Winner – Michael Jackson – As pretenders come and go one thing remains constant: nobody comes close to MJ. From pop starlet to teen idol to rock star to pariah to early death, there is no trajectory close to it. And as every year another class of pretenders attempt to scale these heights and fail, currently an Usher (who failed himself) protégée, is just mere shadow of the King Of Pop. As the biggest musicians in the world, men and women, from Lady Gaga to Will I Am circle round and round MJ’s career, none can touch him.
Loser – Justin Bieber – Bieber blasted MJ , on and off, for knocking on an hour before he hit the stage on Wednesday night, and to what end? To remind everybody that Bieber is no Michael Jackson. Bieber doesn’t have the songs and he can’t dance and, I don’t know, but he just seems arrogant. Maybe that isn’t his fault, maybe we are projecting on to him, but even so… does he have to be quite so self satisfied. Anyway, Michael Jackson he isn’t… maybe he should try to become the new Usher instead… swag, swag, swag…