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

She brought the house down in the live musical of the Disney classic.
Queen Latifah Is The Winner In Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Musical
By Paula Rogo · Updated November 4, 2020

Queen Latifah stole the show in Disneyโ€™s The Little Mermaid live musical event—and weโ€™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 Auliโ€™i Cravalho (Ariel), rapper Shaggy (Sebastian) and John Stamos (Chef Louis).

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๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿณ๐Ÿ™ @johnstamos #TheLittleMermaidLive

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Those poor unfortunate souls! #TheLittleMermaidLive

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But it was Latifah,ย in her velvet tentacles, white hair and gold shell necklace, and her big voice that kept us watchingโ€”especially her rendition of โ€œPoor Unfortunate Souls.โ€

And fans agreed.

Me before Queen Latifah even sang one-note as Ursula. #TheLittleMermaidLive pic.twitter.com/OVR3hizzAU

— C. Shardae Jobson๐Ÿž๐•ท๐–†๐–›๐–Ž๐–˜๐– ๐•ฝ๐–Š๐–‡๐–Š๐–‘๐–‘๐–Ž๐–”๐–“ (@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! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ #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?

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