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The Tsunami Showdown

Legend: [-] - Off key, [+] - On key In order of approximate appearance: Madonna [---] - horrible, just horrible. Some news network the next day commented: "...not sure, if John Lennon would agree with this version..." (imagine singing "Imagine" in like three different keys in a rapid succession...) Maroon5 [-] - alternative. Very. Mary J. Blidge [-] - she should apologize to Stevie for murdering his song... Bryan Williams (Beach Boys) [-] - profoundly pathetic... Norah Jones [+] - such a sweet hart, always... Gloria Estefan [+] - consistently perfect. Can't hold, not gonna. Still good. Elton John [+++] - fabulous, just fabulous. Incredible performance. Sara McLaughlin [+] Josh Groban [+] - a bit shaky, when he speaks, belting is perfect Stevie Wonder & India.Arie [+/+] - oh, look, I can sing two octaves lower, than him :) John Mayer [+?] - since he has no detectable voice, it's very hard to say if he was on or off :) Plus for the effort. And he can play