VIDEO: @IAMJHUD and @ArianaGrande with the full cast singing “Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)” on #HairsprayLive pic.twitter.com/KjOzOvYBxX
— Ariana Grande Update (@DailyArianaNews) December 8, 2016
So good! Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande joined forces for a duet at the end of Hairspray Live! on Wednesday, December 7, and it had fans melting down on Twitter. Watch it in the video above!
Hudson, who played Motormouth Maybelle, and Grande, who was Penny Pingleton, joined forces to sing “Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)” in the live musical’s encore, and it was one of the highlights of the show.
“2 of my fave singers in one song!!! Great ending!!!” one fan tweeted.
“Two powerful vocalists of this generation blessing the world with their holy performance,” another wrote.
“The best Christmas gift I could have asked for is an Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson duet. Thank you, #HairsprayLive,” another commented.
“Whoever’s idea it was to do a duet with Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande at the end of this needs a raise,” suggested another viewer.
Others found it hard to regain their composure after Hudson’s showstopping, emotional performance of “I Know Where I’ve Been” earlier in the live TV version of the hit Broadway musical.
The song, about the struggle for racial equality in the U.S., was previously sung by Queen Latifah in the 2007 film version. (Watch J. Hud’s version in our video recap above.)
“That, my friends, was one of the best live musical performances EVER seen on television,” one fan declared, adding that it topped Hudson’s Dreamgirls rendition of “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going.”
Another tweeted, “I can’t believe what my human ears just heard.”
“That was not acting,” another viewer commented. “Those were real tears. That was real emotion. That was the echoing of all our hearts.”
Hairspray Live!, NBC’s latest live musical event, also starred Broadway icon Harvey Fierstein, newcomer Maddie Baillio, Martin Short, Kristin Chenoweth and Derek Hough. Read Us Weekly‘s recap here.
