For many he is the best, in the accumulated table he is always on top, but it was Celia Cruz, at the sixth gala of ‘Tu Cara Me Suena 2’, who gave him the first win, and record points for Michael Stuart.
Tucked inside Celia Cruz, one of the most similar versions of Cuba’s beloved Guarachera, Stuart, always the most congratulated, but the one who had never won until this sixth gala, achieved a victory never seen before in the two seasons of ‘Mi Cara Me Suena’, which was the complete vote.
Angélica Vale, Charytín Goyco, Víctor Manuelle and Eden Muñoz, the judges, with the sum of the votes of Ninel Conde, Sherlyn, Kika Edgar, Helen Ochoa, Yahir, Manny Cruz and Christian Daniel, gave victory to Michael with his Celia, who was the only one who for obvious reasons and rules of the game did not give his two votes, but gave them to Kika’s Katty Perry.
The night began with Belinda, or rather with Sherlyn imitating her and playing, as she has done throughout the season where he proved to be the one who was enjoying it the most, asking the presenter, Rafael Araneda, to get a tattoo in his honor.
But despite how much he is enjoying this show, once again they told her that they listen to her and not to the character she plays, and at the time of the qualification they made her very short, leaving her in last place in the gala.
It was followed by Christian Daniel getting into the skin of Nicky Jam. Although he was happy, and very comfortable in the interpretation, once again, Judge Edén Muñoz, repeats that he sees him and not those who have had to interpret. It seems that it was the excuse to explain why they always give him such low grades.
Let us remember that both Jam and Rubén Blades, and especially a brilliant Justin Bieber, speak of a Christian Daniel who has known how to get out of his balladeer comfort zone. For now, he won 4-3-4-3, from the judges.
The third to enter the cloner, and then the track was Yahir as Fer de Maná . In addition to receiving congratulations from the singer of the band, the judges congratulated him and assured that they did see the character in his performance. But at the time of the votes they gave him a 7-5-7-5.
The moment arrived when the judge and coach of the competition, Angélica Vale, defined as the great surprise of this second season, Manny Cruz, who is not only the only one who has won twice so far, but also keeps fighting with Michael Stuart for the first place in the accumulated score table.
This time Manny was Franco De Vita, his presentation was so masterful that even Charytín told him that for her, as a Dominican It was a pride to see the great work he was doing. At the time of the score, one of the highest was taken, taking into account that the four judges had saved the highest score for Stuart. What did they rate it with? 9-8-8-8.
Helen Ochoa brought one of the most emotional and personal moments of the season. As we knew, she had to play the late Jenni Rivera. Something that was a very difficult task for them, not only because she is not alive, and because he admired her, but because she was the mother of her best friend, Chiquis Rivera.
Exactly Chiquis, through Angélica Vale, sent her the message that both she and her brothers were happy that she played La Diva de la Banda, but also sent her a little gift, which butterflies jumped when she opened it.
What happened on stage? That she looked the same in character and in the interpretation, but at the end of her presentation, crying, she said that it had been a very difficult week because she herself cannot imagine being without her mother.
And a very emotional one was followed by the moment of the night, which was Celia Cruz by Michael Stuart that left everyone with their mouths open. Because as Edén and Chary told him, there on the stage was the icon of salsa and only he had achieved it.
As we told you, he took all four 05 of the judges , and was so shocked that he didn’t know how to react.
Michael Stuart is Celia Cruz. Photo: TelevisaUnivisionWithout any curve, with double chin, and a tunic dress that covered the ‘rolls’ of fat, Ninel Conde appeared playing Margarita, The Goddess of Cumbia. It was very difficult to find her under all that, but beyond her physical characterization, her interpretation was one of the most organic that she has had in the season.
The reason? Because the actress and singer means a lot to Ninel, since she was just working with her when the mother of the ‘Bombón Asesino’ passed away and Margarita was the support she needed at that time.
What Ninel she did not imagine was that the production would bring her together, live and direct, with Margarita herself. When he saw her enter the forum, Conde could not contain his tears and they merged into a hug to end up singing together.
However, at the time of the judges’ qualification, neither the wardrobe, nor having ‘gained weight’, nor the emotional moment saved her, since she received a 6 -7-6-7.
The end went to Kika Edgar, who ever since she knew she had to play Katty Perry she began to suffer: because of the character, the choreographies and especially having to do it in English.
She went up, down, jumped, sang… However, for the judges it was the second with a low rating: 5 -6-5-5.
As we told you, Stuart as Celia was the winner of the night and in the cumulative table he also came in first place. Let’s remember that next Sunday is the big one of the second season of ‘Tu Cara Me Suena’, and although everything indicates that it could be between Michael and Manny Cruz.
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