i reached out to the executo whitney's estate, patthouston. >> she told me holograms new technology andtake time to perfect and we believe with artists of this conic caliber it must be perfect. after closely viewing t performance we decided the hologram was not ready to work. >> why didn't this workout? >> it did work. it was just incomplete. >> i sat down with the specific effects producer. >> there was more enhancement to the face to be done on the final close ups chosen for the tv show. there's a difference between seeing a live performance and seeing an extreme close up so there's people in the audience that were crying. christina threw a fit when she heard that there was a possibility of the show being cancelled. she is furious. absolutely furious. >> christina released this statement today. i was honored that the houston family asked me to perform a duet with the legendary whitney houston. sadly the technology could not meet up to the talent that whitney posse whitney who died in 2012 isn't the first singer to get the mind bending hologram treatment. that's elvis with celine deon