Dylan's Rank:
R7:
1. Nelly - The vocals though!!!
2. Taylor - This was pretty great.
3. Avril - Love her voice.
4. Bey - I hate this song but I loved this performance.
5. Ciara - She's always been a great performer.
6. Rihanna - Prefer the 2011 AMA's but this was pretty nice.
7. Xtina - This was pretty nice but I would have preferred something stripped down.
8. Katy - This was nice but not my favorite of the bunch.
9. Ariana - Girl can sing but she's not the best performer.
10. Demi - She's had better vocal performances.
11. Kanye - He did good but it was mostly the set that I liked rather than him.
12. Jlo - Jlo is one hell of a performer and this is what you send?
Most of you did very well this round. Nelly's was a great surprise. Ariana and Demi have done better. Kanye I feel has better. JLo for sure has better because I'm obsessed with her performing skills and this was not a good showcase of that..
Ethan's Rank:
R7:
Beyonce
Nelly
Katy
Avril
Taylor
Christina
Ciara
Kanye
Ariana
Demi
Jennifer
Rihanna
That Beyonce performance is just too much. I can never get enough of it. I love the acoustic performances that show off the artist’s vocal because, nowadays, that’s the better way to make performances stand out versus big theatrics. Also, Jennifer Lopez is such a great live performer, given her extremely limited vocal talent, is that really her best performance in your opinion? You need to see some of her others!
Anna's Rank:
taylor
katy
avril
kanye
nelly f
ri
xtina
ciara
ari
bey
demi
jlo
They were all pretty cool so this was pretty spontaneous. All Too Well is obviously iconic live as are several of Katy’s performances of that song, including the one you chose. Demi and J. Lo’s aren’t bad, I just liked others better.
Nicole's Rank:
Best Live Performance
1. Truth Teller - My favorite Bey performance tbh. She absolutely murdered the stage both vocally and with her dancing. What an amazing and extremely entertaining performance in all aspects.
2. gotintoririfever1 - Another flawless performance! I was hoping that you would choose this one.
3. Yvess - I love that she was able to captivate me with just her guitar. That's what true talent is! Nobody's Home makes me emotional too and it did during this performance as well. She sounded beautiful!
4. holyground - A solid and passionate performance from Miss Swift. I remember she impressed me with her vocals when I saw this for the first time. She's a better performer than I used to give her credit for.
5. Gabegabe - Simple but a powerful performance.
6. DOMINO
7. Remmy
8. Bey_RihStan - Not necessarily my favorite from Rih but she does put on a good performance when she actually puts energy into it and doesn't act like she gives zero ****s. I think the Grammy performance of WFL was better though.
9. Speezy
10. Superiore - I mean don't take this the wrong way but I wish you sent a performance of it where she isn't speaking in Spanish. I mean I know she's a latina but personally I don't speak Spanish so it makes it less interesting to me. And I think she's had multiple other performances of the song where she's sounded better, too (not that she sounded bad here though).
11. Amaloner - A decent performance from Katy but everyone ranked about her are just better performers unfortunately.
12. prezli - While this isn't a bad performance I know J. Lo literally has to have hundreds of better ones. It feels like a lazy choice. I find it hard to believe that you really find this one to be her best. I mean what about her amazing Get Right performances where she does choreo no current pop girl can imagine pulling off, for starters?