Just finished watching this On Demand. I rarely watch this award show and was only intrigued this year by the Go-Go's reunion and the Prince tribute- which was the only performance I watched live. I was too busy crying and singing along with Madonna and Stevie at the time to notice all the negative aspects others have commented on here, and elsewhere. I thought it was an okay tribute, though, for the first of (I anticipate) several to come. The BBMA's set the benchmark, the BET Awards say they are going do a better one, and with more award shows down the pike there will be tributes that fans (hopefully) will feel are worthy of one such as Prince.
As for the rest of the show:
Kinda wished the two musical hosts were allowed at least one musical performance. Nice clothing changes, though.
So enjoyed The Go-Go's singing, "We Got the Beat " live, and in that classic American Bandstand clip. Is it really 35 years since that song debuted? (sigh)
I'm sorry, Justin Beiber, why on all the music award shows I've seen recently are you still singing the same song? No wonder you're bummed about attending them. Sing something else...
Like Kesha did with that Bob Dyan song. That was something different for her, from what I've seen previously. Very subdued....and brave.
Overall, the BBMA's was pleasant, but will remain in the category of awards that I don't have to watch.