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The lighting tree performance (40,104) by Manny from U.S. You can watch Mariah's performance below or on thenationaltree.org. You go to the tab that says "watch live". The high part did sound like she has vocal damage. I hope she does take care of herself and voice. The ability to hit the whistle notes came from getting those nodules. In essence she changed her anatomy to change the physiology of the cords. Her cords are sensitive and anything can affect it. It's a double edge sword. She acquired the angelic range but has the nodules. I would advise fans to look up more info on nodules. There are interesting videos of them on YouTube. (Sunday 8 December 2013; 4:37)

National Christmas tree lighting performance (40,103) by CHAZ from USA I too was thinking, "It can't be that bad." Then I watched it, and my heart sank. I still love my MC though! Goes to show how her voice is not an unstoppable machine. Maybe the surgery of the nodules is her resolution. Team Mariah for life! (Sunday 8 December 2013; 2:14)

If I'm being honest (40,102) by Joe from United Kingdom I actually prefered her Rockefeller Christmas performances from last year. Dubbed or not, her voice sounded alot fuller IMO. Now onto the tree lighting ceremony. I read the comments here first, thinking well it can't be that bad, untill I actually watched it. I know she has bad vocal moments, but this was something else. When she went to sing the high note, you and I just felt sad for her. I don't really need to go on explaining what might have been or is wrong with her voice now or in this performance, but I hope better performances are going to come. Mariah's voice is unpredictable when it comes to vocals. Very up and down. I think the only way is up from here to be honest. Hopefully. (Sunday 8 December 2013; 1:41)

At this point / tour (40,101) by Edward from USA I don't even know how Mariah could carry a full concert with all these inconsistent performances. It is like her voice continues to deteriorate even further. At this point the whistle register doesn't cut it on its own anymore. I can't imagine her singing a full concert without lots of lipping to the tough parts. Eversince #Beautiful came out things have been very rocky performance wise. As for IDJ is concerned, saddly Mariah is not bringing the money as Justing and Rihanna are bringing it. (Sunday 8 December 2013; 0:39)

Licia, Jeremy, Mariah's voice (40,100) by Terna from Nigeria It's [...] Licia and yes I was reffering to the Rockerfeller performance. To me those performances are also strained. I didn't even bother with the tree lighting performance after watching the former. Jeremy, you have a point. It could've also been as a result of the cold in the case of the later, but then again there's the bubbly issue. I wish she would just give up the alchohol altogether. It's wrecked her voice, especially the tone, quality and ease of singing. Mariah has too many yes people around her who are to scared to tell her: Hey Mariah slow down on the bubbly or better yet put it away. Even Nick Cannon apparently. Sorry guys, it may seem like I'm venting, but it's because I care. I'm [...] worried and not only about her voice, but her health too. (Sunday 8 December 2013; 0:16)

The truth hurts (40,099) by Tony from Ireland I dont know why some lambs are trying to explain the lightning tree performance so badly. It's not that we don't show love or support to Mariah, but being a lamb doesn't mean to excuse everything. I show love and respect to MC everyday, I'm buying all her music no matter what, but this performance as I did call it yesterday was horrible. It seems that she was expecting the playback to be on top of her voice or something, but it doesn't matter anymore. I mean, I love her and I do love everything about her, so I'm not gonna change my mind about what MC means to me. I thought it would be nice to have this kind of debate here with other lambs. (Sunday 8 December 2013; 0:07)

What? (40,098) by nikki from usa What does Sony ATV Publishing has to do with Mariah's performance? I'm mad I didn't get to see it. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 23:45)

Her beautiful spirit (40,096) by Brad from USA Hi lambs. So yes, yesterday's performance in DC was pretty rock bottom. She basically stopped singing at one point, she was so hoarse, and all she could do was greet Santa on stage. I am so heartbroken for her. I just wanted to say that clearly she is aware of this and seems to still wish to soldier on and be part of a national event at her favorite time of year. That reflects her beautiful spirit as a person which is never lauded by the media or her critics. Underneath it all, look at her love of her own family, her mother, her father, and her country. She has a beautiful spirit that should be applauded and, frankly, emulated. Be well. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 22:41)

Tree lighting performance (40,095) by Jimbo from UK Some of the comments on here are very harsh. I haven't seen the performance. I cannot find it on the web. Could someone please send me a link? I'm not one of those fans who thinks that Mariah is immune from criticism, but if she's visibly upset about her performance (as some of you reported) then we should be supportive rather than damning. How many have you had bad days at work? She's a human. Show some love. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 21:40)

Video of DC performance? (40,094) by Quaid Long from USA Does anyone know where I can watch the National Christmas tree performance that everyone says was so awful? Thanks. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 20:31)

National tree lighting (40,093) by Deedre aka MiTodoChop @HBF from Canada She couldn't breathe for some reason, and the tempo seemed off to me as well. She mentions in this video (at the end) her disdain for this performance. I could feel it. I got to respect that. I can't win them all. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 18:23)

Terna (40,092) by Licia from USA Disregard my last statement to you. I misread. I thought you were getting last night's performance mixed up with the Rockerfeller one that aired on Wednesday. I didn't realize until after I sent the message that you were just talking about the Rockerfeller performance. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 16:54)

The national tree lighting performance (40,091) by Jeremey Carey from United States In my opinion Mariah did exceptional until the headvoice notes of the "yous". When I first watched I was thinking "oh they must of dubbed it" because I had read so many bad comments, but she sounded decent up until the high notes. We need to take the fact that it was cold into consideration, not to mention she probably didn't rest properly or long enough. She probably celebrated after the Rockefeller performance with alcohol, and we know what that does to her voice. Is anyone even paying attention to how her hair was done like the Merry Christmas II you album cover and she looks skinny and gorgeous. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 16:06)

Terna (40,090) by Licia from USA The tree lighting ceremony and the Rockerfeller performances are two different performances. She did excellent on the Rocker feller performances with both songs, but the tree lighting ceremony where she did one song, she did not do well. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 15:45)

The voice (40,089) by Randy from USA I've been saying it since late 97. Something happened to the voice and when there is no magic fix it around we get the real current state of the voice. What baffles me is that anybody is surprised. I love MC. I think she is the most underrated lyricist of our time. I think she puts an album together unlike anyone we have ever known. But what she is known for is vocals. Young singers defer to her when asked about influences. She has been voted best vocalist of our time on so many lists and yet we are jittery before every live performance. I'm not beating her up and yes I want her to sing live and not lip sync. She gets mad props from me going out like a soldier. But can she please address what's been up for 16 years. If it's nodules, say that. If you damaged your voice during the Daydream tour, say it. If it's stage fright, say it. I don't worry about MC on wax because that will always be impeccable. There are technological band-aids there. But when a "live" performance is coming up, I find myself having to take a tranquilizer. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 15:17)

Tree lighting performance (40,088) by Jamie from UK Most of the performance wasn't that bad IMO, not for Mariah in 2013. It just occurred to me that her voice could still be deteriorating further, who knows what will be left in 2023 and beyond? So good for her being brave enough to sing her old songs despite her vocal issues. Hopefully her performance with Michael Buble went better. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 14:24)

It's not a big deal (40,087) by Carol from Spain I think Mariah already made enough amazing peformances in her life, so I believe fans can forgive her one less successful one. Why are some pages bitching all around? She got off on a rough start, but everyone sang off key that night and even Aretha playbacked. So what's the big deal? Calm down lambs. I actually didn't think it was so horrible and I even laughed through the end of the song because I wasn't expecting her to lose it. But it's ok, better luck next time. Some people have a short memory. Mariah is such a perfectionist, I think she felt way worse then we did. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 12:48)

Tree lighting ceremony (40,086) by David from Australia She looked really upset and based of her comment she knew she didn't perform as well as she could. I hope she doesn't go too hard on herself though. She's an amazing live performer, even to this day. Just look at the Rockefeller Center performances or Jimmy Fallon. Better than many so called "artists" these days. Every artist has their bad days. I hope this doesn't make her feel the need to lip sing more frequently, because the beauty of this performance was that she sang live and she tried. It was real. Honestly, I'd rather hear her sing live than lip sing to a song, even if she doesn't always nail it. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 11:42)

Rockefeller tree lighting performance (40,085) by Terna from Nigeria I'm so upset right now. Are we listening to the same performance here? Mariah really struggles on both songs she performed. She sounded arid, really hoarse and just all over the place and latetly it seems switching into the high notes is kinda a saver of a totally horrendous performance which is what this was. If this is the way she's sounding now makes me wonder what kinda vocals are gonna be on the album. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 11:30)

Tree lighting performance (40,084) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom That tree lighting performance was horrible. She was chasing the right key the whole song. Just awful. I don't understand how she can go from Rockefeller to this in a matter of days. It's probably one of the worst performances I've ever heard from Mariah vocally. I respect that she didn't lip it though. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 11:29)

One Direction duet? (40,083) by Ian Lim from Malaysia Mariah did with Boyz II Men in 1995, 98 Degrees in 1999, and Westlife in 2000, but now is 2013 and I wish she will do a duet with a boyband again, like One Direction perhaps as they are phenomena now whether in UK, US, or Asia. Perhaps Mariah can get another number 1 hit, just a thought lol. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 7:20)

National tree lighting performance and Today Show (40,082) by Brad from USA Hi lambs. Unfortunately, this performance was nothing short of awful. She started off sort of ok and it got squeaky and hoarse from there on. At the end it was just terrible. Something is seriously wrong with her chords. I hope it is something she can address in a safe, not too risky way. So sad to hear. She is to appear next week on the Today show with Hoda and Kathie Lee. We will see. Be well. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 5:46)

The tree lighting performance (40,081) by Licia from USA It honestly was not the best. The worst part was the end. I'm not going go be too hard her because I feel bad for her because she tried to sing live and she looked really upset because she couldn't hit those notes. She also made a comment about it. I appreciate that she didn't lipsync, but it's times like these where I wouldn't mind the half lipping and half singing. I'm sure she redid it though. (Saturday 7 December 2013; 5:19)

This performance (40,080) by Tony from Ireland Ok. I'm a massive fan of MC, I do love everything about it, and as most of you, I do realize that she is very often stressed when she has to sing live. But this last performance of AIWFCIY was a disaster. I mean, has somebody listened to it? Something similar was happening when she performed HATEU and after when Oprah invited her to sing IWKWLI on her summer concerts' bus. Now I really don't know what to think. Did anybody realised this too? (Saturday 7 December 2013; 2:23)

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