Christina Aguilera performs on Oprah. (Video, Pictures)

Big enough sign or WHAT?

Babygirl's got pipes and everyone knows it.  I'd much rather see live performances like this, than contrived videos like the one she made for "Not Myself Tonight" -- she doesn't need electronic augmentation or auto-tune, like some other bitches do. **COUGHke$haCOUGH**

What's with the long skirt, O?

Get RID of the Louboutins, sister. SICK of the red soles. It's all I can see.

There is an awful lot of hate all over The Internets being spewed at Christina right now.  Tons of people saying she's a "bad example" to her kid, etc.  Funny how Madonna is still getting the All Hail the Old Biddy Queen blather and all that crap.  The thing is--and I totally GET it--Christina feels the need to compete with her contemporaries, even if it means "paying homage" to some of  them in her latest video (which I admit, I didn't enjoy).

The one thing Christina has that the others do NOT, is The Voice.  Sure Whitney used to be called "The Voice"--but we all see what she did to her Gift.  Somehow, I don't see Christina going down the same road the ex-Mrs. Bobby Brown has taken.

Is it just me?  I think she looks gorgeous here...and sounds even better.