Rihanna performed on the Spanish version of American Idol – Operación Triunfo – last night. You can view her performance of ‘Don’t Stop the Music’ above as well as her rendition of ‘Hate That I Love You’ with Spanish star David Bisbal below:
Though her sheep-bleating vocals and lack of stage presence kinda ruined any chance of me actually enjoying the ‘Don’t Stop The Music’ performance, the ‘Hate That I Love You’ performance was better; weird, as, for the most part, the song doesn’t move me.
What do you think of the performance(s)?
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OK I LIKE RIHANNA AND I LOVED HER LAST CD BUT IT DOESNT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE GIRL REALLY CANT SING..YES SHE IS GETTIN BETTER….BUT SERIOUSLY SHE NEEDS TO CONCENTRATE MORE ON SINGING AND STAGE PRESENCE THAN FASHION…..SHE WAS OUT OF BREATH AFTER LIKE 10 SECONDS AND ALL SHE DID WAS WALK ONTO THE STAGE….AND THE SECOND VERSE WAS HORRIBLE…IF SHE WOULD PUT AS MUCH EFFORT INTO HER PREFORMANCE AS HER LOOK SHE WOULD DO OK……HATE THAT I LOVE YOU WAS OK BUT NOTHING SPECIAL. THE BLACK DRESS WAS CUTE BUT IF SHE CUT HER HAIR 1 MORE TIME SHE WILL BE DAMN NEAR BALD…AND IF U DONT LIKE SAM GET OFF HIS SITE..BUT OBVIOUSLY U DO LIKE HIM BECAUSE U R ON THE SITE.
Rihanna is just a mess…she is f***** annoyin and I hate how tha radio shoves her in peoples faces..of course her songs r gonna b number 1 if thats all we hear on radio!
The record company must put a ton of money in Rihanna. Jay isn’t at Def Jam anymore. I wonder if that will effect her sales
If this chick was really talented, she would sell as many albums as she does singels. I mean she can’t sing, can barely dance, and doesn’t write or produce s***. Her not having talent or stage presence is whats stopping her from going to that next level of stardom where Beyonce,Usher,Christina,Justin and others are.
…………Chris brown will probably be on that list with his next album
Love RIhanna. I thought these performances were great actually. And I love Rihanna’s voice, it’s very friendly on the ears.
OMG IM SOOOOOOOOOOO TIRED OF PEOPLE HATING ON HER I MEAN DAM IT WE GET IT U DONT LIKE HER..OK THEN DONT WATXH HER PERFORMANCES, DONT COMMENT ON HER, JUST KEEP IT MOVING WHEN U SEE ISH ABOUT HER…DAMN I HATE TO SOUND STANISH..LOL…BUT SERIOUSLY I HATE HOW BLOGGERS CONSTANTLY HATE SOMEONE BUT POST S*** ABOUT THEM INSTEAD OF POSTING ISH ABOUT THE PEOPLE U LIKE….I DONT KNOW….LOVED RIR I DO UR THING U GETTING PAID A HELL OF ALOT MORE THAN UR HATERS SO HEY
ohmygod dont stop the music was horrible! There was no performance and she sang so flat, she can’t handle live. She tried covering it up all the time by adding those things at the end of her words because she knew it sounded dull
SHE SUCKZ!!!!
SHE’S BASICALLY JUST AN IMAGE WITH NO TALENT! HER TIME WILL SOON BE OVER!!!!!!!
Yall are hating. She did really good! I thought she did terrible by the comments till I checked it myself. Its 2008, stop the hate.
She’s already plat and half with this album, she obviously has something to offer.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^PLATINUM DONT MEAN NOTHIN NOW DAYS….R U SERIOUS…MY DOG COULD GO PLATINUM…..I WISH WE COULD GO BACK TO THE 90’S,,THATS WHERE THE REAL MUSIC WAS AT…IT WASNT 5 MILLION ARTIST OUT AT A TIME LIKE NOW..AND THOSE PEOPLE REALLY HAD TALENT…ALL U YOUNG PPL R SO LOST ABOUT MUSIC..RIRI COULD HAVE NEVER CAME OUT N THE 90’S…IM YOUNG TO. (21) AND I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS JUST BRANDY, MONICA, AND AALIYAH…THE GROUPS WERE…SWV, TOTAL, TLC, AND EN VOGUE….JAGGED EDGE, BOYS 2 MEN, DRU HILL, AND NEXT…ITS NOT THAT I THINK THINGS SHOULD HAVE STAYED THE SAME..BUT IF U DIDNT HAVE TALENT THERE WAS NO WAY U WERE GETTIN A RECORD DEAL BACK THEN..NOW DAYS PPL R GIVING RECORD DEALS AWAY…ITS ALL ABOUT THE LOOK NOW..FOR INSTANCE….HOW CAN DIDDY HAVE DANITY KANE AND CASSIE ON THE SAME LABLE…DK GIRLS CAN SANG THEIR ASSES OFF AND CASSIE HAS AS MUCH TALENT AS I DO IN MY PINKIE FINGER…..SHE HAS THE LOOK THOUGH….ALL IT TAKES IS A CATCHY SONG AND A PRETTY FACE…..AND @ SO REAL….JUST BECAUSE SOPEONE HAS AN OPNION DOESNT MEAN ITS HATING……..RIRI MIGHT HAVE FOOLED THEM PPL OVER SEAS BUT NOT HERE N AMERICA..PPL SAY LOOK HOW MANY VIDEOS SHE HAS AND BLAH BLAH BLAH….YEA BUT SHE STILL ONLY SOLD 1 MILLIN HERE AFTER ALL OF THAT…DONT NOBODY PUT OUT NO RE RELEASE ALMOST A YEAR LATER…DEF JAM IS REALLY TRYING TO RIDE THE RIHANNA WAVE….THEY SHOULD CONCENTRATE MORE ON KARINA PASSIAN…SHE HAS TALENT AND IS ON THE SAME LABEL BUT U NEVER HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT HER….
I completely agree with the comment above regarding music in the 90’s, but let’s keep in mind that RiRi is a “pop” star, which focuses 85% on looks, 10% marketability, and 5% talent. RiRi can hold a note here and there, but by far she’s not a singer. The fashionable videos, catchy songs, etc. defines her, not her talent. Case in pt., JHud’s Spotlight has some great lyrics, but I like the song because of what her voice brings to it not just the catchy lyrics.
i don’t like to comment but i’m kinda annoyed all of this crap about ppl sayin “remember the old days were music was about…and it sounded like…” first off it’s about musical evolution ppl if it stayed the same then yall would be complaining about that…ppl were complaining about the state of music in every genre CHANGE people we can’t grow as society if we don’t have CHANGE so why yall trippin’ there’s always gonna be commercial music that sells there still artists in there own right, rihanna’s performances can about 65% of the time be dull but here lately she’s tryin to change that and then yall are like she can’t sing she can’t dance. Well she can bank cuz she’s vacationing and sporting the hottest what are yall doin complaining on a blog? hmm… Hate much yall trashing her like she was just horrible. I mean i don’t get it, and if your wondering how not to hate but still state your opinion here’s how it’s done…Rihanna’s DSTM performance was a lil iffy with vocals in certain places but overall it was really good her stage presence has mad improved recently loved the HHMILY performance from the singing to the spanish.
Rihanna is a hot mess.. She looks good and can dress most of the time but she can’t sing..bottom line.. She would be ok if she worked more on her vocals.. Its not always about looks or at least it shouldn’t be.. If she had talent, I would be more of a fan..
Lets not compare Cassie to Rihanna. This is not the same situation. Cassie’s album didn’t even go gold and her second single didn’t even break the top 20. Danity Kane outsells her by a long shot. Not everyone is going to like the same music. So keep it moving, because there plenty of people that like Rihanna obviously.
As for that 90s bull, we had just as much artist as now but you just aren’t familiar with them since it wasn’t your generation. What do you know about Miss Jones, 702, Monefa, Billy Lawrence, etc.. It just seems like more because this is our generation and we actually have the internet to get familiar with and hear about any artist.
I like Rihanna…her songs are kind of hard to resist, honestly. However, I have to agree with those of you who don’t consider her a “real” artist…because she isn’t. Her voice isn’t anything special, she does not write and she can’t perform. Rihanna does what a pop star is supposed to do…make hits easily. That’s what she does. I know it sounds like hating but I just don’t see real talent in her.
is she tone deaf.
and you can’t be a pop star and have no performance savy sorry.
15 minutes…and ocunting
^^^^^^^^SO TRUE…THE PPL WITH THE LEATS TALENT DO THE BEST…LOOK AT BRITNEY SPEARS…SHE CANT SING TO SAVE HER LIFE BUT SHE DID 10 TIMES BETTER THAN CHRISTINA AND JESSICA….ITS NOT ABOUT TALENT…AND @ AIDENP…I SAID “ITS NOT LIKE I THINK THINGS SHOULD STAY THE SAME”…OF COURSE THINGS R GOING TO CHANGE BUT THEY HAVE CHANGED FOR THE WORSE..AND JUST LIKE U SAID “SHE IS SPORTING THE HOTTEST”….I HAVE NEVER SEEN A COMMENT WHERE SOMEONE JUST TALKS ABOUT THE LITTLE TALENT THAT SHE HAS AND DOESNT MENTION HER STYLE OR CLOTHES..ITS SOMETHIN WRONG WHEN STYLE IS ALWAYS MENTIONED…AND ITS A FREE WORLD..PPL CAN SAY WHAT THEY WANT..IM NOT ON RIHANNAS PAY ROLL.U MIGHT B BUT IM NOT….AND TO THE OTHER PERSON NO ONE COMPARED CASSIE TO RIRI..I COMPARED CASSIE TO DK BECAUSE THEY R ON THE SAME LABLE AND HOW DK CAN SING AND CASSIE CANT (DIDDY KNOWS TALENT) YET HE SIGNED CASSIE..WHY..BECAUSE OF HER LOOK….AND I KNOW WHO MISS JONES 702..ECT. ARE….ITS STILL A MILLION MORE PPL WHO ARE OUT WITH NO TALENT IN THIS GENERATION…AND PPL LIKE RIR BECAUSE OF HER STYLE AND CATCHY SONGS..U CAN GET 100 DIFFERENT SINGERS, CUT THEIR HAIR, AND DRESS THEM IN NICE CLOTHES, GIVE THEM A CATCHY SONG…..AND THERE U GO…ANYONE OF THEM COULD BE ANOTHER RIHANNA…TALENT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING TO SET THEM APART.
“U CAN GET 100 DIFFERENT SINGERS, CUT THEIR HAIR, AND DRESS THEM IN NICE CLOTHES, GIVE THEM A CATCHY SONG…..AND THERE U GO…ANYONE OF THEM COULD BE ANOTHER RIHANNA…TALENT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING TO SET THEM APART.”
I couldnt agree more. its just sad to see the people that deserved to get noticed are left on the back burner. not that rihanna doesnt deserved to get noticed but she is really lacking in the talent department while so many others arent. it makes me wonder whats going to happen when the next pretty face comes along.
DAMN SHE CAN’T SING SHE CANT’DANCE WHY SHE’S SO F****** POPULAR????! BECAUSE REALLY THERE SO MANY GOOD UNKNOWN SINGERS!!!!!
She was sharp throughout the whole song! Her bv’s had to start sharp to make her sound decent!
I have nothing else to say!
the dude on HTILU is sick – his voice is beautiful!!!!
aight y’all, look… There are plenty of REAL artist out there, and would i consider Rihanna 1… yes and no. is Rihanna a performer… i would say mostly no, and a lil of yes
TALENT:
Rihanna does not have a powerful voice like Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce, or Christina… but she can sing in tune (most of the time). her voice is distinctive, somthing an artisit should have 2 seperate them from da rest. Rihanna can do sum nice riffs and runs, something that she impresses me w/ from time-2-time. she doesn’t write alot of songs, but she has written a couple… so she has sum credibility as a songwriter. and 2 look as good as she duz… dat duz take TALENT as well. LOL… admit it, alot of ppl can’t rock the same outfits that she duz and make them luk as gud. she’s a beauty. but back 2 her voice, she has come a very long way. i remember c’n her sing “Pon De Replay” on da Pre-MTV Movie or Music Awards, and her voie was shaky and everything… although datz when she used 2 do a lil more dancin. but she has a come a long way, and i can hear a big difference from “Unfaithful” to “Take A Bow.” her voice has grown, and hopefully will continue 2 grow
PERFORMER:
this is where she really needs 2 work. if all she can do is the lil belly and booty dances, then datz what she needs 2 do instead of jus walking, jumping, and standing in one spot. When she 1st came out she did a lil moving. as a performer… she reminds me of Mariah Carey (PERFORMER… NOT SINGER! BIG DIFFERENCE!!!!). all Mariah duz is look good, stand in 1 spot, and wave her hands. Rihanna duz da same thing. walk a lil bit, wave her hands around n da air and on her body, and it gets kinda borin afterwhile.
“Hate That I Love You” was a great performance 2 me. she sounded good, and the guy is sick! his voice i mad crazy. neway… her “Please Don’t Stop The Music” was bad. she was sharp… not flat. this means she was singer above the correct note, not below. but every artist messes up here and there… whether its small or big.
The fact is there are people who are more talented however, just because your more talented doesn’t make you a star. There are people who sing better than beyonce but what seperates them is that certain people just have that “it” quality. Rihanna may not have the strongest voice or the best dance moves but she has that “it” quality which is why she slowly rising to stardom. This “it” quality is only possesed by true stars. You can say what you want but you can’t deny that she couldn’t possibly last this long if she didn’t posses true talent.
^^^^^^^WHAT IS UR DEFINITION OF TRUE TALEN BEING ABLE TO DRESS NICELY…PLENTY OF PPL KEEP PUTIN OUT CD’S WHO DANT HAVE ANY TALENT….ANIT NO BODY CHECKIN FOR TRINA AND THEY NEVER REALLY HAVE BUT SHE PUT OUT ANOTHER CD NOT TO LONG AGO…THEY COULD HAVE CHOOSE ANY THICK GIRL PUT A WEAVE ON HER AND SAY HERE “RAP THIS”…..AND U R RIGHT…. BECAUSE U R TALENTED DOESNT MAKE U A STAR..BUT THE PPL THAT DO HAVE THAT IT FACTOR WILL PROBALLY NEVER GET A CHANCE…BUT PPL DIDNT PAY ATTENTION TO HER TILL SHE CUT HER HAIR AND SWITCHED TO POP….TALENT SHOULD SPEAK FOR IT SELF………………………..IF U TAKE AWAY HER NICE CLOTHES…..PUT HER HAIR BACK THE WAY IT WAS… AND GIVER HER A REGGAE SONG TO SING PPL ARENT EVEN GOIN TO TURN THEIR HEADS………………….BUT IF U GIVE HER BACK THE NICE CLOTHES…CUT HER HAIR..AND GIVE HER A POP SONG PPL WILL ONCE AGAIN PAY ATTENTION…TAKE AWAY HER LOOK AND SHE IS NOTHING..NO ONE CARED B4 SHE CHANGED HER LOOK….YES EVERYONE CHANGES THEIR LOOK BUT THEIR LOOK DOENT MAKE OR BREAK THEM….RIHANA LOOK MAKES OR BREAK HER…& THANKS @ TRAMIRE..I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT SHARP MEANT.
TALENT SHOULD SPEAK FOR IT SELF………………………..IF U TAKE AWAY HER NICE CLOTHES…..PUT HER HAIR BACK THE WAY IT WAS… AND GIVER HER A REGGAE SONG TO SING PPL ARENT EVEN GOIN TO TURN THEIR HEADS………………….BUT IF U GIVE HER BACK THE NICE CLOTHES…CUT HER HAIR..AND GIVE HER A POP SONG PPL WILL ONCE AGAIN PAY ATTENTION…TAKE AWAY HER LOOK AND SHE IS NOTHING..NO ONE CARED B4 SHE CHANGED HER LOOK….YES EVERYONE CHANGES THEIR LOOK BUT THEIR LOOK DOENT MAKE OR BREAK THEM….RIHANA LOOK MAKES OR BREAK HER.