Christina Aguilera will try to shake off her disastrous Super Bowl performance with a tribute to Aretha Franklin at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards. Sources close to the singer tell me she’s still shaken up by her “Star-Mangled Banner” moment and prays this performance will offer her a chance at redemption with fans.
“This is a huge night for Christina so she’s leaving nothing to chance,” an insider tells me. “All the lyrics to her number will be in a TelePrompter at the event so it will be almost impossible for her to mess up again.”
Since her Super Bowl performance, Christina has come under fire from critics suggesting she has been spiraling out of control since she announced her divorce, and there were even some vicious reports that she might have had a few too many drinks before the big game. (Others still have suggested Xtina has been out of sorts since her last studio album, ‘Bionic,’ failed to sell.)
But as one of her biggest hits makes perfectly clear, Christina is a true “fighter” and will no doubt rebound from this setback.
“You would be a fool to count Christina out,” a friend of the singer’s tells me. “She has been down before and always found her way back. Sure, she’s going through a lot and yes she is terrified, but mark my words, on Sunday when she opens the Grammys, no one will be talking about the Super Bowl anymore. This girl is in the to win it.”
Ronn D. Torossian, president & CEO of 5W Public Relations, agrees, telling me, “Christina will recover, this was a mistake, not blatant disrespect. While this was a very high profile flub, in the annals of her career this will be seen as a footnote and not as the headline. This too shall pass, and she will absolutely recover.”
Source: Popeater
After all, everyone is rooting for her. Jared Shapiro, executive editor of Life & Style, says, “‘Burlesque,’ the Super Bowl and Grammys — if this is a down year, I can’t wait to see her comeback!”
omg!!!! What the heck is wrong with the world!!! Blowing up little things like an anthem compared to many worldly issues out there!!! Xtina’s friend is right. Xtina has been through hard times before so this is NOTHING NEW for her..man! Will people ever fully know christina yet????? no! Only the true fans and her friends will. And FYI xtina moved passed bionic with NO REGRETS i highly doubt is was cause of bionic. They can call it a failure all they want but xtin’as managment stopped releasing singles. So sad they have to say bionic failed when really, HER MANAGMENT failed! But i do agree with the drinking thing and the divorce….that could have affected her nerves…but this is like the first time xtina has messed up anthem lyrics so people need to chill the heck out!!! I’ve already put this behind me and xtina hasn’t even performed at the grammys yet, lol. Calling her performance “disatrous” what a pity! The only messed up thing was the lyrics. whatever…..xtina is the queen of hard comebacks…once she gets smashed…she comes back hard that’s why stripped was so good! I’m really looking forward to xtina’s comeback! She only gets stronger from tough times.