-Here to perform "Popular"
and "The Wizard and I"
from the hit Broadway musical "Wicked,"
please welcome Ginna Claire Mason
and Lindsay Pearce! [ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪
-♪ Whenever I see someone less fortunate than I ♪
♪ And let's face it, who isn't ♪
♪ Less fortunate than I ♪
♪ My tender heart tends to start to bleed ♪
♪ And when someone needs a makeover ♪
♪ I simply have to take over ♪
♪ I know, I know exactly what they need ♪
♪ And even in your case ♪
♪ Though it's the toughest case I've yet to face ♪
♪ Don't worry, I'm determined to succeed ♪
♪ Follow my lead ♪
♪ And, yes, indeed ♪
♪ You will be ♪
♪ Popular ♪ [ Gasps ]
♪ You're gonna be popular ♪
♪ I'll teach you the proper ploys ♪
♪ When you talk to boys ♪
♪ Little ways to flirt and flounce ♪
♪ Ooh, I'll show you what shoes to wear ♪
♪ How to fix your hair ♪
♪ Everything that really counts to be popular ♪
♪ I know about popular ♪
♪ And with an assist from me to be who you'll be ♪
♪ Instead of dreary, who you were -- are ♪
♪ There's nothing that can stop you ♪
♪ From becoming popu-ler ♪ ♪ Lar ♪
♪ And though you protest your disinterest ♪
♪ I know clandestinely ♪
♪ You're gonna grin and bear it ♪
♪ Your newfound popularity ♪
Aah! [ Laughs ]
♪ La la ♪
♪ La la ♪ ♪ You'll be popular ♪
♪ Just not quite as popular as m-e-e-e ♪
♪♪
-♪ When I meet the Wizard ♪
♪ Once I prove my worth ♪
♪ And then I meet the Wizard ♪
♪ What I've waited for since -- since birth ♪
♪ And with all his wizard wisdom ♪
♪ By my looks, he won't be blinded ♪
♪ Do you think the Wizard is dumb ♪
♪ Or like Munchkins, so small-minded? ♪
♪ No, he'll say to me, "I see who you truly are" ♪
♪ A girl on whom I can rely ♪
♪ And that's how we'll begin, the Wizard and I ♪
♪ Yes, what a pair we'll be ♪
♪ The Wizard and ♪
♪♪
♪ Unlimited ♪
♪ My future is unlimited ♪
♪ And I've just had a vision almost like a prophecy ♪
♪ I know it sounds truly crazy ♪
♪ And, true, the vision's hazy ♪
♪ But I swear someday there'll be ♪
♪ A celebration throughout Oz ♪
♪ That's all to do with m-e-e-e ♪
♪ And I'll stand there ♪
♪ With the Wizard ♪
♪ Feeling things I've never felt ♪
♪ And though I'd never show it ♪
♪ I'd be so happy, I could melt ♪
♪ And so it will be for the rest of my life ♪
♪ And I'll want nothing else till I die ♪
♪ Held in such high esteem ♪ Ha ha!
♪ When people see me, they will scream ♪
♪ For half of Oz's favorite team ♪
♪ The Wizard and I ♪
♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Thank you!
[ Cheers and applause continues ]