Big Britney waddles to glory at Hard Rock

Saturday afternoon, I got an e-mail from Jeff Beacher of Beacher's Madhouse about how seriously he was taking the mini-Britney wars, and the debut that night of his mysterious new mini-Britney.

Beacher e-mailed [grammatical errors have been preserved]:

 

"I personally got involved in creation. No mini britney franeknstein [sic] is going to screw me and get away with it!!!! Yes you can use that quote!"

 

That was a clear reference to Terra Jole who originated Mini-Britney, a highlight of the Madhouse earlier this year.

But Jole left the Madhouse and the Hard Rock and is now starring at Little Legends doing her act at Krave at Planet Hollywood.

After escalating bitterness between the two, Beacher vowed to present at the Madhouse "New Mini-Britney" who he claimed could dance and sing better than Jole.

 

To Jole, Beacher's intention was clear: "He's trying to sabotage Mini-Britney."

 

But, until her debut, Beacher refused to let me see or photograph 'New Mini-Britney.'

 

Now, I can report much is cleared up. Terra Jole remains the undisputed 'mini-Britney Spears' impersonator in Las Vegas. But I don't think the Madhouse audience was at all disappointed with what we got: Big Britney.

Jole told me she did Britney's hits on purpose to remind the audience of the Britney they love. Big Britney went another direction offering a recreation of Britney Spears' "Gimme More" VMA performance.

This had a certain expedience by allowing 'Big Britney' to impersonate Britney Spears by both messing up the choreography and lip un-synching the wrong words. The truth is 'Big Britney's' belly showed more dancing groove and vitality, swinging to its own melody, than the real Britney Spears offered Vegas at the VMAs. So, going forward it's 'Big Britney' vs. 'Mini Britney.'

 

Spoiler alert: Big Britney is Jeff Beacher in a wig. I asked him about the outfit: "We tried to get something that matched her VMA outfit exactly. But I could not fit in the shoes so I wore sneakers at the last minute."

By the way, Beacher has claimed to have lost a great deal of weight as part of a rigorous training program in preparation to  run the Las Vegas Marathon in December. How do you think he is doing?

(photo by Sarah Gerke)