Emily Blunt lip synched to No Diggity and broke out a Janis Joplin impersonation on Thursday night on Lip Sync Battle but it wasn’t enough to beat Anne Hathaway and her take on Wrecking Ball.
The 32-year-old Oscar-winning actress won the audience vote after stripping down to her undies and swinging on a construction prop while lip synching to the hit song by pop star Miley Cyrus.
Emily, 32, earlier took the stage in a fur coat and rose-coloured glasses as she lip synched to Piece Of My Heart by Janis Joplin.
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On the ball: Anne Hathaway won Lip Sync Battle on Thursday night with a rendition of Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus
The competition was billed by host LL Cool J as the Devil Wears Prada Reunion Battle as both actresses starred in the 2006 film along with Meryl Streep.
Both actresses performed twice during the show before the audience decided which one would take home the Lip Sync Battle championship belt.
Anne was up first and lip synched to the Mary J. Blige song Love wearing a white T-shirt and black skinny pants.
Nice try: Emily Blunt tried to win the audience over with her performance to Pieces Of My by Janis Joplin on but was no match for Anne
She fake rapped during the song and kicked her leg as she played up sexy dance moves to the crowd.
‘I’m not concerned, it was alright. I thought it was cheap to do all that stuff,’ Emily dead-panned after Anne’s performance.
‘To be fair, Emily knows cheap,’ quipped Anne.
She’s good: Anne started out with a spirited lip synch of Love by Mary J. Blige
Getting into it: The Oscar-winning actress showed off her lip synching and dance skills
Emily was up next and chose the old-school 1996 R&B song No Diggity by Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen.
She hit the stage in faded blue jeans and button-up blue blouse and grinded against Anne as a surprised LL Cool J looked on.
The English actress got the audience to throw their arms up in the air as she grooved and lip synched to the song.
Nailed it: Emily seemed the early favourite after her lip synch to No Diggity by Blackstreet
‘Will I let her win? No, shan’t! #andyoveremily’: Anne shared this photo from the episode on her Instagram account on Monday and referenced The Devil Wears Prada in the caption
Emily was shown preparing for round two by working on her lip ‘mobility’ as she repeated the poly-syllabic name ‘Benedict Cumberbatch’ into a mirror.
She also revealed how Anne was trying to thwart her performance.
‘I’ve been super-method about it, but it’s not working. Anne has a very, very secretive process – I called her once and she told me she was doing Beethoven’s 5th, but when I told her there were no words in that she hung-up.
Getting ready: Emily was shown preparing for round two with lip ‘mobility’ exercises
‘But, you know what, this is art -and it’s going to stand the test of time,’ Emily said.
She was then showing taking the stage in a 1960s-inspired outfit complete with fur coat, furry white hat, rose-coloured glasses and yellow flowers.
Show commentator Chrissy Teigen pretended to be smoking a huge joint after her performance.
‘I just got blunted,’ she joked.
Rocking out: The English actress incorporated dropping balloons into her performance
Anne then took the stage wearing a white tank-top and black sweatpants with her short black hair slicked back as she started lip synching to Wrecking Ball.
The Les Miserables star later ripped off her sweatpants and performed in high-waisted underwear and tank-top while wearing maroon coloured Doc Martens and bright red lipstick.
She saddled up to Emily during her performance before streaking across a darkened stage and leaping onto a swinging construction prop.
Hit song: Anne came out wearing sweatpants at the start of her Wrecking Ball performance
Good girl gone bad: The 32-year-old singer stripped down to a pair of high-waisted underwear and tank top while swinging back and forth on the construction prop just like the 22-year-old singer in her video
Swinging around: Anne had the crowd in a frenzy as she swung on the construction prop
Standing up: The actress stood up on the swinging ball to dramatic effect
‘No!,’ Emily said as it became clear that Anne would be stiff competition.
‘I think the audience was amazing,’ Anne said after her performance as she tried to curry favor with the judges.
LL Cool J polled the crowd and Anne easily won.
She held up her championship belt and kissed it as Emily applauded.
Running start: Anne streaked across a darkened stage before dramatically jumping on the wrecking ball
Feeling confident: Anne flipped the bird to Emily as it became clear that she was going to win
Emily’s husband John Krasinski is the co-creator of the new hit Spike show.
He and Emily along with good pal Stephen Merchant introduced their self-created game to The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon, who later incorporated it as a sketch on his NBC late night program.
Due to popular viewership and audience reception, Jimmy and John created the half-hour show that also will be showcasing the karaoke talents of Anna Kendrick, Malin Akerman and Justin Bieber.
Lip Sync Battle premiered with Jimmy Fallon versus Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Oscar-winning artists and Glory collaborators John Legend and Common competing against each other.
Reunion battle: Anne and Emily are shown along with Meryl Streep in a scene from the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada
source: dailymail.co.uk
