The BET Awards aired last night live from Los Angeles...Where do I start? I'm not going to share my personal views of the show, but know that overall they are not positive. The attire, the behavior, the performances, the acoustics, the speeches, the production value more closely resembled a high school talent show than a premier awards show on a reputable cable network.
So I guess I just shared my personal views, huh? Oh well.
Despite all of its failures, BET made a conscious effort to praise, tribute and pay homage to Michael Jackson's achievements and contributions to the music industry and I appreciate their effort in that regard. Putting forth the effort doesn't always yield positive results and that was the case last night. Many of the so-called "tributes" to MJ were nothing more than artists performing their hits in MJ inspired outfits. There were a handful of artists who performed some of Jackson's hits (none worth writing about) with the exception of Ne-Yo.
Ne-Yo performed "Lady in my life" and in my opinion was one of the few artists who actually did justice to a Michael Jackson song. If you missed the BET Awards, please do not feel bad as this video is one of the few highlights from three painful hours of live television.
Ne-Yo performing "Lady in my life":
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I agree with you about the quality of the show. I think the problem occurred when performers scratched the original plans at the last minute to rearrange their performances to pay tribute to Michael Jackson. The lack of time to plan and practice was quite obvious. It would have been better to do a video tribute and move forward with the original program. That way developers would have been able to assemble the professionally developed tribute that he deserves. As far as the behavior and attire, that has always needed improvement. That's one of the reason I don't usually watch it. I did this year to see how they chose to honor Michael, but could only take the first 2 hours. That was more than enough for me!
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