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Miley Cyrus performed an un-tamed version of "Can't Be Tamed" at the MMVAs this weekend.
The 17-year-old presented a tribal-themed version of her hit song at the 2010 Much Music Video Awards in Toronto Sunday night.
Cyrus screamed and squealed and threw around her wild hair while her back-up dancers sported grass skirts, tribal markings, not to mention the spears and some nearby shrunken (doll) heads.
At the beginning of her set, Cyrus emerged from what appeared to be a white egg and danced around the "tribe" members, many of whom were wearing khaki and donned spears.
Presumably Cyrus was the Skull Island creature they were trying to tame as, at one point, she hung off a stick two men were holding as though she was one of the captives in "King Kong" (which was released in 1933).
While Cyrus writhed on stage, her skimpy white bodice threatened to expose her nether regions. Perez Hilton was also present at the show, but did not appear to capture the moment.
Cyrus' earlier MMVA performance was a little less exotic. As she sang "Party in the U.S.A.," a hooded creature on a bike emerged from back stage. Cyrus then changed the song's lyrics from "a Jay-Z song was on" to a "JB song was on" and the hooded biker revealed himself to be...Justin Bieber! The tween audience nearly exploded as Cyrus rubbed up against her 16-year-old peer who looked happy to oblige.
Cyrus pulled double duty as MMVA presenter. While introducing Canadian hip hop artist Drake, she repeatedly flubbed her lines, blaming the cue cards, which she said she couldn't read and were not moving fast enough.
A white clad Drake then took the stage but refused to perform as he "only had one ear," i.e. he probably couldn't hear himself out of the other due to a missing or malfunctioning ear piece. An awkward silence ensued as fans waited for about two minutes for the hip hop star to perform before the cameras cut back to the next presenter.
Cyrus and Bieber took home four MMVAs between them Sunday night. Cyrus won International Video of the Year for "Party in the U.S.A," which she dedicated to her dad, Billy Ray, for Father's Day. Bieber won Video of the Year by a Canadian for "One More Time" as well as UR Fave New Artist and UR Fave Video for "Baby."
"It's my first award, and to have it in Canada is just amazing," Bieber told the crowd. "I want to say thank you to all my fans who got me in this position."
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