X Factor: Whitney Houston comeback questioned after live performance

The 46-year-old soul diva, who has fought a public battle against drug addiction, made her first UK TV appearance in 12 years on Sunday night's programme.

She sang her single Million Dollar Bill, over some pre-recorded vocals, and suffered a wardrobe malfunction when a strap at the back of her long silver dress snapped open.
Questions were also raised about Houston's physical condition as she looked drowsy and did not speak clearly when being interviewed by host Dermot O'Leary.
Fans have inundated the show's official website to express their shock at the performance.
One fumed: "What a huge waste of her talent. People should watch and learn what harm one can do to ones self. I hope for Whitney and all her fans she gets a grip and rejoins this planet."
Another, using the name _kelcee_, said: "Not sure what was going on with whitney what a huge let down."

Her performance came a week after former Take That idol Robbie Williams sang his latest single Bodies in a wide-eyed and very heated performance.

X Factor judge Cheryl Cole also performed her new song Fight For This Love in the studio following a week of strong debate about whether or not she would sing live. Simon Cowell described her routine as "incredible".

Rikki Loney was evicted from the show this evening after losing out to Rachel Adedeji in the live head-to-head. Irish duo John and Edward Grimes won through to the next round of the competition but were booed vociferously by the studio audience.

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Whitney's Drug Hell

Whitney Houston's poured her heart out to Oprah Winfrey.

For the first time, she's talked in detail about her shocking downward spiral into drugs.

And she's given an insight into her abusive relationship with ex-husband Bobby Brown: "Emotionally he was abusive. He slapped me once, but he got hit on the head three times by me."

Emotionally, the words he spoke were horrifying. And there were times he would smash things in the home."

She mentions one argument where she says Bobby was so drunk he spat on her.

She told Oprah she "was horrified he spit on me, in my face" and said it left her "very hurt, very angry".

She continued: "He had such hate in his eyes for me, because I loved him so much."

Whitney Houston and Bobby BrownWhit reveals their marriage hit such a low that Brown started cutting her head off pictures and painting evil eyes on their bedroom walls with spray paint.

But she says she loved him endlessly: "He was my drug. I didn't do anything without him."

Talking about her battle with cocaine and marijuana, she explained: "Before The Bodyguard it was very light. After The Bodyguard it started getting heavy. Cocaine. Marijuana."

The platinum-selling singer said she took so many drugs she couldn't even think about getting back onstage.She told Oprah: "I didn't think about the singing part any more. I'd totally forgotten about that life. I had so much money by that time."

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Whitney Houston rep denies illness rumours

A representative for Whitney Houston has denied rumours that the 'Million Dollar Bill' star is in ill health.

Recent reports claimed that the singer was in a fragile condition on her world tour, but a spokesperson called the stories "rubbish" and "ridiculous".

According to the National Enquirer, the 46-year-old was urged to postpone upcoming live dates after a string of health problems in recent months.

Whitney Houston recently added three further dates to her UK tour, which kicks off in Manchester on April 8.

Whitney Houston heads to New Zealand

Pop diva Whitney Houston will perform a single show in New Plymouth in March.

Promoters announced the March 6 show at the Bowl of Brooklands, after Houston's two Perth shows on March 6 and 7 were cancelled last week.

Houston's Nothing But Love tour also includes performances in South Korea, Japan, France and England.

Houston is the only artist to chart seven consecutive number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, and seven consecutive multi-platinum albums.
She has sold more than 170 million combined albums, singles and videos worldwide.

Is Russia bound to Whitney Houston

RnB star Whitney Houston is the latest buzz is heading to Russia to play a pair of wintry gigs in December.
At the Moscow Olympiyskiy Stadium the songstress will perform on 9 December (09) and at the fabled Ice Palace in St. Petersburg three days later. The two dates are part of Houston's first global tour in 11 years. Her last Russia performance was in 2004. Promoter Andrey Agapov has said, "Whitney Houston is a legendary singer and performer, much loved by Russian audiences and fans worldwide. I'm thrilled to bring Ms. Houston back to her fans in Moscow and St. Petersburg."

Play Russian Shows To Whitney Houston

In Russia Whitney Houston will headline two concerts, at Moscow Olympisky Stadium on Dec. 9 and at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg on Dec. 12. The promoter for the two gigs is Andrey Agapov, general director, Russian Entertainment Academy."Whitney Houston is a performer and legendary singer, much loved by Russian audiences and fans worldwide," said Agapov. "I'm thrilled to bring Ms. Houston back to her fans in Moscow and St. Petersburg."The deal was negotiated on behalf of Russian Entertainment Academy by Nicole Goesseringer of Kultura PR International and Dream Factory Entertainment/Alenikov.

Whitney Houston: Is selling house

Whitney Houston is selling the house where she married Bobby Brown.
Houston is selling her home in Menham people magazine reports, New Jersey, for $5.6 million -- less than half of its assessed value. It's 12,500 square feet, with five bedrooms, a four car garage and floor-to-ceiling windows.

Houston and Brown are married in 1992 and divorced in 2007.