Britney Spears took home awards for video of the year, best pop video and best female video at this year's MTV Video Music Awards.

Compared to previous VMAs, her performance at the awards show this past Sunday was decidedly un-Britney-like.

There were no snakes, no kisses, and no horribly mangled dance numbers. In fact, all she said was four sentences to open the show and a couple of thank yous when accepting the awards.

Here's what she said to open the VMAs,

"Thank you so much. Thank you for all the love. I'm here tonight to celebrate a very important birthday, the 25th anniversary of the VMAs. This is the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and it starts right now."