Kristin Chenoweth Defends Controversial Rendetion Of National Anthem

Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth took the central court on Sunday June 22 for match 7 of the Nba Finals between Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers.

Before the match, the singer “Wicked” gave the crowd and viewers of the world a powerful interpretation of the national anthem, presenting her impressive vocal capacity and her range.

However, the actress’s signature Broadway style performance has sparked online mixed reactions, although in a new interview, it did not seem extinct by noise.

Speak with Theukhohou Ask.fm/Chenoweth said that even if she was often invited to sing the national anthem by different sports leagues, this invitation came personally from the Thunder organization.

“I took it very seriously,” she said about performance. “And I always take the song of this song very seriously, because of the beautiful words, the lyrics of the song. So, I just wanted to make Oklahoma proud.”

The version of Chenuweth of the song presented her high signature notes to him, which some did not like. According to the native of Oklahoma, however, his stylistic choices were intentional.

“I guess I wanted to set the tone (and) just prepare everyone to really encourage their brain, let’s hope,” she said.

Another reason why this moment was special for Chenuweth is that she did not believe that she would actually have the chance to sing the song, given that she thought that OKC would win the series in match 6.

“This is the only match I could make, and in fact, because of my schedule, I didn’t think I would,” said the power singer. “I thought we would win before (match 7). But you know what? It made it very exciting, and so I found myself reserving my flight,” go well, thunder, I come. “”

Chenoweth explained that the planning of the appearance of match 7 was a bit chaotic, because she is currently sharing her time between New York and Nashville to prepare for her new Broadway show, “Queen of Versailles”.

“I couldn’t even see my family,” added Chenoweth. “I just entered, sung and I was heading.”

“I will always try to be here if they ask me, because it’s my team,” she noted. “I bleed from blue, yellow and orange; what can I tell you?”

Once the NBA shared video of online Chenoweth performance, users have come to share their daring About his torsion on the song.

“Well, it was not very good, but at least it’s in English,” wrote a user on X, formerly Twitter.

“The biggest interpretation of all time was made by Whitney Houston and it was certainly not” traditional “”, shared another.

A third user clearly said: “This SH-T was horrible.”

“Soo tired of these icons, features new interpretations of the national anthem!” Another posted user. “Sing him as written and supposed to be sung.”

The other users, on the other hand, quickly defended the singer “Defiying Gravity”, with a single writing, if you drag [Chenoweth’s] Rendition of the star banner, you simply announce to the world that you have never set foot in a theater. “”

“Condemn!” Someone else shared. “It was one of the strongest national hymns I have heard for a while !!”

“Excellent work by Kristin Chenowth,” they added.

Someone else said: “Kristin Chenoweth sang the national anthem and let me say that it was perfect.”