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And then the guys compounded their problems. Taylor started mumbling, like he wanted to blame the other singers but knew that he shouldn’t. Velez threw the other singers under the bus, saying that he’d learned his parts and tried to cover for them. Arbos looked like he was about to collapse from sheer embarrassment.
And, of course, the women nailed their group performances Harrison and Arthur with a twangy take on Madonna’s Like a Prayer and Miller, Holcomb and Glover doing their best Supremes impersonation with I’m Gonna Make You Love Me.
After the performance, a furious Nicki Minaj lit into the trio: « I don’t know what that was, but I’m going to act like I didn’t even see it or hear it! » She ordered them off the stage.
Kree Harrison, Don’t Play That SongDevin Velez, Tracks of My TearsJanelle Arthur, You Keep Me Hangin’ OnCandice Glover, Heard It Through the GrapevineAmber Holcomb, LatelyBurnell Taylor, My Cherie AmourLazaro Arbos, For Once in My LifeAngie Miller, Shop Around
The night had gone fine to that point. Smokey Robinson gave everybody great advice, elevating not only Velez’s performance but Janelle Arthur’s too, as she did a simmering, intense rendition of the Supremes’ You Keep Me Hangin’ On that, as Keith Urban noted, brought out the angst in the lyrics. Candice Glover took a bluesy romp on Heard It Through the Grapevine. And, at the end, Kree Harrison brought a version of Aretha Franklin’s Don’t Play That Song that impressed Robinson so much, he said he had called the Queen of Soul to make sure she watched.