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Monday, December 1, 2008
Fans sneer at Britney Spears’ comeback performance
It was billed as the comeback that would bring fans back into the fold. But while Britney Spears’ performance drew record TV ratings for the British show The X Factor on Saturday night, viewers were less than enthusiastic over what they saw.
An audience estimated at 12.8 million tuned in to see the singer, who turns 27 tomorrow, perform her new single, Womanizer.
According to the London Times, her performance was a far cry from her catastrophic outing at the MTV Video Music Awards a year ago, when she barely managed to lip-synch. Even so, Spears’ decision to mime on the X Factor — a show that trains contestants to be able to perform live — outraged fans.
Meanwhile, London’s Sun reported that Spears proved herself to be the biggest diva in show business when she refused to meet any of the X Factor contestants or even the judges, including Simon Cowell. Apparently an army of minders banned anyone from getting close to her.
