First, a disclaimer. Every performance featured on Newport 65 is selected because it’s been deemed extraordinary. Ninety-nine percent of the time, that also means the performance is excellent. But sometimes, as in this case, we’ll leave the descriptors at extraordinary.
Here is a very limited backstory: A group of failed contestants from the Dutch version of Pop Idol are tasked with performing Tina Turner’s Simply the Best during halftime of a soccer match. Chaos ensues. In this version and every other, the video cuts off during a dance break after the second chorus. It’s anybody’s guess what happened next.
Surely this video will generate mixed reactions. But it looks like our brave singers all enjoyed themselves, so who are we to judge?