be seen through a haze of pyro smoke, and could barely be heard above the din of audience boos (and between ABC censors beeping out his every other word).
Here are our picks for the most memorable moments from this year’s BBMAs. And keep in mind, “memorable” does not always mean “good.” Enjoy.
8. Iggy & Britney’s “Pretty Girls” Is Pretty Dull
Going into Sunday’s telecast, the television debut of Iggy Azalea and Britney Spears’s “Pretty Girls” duet seemed like it was going to be the night’s most gabbed-about moment. But disappointingly, their performance was a pretape (over at Planet Hollywood's Axis Theater, home to Britney’s “Piece of Me” Vegas revue), and seriously, we’ve seen way more impressive miming-to-track on that other show featuring BBMAs hostess Chrissy Teigen, Spike TV’s Lip-Sync Battle. This was not good. (The much better Iggy-centric girl-powered moment of the night came when Iggy accepted Top Rap Song honors for “Fancy” and was joined at the podium by another collaborator, fabulous rising star Charli XCX, who co-wrote that track and sang its hook.)
I mean, they're not that wrong with the shade, Britney's lip syncing is pretty obvious. You'd think she'd be good at it like people such as Beyonce and Jlo are, they generally fool most people.
edit: looks like I misinterpreted it, they were just hating on the performance not her lip syncing
