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Lady Gaga Hatches From Egg and Into Controversy Onstage at 2011 Grammy Awards

Posted on Feb 13th 2011 5:45PM by Tina Benitez-Eves
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Chris Pizzello, AP

Lady Gaga, ever upping the ante with her outrageous costumes and controversial persona, arrived on the Grammys red carpet curled inside an egg-shaped pod.

The singer, who just released -- and will perform -- her latest single, 'Born This Way,' on Friday, arrived at the awards ceremony inside a turquoise egg held up by five futuristic carriers dressed in gold. Although Gaga's outfit was still left to the imagination, it was sure to be a shocker, much like what she wore to last year's Grammy Awards, when she was decked out in a silver metal spiral dress.

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Gaga, who has been criticized in the past for "borrowing" looks from Madonna, has come under fire recently for how similar 'Born This Way' sounds to the Material Girl's 1989 anthem 'Express Yourself,' and Gaga's Grammy performance only adds fuel to the fire. The Internet has been in a frenzy about the familiarity of the beat and vocals when Gaga's track made its rounds around the blogosphere. The Washington Post, in what might be called understatement, described 'Born This Way' as "vaguely" reminiscent of Madonna's song.

Some news outlets were a little more forthright about the similarity between the two performers, espcially in light of the Grammy performance. In an open letter to Lady Gaga, the San Antonio Express-News chided, "Granted, Madonna holds the copyright on image changing. But when you cracked your egg on the Grammy stage and emerged in a Madonna-esque, high ponytail singing your new single 'Born This Way' that has been compared to Madonna's 'Express Yourself,' and later accepted an award wearing a rubber mat get-up with protruding rubber-shaped lumps for your breasts (hello? Madonna's cone bra?) what else is there to say?"

The egg is just another addition to some of Gaga's shocking outfit choices. She's already donned a dress of perspex bubbles during her first solo tour, a jacket made out of dozens of Kermit the Frog Muppets on a German television show in 2009 and hundreds of white pearls glued to her face for a New York charity event last year. In a recent tweet, before her arrival to the awards, Gaga said that tonight's performance was a collaboration with designers Hussein Chalayna and the House of Mugler.

Gaga's "little monsters" got a peek at what was inside the egg-like womb when her carriers brought her out onstage to perform 'Born This Way.' Once she emerged, the singer, dressed in a yellow tunic seemingly made of loose latex, donned a hat that resembled nothing less than an egg yolk. After taking the topper and the covering around her shoulders off, it was apparent Gaga had undergone a transformation, or protrusion -- prosthetic horns adorned her shoulders and temples.

Full of high-energy kicks and arm thrusts, Lady Gaga showcased her moves with a bevy of dancers. As Gaga sang the bridge of the tune, she rushed to a piano placed on a platform decorated with wax heads. Toward the song's close, the entertainer rejoined the dancers, who pulled off their tunics revealing nearly nude undergarments.

Lady Gaga, who was up for six nominations, including Album of the Year and Best Dance Recording, won Best Pop Vocal Album for 'The Fame Monster.'

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mary ann lynn

love, love, love her!!!!

February 15 2011 at 2:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Barbie

If any of these freaks had TALENT they would sing without all the fan fare of a circus. Just when you thought things couldn't get worse this nut comes along! Stop it before it spreads!
And yeah where the hell is Snooki a star? I guess you get stardom for drinking and throwing punches! Hollywood sure is WEIRD'S VILLE

February 14 2011 at 6:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Disappointed

The biggest disappointment I had today was in myself. I can't believe I wasted so much of my time reading ugly comments about another human being. I am not a Lady GaGa fan, but I certainly don't feel the need to run her down. We can always see or decide someone else has faults, but we never see it in ourselves. What happened to treating someone with respect.

Our World has taken a turn towards hate, judgement and looking out for ourselves. So many people got on to post about a person they don't know and comment on things that they have no idea about. I hope this young woman has thick skin and a lot of support.

It is really hard to read all this spewing and hatefulness from people who can't even spell. Some had so many grammatical errors, it was hard to figure out what point they were trying to get across. It was embarassing to think that our Country was represented in this way. One person wrote that it was an obomination (abomination),that we will be judged for the deteriation (deterioration) and to finish his comments on the "sick show of immorality" he signed this For the king (King) with the name jetmeck0069. I had to wonder if this was a phone number, social security, or did his 69 mean what we all grew up to learn it meant. I hope I'm wrong, but after all I read today, I wonder.

February 14 2011 at 5:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Frank

Somebody pays to see this $#!& ???

February 14 2011 at 4:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alfonzo

The song sounds nothing like Express Yourself and that's something I usually pick up on. For example, when I first heard Alejandro, I thought "Ace of Base."
Sorry Madonna fans, not everything is an homage to Madonna.

February 14 2011 at 3:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
HG in MN

I saw one of the funniest comments on a Facebook pg last night...someone said something to the effect of, "Last year, she wore a meat dress. Last night, she was dressed as an egg. Give her a couple more red carpet events and be up to a Denny's Grand Slam!"

February 14 2011 at 3:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
daniel page

I watched the awards or tried,i think it is so sad what they have done to the awards over the last 10 years mostly as they have become full of dirty mouths and barely dressed entertainers,i can remember as kids we would sit down with or families and watch the awards together,but not anymore,now you have to make sure the kids are at grandmas for the night or record it,but i will just not watch it anymore!!!

February 14 2011 at 2:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pat McKenzie

her name says it all--Gaga should be gag!!!!!! awful

February 14 2011 at 2:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
agerber292

Anyone for some SCRAMBLED EGG ? Me niether.. The PSA says:"Here is your brain." (next scene) "Here is your brain on GAGA." Any questions?

February 14 2011 at 2:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
chris4rhonda1

She-He is soooooooooooooo ugly. LOL !!!!!

February 14 2011 at 2:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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