Queen Latifah Is The Winner In Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' Musical

By Paula Rogo · November 6, 2019November 6, 2019

Queen Latifah stole the show in Disney’s The Little Mermaid live musical event—and we’re not surprised.

The Oscar-nominated actress lit up our TV screens last night when she took on the role of Ursula in a live special that celebrated the 30th anniversary of the iconic Disney animated film.

She starred in the two-hour live musical event alongside 18-year-old ingenue Auli’i Cravalho (Ariel), rapper Shaggy (Sebastian) and John Stamos (Chef Louis).

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👨🏻‍🍳🐙 @johnstamos #TheLittleMermaidLive

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Those poor unfortunate souls! #TheLittleMermaidLive

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But it was Latifah, in her velvet tentacles, white hair and gold shell necklace, and her big voice that kept us watching—especially her rendition of “Poor Unfortunate Souls.”

And fans agreed.

Me before Queen Latifah even sang one-note as Ursula. #TheLittleMermaidLive pic.twitter.com/OVR3hizzAU
— C. Shardae Jobson🐞𝕷𝖆𝖛𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝕽𝖊𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖔𝖓 (@LavishRebelShae) November 6, 2019

@IAMQUEENLATIFAH I have watched this probably 100 times already! I love it! You did that Queen and I knew that you would bring it because you are amazing! One of the best performances ever! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 #QueenLatifah #TheLittleMermaidLive pic.twitter.com/fDILvv9erR

— King_Ohaji (@JustOhaji) November 6, 2019

Queen Latifah as Ursula is ICONIQUE #TheLittleMermaidLive pic.twitter.com/H8fRy7vMl0
— michael blackmon (@blackmon) November 6, 2019

Queen Latifah stole the show #TheLittleMermaidLive pic.twitter.com/TmqmEsKvZx
— Mary Wilson (@MaryWilsonTV) November 6, 2019

Queen Latifah single-handedly saved this show! That was perfection! #TheLittleMermaidLive pic.twitter.com/KRJgXL8VFT
— DonutGirl79 (@DonutGurl79) November 6, 2019

Did you catch The Little Mermaid?