The Best Foreign Act During Spring Festival? Sarah Brightman, Probably

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It’s easy when you have a classically trained soprano. Props to Anhui TV for having the foresight to invite international recording artist, Phantom of the Opera star, and friend of China Sarah Brightman — who sang at the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony — to perform at its Spring Festival gala on Friday. She’s probably done “It’s Time to Say Goodbye” a thousand times, but the tune is, as we say, timeless.

And now we ask: who had the best Spring Festival performance? The other candidates are PSY, Celine Dion, and the Backstreet Boys.