Hitting the wrong notes? Elaine dragged for Miss SA performance

14/08/2022

Hitting the wrong notes? Elaine dragged for Miss SA performance Elaine decided to sing off key': Tweeps dragged the R&B star after she sang her hit You're The One' on the Miss SA stage.

by Naledi de Wee

14-08-2022 12:42

in Music

Tweeps dragged R&B star Elaine for her Miss South Africa performance on 13 August. Image via Twitter @Amza_5

The Miss South Africa 2022 pageant on 13 August was a glamorous affair as Limpopo's Ndavi Noreki walked away with the crown. Some of Mzansi's chart-topping artists including Makhadzi and hip-hop star Rouge all performed, but it seems one performance missed the mark Tweeps dragged R&B star, Elaine, after she took the Miss SA stage at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria. The 23-year-old performed her hit song, You're The One from her debut EP, Elements.

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ELAINE TAKES THE MISS SOUTH AFRICA 2022 STAGE Pretoria-born singer-songwriter Elaine opened the Miss South Africa 2022 pageant with rappers Boity, Rouge and Nadia Nakai. During the performance, the top 10 contestants were introduced to Mzansi before the pageant officially kicked off.

Miss South Africa host Anele Mdoda then announced that Elaine would be taking the stage again for a performance of You're The One.

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For her second performance, the R&B star kept it simple with a black ball gown and a slick back hairstyle.

TAKE A LOOK Elaine looking all sorts of #MissSA2022 pic.twitter.com/sz8ookeRfp

Nolali (@Amza_5) August 13, 2022

A look inside Elaine s performance at Miss South Africa 2022. pic.twitter.com/6b2o3LxTyw

Musa Khawula (@MusaKhawula) August 14, 2022

TWEEPS DRAG ELAINE Tweeps were certainly not impressed by Elaine's performance. One tweep criticised the singer for not singing on key .

Elaine decided to sing off key? What WAS THAT? wrote one tweep.

Someone said Elaine can't sing and she's not proving that statement wrong after that performance, wrote another tweep.

I suffer from second-hand embarrassment guys and Elaine isn't doing me any justice.

Elaine avoiding all the high notes because even she doesn't believe she can hit them.

ELAINE decided to sing off key? What WAS THAT? #MissSA2022 pic.twitter.com/TfyCbnh8ZT

Le rata depth gore. (@Ketso28) August 13, 2022

Lmao someone said Elaine can t sing and she s not proving that statement wrong after that performance #MissSA2022

Boitumelo Tlholwe (@Boity_Nia) August 13, 2022

i suffer from second hand embarrassment guys and Elaine isn t doing me any justice #MissSA2022

bonita blade (@omphilekole) August 13, 2022

Elaine avoiding all the high notes because even she doesn't believe she can hit them

KG. (@jaketheoptimist) August 13, 2022

ALSO READ: Who is Miss SA 2022? Five things to know about Ndavi Nokeri

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MAKHADZI WOWS THE CROWD After taking the United Kingdom and Canada by storm, Makhadzi returned to Mzansi for a performance on the Miss South Africa stage and she blew the crowd away! The Limpopo-born star stunned with her single MaGear and received high praise from social media users.

TAKE A LOOK @MakhadziSA issa GOAT #MissSA2022 pic.twitter.com/nOBmkZaP77

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LINK:	https://www.thesouthafrican.com/culture/music/elaine-miss-sa-performan...
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