Mariah Carey stumbled on a few notes but gamely sang two songs on a freezing New Year’s Eve in New York City’s Times Square, returning to the scene of her disastrous New Year’s Rockin’ Eve performance of a year ago. While a bit bumpy, the performance would have been challenging for any singer: She sang Vision Of Love and Hero on a raised platform in 10-degree (-10°C ) weather that felt like -7 (-21°C), factoring in wind chill.

The performance was not without a diva moment, albeit a minor one. After performing Vision Of Love, she said: "I’m just going to take a sip of tea if they’ll let me. They told me there would be tea.” When no tea materialised, she said, "Ugh, it’s a disaster. OK, well, we’ll just have to rough it. I’m going to be just like everybody else with no hot tea,” and then launched into Hero.