Mariah Carey to replace Janet Jackson on SNL

**mrs.v** · March 12th, 2008, 03:30 PM

Mariah Carey to Replace Janet Jackson on SNL

Originally posted Wednesday March 12, 2008 01:00 PM EDT

Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey Photo by: Jon Kopaloff / FilmMagic; Dara Kushner / INF

Janet Jackson may be waylaid while recovering from the flu, but the show will go on – with Mariah Carrey.

Carey, 37, will replace Jackson on Saturday Night Live this weekend after Jackson, 41, fell ill Monday night. "They wanted her for 10 years," says a rep for Carey. "It's going to be hot!"

The Grammy-winning songbird will join host Jonah Hill for her first appearance on the show in more than a decade. Carey will perform tracks from her upcoming album E=MC2, which will be released April 15.

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**NicoleWasHere** · March 12th, 2008, 03:37 PM

Yay. >.>;

**sf_gossip** · March 12th, 2008, 04:01 PM

LOVE Mariah!!! Mariah's vocal talents far exceeds Janet's any day.
How unprofessional of Janet to not pull it together for the show, come on......she has nearly a week to feel better. I'm convinced Janet's "aura of mystery" & her wacky family is the only thing that has kept her in the public eye, it's not her singing.

**MillionDollarBaby** · March 12th, 2008, 04:05 PM

watching janeet on larry king nearly mad me comatose

she should really try energy pills or something

**Str8_uncut-jock** · March 12th, 2008, 04:51 PM

I think someone else called it in the original janet jackson illness thread...she had a LIVE performance coming up and suddenly got the flu so bad she had to be hospitalized...she is just scared of performing live...is this the answer to the Ent Lawyer blind about Milli Vanilli? LOL

**MissVenus** · March 12th, 2008, 10:30 PM

Janet has never done a live performance. So so pathetic. I think they should stuff up the backing tracks for every artist that lip-synchs.

**sparkly** · March 12th, 2008, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by MissVenus

Janet has never done a live performance. So so pathetic. I think they should stuff up the backing tracks for every artist that lip-synchs.

Believe it or not, I had no idea.

I'm not surprised though.

**Hides in corner, waiting for Michael and Janet Jackson fans to unleash nosetastic fury.**

**kingcap72** · March 12th, 2008, 11:07 PM

Considering that Mariah tends to lip-synch most of her 'live' performances, too, SNL went from one Milli-Vanilli to another. But, at least, Mariah can actually sing when she wants to. Janet, well, uh, that's another story.