December 27th, 2007
Video: Ciara’s Dianna Ross Tribute
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December 27th, 2007 at 1:48 am
she sounded good and looked beautiful
December 27th, 2007 at 1:56 am
doit toit cici. love that chick
December 27th, 2007 at 1:58 am
This was a mess.
No lie, Beyonce would have did this tribute justice.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:06 am
CIARA IS A CLASS ACT. FANS LET’S MAKE HER #1
December 27th, 2007 at 2:09 am
Love CiCi! vocals so similar to diana
December 27th, 2007 at 2:10 am
Was Bey or Keys busy? how many more performances is biatch gon botch in front of the President? stick to crunk or wateva u were good at 5 years ago ma,
December 27th, 2007 at 2:11 am
Ciara was a perfect fit, BEAUTIFUL!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:15 am
OUTSTANDING JOB! Truly a good performer. Have you seen this young lady interview she’s smart too.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:16 am
what tha? perfect?? how can this be perfect when this biatch was having a hard time getting people hyped up to Ross’s most famous song? how you gonna fail to get half the people to clap enthusiastically to ‘Im Coming Out’?? stop tha stanning
December 27th, 2007 at 2:16 am
CIARA OMG She sounded so GOOD performed it Flawless DIANA was so Happy and Suprised and love how she ended so DIVA and BOSS like Ms. Ross!!! OH she looked Stunning and just like DIANA that girl needs to be an actress because she has many looks!!!! GO CICI so HOT!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:21 am
The stans are in FULL FORCE.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:21 am
well done ciara. give me a break with the beyonce and keisha nonsense. diana never yelled and carried on like those chickens. ciara was the perfect choice and she nailed it.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:21 am
lol, Diana’s face is almost asking “who and wat tha fuk is this?, all ive done and this the thanks i get?”
December 27th, 2007 at 2:22 am
Ok, realtalk the “oldheads” at my crib was impressed, MS. CIARA did that! GO CIARA
and Diana is the boss!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:27 am
THIS NOT THE DIRTY AWARDS CIARA, LESS SHOUTING AND MORE SINGING. SHE EVEN TRIED TO GET THEM WHITE FOLKS CRUNK,
December 27th, 2007 at 2:28 am
Loved performance hell she made those politicians move…SHE GOOD!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:29 am
the haters came hungry today i see. here’s an appetizer:
miss ross requested miss ciara to do the tribute….so all that aint bout nuthin….
December 27th, 2007 at 2:30 am
even aretha was enjoying it
December 27th, 2007 at 2:37 am
These stans make me laugh. This performance sucked ass, that wat happens wen you depend on the matrix for cheers every other night, Ciara sure as hell ain’t touching Keysh, Mary J, Mariah, Bey, Keys, in the voice department, and she a biter and not even the best dancer Janet is coming back to take her spot despite being a legend already. Another no talent Rihanna even outshined her this year, its over.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:39 am
and you haters are pathetic. all the people you name LOVE ciara.
good job cici. you getting more haters that means you’re doing something right.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:41 am
lol at the thougt of monster forehead outshining ciara. now that has to be some delusional hate. that day will never come hon. keep hating though…it’ll only make her richer
December 27th, 2007 at 2:41 am
luuuved it!! ciara did it with class…sung well, and the dance moves were on point! the old folks can go pick up THE EVOLUTION in stores noww!!!!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:45 am
DAMN CICI is got a set of haters SO SHE DOING IT BIG! Thats a sign that everybody watchin… KEEP DOING IT AS HER SUCCESS GROWS, It is obvious the haters have never seen Diana “the boss” perform, cause any body can see CIARA was perfect, and on point!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:49 am
@21 stfu!!! even if i agree that Rihanna has no talent, she outshined Ciara this year, the fact that you don’t agree with that shows you are a stan. Grammys: Rihanna 6, Ciara 0
and Didnt Ciara open Rihanna’s tour just recently? Haha that had to hurt, take the backseat bitch.
Sexy look
December 27th, 2007 at 2:51 am
sexy look decent voive >>> matrix and poor voice
Pop Princess >>>>> Princess of Crunk
December 27th, 2007 at 2:53 am
and the fact that ciara already has a grammy; came in as a supporting act but got better reviews than rihanna for the only 9 dates she was on the ticket, and has more than 1 hit as her claim to fame already shows that ciara is in her own lane and noone if f(cking with her.
the only person pon the forehead is outshining is beyawncey whom she beats in every award category; already slept w/ jay z and outdoes beyawncey in her out lane.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:57 am
you def need to ‘try again’ if you think you can convince anyone that that “one hit get on ya knees my label is buying awards and radio spins i wanna be like beyawncey no like fefe dobson no like pink today” bitch will ever comapare to cici. pon da forehead has already peaked. after the grammys when she embarraces herself again with a stiff performance and doesn’t win anythiing, she will never hava a hit like umbrella again
December 27th, 2007 at 2:58 am
Ciara and Bowwow now dominating Realtalk???, Two has beens who should get back together, get on a boat, get to the ocean and sail away for good. Fake rapper and Fake singer, good riddance.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:59 am
and the pop princess will always be britney. pon the forehead will not be talked about in a few years. and will always be known as the chick who sucked jay’z’s d*ck for a hit collabo
December 27th, 2007 at 3:01 am
#28 is a lame. you know damn well not to group ciara and bow wow in the same category. pon da forehead maybe
December 27th, 2007 at 3:02 am
I just wanna say that was HOT! its CIARA time..
December 27th, 2007 at 3:02 am
aw just realized it’s the same hater posting under diff names. i’m through with that nonsense
GOOD JJOB CICI KEEP DOING IT BIG AND KEEPING THE HATERS HUNGRY AS THEY SAY
December 27th, 2007 at 3:07 am
rihanna outshine ciara? when pigs fly. how you got the biggest single all the hype machine and can’t go platnum. ciara went platnum in 5 weeks. CALL ME WHEN RIHANNA CATCHES UP
December 27th, 2007 at 3:08 am
@28 if Rihanna wont have another Umbrella then Ciara wont have another Goodies or 1,2 step. did she even have a number #1 hit on Evolution?? and how many of her singles are not features? forget about Rihanna, her no talent ass is whooping that ciara crunk ass into next year. and smh at you celebrating a Ciara Grammy which came for Missy’s video. a true stan. If Ciara is opening for Rihanna just shows how far she from Bey, Keys, Keysh, Mary J, mariah, Janet. And don’t tell me Ciara i intelligent the chick accepted an engagement from from Bow Wow of all people. how dumb
December 27th, 2007 at 3:15 am
It was cool, Ciara was fab!
December 27th, 2007 at 3:30 am
some of yall need to SHUT-UP
Ciara did good!
December 27th, 2007 at 3:30 am
these days even dancers get to do tributes for legendary singers, so sad
December 27th, 2007 at 6:23 am
tryagain, that’s basically what you need to do. you in every Ciara post dissing her under different names. if you don’t like her why do you pay her so much attention. some of yall including the stans have way too much time on your hands.
back on topic, the audience was participating so i don’t know what some are talking about…but it wasn’t good. f she know she isn’t a good singer why would she agree to perform? i don’t get it.
December 27th, 2007 at 6:27 am
i fucking love her
December 27th, 2007 at 7:13 am
She did really good. That was an uptight looking audience too.
December 27th, 2007 at 8:15 am
Why the hell is Aretha Franklin out in public looking like that? I almost threw up when I saw her.
Ciara is pretty but not much of a singer but it’s working for her I guess. I just wish the music business would try to to sign and hype taleneted artists with great voices.
December 27th, 2007 at 9:20 am
everybody hate ciara ! even when she did good things !
this is the liiiiife !!
December 27th, 2007 at 9:48 am
if rihanna is so fuckin great why isnt she da one payin this tribute!!! ha-coz ms diana aint feeling her singin through da nostril…type!!!
if beyonce is soooo wonderful….how come she aint doin this either(AFTA DIANA SABOTAGED HER CHANCES OF WINNIN AN OSCAR)!!
IF KEYSHIA CANNOT FIT IN A DRESS PROPERLY….I DNT FINK SHE’D BE ABLE TO FIT THIS PERFORMANCE!!
CIARA IS A WORLD CLASS ARTIST!!
NO BODY CAN TOUCH HER!!
SO FALL BACK!! SHES COMIN
December 27th, 2007 at 9:52 am
SHE MUST BE DOIN SUMTHIN RITE…COZ ALL THIS HATIN ARE COMIN FROM JEALOUSY!!
DNT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON RI-YAWN-NA
CIARA IS A MULTI-PLATNIUM ARTIST…(DAS ALL YOU NEED TO KNO)
(BOTH ALBUM WERE #1 AND SHES SOLD MORE THAN 6 MILLION ALBUMS )
CLOSEST RIHANNA GOT TO IS GOLD….!! SHE STIL AINT SOLD A MILLION AFTA DA ELLA ELLA CRAP!!! HA– SHOWS YU SHE DNT AVE SUCH FANBASE AS CIARA
December 27th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Loved the performance. ciara sounded great, looked beautiful and she owned that stage. Haters fall back. Isn’t there a bee or rhi post u can go suck their dicks in? oh wait there isn’t. Don’t hate coz ciara is accomplishing huge things. For all of those who say she will be a has been, didn’t u guys say that when goodies came out? now look at her. 4 years in the game, she’s accomplished so much already and still has more to go. Keep the hate for june 08 coz u’ll need it when ciara comes out with her third cd in full force.
December 27th, 2007 at 9:56 am
ON THA PERFORMANCE!!
SHE DID A GREAT JOB…CONSIDERING SHE WAS ONE OF THE NEWEST ARTIST IN DAT HALL!!!!
HMMM…..CHEST LOOKS BIGGA…BUT I AINT WORRIED!! SHE WAS FUCKIN AMAZIN!!!
December 27th, 2007 at 10:18 am
she was good we all know her voice isnt that strong but she works wirh it well
December 27th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Ciara looked and sounded like a star! Her voice is very similar Diana Ross.
December 27th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Diana was so sweet to acknowledge Ci as ahe opened her performance. And Aretha and all the other black celebrities seemed to really be cheering her on. And she had the whole crowd clapping at that stiff azz event. Go Ci!
December 27th, 2007 at 10:30 am
ALL YA”LL HATERS NEED TO FALL BACK IN A HUGE DITCH.YA’LL YOUNGINS DON’T KNOW NUTTIN ABOUT REAL MUSIC.CIARA DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
P.S. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SAY SHE OPENED FOR RHIANNA.
THE PEOPLE THAT WENT TO HER CONCERT LIKED CIARA MORE THAN THEY LIKED RHIANNA. AND STARTED COMING TO SEE CIARA
December 27th, 2007 at 10:59 am
i agree with #44
December 27th, 2007 at 11:40 am
LOL @ people having to bring up Bee’s name. Let’s keep to the TOPIC ok people, Ciara’s performance.
December 27th, 2007 at 11:48 am
But seriously though, that performance was a tad boring.
December 27th, 2007 at 11:49 am
was i watching the same video as most of you? her voice kept crackin, she was off key. diana’s voice isnt strong either but i’ve never heard her sound as bad as Ci did on that performance. thats just me.
December 27th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
^^well it’s an opinion cause she sounded good to me
December 27th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
its obvious all the Ciara stans came in full force. That performance was dull at best. Ciara just cant sing theres no way going around it. she is not an artist she is a dancer whose claim to fame will be getting engaged to the whackest rapper alive BowWow.
December 27th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
6. Mi Mi, Bre and Melody all suck Jayz D*ck wrote on December 27th, 2007 at 2:10 am
Was Bey or Keys busy? how many more performances is biatch gon botch in front of the President? stick to crunk or wateva u were good at 5 years ago ma,
^^^^^^^^
I said something similar to this on another website. Just go away girl. No hate, just find something that you are good at and excell. Maybe she should just try to be a choreographer eventhough she is choreographed every step of the way lol.
December 27th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
56. obvious wrote on December 27th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
its obvious all the Ciara stans came in full force. That performance was dull at best. Ciara just cant sing theres no way going around it. she is not an artist she is a dancer whose claim to fame will be getting engaged to the whackest rapper alive BowWow.
^^^^^
LMMFAO Bow Wow LOL!!!!!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Diana Ross chose Ciara because Diana is a dive. She chose a well known weak performer because she cant stand anyone taking away the limelight from her. We all know this about Diana, there was no way she was gonna have real talented artists like Alicia, Beyonce, Fantasia singing the hell out of her songs up there. She hates people being called the next Diana, so of course she chose Ciara because no one is crazy enough to call her the next Diana,
December 27th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
It was ooooookay!
Like someone else says..Diana Ross doesn’t have a strong voice, but she can still sing!
Ciara really needs to work on her vocals. She needs a coach. She couldn’t of put more into it. She was off-key too.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
i love it and she sounded good, very similar to Diana!
December 27th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Ciara really needs to work on her vocals. She needs a coach. She couldn’t of put more into it. She was off-key too.
^^^^^^^
I said the same thing until I saw a special on her when she first came out on BET and GUESS WHAT…..she already has one LOL!!! I saw her practicing and I was “Oh my bad, what we are hearing is AFTER practicing a few years with a coach before you came out lol” and even worse is, she doesn’t sound any better with all the practice she has gotten over the last 3 years.
December 27th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
roflmao at 41…ms.franklin lettin herself go lol
i see the stans have awoken…im so happy i have an actual life and im not completely obsessed with an artist (i will defend rih or ye cuz they’re my favs but i admit when they aren’t that good)
im also a ci fan…i love her singles (except the last one cuz of the midget screamin through it) but i must admit she didn’t do this justice…only a stan could say that but then again WHO COULD!?!?! you coulda gotten mary j,beyonce,keyshia cole or anyone else and i’d still say the same thing. diana is a legend for a reason folks so of course ci didn’t sound too good…maybe its just me but the tribute was iight. if she wanted a good one (not perfect since no one compares to mrs.ross but good) she shoulda gotten mary on this joint cuz she woulda did the damn thing.
now let me clear this up…how many times do i have to tell the ignorant folks on this site that rihanna went plat about a month ago…only a few months after she came out may i remind you. ci’s album came out 2 years ago basically first off…and i think its amazing that rih’s went plat when she hasn’t even toured here yet!! you eva think of that hataz? thought not…im positive rih must be the next pop princess the way her haters always bring her up. she’s not fazed by you just listen to “Dem Haters”,and by all means take it personal.
don’t ya’ll have better things to do in your lives besides make up retarded things like: beyawnce,riyawna,kangay,b*tchonce,pon de forehead and all this other sh*t. i mean really,all it does is make you guys look ignorant…you can call her all the names in the book but is it gonna make me less of a fan…i thought not.
PEACE UP,NORTH CAKALAK!!
December 27th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
NOT BAD BUT I SEEN BEYONCE DO THE SAME SONG, BEYONCE JUST SOUNDS AND LOOKS BETTA DOIN IT….CIARA DID HER THANG THO..
December 27th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Give number 53 a prize please. Dude nailed it.
December 27th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Make that 59.
December 27th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Love CICI! holla hoes..
December 27th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Love CIARA, holla ho3’s
December 27th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
HATERS
December 27th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
yo it cracks me up
all the girls are like-cici you’re the greatest.no one can touch you,you are so pretty and talented.
and the dudes are like-bitch get off the stage.you cant sing and stay out the fucking gym already.wack-ass bitch.
i swear all of ciara’s fans are dumb girls.or should i say stans.shout out to rihanna that chick is mad sexy.
December 27th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
I mean, big ups to ciara but… that wasn’t even close.
December 27th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
look ciara dancing all soft and her vocals is not on point!
December 27th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
she was lookin good
thats all i care about
December 27th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
we have die hard stans on here, u’d swear they knew her. some of yall dont know music at all, thats why talentless people are making so much money because u all have horrible ears!!!
December 27th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
SHES A MAN LOLOLOLOL
December 28th, 2007 at 4:18 am
LoL at some of ya’ll mofo’s
What goes around…………………………………..
December 29th, 2007 at 11:57 am
ROTFLMAO @ #6!!!!!
But I wouldn’t have wanted Bee to do anything for Ms. Ross THE HATER. She hated on Beyonce and Jamie for portraying her and Barry in Dreamgirls – but don’t hate the truth ma. Ms. Ross fell off for me when she went on Oprah and tried to play her and got played!!!
Cici’s no singer, but she looked good.
Again, ROTFLMAO @ #6………… dead…….
December 29th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
That was hot …………. *saves to dailymotion faves*.