Selena Gomez plays her songs to her screaming fans at Qudos bank Arena in Sydney
SELENA Gomez excels at costuming, struts a stage like a catwalk model, works that mic like a natural born diva and has her fans screaming in ecstasy.
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POP stars all have to start somewhere.
Selena Gomez has an enviable platform for her shot at the title having already amassed a legion of young girls who have grown up with the Disney princess and embraced her grown-up sexy siren.
She has made the transition in tandem with a social media presence which put her at the top of the Instagram tree as her breathy beat-laden pop climbed the charts.
And then there was the clutter of celebrity chaos in the wake of her relationship with Justin Bieber which she laments has stolen focus from her musical endeavours.
But after all the single downloads and social updates, the true test of any music artist is ‘the show’.
After one cancelled tour, she finally performed in Sydney at the Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, on Tuesday.
She excels at costuming; Selena rocks those sparkly, slinky outfits.
The cascading caramel tresses deserve their own hashtag for the heavy lifting they do in the service of the show.
And she can strut a stage with the feline finesse of a catwalk model and work that mic for emotional emphasis with the expertise of the natural born diva.
Gomez also has enough in the song bank to keep this audience of true believers happy and screaming at peak ear-pierce volume through most of the concert.
They love to sing along and enthusiastically oblige the object of their fangirl affections whenever she invites them, which is often enough.
A well-worked set which has remained relatively intact since the Revival world tour kicked off in America in May features latest album tracks and past hits including Same Old Love, Come & Get It, Sober, Good For You, Hands To Myself, Feel Me, and Me & My Girls.
Yet it is equally apparent what isn’t up to scratch.
Her voice just doesn’t have the power and range to match her pop peers from Pink and Rihanna to Adele and Beyoncé.
The choreography carried by her small troupe of dancers is more a concession to the expectations of the modern pop concert than anything wow worthy.
And the patter is heavily scripted as her digital savvy fans would be well aware from their social media feeds.
VÃDEO: @RevivalTour via Story do Instagram. #RevivalTourInstaStory pic.twitter.com/N6z7NO6r5d
— Portal Selena Brasil (@portalselenabr) August 7, 2016
[Video]: Revival – Intro. #RevivalTourSydney. pic.twitter.com/BYtRAlDFh7
— Selena Gomez News (@LifeWithSelG) August 9, 2016
For many of the thousands of Selenators in Sydney, this may have been their first concert and they loved seeing their idolette on stage.
Yet in a year where the pop stage is owned by the Queen Bey, Gomez live in concert is a work in progress.
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