Wed, 09 July 2008 at 3:38 pm

Rihanna Scores Spanish Idol

Rihanna performs on Operacion Triunfo (the Spanish version of American Idol) in Barcelona, Spain on Wednesday.

The Barbados-born bombshell received two platinum CDs for album sales in excess of 800,000 copies sold. The Umbrella singer performed Hate That I Love You during the show. David Bisbal performed the song with Rihanna.

Over the weekend, Rihanna and close friend Chris Brown performed at the 2008 Essence Music Festival.

15+ pictures of Rihanna scoring Spanish Idol…

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# 26

uh oh @ 07/09/2008 at 4:34 pm

lol@ Rihanna’s facial expressions! I guess the histronics help compensate for the weak voice.

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piza @ 07/09/2008 at 4:38 pm

Operacion Triunfo was the first American Idolish show… Simon Cowell is a copycat!

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# 28

piza @ 07/09/2008 at 4:39 pm

Hit keyboard too soon. I want to say that Rihana is sweet but she cannot compare to David.

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# 29

TRUE @ 07/09/2008 at 4:42 pm

RIHANNA IS JUST ANOTHER MANUFACTURED HOE

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Witchie @ 07/09/2008 at 4:44 pm

please post a video link. you tube? red lasso?

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# 31

haley @ 07/09/2008 at 4:56 pm

David Bisbal is amazing

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# 32

Brett @ 07/09/2008 at 4:57 pm

SHE ROCKS, I LOVE HER ALBUM!!!

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# 33

CAMMY @ 07/09/2008 at 5:13 pm

RIHANNA HAS bad stage presence and a bad voice
i will never see her live again
i used to like her before but she’s totally fake
(can’t wait for beyonce to kick some ass lol)

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# 34

Spanish girl @ 07/09/2008 at 6:08 pm

Hi!
The video: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=YzgRTyG4_6g

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# 35

Spanish girl @ 07/09/2008 at 6:11 pm

Don’t stop the music in operacion triunfo: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=kVRFmiEoKt4

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# 36

nikomilinko @ 07/09/2008 at 7:04 pm

her show was horrible.

http://www.incentria.com/index.php?ref=nikomilinko

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# 37

nana @ 07/09/2008 at 7:39 pm

to all those who are not fan riri did not come to see his photos, I am a fan of riri, it is beautiful and very beautiful voice so it’s not your mechancités which will prevent him to do that ‘ she likes, RIHANNA YOU EMMERDE

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# 38

lalalove @ 07/09/2008 at 8:44 pm

#8 (enoughalready), You took the words right out of my mouth.

And Nana, hun. If you really want to defend her and her so-called “talent,” use better grammer so we can actually understand what ur trying to say. Okay, hun?

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# 39

[☆I n F a m o u s☆] @ 07/09/2008 at 8:53 pm

… it must really hurt the haters [crackers] hearts that a no-talented, ugly, black girl is at the top of the music industry. selling all those records, winning awards, getting the most radio spins, and tv play. ouch! i feel sorry for you sal·tine muthafcuka’s

lmaoooooooo*cough*oooooooooo

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# 40

Janie @ 07/10/2008 at 10:04 am

She is very pretty!

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# 41

nessa @ 07/10/2008 at 10:14 am

spanish girl, thank you for the links. saw this on another site too. rihanna was ok. david was wonderful!

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# 42

Rihanna fan @ 07/10/2008 at 11:26 am

Riri rocks. There is no one currently in the music biz that sounds like her or looks like her. She looks like a model because she is tall, toned and has long, long legs.

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# 43

Marsha @ 07/10/2008 at 5:23 pm

I HOPE THAT RIHANNA & BEYONCE GOANNA WORK TOGETHER SOMEDAY!!! IT WILL BE GREAT! THEN I HOPE THAT THE HATERS WILL STOP HATING HER!! WHEN BEYONCE STOP MAKING MUSIC,, RIHANNA WILL TAKE IT OVER FROM HER!!!
I LOVE RIRI AND BEE(k)(l)

THANK GOD RIHANNA HAVES MORE LOVERS THEN HATERS!!!

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# 44

Marsha @ 07/10/2008 at 5:28 pm

PLEASE, DON’T STOP RIHANNA!!

BECAUSE WHEN YOU MESSING WHIT RIHANNA YOU MESSING WHIT GOD!!!!

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# 45

jenny @ 07/12/2008 at 4:29 am

I love you a david bisbal

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# 46

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