The legendary Whitney Houston brought the house at BET’s Celebration of Gospel extravaganza this past weekend. Introduced as a surprise guest during friend Kim Burrell‘s performance, the ladies performed a duet version of Houston’s inspirational ballad ‘I Look To You’. Reports from those in attendance attest to Whitney’s voice being “the best she has genuinely sounded in years”.
BET’s Celebration of Gospel airs January 30th 2011.
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the pictures look like Jesus took the wheel , like i keep saying and will continue to say , Whitneys’ voice is everlasting , no drug can ruin the queen , gods on her side
wish there’s a video for this. i miss my Whitney.
CRACK IS WACK & SO IS THIS H**
A great gift is a great grft. Whitney’s voice is forever!
Awww Sam, why didn’t you post the pic with her doing the praise kick! Loved it! Twitter was afire late Sat night, early Sund morning. People said Whitney Kim had the stadium going bonkers and people losing their minds.
Stephen Hill of BET confirmed that Whitney was great! Can’t wait to see it when it airs.
QUEEN RIHANNA HA DA BESS PERFORMANCES EVA.
FLAWLISS SHE DIDNT MISS A STEP!!!!!
ICON N DA MAKING,OOPS SHE ALREDU THERE.
WARE YALL FAVS AT?
UNDA RIHS FEAT DATS WARE!!
CIARA IS THE BEST APRT FROM MJ. WE LOVE YOU CIARA WE CAN’T WAIT FOR NEW ALBUM TO COME OUT IS GOING TO BE HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. NEVER STOP BELIEVING YOU CAN DO IT XOX
Whitney looks lovely. She looks healthy too. I hope the voice is in full flow 🙂
grandma needs to get sober up no1 checkin for her in her 4dolla skirt fr0m Kmart
Can’t wait to hear her voice. She looks absolutely radiant!
F*** OFF HATERS! WHITNEY WAS IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE. THE VOICE.
Looking good Whitney! I hope they air this soon. I Look To You is my favorite track from her album. GO WHITNEY!
OH WHITNEY WHITNEY!
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I can’t even imaginemyself being in the audience in the presence of such a talented annointed lady. and doesn’t she look lovely, healthy and radiant with joy? whitney you are the best!!!!!
That ladies, gents & haters is THE GREATEST VOCALIST KILLING IT!!!…once again. Many tweeters claimed the whole place went in a frenzy..jumping outta their seats when Empress Whitney graced the stage…until your faves can achieve even an ounce of respect and star quality power this immense …yall can’t say sh$# bout this woman…coz she is a force to be wreckoned with despite her shortcomings..the bad publicity…this woman still commands and owns a stage like none other. #LEGEND.
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww definitely gonna check out this celebration of gospel thing this year. i watched that show every year bu t this year i will not miss it….
in my Oprah voice, “THE VOICE IS HERE” (standing O)
she looks great too. those photos look like she’s blowing off the roof like what she did to Oprah’s studio with that heavenly voice. YES!!!
i was there sitting at the back. kim walked out and sang ‘as i lay me down’ and the crowd were thinking if whitney was in the audience then after singing the first verse the stage opened up and the Voice appeared and you cannot imagine how exciting it was. everyone’s on their feet and when whitney belted out iiii will lliffftt my heaaadd.. wooow she sounds better than she sounded in years!!! that’s for sure. and she looks great in these pictures but she looks even better in real person.
Oofor my 2nd comment ifrgot to say these pictures don’t do her justice at alllll she looks much better in real person! like an angel she literally blew off the roof too!!!!
not feeling the outfit but she looks good. hope her voice is as good as she looks!
And doesn’t the woman look as stunning as ever?!? Surely someone has footage from lastnight somewhere?!? c’mon Whitney fans let’s make this happen…Jan 30 feels like a century away lol
@ Naomi… girl please tell me you got footage?!? I will forever love you lol
Well, well, well. There she is. The Incomparable, the Magnificent, the Legend, the Voice. Miss Whitney Houston. No one has taken her spot after all these years. No one has been as huge in talent, cross-over appeal, record sales, beloved, beauty, stage presence, and street hood as my Whitney Houston. Love, love, love, love her.
looking good looks like she killed it i can’t wait to see the peformance and wtf is wrong with rihanna and ciara stans you all need help
So glad to see THE VOICE (and original Queen) looking to be in tip top condition. She is one of the few artist that can stand on stage and only sing and amaze me like no other can! My heart is happy to see her getting back on track and I’m pray God contiues to bless her.
Whitney girl you look fierce chile. I know that you haven’t left us that’s why we haven’t left you..so welecomd back girl you’re simply the best
THE VOICE YOU ARE THE BEST!
Finally she has performed in the US to show the haters what The Voice is capable of! go Whit!
sorry i haven’t got any footage and no one sitting near me wasrecording either, i think. you gotta wait till next month lol but i promise you wont be disappointed! the voice is still there.
THANK YOU THE GREATEST VOICE ON THE PLANET IS BACK. YES! MZ WHITNEY HOUSTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UNTOUCHABLE, INCOMPARABLE, LEGENDARY!!!!!!!
Whitney’s first love and roots is gospel so I know she and Kim took it to church. She’s doing all her classic live moves so I know she went in. Twitter went CRAZY! I can’t wait to see this in Jan.
Oh BTW, she looks beautiful and those model legs…….gnfleihjkglmf!!
@sharene: Sam didn’t show all the goodd pictures. I promise you she looked amazin and like the other posters said, whitney is one of the few that when you see her in person, her beauty is astounding and she looks better in person.
She had on open toe,silver, high, criss cross sandals, big chunky bracelet, earrings to match and a chunky chain that she took off to sing.
I’m telling you guys, the crowd went bananas. BET LOVE Whitney and despite her dark period, she is STILL one of the most respected artists to ever touch the mic. People were tweeting that they were crying, that now they had seen her live, they could check out of this world, lol, twitter was crazy!
p.s people need to stop with these drug rumours now, she has looked healthy, glowing and vibrant for over a year now and then some. God’s got her!
Uh oh…as much as we ALL love Whitney, and have great respect for her accomplishments, and gifts, she is under NO condition to be siging with Kim Burell…though she greatly looks up to her, and is a mentor!!
YASSSSS you betta Slay Whitney
Whitney >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mariah Carey
Whitney Houston “The Voice” >>>> Mariah Carey “That fat ass soon to be Looking like Areatha Franklin has been heffa”
And how the hell you go from Whitney houston to Rihanna & Ciara… Both of them have no talent at all but Modeling and Dancing…
Who wants take a “Tragedy Ride” to “Basic FLOP”
@TR: You need to fall back. Whitney has been singing gospel before Kim was singing. Gospel is whitney’s first love and where she shines. Kim flew out to be with Whitney and to minister to her spirit in Austria when she was on tour and whitney invited her to sing.
Whitney reciprocated as promised and flew out to Kim’s church in Houston, TX a few months ago and sang. You just never heard about it because Whitney be making those stealth moves and never annouces what she does.
You must not have heard whitney sing over and over:
I look to you
I love the lord
battlehymn of the republic
god will take care of you
his eye is on the sparrow
on tour. She always hit the ball out the park with her gospel songs even when her voice wa snot up to stuff. Whitney’s voice today is 10x more powerful than Kim’s and she can and does do runs as well. What Whitney has problem with is her range and transitions. Her power is even more powerful than before, dont sleep.
But whitney and Kim have genuine respect for each other and i doubt their performance will be a scream fest trying to see who will out do each other. Tweets were about how great whitney sounded not that kim bested her.
KNOW THAT! and there were LOTS of tweets.
Stop dissing other artists in this thread. This is a positive whitney thread and trust no true whitney fan is insecure of her talents or legacy and all of those other singers look up to her. Tiffany Evans tweeted last week that Whitney was her inspiration and did Jesse J.
People’s excitement due to her appearance could’ve clouded their judgement on the sound of her voice…..I’ll wait until I hear it for myself .
I seriously don´t understandf why so many people try to bring down other legends to defend their favourite. Really? People has always to talk s*** about Mariah or Whitney?I´m a fan of both and everybody should be. They are absolutely different so there is no possible comparision except they are both untouchable. Just try to bring down Rihanna, Keri, Ciara, Keshia (or whatever her name is), etc, or hell even Beyonce, but seriously Whitney or Mariah?…NO
@ Carol, Preach! I love it when stans for the legends represents the confident and security that our lady stands for and effortlessly exude. She is an inspiration and gift to the world. I’ve never heard a voice like hers and I’m certain I never will. Her talent can not be matched and I am so glad that she continuing to better herself, for she is truly blessed.
*I menat confidence…
well MR MISTER I can tell you that it was a free taping and fans/singers of gospel music don’t play and are very, very critical when it comes to voices. they don’t play and can be a touch crowd. not one bad tweet and i don’t think everyone there were whitney fans in fact i know they werent so i’ll take it that they both sounded well.
PUNCH Whit!!!
and PUNCH Kellz for getting that royalty money!!!
THE VOICE and she looks freaking great, you can NEVER count Whitney out
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO @ all da stans
talking about a (fycked) voice when all we gotz is PICTURES!!!!!
I KANT!!!!
CRACKney HAS LOST HER VOICE. she KANT sing anymore. She only TALK SINGS because her voice is GONE. BURRIED. DONE.
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Support Ms Kelly THE QUEEN of DANCERNB
Commander Biggest SONG of 2010.
#1 Dance song of the dedade
Kan yur faves do it? Didn think so!
KELENDRIA ROWLAND
IS A HATER LMAO!!!!!!
WHitney looks great. Can’t wait to hear her in January. 🙂 THE VOICE!
I’ll be the judge of that when I see the show in January. On another note, she packed on a few pounds.
Thank you Miss Whitney for making this world a better place…. LEGEND.
I was in attendance Saturday night a the COG, and what a magical night it was. I like to say that Ms Houston’s voice was in very good condition that night. Her falsetto and runs were just ridiculous. I never thought I hear Whitney sound like that again and that’s for sure. She totally vocally trumped her recording of this song.
You guys will see it when it airs.
I also like to add, I don’t think I remember seeing anyone recording anything, people were literally shocked at what they were hearing. A young lady that was three people down from me said she never felt so anointed by a voice like that before. I could hear other people yelling out “twow her voice sounds good”. You just had to be there to see it. When that stage opened up and Whitney appeared, people’s reaction was as if Jesus walked on the stage, it was pure pandemonium. I have attended many concers and gospel fests in my days, and I had never seen a crowd of people get so excited over another artists other than a MJ concert I attended back in the early 90s.
Whitney doesn’t sing. She “talk-sings, and let the audience do most of the singing for her.
Her voice is shot, and she can no longer sing anymore.
@ Kelendria Rowland…Girl “you aínt s***” and neither is your fav LOL…#GirlBYE
@ Nihcole …it must be such a travesty when Whtney looks and sounds glorious don’t it? HA! Your opinion #EPICFAIL
Whitney LOST HER VOICE.
Whitney talks because she KANT SING anymore. she only talkz! LOLZ
She lost it to CRACK.
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Support Ms Kelly THE QUEEN of DANCERNB
Commander Biggest SONG of 2010.
#1 Dance song of the dedade
Kan yur faves do it? Didn think so!
@Nichole, the only thing that is shot is your raggedy porch and your Estelle looks. H** Whitney could buy you. According to people that were there, Whitney was in good vocal condition and no talk-singing.
Spite the positive feedback from critics that were there, you are still pressed, sound like a section 8 hata. Big lip Gorilla
@ Nihcole…I suggest you remain faceless…you look a hotmess sitting waiting in the welfare line lol.
@Kelendria Rowland, sit down h**. My diva already dismantled yours. Kelly is a consistent artist, she is consistent in flopping that is. You and that ballhead has-been can go suck d*cks for cheeseburgers
@ Kelendria Rowland girl why do you bother? LOL…you are the only Kelly stan STOP begging for support for your Queen ROTFLMAO…To be loved by many, respected and honoroed immensely…Kelly will never know lol I take that is where all this hate and animosity for Whitney generates from. Girl #STAY PRESSED
@Nichole
You’re ugly and poor. Remain pressed.
Kelly is RESPECTED. Shez unanimously known as THE QUEEN of 2 genres merged togezer: DANCERNB. so stay pressed while CRACKney powders her nose! LMFAO
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Support Ms Kelly THE QUEEN of DANCERNB
Commander Biggest SONG of 2010.
#1 Dance song of the dedade
Kan yur faves do it? Didn think so!
@ kelendria rowland…Kelly is Respected …by her ONLY biggest fan LOL…#I CAN’T!!!!!! Do you seriously think Kelly Queens Dance R & B? Where have you been the last eight years? Beyonce has trumped her ass mercilessly & Dance R& B is only a fragment of it…opinion #FAIL. Whitney’s pinkie toenail would sell more than Kelly’s 50 albums bought ROTFLMAO
BET GOSPEL CELEBRATION…you all heard that? a celebration of life..Whitney SANG she along with all the gifted artist were a part of a production that lifts one spirit and brings us closer to our creator..at what point is this a sounding board for inspection, comparison and judgement. Ms Houston simply displayed the “GOD” in her…and she delivered along with a slew of artist. I am gratefull for your comments all the good ones and the ones from those who lack respect…Please God I pray that we all find a place of peace and LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY as GOD loves us all..Be grateful that you are hear to appreciate..Hating has no place in the house of LOVE…learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all ..and in that greatness you CHOOSE not to hate..APPRECIATE ALL THINGS!!!
damnnn i cant wait to see this performance
^ME TOO!
I am 16 years old and I love Whitney! From Brasil!!
January 30th?
That is so far away.
I can’t wait.
I hope Whitney proves to all these haters that she can still sing, because she can she just needs to work on her stamina.
The Voice. No one else.
Great to hear and see the greatest love of All. Go Whitney, wishing you LOVE!
LMAO @ All of the shade, and hateration being thrown my way. Yet these ass-clowns don’t even have any avatars of their own. Let me see how you jack-asses look, before you go shading my looks. I guarantee you all 3 of you idiots look like fvvkin humpty dumpty on crack.
Truth hurts, I know! LMAO!
That’s my queen!! Queen Voice of them all. Hey Sam. post the new LAX airport pics
whitney will always b da best call me joe 995 5632
THOSE PICTURES LOOK LIKE JESUS HIMSELF CAME TO THE ROCK!!!!!!!
WHITNEY ‘WAS’, ‘HAS’ AND ‘ALWAYS WILL BE – THE VOICE!!!!!!! KIM BURREL IS MAGNIFICENT ALSO!!!!!!!
THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE IS: “B.E.T, WHY JANUARY 30TH” – ITS IN 2011!!!!!!! Still, whatever the date, I cant wait to see whats in store with Whitnet ‘Mind-blowing’ vocals
damn the only black “Elder” that’s on dis earth..wow i cant wait to c the performance..
@ Nihcole …Girl STOP!!! A creature from the Planet hideous like yourself should not speak of people lookling like humpty dumpty on crack…please if you love and respect yourself delete your avatar as this world does not need any more suffering LMAO
“I seriously don´t understandf why so many people try to bring down other legends to defend their favourite. Really? People has always to talk s*** about Mariah or Whitney?I´m a fan of both and everybody should be. They are absolutely different so there is no possible comparision except they are both untouchable. Just try to bring down Rihanna, Keri, Ciara, Keshia (or whatever her name is), etc, or hell even Beyonce, but seriously Whitney or Mariah?…NO”
THANK YOU.
Like it’s seriously sad.
@Nichole @Kelendria Rowland but Jazlene and Beyonce fan is doing a agreat job! #Gurl Bye!!!
YESSSSSSS!!!!! I love Whitney soooooooooo much & this song is soo f****** amazing!!! Cant wait to see the performance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Such a treat and gift so see Whitney houston on this celebration of gospel. Going back to her roots and just nailing it. The voice is still there ya’ll. (praise him….. *with my hand waving in the air)
Can’t wait to see the video. To all the haters. Please if you can’t say something positive or uplifting, you shouldn’t speak. How would you like people that knew nothing about you besides what the media reports, making assumptions and putting you down. I personally know Nip and she’s a warm loving person that has feelings just like everyone else.
Bring on January 30th!!!!!! and Keladria or whatever the hell her ghetto name is, No one is Checkin for KELLY OK? Matthew Knowles mad sure of that lol