After days of media speculation , it was confirmed on September 6 , 2007 that Spears would open the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards at the Pearl Theatre in the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on September 9 , 2007 . It was also announced that she was going to perform " Gim me More " , with a magic act from illusionist Criss Angel in some parts of the performance . However , the bit is thought to have been rejected by the show 's organisers at the last minute . The performance began with Spears lip synching the first lines of Elvis Presley 's 1958 song " Trouble " . " Gim me More " began , and the camera panned out to reveal Spears wearing a black , jewel-encrusted bikini and black boots . She was accompanied by male and female dancers dressed in black outfits . Several pole dancers danced in smaller stages around the audience . The performance was universally panned by critics . Jeff Leeds of '' The New York Times '' said that " no one was prepared for Sunday night 's fiasco , in which a listless Ms. Spears teetered through her dance steps and mouthed only occasional words in a wan attempt to lip-synch her new single " . Vinay Menon of the '' Toronto Star '' commented Spears " looked hopelessly dazed . She was wearing the expression of somebody who had been deposited at the Palms Casino Resort by a tornado , one that promptly twisted away , taking her clothing and sense of purpose . ... She was lumbering , in slow motion , as if somebody had poured cement into her streetwalker boots " . David Willis of BBC stated her performance would " go down in the history books as being one of the worst to grace the MTV Awards "
2007 MTV Video Music Awards
2007 MTV Video Music Awards
Blackout (Britney Spears album)