I have not found a vert good site on this yet but it is afficial that criss angel and britney spears with be the opening act
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Well I'm on my way to perform at the VMA pre show. I'll say hi to Crisssssss for everyone.
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I think the magic was that she lost all that weight.Britney was always planning to open the show and Criss was consulting. I tuned in, but as far as I could tell on TV there were 0 magic illusions. Britney didn't disappear (unfortunately).
It was a really embarrassing performance and I was hoping it could be spiced up with some magic, but it appears that that was not the case.
Overall it was the most hyped event of the evening, and a tragic performance. I was very disappointed. Made for nice chatting material for before and after the show, and I think it will be pretty easy to make some pretty good one liners/gags from that performance.
To summarize, she opened, Criss apparently consulted, but there was no visible magic to the TV audience.