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| "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" Whitney Las Vegas |
In
celebration of Whitney Houston’s life and unparalleled career, Madame Tussauds
has chosen to immortalize the beloved artist in wax – not once, but four times
at four separate and distinct points of her life, which will be showcased at
each Madame Tussauds Attraction in the U.S.
This will represent the first time in the more than 200-year history of
Madame Tussauds that the attraction has created four distinct wax likenesses of
a single subject represented at different points of their life.
The
four new wax figures, which honor the performer at memorable points of her
career, will be unveiled at a special ceremony in early February at Madame
Tussauds New York in Times Square. The figures will then be individually
installed in each of the four U.S.-based Madame Tussauds attractions in New
York City, Washington, D.C., Hollywood and Las Vegas accompanied within
immersive and commemorative settings.
“Mention
Whitney Houston’s name and you can almost hear her performance of the ‘Star
Spangled Banner’ at Super Bowl XXV, her incredibly powerful take on ‘I Will Always
Love You,’ the soulful ‘I Look to You’ or the catchy hit ‘I Wanna Dance with
Somebody,’ immediately playing in your head,” said Rosemary Preta, Director of
Marketing, Midway USA, Merlin Entertainments Group. “She was a true and rare talent and we are exceedingly
proud to be adding her wax likeness to our attractions in the United States.”
Each
of the wax figures will be featured in a unique pose and costume, recreating a
significant moment of Houston’s incredible career.
Madame
Tussauds New York
In
2009 Whitney Houston released “I Look to You,” which was her first studio album
in six years, and quickly reminded listeners why she was one of the greatest
artists of all time. The album debuted
at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 -- becoming her fourth number one album
-- and has gone on to sell more than 2.5 million copies worldwide. At Madame Tussauds New York, Houston will be
dressed in an elegant gold sequined floor-length gown evocative of the one she
wore in the “I Look to You” album photo shoot.
Madam
Tussauds Washington, D.C.
On January
27, 1991, Houston delivered one of the most stirring renditions of the “Star
Spangled Banner” ever recorded at the start of Super Bowl XXV. It was a moment that held national
significance due to the fact the U.S. was at war in the Persian Gulf and one
that became a defining moment of her career.
At Madame Tussauds Washington, D.C., Houston will be portrayed as she
appeared on that day and dressed in a recreation of the white track suit with
red, white and blue detailing that she wore with a white headband.
Madame
Tussauds Hollywood
Houston
took on her first major acting role when she starred as singer Rachel Marron in
1992’s “The Bodyguard.” The film was a
box office success, becoming the second highest grossing release of the year,
and the soundtrack, which features Houston’s cover of “I Will Always Love You,”
sold 45 million copies worldwide and has gone on to become the best-selling
soundtrack of all time. At Madame
Tussauds Hollywood, Houston will be depicted as Rachel Marron wearing a replica
of the chromed-silver “Queen of the Night” costume she famously wore in the
film. Warner Bros kindly lent the original outfit to Madame Tussauds studio
artists to ensure an exact recreation.
Madame
Tussauds Las Vegas
The
first single from Houston’s second studio album was titled “I Wanna Dance with
Somebody (Who Loves Me)” and earned the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance at the 30th Grammy Awards in 1988.
The song’s accompanying video became one of Houston's best recognized
music videos and ran in heavy rotation on MTV, VH1, and BET. At Madame Tussauds Las Vegas, Houston’s wax
figure will be styled in the same way she appeared in the video, wearing a
tight purple-pink tank dress and blonde curly hair.
Speaking
on behalf of the family and The Whitney Houston Estate, Pat Houston said:
"We were extremely honored when Madame Tussauds' approached us about doing
not one, but four figures of Whitney from different points in her 30-year
career. This is something we are excited
to do for the fans."
Each
of the wax figures was created by a team of specially trained artists at Madame
Tussauds’ studio in London, England. The
figures were first perfectly sculpted in clay then molded in wax before artists
accurately recreated skin tone, including every freckle, mole and dimple. Hair is then inserted one strand at a time
and hairdressers, make-up artists and stylists then finish off the look. The painstaking process takes four months to
complete at an approximate cost of $1.2 million for the four figures.
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