- Are you nervous?
- Just getting mentally ready.
Yeah. Just going over it through my head.
- This is the first time you
guys are performing it live.
- Yep.
Yeah, this is the first time we're performing
"Lady Marmalade" live.
I believe this is the last time
that's gonna be a televised performance.
So we're all getting ready backstage.
It'll be fun.
- Do you want to look into the camera
and just say who you are
and what we're doing right now? We're preparing for the big -
- OK.
Hi, I'm Mýa and -
[laughs]
Kidding.
Hi, I'm P!nk and you - what are we doing?
- We're preparing for the big 'Moulin Rouge' performance.
[laughs]
- OK. Hi, I'm P!nk and we are preparing
for the 'Moulin Rouge' performance one time and one time only
on live television, in all our booty shorts.
I know you can't wait because I can't.
- That's awesome.
Are you excited working with these girls?
-Yeah, 'cause they're all my favorite.
You know, they're my favorites.
And we get along pretty well
and we all, like, talk
and we have fun while we're workin'.
That's one thing that I like
to come across when we're performing.
- So Jay, tell me, is the makeup
that we're doing here,
is it very suitable
to Mýa's part
in the role?
- Yeah. She's gonna
have a really
strong contoured,
1940s eye
and she's gonna be wearing these lace eyebrows,
you can take a look at, that
I kind of bejeweled in red and clear crystals
that match her outfit.
So it's really kind of over-the-top, performance,
burlesque makeup.
- I'm giving Kim a smokey eye,
which I think is very sexy.
And I think that's what
'Moulin Rouge' is about.
It's a very sexy, sensuous kind of film
and who better to project it than Kim.
So I'm trying to go in accordance with them and
there's a lot of pink that she's going to be wearing
in terms of the color clothes that she's wearing.
So pink is infused in there
and I tried to give her a nice glowy skin.
- Yeah, glowy.
- Glowy.
- Is there any theme we're going for here, Billy,
for her reflection in the whole role?
You know, what kind of - describe the makeup a little bit.
- We didn't do the same makeup as the video on purpose.
And it's just -
I mean, it definitely works.
It's kind of 'Moulin Rouge'-esque,
but we just do what looks best on her
instead of getting too caught up in the theme of it all.
- [Camera Operator] Alright. We're still rolling.
- OK. So, Christina, what about any makeup tips
for the 'House of Style' audience for me? Do you have any?
- For this?
Well, if you want to look like a 'Moulin Rouge' girl,
I guess the key is to be very over-the-top,
lots of gems, lots of jewels, eyelashes,
color, vibrant, strong makeup.
It's just, it's just about having fun as a female
and just being very over-the-top in whatever you're wearing,
what you're doing, and, you know, it's - you know, in the movie,
it's all about, like, the cancan girls
and it's all about being a dancer and going full out.
So that's kind of what it's about.
- Do you have any pre-show rituals?
- I really just like to relax, meditate.
We like a lot of incense going, and we like candles.
I always have to have, like, candles around. It helps.
- No, I don't. I actually, I listen to whatever CD I like
at the time. They make me cute,
and then I'm ready.
I'm kind of easy.
- Alright, Christina, so big performance tonight.
Do you have any regular pre-show rituals at all?
- Pray. I'll be praying by myself.
No dancers.
Well, actually we do have eight dancers,
eight female dancers on stage tonight,
but I'll be doing my solo prayer.
I already did my vocal warm-up.
That was part of the preparation
and lots of hair and makeup time.
It's crazy.
- What's your vocal preparation?
Do you do scales or anything?
- Yeah, I have scales.
My vocal coach,
he made me a CD of all different scales
from a live session we did in New York.
So I carry that around. It's about 30 to 40 minutes long
and then, I'll just be doing that.
- I like to be alone right before I get on stage
and pray, of course, and stretch. A lot of vocal warm-ups.
And I like to exercise and stretch my body
to get the blood flowing and open up my lungs, vocal chords.
And of course pray with the group, the dancers
or whoever I'm performing with.
- Any you want to share with us? Maybe a vocal warm-up?
- Of course the scales.
(Mýa singing)
- Awesome.
When do you get the most nervous?
Do you get nervous during a show?
- Sometimes. Yeah, all the time. I'm lying.
I do, I get nervous.
But I think that's in a true entertainer.
Everyone gets nervous because you don't know
what's - anything can happen during a show.
And it may not be your fault all the time
or some things can happen
and it could be your fault sometime, you know.
But you know, you just - all you know is that you're going out there
to do your best and
a heel can come off, an eyelash could come off.
Anything could happen.
- When do you get the most nervous when you're performing?
Is it right before or -?
- I think, yes.
As I'm in the wings and the announcer is reading his lines.
I think the introduction is the scariest part
because they're saying all these great and wonderful things
about artists and it's hard to believe it.
And you just want to go ahead
and do your thing and please everyone.
And it's just so, so much expectation.
- I get nervous afterwards.
I don't think about it enough to get nervous beforehand.
To me, it's just kinda like whatever happens happens,
but then afterwards, I start thinking, like,
oh God, what did I do?
Did I crack?
Did I fall?
'Cause I black out.
When I start singing, it's just -
I don't know what's going on.
- What's the - what do you think the biggest challenge
for tonight's performance is?
The other girls were talking about the stairs.
- Have you seen my boots?
Yeah. It's definitely the boots and the stairs.
I'm with them.
- The biggest challenge is
probably to make sure I don't trip over the costuming
and the boots
and - 'cause there's a flight
of stairs that we all enter from and go down on
for our opening parts, remembering the moves,
the choreography, and being able to hit the notes,
which is kind of crazy
'cause it's kind of a difficult song.
I'm kind of nervous for this one.
- Great. Thank you so much.
- No problem.
- Good luck.
- Thank you.
- Have a great performance.
(crowd clapping)
- Don't stop anything, guys.
Don't stop anything, guys.
Don't stop for anything.
(crowd cheering)
- Kim, I'm back at you. How'd it go?
- Hi, it was great.
- Yeah, everything go well?
- We did our thing, yep. It was hot.
- How were the stairs? Did you trip down?
- Nah, we made it. We made it.
We was on air, we had each other's back.
It was dope. I'm about to go take my seat now.
- We worked hard for this.
We were in rehearsals, like, all week
and I think we all did our best
and I was, like, almost peeing my pants on the way out.
I was so - or my panties.
I was so nervous on the way out, but everything went cool.
I had a great time.
- Great.
So the performance is over?
- Yes. I made it through.
I didn't trip.
No, it was cool.
I have to see it before I make any judgements.
- How were the stairs for everybody?
- The stairs were the easiest part.
Yeah, it was remembering what the hell we were doing
after that.
It was cool.
- Did anybody mess up out of the four of you, do you know?
- I think me and Mýa had the same mess-up,
so it made it work.
So it worked cool.
So no, nobody messed up.