Christina Aguilera and Whitney Houston Hologram USA leaked from HowardJonas on Vimeo.
The American version of The Voice was planning a very special duet for its finale on Monday (May 23). It emerged yesterday that a hologram of Whitney Houston would be performing alongside Christina Aguilera, and later a clip of the performance was leaked online. As soon as it was out, the family reacted by pulling the clip from the show’s finale, appearing to criticise the hologram of Whitney for its appearance. Sources told TMZ it just “didn’t look like Whitney.”
Pat Houston, the executor of Whitney’s estate and her sister-in-law, made the following formal statement: “We are so appreciative of the opportunity for the Whitney Houston hologram to appear on NBC’s The Voice with a talent pairing as extraordinary as Christina Aguilera and Whitney Houston. We were looking to deliver a ground-breaking duet performance for the fans of both artists. Holograms are new technology that take time to perfect, and we believe with artists of this iconic caliber, it must be perfect. Whitney’s legacy and her devoted fans deserve perfection. After closely viewing the performance, we decided the hologram was not ready to air. We have much respect and appreciation for Christina, and she was absolutely flawless.”
Christina is, admittedly, on pretty good form, and the performance is spot-on note wise, but fans still were still mad about how Whitney looks:
https://twitter.com/ThatJacksonGal_/status/733460459219603456
The tribute was not cancelled cos it leaked ya'll, but because Whitney didnt look like Whitney at all. Xtina was awesome tho
— Mark (@bionic_mark) May 20, 2016
#Whitney's family is right, the hologram didn't look like her! It's the hologram designers I want to kill! They ruined everything! ?? @Xtina
— Cristina (@XtinaFighter_1) May 20, 2016
Why does the Whitney Houston hologram look like Hoopz in a wig? WHY? pic.twitter.com/k8NkNLXzgl
— Denver (@_JustDenver) May 19, 2016
HD screenshots. I don't know her. pic.twitter.com/LadJdFXYYk
— ? яуѕтαℓ (@analchanteuse) May 19, 2016
Well. There’s always next year.