Besides missing her cue or whatnot at the beginning and her minor wardrobe malfunction towards the end, Whitney sounded pretty good (relative to her other performances of course), because lately she hasn’t been having the best time LOL.

This techno-mix doesn’t do anything for me though, because what gives this song its appeal to me was the whole throwback vibe of it. Whitney still manages to not make any major vocal gaffes overall though besides the usual weariness of her voice.

She performed on X-Factor which is akin to our American Idol and which Leona Lewis was a winner of by the way.

Whitney’s looking good…but not sounding that great.

At all.

At least not with this performance. Out of breath, hoarse, flat…you name it, she WAS it on this performance from France that I spotted first over at That Grape Juice.

From what I can tell, she performed this song in its original key, but left most of the heavy lifting (chorus, refrains, etc.) to the background singers and the “audience”. It’s such a drastic turnaround from the German performance I just posted, but one could argue her voice is tired from her non-stop promo schedule overseas.

Still, this “Million Dollar Bill” might need to be pulled out of circulation and sent to the shredder, because this performance was painful to listen to. Big shouts to the background singers though, holding it down. Is it just me or does one of them look like Mo’Nique!? I was thrown off for a second LOL.

The note she hits at the end of that “Ohhhhh” at about :56 seconds was HEARTBREAKING though. Jeezyus be a bag of Halls and a carafe of Throat Coat Tea! Yikes @ this performance. *insert sad face*

Catch during the interview portion though where she busts “I Look To You” a capella — she sounds good, but of course, the song is pitched lower…look at the 6:45 mark.