If you're a Justin Timberlake fan – or simply a fan of hackneyed attempts to make ultra-smug music industry circlejerks seem more inclusive to people who aren't Mary J Blige or James Blunt – then is this ever the offer for you!
The Grammys are world famous for having a running time so long that people actually expect to get deep vein thrombosis midway through the Best-Engineered Native American Album By Duo or Group category – and next year The Grammys will be just a little bit longer, thanks to a competition to find an unknown singer who will duet with Justin Timberlake during the ceremony. It's not known at exactly which point of The Grammys the winner of the If We Cynically Rip-Off American Idol Maybe More People Will Sit Through Our Smug Dull Backslapping Exercise competition will duet with Justin Timberlake, but we'd imagine that it'll happen around the time that most of the audience is allowed to go to the toilet.
That Justin Timberlake is a nice boy, isn't he? Although he's especially busy at the moment, what with making squeaking noises about his sexy back and designing borderline-hopeless clothes, Justin Timberlake still has time to help his friends out. For instance, Justin Timberlake has recently helped out Lance Bass by noting how good he is at being gay, helped out Britney Spears by listening to her cry down a phone all the time and helped out Cameron Diaz by saving her from being hit by an evil Paparazzi-driven car.
But Justin Timberlake's friends don't just stretch to homosexual bandmates, knickerless ex-girlfriends and crinkle-faced romantic comedy stars; Justin Timberlake is also very good friends with The Recording Academy – the shadowy overlords behind The Grammys – and he'd do absolutely anything for them, even take part in lazy gimmicky ideas to try and attract interest in their deathly dull awards show like the freshly-announced My Grammy Moment competition. ITV reports:
The Recording Academy is searching for an unknown artist for the duet through a special competition. Fans are invited to submit a 60-second demo of one of nine Grammy-winning songs. A panel of judges will choose 12 finalists and the public will then vote for the final three contenders. The trio will attend the awards ceremony and the winner will be announced just moments before the performance.
The public? Voting on singers? That sounds a little bit like American Idol, doesn't it? That's strange, especially considering that Justin Timberlake once ripped into Taylor Hicks for winning a gimmicky music-cheapening competition like American Idol. So, in summary, My Grammy Moment is your chance to make a YouTube-style video in order for you to perform half a song at a rubbish awards show with a man who hates you.
Sounds fun, where do we sign up?
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Dan doh says
Great! Maybe he’ll pull the winner’s bra off too!
Ashley says
i am the biggest justin timberlake fan in the whole world..