Source: Mirror.co.uk
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8 February 2006
GRAB A GRAMMY NIGHT..
Kiki King, Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley

IT'S been designer handbags at dawn as Mariah Carey and Madonna
battled it out to open tonight's Grammys.

Things between the warring pair got so fraught that organisers -
terrified that it might all kick of f at the LA bash - made sure
their dressing rooms were a good distance apart.

Our spy reveals: "Mariah really wanted to open the show with a choir-
backed rendition of We Belong Together. But Her Madgesty threatened
to pull the plug on her entire performance if she wasn't allowed to
kick off proceedings.

"So, even though Madonna's hit album, Confessions On A Dancefloor,
isn't even nominated for any Grammys, the producers gave in."

Madge, 47, will now open the show with a dance extravaganza featuring
the Gorillaz - leaving 35-year-old Mariah fuming.

"The war between Madonna and Mariah has been going on for years,"
reveals the New York Daily News. "Mariah was steaming last summer
when Madonna stole the show at Live 8."

So far she has two Grammys compared to Madge's five. But as she is up
for a whopping eight gongs tonight, Mariah might have the last laugh
after all...