Wow, what a train wreck this show has become.

You guys are feeling too old for this stuff at 23; I felt like Old Man (or Woman) River at 34. I keep remembering the good old days and thinking it can't get much worse each year, but it does.

I channel surfed through lots of it, it was just too painful to watch.

Diddy? You guys have said it all. He was trying so hard and failing at ever moment. When he had the "dance off" with Omarion (who, btw should by another outfit besides the black wife-beater and black jeans). What was that?

Hammer....I didn't know what to feel. Embarrassment...maybe. Laughter...c'mon, I just got finished hearing "You Can't Touch This" on the Purell sanitizer commercial am I supposed to take this seriously. I was probably just confused as the audience I guess.

I didn't see Diddy's mother's hair, but I already know from previous pictures that it was a blonde mess. You know, with all of those millions it seems like girl could go get a decent hair weave. Heck, I can recommend some places here in the D that I'm sure she can afford.

R. Kelly, no, we haven't forgotten your 18 ahem, alleged counts of sexual misconduct with minors just because you've made 13 editions of "The Closet". I made my mother stop what she was watching and see it. She kept saying, "Does he know that he messed up the lip synching?" I told her that I don't even think he was trying to hide it. After the performance my brother looks over to me and says, "I've just lost the will to live." Chappelle would have had material for the whole season off that performance alone.

Lots of the matchups were so akward you didn't know if it was part of the schtick or what...Piven and Lil Kim, Lil Jon and Rubino, Jessica and Ashlee...all just weird.

Shakira and Kanye (with Jamie Foxx who was about the only one who showed some singing power) were about the best that performed.

50/fat joe thing..

What a joke. Will this shit ever stop?

hell no it wont stop....... they need to sell records....

You make hose hound sound like a bad thing

I usually use it as a term of endearment. I was responding to the comment BadlyDrawnBoy made about these girls being role models.

Hi-def pics here, including Eva and her swimsuit?

http://justin.fabfiles.com/hires/vma05/

what more do you expect when you put hardened criminals and thugs in the spotlight and make them "stars"

You can take the thug out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the thug...or something like that

did mtv try to bleep it?? damn, i guess this part will get cut out of the replays. was it 2 years ago when Triumph and eminem got into a conflict, and then he was saying stuff to Moby during an acceptance speech, and people were booing him, and all of that was cut. and alot of the guy from Rage climing the stand was cut from the repeats in 2001 (i used to have that tape, also same award show when Britney did that striptease.

Thanks for the link. I missed it yesterday but I'm sure that Muchmusic here in Canada will replay this show countless times albeit with edits.

Reading through this thread, it seems that I didn't miss much although I'm dissapointed to have miss Shakira's performance.

It was edited out of the replay that aired again right after the show.

Why? Let 'em shoot each other up.

I agree wasn't great either, but I did enjoy Green Day, Coldplay, The Killers, Shakira's body, and Kelly Clarkson getting all wet at the end wasn't too bad either.

This just in...

Access Hollywood described Eva's coming out in a slutsuit as "Career Defining"..

You can really see the acne in those pics.

Proactiv infomercial in her future?

yes the hi-res pics are sometimes none too kind to celebs who are normally airbrushed like crazy

I'm a pretty big fan of Gwen Stefani, but that outfit almost made her look ugly. Which kind of says a lot, considering the outfits she usually wears. The hi-res pics were nice to see her eyes close up.

I'm also a big fan of Gwen, but I thought she looked hot. I guess each to their own.

Only thing I'm interested in also. Anyone finds a vid, hook us up.

Check the videos out at MTV.com

But for Shakira's mtv performance check this out.....

http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/shakira/artist.jhtml

So is MTV at all interested in bringing back B and B? Or was that just a "hey look we remember what we use to have...so lets use it again" moment.

After thinking about it a little, I've come to the conclusion that my problem with the dress is there was no belly showing. I find that is one of her best attributes, and I didn't get to see it this time.

Sooo, when do the "hot chick" pics get posted?

Um, Eva Longoria, Jessica Simpson, Jessica Alba are arguably the 3 hottest ladies out there in the U.S. right now. They may look goofy in some of these pics (like you'd like good in every picture you took), but it always amazes me how people comment on these goregous women like they're just average. Hilarious.