{"id":1062,"date":"2025-02-02T12:46:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T12:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2025-02-02T12:46:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T12:46:03","slug":"two-of-australias-finest-keith-urban-and-jessica-mauboy-delivered-an-electrifying-performance-of-the-fighter-that-had-the-crowd-on-their-feet-cheering-for-more-many-in-the-audience-initia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=1062","title":{"rendered":"Two of Australia\u2019s finest, Keith Urban and Jessica Mauboy, delivered an electrifying performance of The Fighter that had the crowd on their feet, cheering for more. Many in the audience initially seemed more focused on the game and not expecting much from the pre-show entertainment, but as soon as the duo began singing, they completely stole the spotlight. Jessica Mauboy\u2019s powerful vocals and infectious energy captivated everyone, proving once again why she\u2019s considered one of the best. Keith Urban, with his signature charm and heartfelt connection to his fans, showcased why he remains one of the most beloved performers in the industry."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/flashnewswave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/thumb-18.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flashnewswave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/thumb-18.jpg 650w, https:\/\/flashnewswave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/thumb-18-300x162.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<article class=\"small single p-3 in-article-placed1582086\"><ins class=\"982a9496\" data-key=\"07709f998cf05ef88546b4661380ac68\"><\/ins>Performing at a grand final game is like being handed a poisoned chalice, which Keith Urban acknowledged ahead of Sunday\u2019s NRL Grand Final, but he needn\u2019t have worried, with fans loving his duet with Jessica Mauboy.<\/p>\n<p>The pair nailed their performance of Urban\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Fighter<\/em>\u00a0but Mauboy stole the show, according to fans on Twitter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Hy4HP z5wPE\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p>Mauboy, who began trending on Twitter shortly before the show, was deemed the \u201cbest singer\u201d among the international acts (although some couldn\u2019t help but take cheap shots at her once again performing for the NRL, while others were outraged that she wasn\u2019t singing the national anthem in place of Dami Im), but Urban was also given his dues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"uibmSOUD\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNRL grand final entertainment was the best in many years Keith Urban &amp; Jessica Mauboy just what the doctor ordered,\u201d one fan in particular tweeted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GJua6\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Hy4HP z5wPE\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<figure class=\"_72JXS gKj3r MiJqz Wnq-J\" data-testid=\"image\">\n<div class=\"-IWVI\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"enlarge image\"><picture class=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1%2C$multiply_0.4167%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1776%2C$x_224%2C$y_103\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/fd935fb1bb1c18044dcab9a4f81efc7bb689bda8, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1%2C$multiply_0.8333%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1776%2C$x_224%2C$y_103\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/fd935fb1bb1c18044dcab9a4f81efc7bb689bda8 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1%2C$multiply_0.4324%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1776%2C$x_224%2C$y_103\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/fd935fb1bb1c18044dcab9a4f81efc7bb689bda8, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1%2C$multiply_0.8649%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1776%2C$x_224%2C$y_103\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/fd935fb1bb1c18044dcab9a4f81efc7bb689bda8 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1%2C$multiply_0.3491%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1776%2C$x_224%2C$y_103\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/fd935fb1bb1c18044dcab9a4f81efc7bb689bda8\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1%2C$multiply_0.3491%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1776%2C$x_224%2C$y_103\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/fd935fb1bb1c18044dcab9a4f81efc7bb689bda8, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1%2C$multiply_0.6982%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1776%2C$x_224%2C$y_103\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/fd935fb1bb1c18044dcab9a4f81efc7bb689bda8 2x\" alt=\"Keith Urban during the dress rehearsal for NRL Grand Final 2016 performance.\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"qTXWa\"><span class=\"_5nQzY\">Keith Urban during the dress rehearsal for NRL Grand Final 2016 performance.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While another suggested Urban was \u201chitting it outta the park\u201d.<\/p>\n<section class=\"mm0yF\" data-testid=\"article-body-top\">\n<div class=\"wsquJ\" data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"Hy4HP z5wPE\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p>Urban managed during the performance to compliment Mauboy on how beautiful she looked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yFbHMqDB\"><\/div>\n<p>Prior to Sunday\u2019s performance, Urban had acknowledged that he\u2019d heard of the not-so-well received acts that preceded him at a press conference in Sydney on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW \ud83d\udc47<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Keith Urban &amp; Jessica Mauboy - The Fighter (Live NRL GF 2016)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BCro42Ci-Ug\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"KylbS\" data-testid=\"article-body-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wsquJ\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"Hy4HP z5wPE\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p>Meat Loaf famously sang out of tune during the AFL Grand Final in 2011 and in 2014 Slash\u2019s performance at the NRL Grand Final was deemed disappointing by critics as he played to a backing track.<\/p>\n<div class=\"3oO354z5\"><\/div>\n<p>Urban joked that he was \u201creally nervous\u201d in the lead-up to the big game but actually seemed pretty confident when describing his preparations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel good,\u201d Urban told AAP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to get out there on Saturday and have a good run through of everything. I mean I\u2019m looking forward to it, I\u2019m also looking forward to the game too. The game\u2019s going to be really good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad we got to do it and I know Richie Sambora and Orianthi are in the show as well and it\u2019s going to be a lot of fun,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Hy4HP z5wPE\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p>The country star is in Sydney to launch Virgin\u2019s new Velocity Live program, a partnership with entertainment company TEG Live, giving frequent flyer members a hub where they can buy pre-sale tickets to concerts and events<\/p>\n<p>The country star has had a particularly big week as his new release\u00a0<em>Blue Ain\u2019t Your Color<\/em>\u00a0became his 37th consecutive number one in the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s back in Australia for a national tour of his latest album\u00a0<em>Ripcord<\/em>. The tour includes a performance at the Deni Ute Muster and the Grand Final slot.<\/p>\n<p>And Urban was happy to reveal that he won\u2019t be sitting on the fence when it comes to the game itself.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s already picked his side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GJua6\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Hy4HP z5wPE\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to see the Sharks win. It would be a good sort of underdog story. I think that would be kind of good,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But there may be fisticuffs at home as his Mum, he said, is backing the Storm because of all the Queenslanders in the team.<\/p>\n<p>That won\u2019t sway Urban, though.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that our home is in Sydney, I would have to be going for Cronulla I think,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Performing at a grand final game is like being handed a poisoned chalice, which Keith Urban acknowledged ahead of Sunday\u2019s NRL Grand Final, but he needn\u2019t have&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1064,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions\/1064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}