The 53rd Annual Grammy awards aired last Sunday. For the first time in years, I didn't watch the live telecast - was in sin city and it was impossible to peel away from the events that took me there. Total bummer as I am obsessed with awards shows. The Grammy's and the Oscars top the list of award shows not to be missed! I did watch the pre-recorded show later but I must say, it is not the same as watching the event live.
I was stunned to see that Lady Gaga came in an egg! Yes, she was encased in the egg apparently incubating in preparation of her highly anticipated performance of her latest single Born This Way! This woman is truly unique or weird depending on who you ask. I especially appreciate her individuality! Her performance exceeded my expectations!
The show opened with a tribute to the one and only queen of soul, Ms. Aretha Franklin! The artists paying tribute did a great job! Ms. Aretha made a cameo via video thanking everyone for their well wishes as she recovers from an undisclosed illness. It was good to see her though she seemed to have lost a lot of weight.
My two favorite performances came from Ceelo Green featuring Gweneth Paltrow and the trio: Janelle Monae, BOB & Bruno Mars! I loved the latter's retro stage set and his take on his latest hit Grenade.
It was also great to see Dr. Dre on stage after a very long hiatus from doing any his own music. He appeared during the Eminem/Rihanna performance.
The biggest surprise of the night came when they announced that Esperanza Spalding (yeah, who?) won the award for Best New Artist. Nominated in the same category was Drake, Justin Bieber, Florence & The Machine and Mumford & Sons. Justin Bieber was favored to win. I had to head to google to look up Esperanza. To my delight, I found out that she's very talented and does deserve the win as much people didn't agree with it.
For a list of the big winners at the Grammys, click here.
For the red carpet pics, click here.
