AWARENESS: HOPE FOR HAITI NOW TELETHON

January 23rd, 2010

Bono, Jay-Z and Rihanna perform their charity single “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)” in London during Friday’s ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ telethon, which is available on iTunes with proceeds benefiting Haiti relief efforts. Check out more photos below.

( Photos: GETTY IMAGES )
  1. 1.
    lil mamasitea

    i ENJOYED WATCHING THE TELETHON, IT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES.

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  2. 2.
    jasmine

    I love christina performance

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    marian

    this was great and beyonce looks really pretty!!!

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  4. 4.
    Fab

    mmm interesting

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    mrs. sk8board p (ak & bk stan)

    LOL @ Gabby, she’s extra hype.

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  6. 6.
    Dablkberry (I'm So Hard)

    Stranded is a great song Jay’s flow was on, Rihana and Bono did their thing too. LOVe it,

    Haitia mi amor, Haiti mon amor, not gonna leave u stranded.
    When the sky falls and the earth quakes u could put us back together we wont break

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  7. 7.
    Sarah

    Beyonce had the best performance IMO. She had me in tears.

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  8. 8.
    LuvNoHat3

    this was wonderful!!! God bless Haiti! it’s not abt the stars it’s abt haiti!

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  9. 9.
    Mike

    I loved the fact that Beyonce had No Backtracking, No Background Singers – Just a Piano & her voice. She practically sung it acappella. Simply beautiful.

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  10. 10.
    *ChanelChic*

    Beyonce looks so AMAZING, I hope she wins all 10 Grammys. Congratz B

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  11. 11.
    BeydaBess

    Bey KILT It!!

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  12. 12.
    g3

    beyonce did absolutely gr8 n she looks gudd

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  13. 13.
    Diona...

    AMAZING TELETHON…Sooo Many Greats Came out Justin T, Madonna, Rihanna, John Leg, Bee, Jay, Bruce, J-Hud, Chris Martin, Bono, The Edge sooo Manny. The Celebs working the telephone

    The ONLY thing i was annoyed with was some Bee stans saying “Ugh i bet they going to show her last” WTF this wasnt about her or anyone else..it was for haiti!!!!

    That Annoyed me..But everything was really great. To see all these artist give there time for this event

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    IM..IGNORANT*SORRY*

    I SPOKE WITH AMY ADAMS (WHO i DONT KNOW) AFTER I DONATED..I ASKED COULD SHE PLEASE TRANSFER ME TO GABBY,sHE SAID WHO, I SAID PRECIOUS, SHE SAID NO. #BITCH

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  15. 15.
    TTYL:)...

    @IM..IGNORANT*SORRY*…

    UMMMM ARE YOU MAKAEL FROM THE SKORPIAN SHOW?!?!?

    I DOUBT IT.

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  16. 16.
    BeyonceLover1993

    CHILE…WHATS DO MISS RIHANNA GOT ON…..

    BEYONCE LOOKS AND SOUNDED FABOULOUS

    JHUD, BEYONCE,XTINA,MARY,JT…EFFING KILLED IT

    THIS IS A POSITIVE DAY, AND IM GOING TO STAY POSITIVE..

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  17. 17.
    BeyonceLover1993

    Gabby Looks Faboulous, Love Her…

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  18. 18.
    meme

    Jay, Ri and Bono – Brilliant song, melody is so sweet. Rihanna sound awsome and I love the wibe Bono gave to the track. Should make a video.

    John – The best of the night. I dont even like this dude and I’ll admit that because im no hater

    Jennifer – Awsome, second best in my opinion.

    Alicia – worst of the night

    Beyonce should have sing another song in 1, 2, 3
    Rihanna was dress so inappropriate in 1, 2, 3
    Rihanna cant sing to save her life in 1, 2, 3
    Haters start your job

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  19. 19.
    Lisa

    Beyonce might is well had sing If I were a boy and change the words to “if Haiti was a boy”. Like seriously, why couldn’t she sing another song. Halo is a song about relationships and love so changing the word to “Haiti I can see your Halo” didnt make a difference.

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  20. 20.
    TTYL:)...

    @15.BEYONCELOVER1993..

    THAT NIGHT WAS DEF NOT ABOUT WHAT RIHANNA HAD OWN?! WTF IS WRONG WITH PPL!? lol

    LOVE THAT ALL THOSE CELEBS TOOK TIME TO DO THAT…AMAZING.

    FAV OF THE NITE WAS MADONNA

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  21. 21.
    BeyonceLover1993

    @Lisa

    Are U Serious, Halo was perfect…What should she have sung!!! SMH!!!

    @TTYL

    U are right

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  22. 22.
    TRU3RELIGION

    This was an AWESOME telethon i think EVERYONE (even Rihanna 2 my surprise stepped it up! omg sounded GREAT with Bono) did a GREAT job and at the end of the day it really wasn’t about what artist you like the most and which one you dont, it was just great to see all these walks of life from different backgrounds and genres form together and give back to an amazing cost…..VERY inspiring and KUDOS to George Clooney because i always thought he was an undercover racist lol i know it sounds bad but i just got that vibe from him for some reason…i guess he shut me up! lol

    *Sidenote: i think Beyonce did an amazing job performing Halo but i dont get what was so special about it that have her stans saying she KILLED it and was “the best of the night” i mean it WAS good but isn’t it the same thing we’ve seen and heard before from her? Only thing she did was add a piano to the background and sing “Haiti i can see your halo” instead of “baby” like really…some one fill me in the 2 performances of the night that had me like well DAMN! were Jennifer Hudson (as always), Christina Aguilera (as always) lol, Alicia Keyz, and Madonna but like i said before though EVERYONE did an amazing job overall and i HOPE Haiti gets the help it deserves and needs :)

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  23. 23.
    TR3NDSETTER101

    LOL @ I’M IGNORANT..*Sorry*
    WOW did Amy Adams REALLY say that?! i LOVED her in Enchanted but that is SO messed up if she did do that total disrespect…if i were you i woulda said look hussy your STILL a rookie in the game why are u even there with all those A-listers?! u still on the Z-list! lmao

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  24. 24.
    BeyonceLover1993

    BEYONCE…SEND ME THAT JACKET ASAP…….

    @21

    Who carez, she sounded great…Its people’s opinion, if she sung, Mary Had a Little Lamb, if she sounded good, she sounded good, why does it matter

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  25. 25.
    Lisa

    @ 20 beyoncelover….since yoru a beyonce stan you should know the word of halo. It don’t have sh*t to do with anything apart from a relationship. Yes other people sing their own songs but Madonna and Alicia song was appropiate with the theme. Beyonce should have sing another song point blank. “Haiti I can see your halo”…bi*ch please. She might is well did sing video phone and change the words to “haiti we gat you on our video phone”.

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  26. 26.
    BeyonceLover1993

    @ U are just upset that she sung her own song, another way to hate on Beyonce….Bitch please..HATER

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  27. 27.
    Beyonce is dead wrong for singing Halo

    ALL THE SINGLE HAITIANS, ALL THE SINGLE HAITIANS
    ALL THE SINGLE HAITIANS, ALL THE SINGLE HAITIANS

    She might is well did sing single ladies for crying out loud. Changing “baby” to “haiti” doesnt make a song appropiate. Beyonce is with out a doubt the best in the games right now but she always makes everything about her. Her performance was the only one i felt was about her. I felt like an album promotion more than anything.

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  28. 28.
    Hmmm...

    @6: Totally co-sign! Beyonce was AMAZING last night! She had me in near tears! Simply beautiful!! Definitly the best of the night!

    Chirstina was AMAZING too! I actually think she is a tie with Bey!

    Justin Timberlake did really good! I usually ain’t feeling him, but he did really great last night! He should shave that ish off his face though! He looked like a homeless person.

    Jay-Z, Bono & Rihanna: I wasn’t really feeling it! IDK. Jay sounded out of breath and I could barely hear Bono and Rih, until Rih started screaming (she is just not a good singer). Period! Plus Rihanna could have put some damn clothes on! Jeez! (Rih stans fall back)

    Mary did good, but she sounded like she was in church.

    A. Keys wasn’t really that good to me. She was screaming entirely too much! It’s like she was tyring to hit notes she knew she couldn’t reach!

    IDK why they would have Madonna sing. *shrugs*

    I am glad they all came together for a good cause! I hope they raised a lot of money! They definitly had a lot of star power!

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  29. 29.
    talentless+bajan=(rihanna)

    @26
    SMH for you to criticize when this was all for a good cause. Grow the f#ck up
    anyway, everyone was great
    Christina, that’s what i call i voice!!!
    Madonna was really good
    Beyonce was my fav, she shut it down!!! just her voice with piano and a mic it was absolutely beautiful

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  30. 30.
    MEME

    @ 27 Hmmm…I knew some hater would come on here and say it…lol, exact thing I said they would.

    Nothing was wrong with wat rihanna had on, actually beyonce was dressed more inappropiate imo. And in which part of the performance did rihanna scream?

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  31. 31.
    Topman

    John Legend was my favourite followed by the performance of Stranded. Great show, though I wish Beyonce sang something other than Halo: the disaster was an earthquake yet she’s singing about walls “tumbling down” in the first two lines :|

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  32. 32.
    WTF!

    @26: Are you effing kidding me! That has got to be the dumbest comment I ever read! How the hell is ‘Halo’ an inappropriate song! It is a beautiful song that was sung BEAUTIFULLY by Beyonce last night! Bey is the true definition of a performer! Even when she sings a ballad, she has a away of bringing it to life and putting meaning behind it! There was nothing wrong with her changing hthe words to from ‘baby’ to ‘Haiti’. It was quite endearing and meaningful, and I am sure if any of the people from Haiti who are suffering right now would have enjoyed it!
    Furthermore, how the hell did she try to make it all about her! She was appropriately dresesed, (unlike a certain someone else), there was no dancers or dramatic stage props! She even left out the mid tempo beat and sung along to the piano. Her performance was probably the best of the night! Not matter what this woman does simple minded folks will find a way to critisize her! SMH!Even those damn annoying ass Rih stans would admit that her performance was amazing! Sit your ass down with that mess! Infact, go sit in a corner and don’t come out until you start making some damn since! SMH at your ignorant comment!

    PS. Don’t bother responding, cause I am quite finished with your dumbass! >:(

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  33. 33.
    Deon

    Forget the hype..hands down MJB Killed that song! no one can conquer a track like Mary! and every word she sang you can tell she meant if from her soul.The definition of a true ” singer”.

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  34. 34.
    Seriously?!

    @MEME: *sigh* It is really time for you to get your head out of RIhanna’s ass already! My god does she pay you?! Damn! FYI:The word ‘hater’ was retired in 2009 cause you Rih stand wore it the eff out! This is a gossip blog. Everyone is entitled their own opinion! Some people feel that her outfit was inappropriate! Some people feel like she can’t sing! It’s not hate, its just an opinion! Do you even know the definition of the word ‘opinion’! Damn! Realize that not everyone worships her as much as you do! When people state their opinions, its not ‘hate’ its’ just an opinion.

    PS: Its funny how you had the audacity to say ‘Nothing was wrong with what Rihanna had on, actually beyonce was dressed more inappropiate imo.’

    Yeah that was YOUR opinion, just like ‘Hmmm’ thought that was Rih’s outfit was inappropriate! Now can she call YOU a ‘hater’ for saying that Bey’s outfit was inappropriate! If they did you would probabaly have a fit! Simple ass!

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  35. 35.
    90's Baby

    @21 and 32 i SO co-sign…..i think everyone did a FANTASTIC job last night and even though the Beyonce and Rihanna stans don’t want to come to grasp with reality but sorry to say….last night was NOT about either of the 2 it was about Haiti! Ugh! grow up already…..

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  36. 36.
    MEME

    ok @ 33 seriously, I cant even find anything to respond to. U made complete sense. But there is a difference than opinion and hating.

    eg: Beyonce should have choose another song. (thats is an opinion) Beyonce sound very bad (thats hating). Clearly alot of people here are doing more than giving opinions.

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  37. 37.
    TRU3RELIGION

    @34 THANK YOU! i knew SOMEONE would see my point and what i was saying…..

    @BEYONCELOVER1993 i KNEW there would be one in the crowd to misinterpret what i was saying! But glad to see i have an audience :) but of course you wouldn’t get what i was saying because i mean really look at your display and name…i also think Beyonce did a great job AND i said that! I’m just asking what was so special about the performance though? Now that’s MY opinion and i’m sticking with it and by the way why does it matter anywayz?….thank you :)

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  38. 38.
    ohgod

    yall dumb phucks here cant even concentratre on haiti but yet can spend all the time hatin on beyonce she will never be good enough for yall for gods sake can u put aside ur immature ignorant e fights and hate for beyonce to care about a cause? she sang and its about awareness, the most important fact she sang to help and bring awareness & she did it beautifully why r u guys just cant move on? jeeze thats so sad all the hate this woman receives!

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  39. 39.
    I mean really?

    27 Hmmm…I knew some hater would come on here and say it…lol, exact thing I said they would.

    Nothing was wrong with wat rihanna had on, actually beyonce was dressed more inappropiate imo. And in which part of the performance did rihanna scream?

    Lol! You Rih stans kill me! Yeah Bey, with her pants and jacket was inappropriate, yet Rih with her mini dress was approprite! I swear ya’ll stay talking outta your ass!

    FYI: All she did was scream! She sounded a hot mess as USUAL! The only tine you could hear her lame ass was when she screamed! She is a horrible singer ( I you can even call her that) She was basically just there so people could look at her ass! They knew her delusional ass stans like yourself would tune in just to see her non-songing ass adn drool All she is eyecandy!

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  40. 40.
    damn

    Beyonce…Rihanna…Beyonce…Rihanna… Bey…Rih…Bey…Rih WTF More than 110K people are dead in Haiti and that’s all people can talk about,what they wore what they sung and sounded like.Did anybody listen to the stories or better yet donate money..the more things change the more they stay the same.

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  41. 41.
    MEME

    @38 dont make it same like beyonce is wearing a suit or something. Pants and jacket? Beyonce is wearing a 1 piece form fitting body/cat suit with a over the top jacket. No one else was dressed so “extreme”. Everyone wore a simple black dress or pants. Rihanna has a loose dress with a vest over it, I dont see how that is inappropiate.

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  42. 42.
    STRAIGHT TALKER

    How can I say this without sounding offensive?
    Hmmmmm
    OK here it goes…
    Gabby from ‘Precious’ to me is being exploited by Hollywood, and I feel that she is a bad misrepresentation of black women everywhere. She is the kind of black woman that will make white people feel good about white, hence why she is so heavily exposed. White people are clever I tell ya!
    I just cringe anytime I see photos featured of her on here or other blogs, because everytime shes photo’d with another celebrity, you can tell they are trying extra hard to be ‘open- minded’ and be comfortable with her, but deep down you can tell they are repulsed . The fakeness is just disgusting.
    The sooner her 15 minutes of fame are up the better.

    Sorry Guys But I just had to get the ^ ABOVE^ of my chest.

    Hmmm I dont know if its Beyonces hairstyle, but something is seriously off with her face, and anyone that didnt notice that her face looked different on her Halo performance last night is blind! I personally think that she has had plastic surgery, which is such a damn shame because she looked beautiful just the way she was. Her face looks Asian now, which is never a good look!

    I respect what they were doing though and I give the praise where its due.

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  43. 43.
    nessey

    Beyonce looked a hot I just had plastic surgery mess. She did the Rihanna with her eyes closed. She had pre recorded vocals. Her lame greedy ass song one of her own songs. This tramp can’t miss a dollar. All you wrecked ass fans can’t see past her butt dropping. They could have left Beyonce greedy I sing for terriost ass out. She did the program no justice, they knew the lost stans would fall for it. Rihanna and Bey’s husband smashed it. Beyonce and all those oh la la la’s should have stayed home. Every one else was on point. Others did not fit in with that 2 year old song damn she is going to milk that CD for how long

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  44. 44.
    HI HATERS

    Jay-Z , Rihanna , and Bono and The Edge gave one of the greatest and most emotionally moving performances in music history, especially Jay, with the new song called ” Stranded { Haiti Mon Amour } “.

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  45. 45.
    Destined

    J Hud and Mary J killed this show hands down! That is the definition of true singers with soul. J Hud had me standing up in here. Just simply amazing!

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  46. 46.
    jjj

    Rihanna looks super cute! …and her collaboration with Jay-Z, Bono and The Edge was great! I loved the song!
    Jennifer Hudson was amazing.

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  47. 47.
    Stop and Think for 2010

    BEYONCE LOOKED Like a Fat Ass White Lady from the 70′s ,,,I was moved by Rih , Jennifer Hudson , Mary Jay , And White Cliff ‘s……..

    BEYONCE LOOKED LIKE A WHITE CHICK from the 70′s , and she SOUNDED AND LOOKED a little FAKE when she was singing , but she was trying to show emotions .

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  48. 48.
    MEME

    No one respond to #40…don’t give him/her that priviledge

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  49. 49.
    Cee

    BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT GOES TO :

    BEYONCE HANDS DOWN. SHE SANG THE ISH OUT OF THAT SONG. THE GIRL CAN BLOW. THE SONG WAS BEAUTIFUL. REMINDED ME OF WHEN SHE SANG AT LAST AT THE INAUGURATION. hER VOICE WAS SO CONTROLED, AND SHE SANG THE SONG SO BEAUTIFULLY. HAD ME IN TEARS

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  50. 50.
    ABG

    Meme do me a favor go count the days on the calendar and make sure they are all there

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  51. 51.
    msblknasty1

    lets be real here people …. everybody sang good songs …except bey ….fuckin halo …. that has nothin to do with the crisis thats going on in haiti …. her fake bangs was to low … she sucked ….fuckin halo …. SMDH….she could have sung ? ….. but halo her love song to jay ….chile pooooollllleeeeaaasssseee

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  52. 52.
    SDS

    Christina killed it!! her voice is beautiful

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  53. 53.
    oladiam

    Lest be real for real that whole telethon was some fake BS. Why come you think Beyonce and Jay didn’t donate shish they only raised money. They know the money will be going to the same people they work for, who is taking money out their pockets all alone anyway. That fake ass shish them people over in Haiti know what the hell is going on they know America did that mess. people all around the world know. Too bad a billion people watched Avatar and didn’t learn shish. In the end America will have the oil and the rest of the Haiti resources. Good bye Haita and hello resort to fund the American Gov. Stop paying attention to Rihanna naked behind and Beyonce swinging her musty coochie and listen to what the people on the ground and the people of Haita, and the people there helping are saying. They used that bunk ass telethon to further fund their agenda. People all around the world know that shish was fake. Get over this fake American media and look and listen closely

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  54. 54.
    bored

    Beyonce, Jennifer, Christina was awesome, but Mary J made me wanna go to church she sang that song. Rihanna did her normal thang after having to watch Bono tell her what to do, that was priceless and funny and this was a charity thing so her hooker outfit was way to much, but overall it was a tear jerker.. Stevie did great also, everyone did their thing in their way I pray for those little souls that have lost their parents and family members. This was up there with We Are The World…

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  55. 55.
    emilia

    that was amazing!!!
    wow… mrs. cloney

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  56. 56.
    hmmmm

    Sting feat. The Roots was the best performance of the night hands down. Jay killed it on the rhyme tip though, but sting was on some extra Bob Marley shit though

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  57. 57.
    nate

    i love Christina’s performance, her song almost brought me to tears, I just bought her song today on itunes, it moved me so much!

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  58. 58.
    Classy!

    Rihanna sounded and looked so great. I like her and Bono together. She’s on rockstart status-that’s what I’m talkign about:-)

    Lma(all the way)o @ whoever said Christina was almost a tie with Beyonce vocally. Christina is so vocally superior to Beyonce-that such a statement truly IS funny. Wow. If Chris and Bey were on the stage singing at the same time, you wouldn’t even be able to hear Bey over Christina’s monster vocals. She would blow Beyonce’s face off!

    Love to all the celebs that did participate though-rather it was to get their shine on or not, they did help the Haitians.

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  59. 59.
    jacci

    J. Legend- did and awesome job
    J. Hudson- Great job
    MJB- I’m don’t usually like her live, but this time she killed it!
    Beyonce- Loved it, Loved it, Loved it!!! Halo was perfect (why isn’t anyone complaining on her performing her own song when other people did too?)
    Christina- did a good job
    Ri Jayz and Bono- Did an good job but I need for Rihanna to put cloths on

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