Take that, Britney!

Posted by Jane Murphy

I can't help feeling a bit sorry for Britney Spears at the moment.

The pop princess mimed her way through yet another performance of 'Womanizer' and her latest single 'Circus' on yesterday's Good Morning America.

And although her "people" obviously know how to put on a show - jugglers, unicyclists, fire-eaters! - at the centre of it all there's a woman who's clearly just going through the motions. Just look at her half-hearted body language:

What's more, Britney is still being roundly slammed for miming on Saturday's X Factor - and has even fallen prey to a tongue-lashing from professional nice guys, Take That.

"I don't see the point in Britney any more," Gary Barlow tells the Daily Mirror. "She was rubbish on the show. I think she's more famous now than she deserves to be. Why come on a show like that and mime?"

Gary's bandmate Howard Donald adds: "All the contestants on The X Factor are so talented and were able to sing and dance live. So why wasn't Britney able to do it? It's the whole point of the show and her miming looked stupid. I just don't think she understood the show. She was probably made to do it."

So is Britney trying to do too much too soon following her very public breakdown? Or should she carry on regardless and take the criticism with a pinch of salt? Tell us what you think.

Pictures: Wenn

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Comments

[candy floss]

i think people need to leave her alone! and as far as im concerened take that are a bunch af a**holes, after all that shes been through its amazing to see her back preforming!

[soph]

well i lyked britneys performance thought she was gd even tho she mimed. i h8 take that they totally copied her naming there album the circus when they damn well new her album was called circus and then they think they can bad mouth her !!!! i HATE THEM!!!!

[MFD]

I think everyone should just give her a break - Yeah she mimed so what, lets not make it more than that - Everyone has the right to mess up but everytime she does (An i would imagine -her ''people'' made some decisions) everyone is up in arms - An for TAKE THAT to comment on any other artist is a shambles - Coz they've never mimed right.... LOL

"dancing" out of time and completely lacklustre, what a load of rubbish

[jo]

i think she is complete ball bag and dosen`t deserve what she has

[chazzyj023]

I feel sorry for Britney and think that she's doing the right thing; trying to kick-start her career, but miming on the x-factor is just uncool. She CAN sing, but why not show it? All of the contestants out-performed her. While I'm on the subject of X-Factor, I just want to mention Daniel Evans. I think he's a nice guy, but he shouldn't have got through to the finals. Danni probably only put him through for his story, because there were people who could sing a lot better than him in the Over-25s catoagory. She should have put one of them through instead!

DITCH DANNI, BRING SHARON BACK!!!! :)

[poppy]

i think that take that are right, the whole point of the show is to SING LIVE i don't think she got the consept of the show maybe someone should have explaned the point of the show to her before hand!

[Lynsey]

Everyone seems to be forgetting that the X Factor finalists mimed their way through "Hero" when there were actual war heroes in the audience, I think that's far worse than Britney miming!

[barry]

What a load of crap,spears cant sing, like a lot more of the so called singers of today.at least the people on x factor sang live .

ps elvis is king .

[Tracey]

I was looking forward to seeing Britney perform on the X Factor, and was so disappointed that she mimed her way through it. I wanted her to do so well after her very public breakdown. What are her management thinking? People would have had alot more respect for her if she had of sung live - her routine was not that vigorous that it wasn't possible. They could have changed the routine so she could sing live. And the judges had the audasity to stand and clap for her. I think they were doing it as they were glad she looks better, and it wasn't anything to do with her performance.

[Loni]

Well I'm a fan of Britney, but I do agree the X Factor appearance wasn't a well thought out plan... the fact that diva of all divas Mariah could spend time with the contestants and Brit wouldn't says enough about her talent for singing as it does her character.

I don't actually think that she takes Britain or Europe very seriously at all, when she had gone quite crazy in the last year there were reports that she thought that by moving to London she would somehow disappear.... as though there aren't any paparazzi here or something... VERY strange.

I think she's scared, I think her level of stardom and the way that she sees fanatics and paps react to her has made her wary of having anything to do with people outside her sect... I don't think she's capable of intermingling with society, she's never been faced with having to.

[notafan]

I agree with Take That. SHe is rubbish, her fame is only superficial, she can't sing (neither can Madonna, in fact). I feel sorry for her, but also tired of her.
BTW, have you noticed there were no close-ups at all? Very clever. Don't zoom in on her face in case she can't keep up with the CD....