10 Reasons Why the 2006 MTV Music Awards Sucked

This year, watching the MTV Awards was like peeking at the cop pulling over the driver on the side of the road: you don’t really care what happens to the driver, but you still want to know the details. The VMA’s is an awards show that many look forward to. Usually, an entertaining package unwraps before your eyes, filled with outrageous outfits, mind-blowing performances and crazy stunts. To say the least, I was pretty annoyed with this year’s delivery.

1. Jack Black
Why is it every time I see this guy, he looks like he hasn’t taken a bath in weeks? When you pick a host for what is considered a reputable awards show, you should pick someone that can relate to a wide-range of audience members. I didn’t connect to this host and he didn’t strike me as particularly funny. By the end of the VMA’s, I couldn’t stomach to listen to his rants.

2. Sarah Silverman
What was she saying anyway? What role was she supposed to play? And lastly, how did all the people in the audience stomach her monologues? I’ve seen her before and she’s usually full of an assortment of blunt comments, but on the VMAs, she sounded like the teacher on “Charlie Brown.” Another complete waste of my time.

3. Brittany and Federline
It’s bad enough they made fools of themselves on the Kid’s Choice Awards, but now they’re given air time to deliver a completely useless skit. You could smell the desperation through the TV screen. Spears blurted out a few curse words here and there and painfully attempted to make light of her past baby blunders. Federline…Federline…..Federline….still trying to keep that “game face” on? Could he even see the camera through what appeared to be smoke-glazen eyes?

4. Shakira and the “Booty Dance”
Even when Shakira comes out to present an Indian-inspired dance routine, it still looks like she is doing the same wriggling of the hips that she is known for. When she broke into the “Beyonce booty-shaking” routine, all I could do was shake my head and sigh. It’s been so overdone.