Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande Rock Festive Mini Dresses for Unexpected Performance
Mariah Carey
Queen of Christmas Mariah Carey enlisted help from her friends, Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson, to create holiday magic for fans.
On Saturday, Dec. 9, the "All I Want for Christmas Is You" singer surprised concert-goers at her Merry Christmas One And All! show at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Carey announced she had an "unexpected, yet amazing" treat for fans before calling on her "Christmas angels," Hudson and Grande, to join her onstage. The powerhouse trio then performed, "Oh Santa!" while wearing festive minidresses.
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Naturally, Carey stunned in a sparkly silver look with a coordinating necklace and bracelets. Hudson wore a glittery, long-sleeved black minidress lined with feathers on the sleeves and across the bottom of her dress. Meanwhile, Grande rocked a red, off-the-shoulder minidress with matching elbow-length gloves.
In a clip of the powerful performance shared via X (formerly Twitter), fans reacted to the trio's unexpected (but much appreciated) collaboration.
One X user commented, "Is this real life??? Someone pinch me!!"
Someone else declared, "Oh Santa needs to go to Number 1 with credit to all 3 artists!!"
Yet another person was thrilled to see Grande in her element after a bit of a hiatus following her controversial relationship with Wicked co-star Ethan Slater. They wrote, "our girl is back we’re really out the trenches arianatorssss !!!"
Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey & Jennifer Hudson performing “Oh Santa” live for the first time!
pic.twitter.com/TFbdq0FrcS— Ariana World HQ (@ArianaWorldHQ) December 10, 2023
Following the concert, Carey took to Instagram to thank Grande and Hudson for the Christmas collab. She captioned a photo of the trio with, "Grateful to have the gorgeous and talented, the Christmas angels @arianagrande @iamjhud join me on stage tonight @thegarden for our song 'Oh Santa! (Remix)' ??????????????."
Who knows? Perhaps Carey will soon release the remix as a holiday gift!
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