Nelly Furtado Panned for Rendition of ‘O Canada’

Canadian singer/songwriter Nelly Furtado is not receiving rave reviews for her performance of her country’s national anthem – and that’s putting it mildly. Furtado’s rendition of &...
Nelly Furtado Panned for Rendition of ‘O Canada’
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  • Canadian singer/songwriter Nelly Furtado is not receiving rave reviews for her performance of her country’s national anthem – and that’s putting it mildly.

    Furtado’s rendition of “O Canada” at Sunday night’s NBA All0Star game is the talk of the internet, and is being universally panned.

    Check it out:

    What makes it worse is that Furtado’s performance was preceded by a very good version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” from R&B artist Ne-Yo.

    Twitter is being pretty harsh on Furtado:

    Either Furtado hasn’t checked the reviews or she doesn’t care.:

    So what do you think? Butchered national anthem? Or internet overreaction?

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