February 6, 2012, 1:36 pm Joanna Holcombe - Yahoo!7 Music

I'm going to go against the status quo here and say I actually really liked Madonna's Super Bowl half-time show (and I'm not the only one around here to say it).

Opening with an edgy 'Vogue' remix, and being carried in by a ton of male gladiators, she kicked off the spectacle. Her gold Egyptian-style throne set the scene – the queen of pop was in the house. Her 'walk-like-an-Egyptian' inspired 'Vogue' dance moves were actually rather ingenious, as the song then morphed into her hit 'Music.'

While dancers acrobated their way across the football-stadium-style bleachers on stage, Madonna nearly stacked it at the top, but saved herself at the last moment, only to be picked up, cartwheeled and back-flipped across her dancers.

Next up, a tightrope walker, with whom Madonna competed in a Cossack-style dance off: her on a glowing box, he on his tightrope. While we know he has to be fit to do his tight-rope stunts, Madonna showed no dancing mercy, proving she's probably fitter than any of us and she knows it.

Then Madonna gracefully clambered onto the shoulders of Redfoo from LMFAO as her song segued into 'Party Rock' and then 'Sexy and I Know It.' Madge also proved she's a savvy marketer and she knows it, combining her ages old audience with the hottest young things in the industry today.