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  • "I'm keeping her AHAHAHA! *elphie giggle*

  • she is so white. lol

  • This wasn't her best but it's not like she can be perfect every nite! Broadway isn't easy it takes a lot so you gotta cut her some slack besides that there are lots of betters performances that she has done and this isn't an easy role from the start besides it's such an honor to see her live anyways that no one really has the right to trash her remember H8ers her fanzels will always stick up for her!

  • I agree this song may not be the best for Idina, but I completley disagree with the fact that people are coming and WATCHING this video just to trash her. She might not have succeeded in this role but look at all her other ones. Maureen, Elpheba, and Kate were all BRILIANT! So just shut up and go comment somewhere else!

  • Dee is sooooo beautiful

  • shes on glee now!!!

  • This seriously should have been filmed professionally. Idina's performance is too great to not be documented.

  • She's perfect! :)

  • Love how she looks, and love her lower range. Her upper "belt" is just not there though. She yells and comes out flat almost every time.

  • this song is soooo catchy, and i love idina!!!!! thanks for posting this!

  • I'm sorry but I did NOT like Idina in this role. She sounds like she's trying to belt while singing through her nose!

  • @ 4:00 it is just epic...

  • does anyone have the full taylor dayne or mandy gonzales version of this song???

  • I think Idina is amazing at everything she does =) . and heres a thought if you dont like Idina dont watch her videos. I dont like some singers but i dont go trashing their videos!

  • i love sherrie, but based on this performance, idina could totally kick her ass.

  • @iceprincess275 First off you're an idiot. And second why don't you go on whatever the hell her name is and tell her that. None of Idina's fans care for your opinion. Although youtube is a place to share what you are thinking that doesn't mean it's okay to trash a broadway LEGEND that you will never be! THE END!

  • THIS IS A GREAT PERFORMANCE!

  • I LOVE LOVE LOVE Idina, but this was not her best work, i agree with that. But not every performance is going to b fierce as hell. every1 has great performances, and okay ones...and even bad ones :-/

  • ...I like BOTH Sherie and Idina in this role.

    ...is that okay? :)

  • huh? i guess idina was first in aida and than in wicked and i think her name was after wicked "huge"!

  • Actually, she originated the role of Maureen in RENT and got nominated for a Tony in 1996. Then she originated Kate in The Wild Party off-broadway,. then Aida, Then Wicked. So, she has always been a well-knowned name in the New York theatre community.

  • its ok, the only real vocal thing i didn't like is when she tried those rifts. i haven't been able to find an amneris that i like 100%. i personally have never liked sherie's voice on anythnig

  • I LOVE Idina but I like SRS better in this role and Idina feels like she's marking in this video

  • this is amazing. the best vocal performance by idina on this song

  • this is the absolute worst version ever. she can't sing this high or this song worth SHIT

  • Idina fans get your heads out of your asses and accept the truth!

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  • Dear elphabarocks-

    This is Idina PRE-WICKED, so I'm really not sure how you could have a wicked "flash-back".

    I really wish there was a SRS version on Youtube, she is absolutely phenominal,there used to be one, and it was what I watched day and night.

  • She's incredible here. I love her loveable cockiness, very cleverly done. She seemed pretty pants in Every Story but as I said I'm sure it was just an off day for her. She does the role brilliantly here, I mean she was Maureen for god sake. Of course she can play the role of a selfish spoilt princess like Amnersi perfectly. Well done Idina.

  • was i the only one who had a wicked flash back at 5:52

  • What date was this?

  • Is this is her last show as Amneris??

  • Nope basically when people have their last show they do it strong.

    I'm not saying Idina is not strong cause she is. I love this version cause it is strong yet sweet. I love the way she says "few who are invented"

  • I think both Sherie and Idina are Amazing :'D

  • Idina is really good but not as good as Sherie!

  • Sherie...Wasn't she Idina's understudy in RENT???

    I rest my case...

  • I'm pretty sure

  • Sherie was Idina's first replacement in RENT. The Idina was Sherie's first replacement in Aida.. I still like Sherie more.

  • Hmm...Heard the soundtrack to Aida and wasn't hugely impressed. She's got a lovely voice, it's just...not as original.

    Still, I'm always up for changing my mind, is there any other recording Sherie has done for Broadway?

    You wanna hear CRAZY Idina vox - check out "See What I Wanna See"

  • Don't hate me, but I can't stand Idina's voice... I don't know what it is but it I'm not impressed at all.

    You want amazing Sherie... listen to "Poor Unfortunate Souls" from The Little Mermaid.

  • Lmao, Idina belts an A here. Scott can't even belt a D. I dont wanna hear it. Idina outsings Scott in this a hundred fold. Listen to the notes she hits in the end! Theyre genius!

  • I love how wrong Idina fans always are. Ms. Menzel doesn't get anywhere near as high as Ms. Scott and she is consistently flat throughout the entire song, plus there is a point when you can't hear her because the chorus over powers her. She cracks at 6:42 and at the end. Sherie's voice has much more substance than Idina's will ever have.

  • Cracks at the end? Hahaha, oh jesus, you "Scott fans", if there is such a thing, are so deluded. She wails a high A. Scott couldn't even dream of doing such. In fact, Sherie Renee Scott can't belt, she mixes just about everything. I'd love to hear one song where Sherie belts higher than Idina. Besides, if you wanna get technical here, Amneris was Egyptian, and let me just tell you, there aren't any blonde Egyptians. Just saying...

  • Wails... I love how funny that word is. Look, we're never going to agree on this and I'd rather not fight like children, so lets drop it.

    And if you want to get extremely technical, there were no white Egyptians either.

  • that's to be debated. she's at least jewish, from hebrew decent. that's a lott closer than a blonde hair, blue eyed aryan miss scott is. but agreed. let's just drop it.

  • As I said above... I was only joking about the hair color. But yeah, I agree, we can just drop it. I respect your opinion.

  • IM SO SICK OF U!!!! Jman383. this is Broadway!!! ofcource they are going to make the egyptians white. who cares wat color there hair is as long as there white. i love how u go around youtube thinking your so dam smart. u loose all points 4 that comment. Amneris is supose to be blonde, that adds to her Ditsy personality. and Idina cant belt so just stop saying that and pretending to be a music teacher. lol. sherie the ORIGINAL is better point blank. get over it. Idina is so flat its crazy!!!!

  • haha and i'm so sick of you. i was merely JOKING by adding the comment about hair color. Dude, seriously, who cares? Obviously what I think bugs you, so you just need to get over it. people are going to have DIFFERENT OPINIONS than your own. Neither of us are right or wrong, because its our opinions. Just shut up, and chill out. I think Idina's better. Cool, you can't disprove me. You think Sherie's better. That's great. I applaud diversity. Just get over it.

  • Woah! That was a really uncalled for response from a bit of fun.

    And your blonde comment...proves you're just as bad! WTF!? She's not ditsy so much as vain anyway...

    Not to mention Idina is known in Broadway as a 1st class belter...Hell the Tony people agree. So stop being so silly and insulting.

    ...Notice how all the Idina fans are being polite?

    LEARN something from them, and maybe they could learn to like Scott too...

  • Ok, I am so sick of how Idina fans think that everyone else sucks, just because they love Idina...I love Idina too, but I don't think she really played Amneris the best. I love her in Rent, and Wicked, but i didn't think that it was really that good in Aida...sorry...she does an ok job, but Sherie IS Amneris. And as for the technicality...Amneris has been played by mostly blondes...both Radames and Amneris are cast as blondes. But the color of hair is a rediculous argument!

  • I love Idina too. And she does have a good touch up on roles.The only thing is that I heard sherie sing this on the CD but there are no videos of her live.

    Also some people who do Idina roles are awsome ex:

    Maureen: Sherie, Eden Espinosa, Kendra Kassumbum

    Elphaba: Julia Murney, Eden Esponosa, Shosana Bean, Stephnie J. Block(kinda of)

  • Ha, I don't hate you. I merely pity that you miss out on one of the worlds greatest talents :-(

    But I'll check out that Sherie song at some point! :-D

    You should check out Idina's PBS show tommorrow! She has her own special!

  • im not saying she isnt talented!! I LOVE Idina. but I HATE her in this role. Please point out one point in the song ware she belted. she may be a belter but she didnt belt in this song at all. and "that Sherie song" that u were talking about was the original. take notes.

  • I was talking about a little mermaid song...Something methinks Idina would have nothing to do with?

    Idina does belt...but that's not all she can do...So asking me to find a"belt" isn't helping solidify your argument.

    Anyway, around 4:05 is pretty much a belt...and she gets some VERY high decibels in at the end!

  • lol. no im sorry. that was not belting ! that was screaming. And what "Very high notes" did she hit? Certanly not the ones written in the score that Sherie did. Now thats a belter.

  • Sherie doesn't belt once on the AIDA soundtrack...I sort of get personal preferences and shiz, but belting? Idina is famous FOR her belt, people write songs based on her ability to outbelt everyone else...Sherie doesn't belt, she sings nicely, but there is no belting in that womans blood!

  • i am soooo not goen there again over this belting issue. the point is Idina sounds horrible and Sherie sounds great. i dont care who "belted" wat. Sherie has a broader range and better voice control and is a Better Amneris than Idina could ever be

  • Listen to climbing uphill from the last five years if you think there is absolutely no belting in Sherie;s blood.

  • aint nobody can top sherie:)

  • she doesn't belt in that either. it's all mix.

  • you really couldnt find a point where she was belting?? really??

  • nope. i can find ware she screems and goes terribly flat. lol. but if u would like to give me a time ware i shoold listen for it i would love to.

  • 4 05 to 4 15.

  • LMAO!!!!! seriously though?!?!?! thats wat u call belting? lol. ok. that was SCREAMING!!!!!! not belting. and that sounded absoulutely horrid!!!

  • screaming? ha. idina doesn't scream. if she did, she wouldn't have been in the show. duh.

  • Got to LOVE Idina!!!

  • lol.....were we watching the same video?

  • this is the best one one i found on youtube. thanks so much! idina sings it perfectly this one!

  • I love Sherrie as Amneris, but, I have to say, Idina ROCKS!! She seems so comfortable in this role, especially in this song. Sounds like they had a great audience too, which always helps!

  • I love Sheri, But I really see Idina as this role. But both are amazing!

  • I will always prefer Idina

  • she rocked it!

  • I love Idina!!!:)

  • i disagree about sheries best role being amneris because i dont like sherie at all. i think idina did sooo much better.

  • hell yea i so agree!

  • I would dissagree. I personally thing that Sherie's best role to date was in The Last Five Years. It showed off not only her voice, but really showed how strong of an actress she is. I believe that she is one of the most under-rated actresses.

  • i love her acting all girly, haha

  • so do i

  • Haha loveee her in that hat! She looks AWESOME. (Sorry for the 3rd comment in a row) But i kept noticing things as i went on.

  • Looove the Riff she does when she says "my strongest suit" this first time. LOVE IT! I hihgly disagree with the comment a few below me, she does amazingly :) Shes perfect for this role!

  • Idina rocksss :) She so talented!

  • This song soooooooooooooooooo ROCKS!!! Gotaa love the fact that this musical number is a Part of the show. Idina rules this song. :):):):):) I would love to see this done as a charity event with hot models showing "off their finest", maybe at the next AIDS fundraiser thrown by Sir Elton John.

  • i think she is awsome. i totally disagree. she is only off key for part of 1 note in the whole song and everyone gets off key once in a while. IDINA ROX!!!

  • I still didn't like her in this role, SORRY!

  • every1 can have their own opinion. nothing to be sorry about. I love idina in any role... some people just dont like her that much. only in specific roles

  • me 2 i love her in like everything

  • I love her wig, that hairstyle really suits her.

  • I love Idina...

    but Sherie Renee Scott does this sooo much better.

    Singing and Acting.

  • i love sherie but i prefer idinas voice tone in this role

  • finally someone who feels the same! but i don't like idinas riff...

  • she is one FIERCE bitch!

    and by bitch i mean beatiful, incredibly talented, carefree hero

    i couldnt think of a c or an h lol!

  • chic heroine-of-broadway?

  • she is amazing

  • is she still in aida?

    idina menzel is my favorite actress and singer and omg i wanna be JUST like her. shes amazing. and i love her. :]

  • um. aida closed like a loooooong time ago. and she left to go do wicked remember? that elphaba chick that she got the tony for. hahaha [i was joking but not about the aida part]

  • Is there seriously anything Idina can't do? <33333's

  • Idina can't suck. and i don't mean sexually. haha.

  • Man, if I could sing like that...

  • I had a jazz dance to this song, too!

    It was the best dance I've ever performed. :D

  • OMG!! Idina is soo good and awesome in this video! Big transformations in all her musicals. i hear her cd is coming out soon! where'd you get this video from? it's sooo awesome! *so forget the inner meee!... for my dress has always been... MY strongest suit!*

  • i take it back she's amazing i love idina

  • hmm, she's really flat at her riffing part before the fashion show, she should've left that part out

  • yeah, but she sure made up for it by belting those G's and A's!!!! come on now, WHO else can just do that?!

  • Why does it matter? She's still a great singer! Why does it matter if she messedup or didn't sound good once?

  • I just realized that almost every role, except Elphaba, Idina uses her sexuality. (And she had the right to do so)It is really gret how she can transform herself.

  • Here is where Elphaba REALLY gets Galindafied!

  • lol

  • haha i know!

  • I actually prefer Idina's vocals to the original actress. I have the OBC soundtrack version and I just love the way Idina's voice goes with this!

  • oh get over yourself

  • Not only does her voice rocks this song, she looks amazing!

  • i can imagine it now in rehearsals....

    "Idina, you'll be wearing this hat."

    "what the hell?!?!"

    idina is so amazingly talented. :D

  • LOL yes!!!

  • ahhh...i love idina

  • idina is my HERO! she kicks ass in this song

  • I danced and sang to this song (the soundtrack) at a performing arts school in june and I fell in love with this song. Then when I found out that Idina, who is my idol and the most amazing person EVER!!!, was in this for a short time I got so excited. I really want to see this show.

  • this is one of her best vocals!!!! :D

    xxx shes amazin!

  • somehow she always winds up wearing a pointy hat.

  • I lucked out & saw AIDA w/ Idina after she took over for Sherie Rene' Scott. This scene tickled me stupid!! Loved it. The fashion show was Elton John's idea & the directors were going to cut it to shorten the running time. Miss Elton ( fashion junkie that he IS ) replied ' Oh no, it stays"..

  • the hat she's wearing near the end scares me....

    BUT I STILL LOVE IDINA!!!!!

  • I had a great seat for this show & saw that the hat has a big cat on the brim, like the one in the Metropolitan Museums permanent Egyptian collection. Cats were worshiped in Egypt ( the goddess Bast has a feline head ) & the iconic image of the cat could be a nod to the almighty 'pussy' !!

  • I wish someone would put this audio, with the video uploaded by lefthandgemini...that would be AMAZING! Her energy was alot higher in the other, but her singing was alot better in this one. Someone wanna do that for me? =]

  • The pleets on her dress make her nips look hard, LOL. She did great.

  • Um, can we refelct on the fact she belts an A! Holy shit Dee, where did that come from?! Check 6:39 out, it's an A!!! Wow...

  • She's brilliant....simply brilliant.

  • idina, marry me!!!

  • Tell me those are dresses that look like towels and not actual towels, please! How on earth could they dance in towels when I can barely even get mine to stay on?

    *feels own pathetic-ness*

  • The dresses were meant to look like towels. At the opening of the scene the girls are all swimming in the royal bath/spa room. The towels may be sewn onto a flesh-toned foundation garment to avoid any 'WARDROBE MANFUNCTIONS'

  • I love her! Anyone know who played Radames when Idina played Amneris? If it was Adam it would have been so cool, them being in Rent together and all!

  • It was Adam Pascal. He was the OBC lead & stayed on after Heather Headley and Sherie Rene Scott left. I saw this with Adam, Idina, & Maya Days as AIDA in Dec. 2001. Maya ALSO played Mimi in Rent & Mary Magdalene in the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. So there were 3 RENT alumni.

  • uh, thanks?

  • COOL! I didn't know that! I knew about Idina and Adam, but not about Maya!

  • he can sing as high as me and im a coloratura soprano. 0.0 hes a whistler.

  • Sothis is what it look likes backstage at an Elton John concert!!! j/k Would Of been Great If one of them had come out wering some funky Croc Sun Glasses. LOL

  • I liked "99% straight".. LOL :)

    And Idina rock my world..

    Thx for sharing this bit of heaven..

  • I love it. She sounds phenomenal. Way to go. Thanks so much for posting this!

  • i think she looked gorgeous in this show. and i love her voice for this part.

  • that whole stupid thing she does starting around 4 10 sucks soo bad shes soo off omg everything else was pretty good though

  • Actually, at 4:05 she was off, (flat), but at 4:10 she gets back in tune. Though it's not smooth and silky sounding, its classic Dee!

  • ugh, I LOVE HER

  • i LOVE this!!!!! thank you so much *subscribes*

  • I'm 99% straight but DAMN she is soooo hot!

  • i love what she does when she says My strongest suit for the first time at umm..2:10 that husky thing uhh i love it

  • I like how she adds a bit of goofiness and sweetness to the character. Honestly, maybe not the best vocally at this part. But i like her interpretation of it.

    Also, she looks so Maureen when she raised her right arm in the air before the runway show. Idina's awesome!

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