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Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:59

Written by Scott Mervis

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Ken Ehrlich has been doing it for 32 years and has done a good job, especially in recent years, of making the show more contemporary. The record ratings certainly reflect that, but it hasn't been all good for Ehrlich this week.

Let's start with Nicki Minaj. That was one ill-conceived, utterly dreadful and probably offensive performance, and I'm not going to watch it again to find anything redeeming in it.

What's interesting though is the discrepancy in the stories about how she came to do the song "Roman Holiday."

Ehrlich told CBS "This Morning" the next day that "she came to us with that idea. I looked at it and said, 'Okay.' I knew about her alter-ego, I was aware of what that was... We don't like to restrict artists' creative freedom."

Minaj, who deserved the Best New Artist award she didn't get until she did THAT, told Ryan Seacrest on Monday that "The Grammys chose 'Roman Holiday. The producers of the Grammys came to the studio and I played them 'Roman Holiday,' and I could not play them another record after they heard that. They went crazy."

For sure.

The other demon that has yet to be exorcised on the Internet is the Chris Brown affair. There are a lot of people rightfully outraged that the singer, who famously battered Rihanna on the way to the Grammys three years ago, was invited back to perform. Twice. And win an award.

The Chris Brown debate is raging everywhere, particularly in light of the Twitter thread where young girls were wishing that they too could get punched in the face by the R&B star. He responded to critics by lashing out with a Tweet that was later deleted.

Almost as bizarre as the girls' reaction is Ehrlich's comment on the decision to invite back into the club.

“We’re glad to have him back,” he said. “I think people deserve a second chance, you know. If you’ll note, he has not been on the Grammys for the past few years and it may have taken us a while to kind of get over the fact that we were the victim of what happened.”

The second chance? Well, yeah, the people who bought his album and attended his concerts agree.

But that last part ... about the Grammys ... being the victim?

Someone with a lesser history and lesser ratings than Ken Ehrlich might be looking for a new job this week.

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written by justsayin, February 16, 2012 - 03:33 AM

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