TIFFANY vs MELISSA MOULTRIE (Star Search 80s)

Two very good performances........

[@carissarashea9598]

Melissa was my vocal coach. I'm a good singer for life because of her. She and her mother taught me how to harmonize and gave me a foundation as a musician. Amazing and talented people. Her mother Carly didn't play games though.

[@70conrad]

Carissa Rashea LOL! Carly sure didn't play games.

[@juckimal]

What is she doing now?

[@scootermom1791]

Is Melissa Moultrie related to Emilie Moultrie? Emilie won first place on Star Search in 1986. She was also an actress in "The Greatest American Hero," and she played a guest appearance on "Small Wonder" as a girl who stuttered. Anyway, the last name isn't that common, so I had to ask. 🙂

[@carissadoe2645]

⁠@@scootermom1791Yes they are sisters, and Emilie sings very well also.

[@carissadoe2645]

@@juckimalI’m not sure. Haven’t been in contact with them for almost 2 decades.

[@beautyonabarnbudget]

Tiffany was my 1st CASSETTE!!! I got it for my 9th birthday. Played the fuq outta that thing until it unwound.😂 I just did an 80's re-visit and I 4got that Tiffany had PIPES!!!! Dayum! Also just found out she recorded "could've been " and "I think I'm alone now" at 14!!!!!!

[@witchylisa]

Cute.. I loved the tuxedo style in the 80s! I remember being so excited when I wore my new outfits to school LOL tuxedo! haha Oh how I miss the 80s!

[@emilyrosemeggierose9276]

I still can’t believe that Tiffany didn’t win. She was so vivid & expressive 🎉

[@70conrad]

@disneylandbible thank you for shedding light on what became of Melissa and most importantly why. I actually sang with her and Emily in what was the professional group at Moultrie Studios for a short time. This was over 23 years ago. I believe we were going to be called "Power". At any rate, what many people fail to realize is that "show biz" is not for everyone. Melissa was blessed with one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard, but obviously her soul called her to something else

[@scootermom1791]

So Emilie is related to Melissa? Emilie won first place in a Star Search episode in 1986.

[@dyanmoore-n5t]

So did my daughter. Remember The Celebration performing group out of Claremont CA?

[@Ernie1978]

Tiffany has a way to tell a story. Damn! that girl was talented.

[@Larasackey]

i danced with melissa growing up... god she was soooo amazing!

[@dyanmoore-n5t]

Absolutely!!And her mother Carly was a real star maker. My daughter became a singer thaws to Carly

[@maxinemorris6927]

Tiffany has such a beautiful voice

[@brittanied.9509]

Awwww Tiffany’s voice, brought me right back to my teens. She actually sounded a little like a young Donna Summer in some parts of the song.

[@jorgeandrew]

Totally 😮

[@theshypersistence]

Crazy that Tiffany is only 12 here! Such poise and maturity and great vocal chops! She sings better here that on her albums 🤯 And yes: she was def robbed of the win here 😕

[@dyanmoore-n5t]

Melissa was only 12 and WAY more talented than Tiffany could EVER hope to be!!

[@vistalite]

I still cherish my Melissa Moultrie lunchbox and action figure.

[@DanMarie96]

star search never judged talent right.. britney spear, christina, tiffany and all these famous singers lost on this show and people who won never went anywhere

[@pattyg1821]

Debbie Gibson auditioned 11 times and kept getting a no to be on the show. so she just kept pressing on and ended up with a recording contract at 16 and then went on to selling millions of albums and her 1st album with 4 top 5 hits (which one of them was 1) and then she became the youngest artist in history to write,produce and perform #1 and she stills holds that record as the only female to do so.

[@mary71257]

This is nice V.

[@marcosgrez8662]

Las vueltas de la vida Tiffany Renee Darwish segundo lugar. Posteriormente años mas tarde ser la N° 1 en las listas del mundo con Creo que estamos solos ahora!!!! All this time, Felling is forever, Radio Romance etc......

[@valerieann9637]

Tiffany is the example of the child with a strong chest range...leads to a big vocal range in the future!

[@antmusic]

I'd love to hear some recordings from Melissa Moultrie from around then, because she's really good too (I'm a huge Tiffany fan).

[@gmfd76]

They're both talented singers; but I felt Tiffany's performance more than Melissa's, if you know what I mean. :)

[@MooseCall]

Yep. It was real. Melissa is cookie cutter and no raw emotion.

[@pink4078]

Wow Tiffany should have won that one.

[@redmr2na]

In the 80s it was pop, in the late 80s/early 90s it was ballads, and now she is a country music artist. Also, if Melissa didn't want to be famous as people here say, then why go on a show like Star Search. If you don't want noteriaty and attention, don't go and put yourself in the lime light.

[@TheDucatibarber]

Got to love Tiffany

[@JennasMusic76]

Tiffany was clearly robbed! I'm not saying Melissa couldn't sing, it just wasn't better than Tiffany in my opinion. I felt it was more natural the way Tiffany came across.

[@MooseCall]

Tiffany is a natural singer. It's like she's not even trying. She was a born singer.

[@freddaniali]

Wow, Tiffany sure had a set of pipes on her! Too bad that she only earned minimum success. Makes me sad!

[@santamariahl.3193]

Although I'm a fan of Tiffany, but I think here I prefer Melissa.

[@barapark100]

Tiffany six star !!!

[@ManMonkey600]

They both were great. But Melissa has that little girl on a stage show sound. Tiffany always had an older tone and sound to her voice. Even when you watch back older interviews she did in 87-88 her voice has a more mature sound to it. Surprised she kind of just faded away from the mainstream with such a natural singing voice.

[@andS7]

Very unfortunate especially with New Inside being a pretty decent album full of amazing vocals. I still bump “tenderly” and “there could never” along with the better known “here in my heart” of course

[@beautyonabarnbudget]

Bitch did fade! She's out there still doing her thing!!! Teamed up with other 80's acts and they fill arenas. Yall sleepin'

[@70conrad]

@disneylandbible LOL about Emily scaring you! Emily's star search video is now up. I think Melissa had the more pure beautiful tone, but Emily had fire behind her. Two very talented sisters and I hope they are happy :)

[@consumerwarrior1267]

If I remember her interview with Ed McMahon and the star search people clearly back around the time that the above show was filmed, Tiffany had told her interviewers that she initially had planned on becoming a country music singer, but later she decided that she wanted to become a rock artist.

[@redmr2na]

It's a pity that Tiffany lost, but to be fair, Melissa wasn't bad, but to me she just didn't put enough in to it. If she had it, why not show it. Tiffany started out soft, but then she opened those pipes of hers, and let it go and to me finished on a high note. Melissa didn't show what she had till the very end, on one final note. Melissa sounded like a kid, Tiffany sounded more like an adult. Also, Tiffany is still popular today, she actually changes her style to what is popular currently

[@dyanmoore-n5t]

Tiffany was reduced to singing in shopping malls for pennies to pay her bills when her music became stale.

[@stevenscott181]

This is my cousin also, it was up to the judges and Melissa won... :)

[@pika23]

hahaha so cute!

[@phoenixman8569]

some here say tiffany was robbed, maybe, but this was the early eighties so stage presents and glamour usually won out over raw talent and tiffany did sing better but she looked some what nervous and that's what probably killed it for her...

[@MitchieTorres93]

TIFFANY SHOULD'VE WON THIS! WELL AT LEAST TIFF GOT THE LAST LAUGH AND ENDED UP BEING BIGGER THAN MOST OF THE SHOWS WINNERS LOL

[@epicfights5253]

what is the name of the tiffany's song ??? somebody please...help

[@owen7180]

I Am Love by Jennifer Holliday

[@punchcat81]

@@owen7180 god, thank you man, thank you... i've been finding this song forever. T_T

[@PokeyVision]

@Keezie27 I'm not saying that Melissa was necessarily a better singer than Tiffany. I'm just saying that solely based on these 2 performances, Melissa came across as the singer with the stronger voice and clearly deserved to win that night. Doesn’t really matter though as Tiffany went on to have a much better career. Ironic that most of the singers who became really big stars after appearing on Star Search actually lost when on the show. i.e. Britney, Justin, Christina, Aaliyah, etc…

[@jordan84]

Interesting they chose Melissa, who is obviously a good technical singer. But Tiffany had a more mature and thicker tone. Much more resonance than Melissa.

[@andS7]

jordan84 those scores were bogus. One 3 would’ve been understandable but 3 out of 4 was plain wrong.

[@jordan84]

Seemed kind of staged. Tiffany is a much better natural singer. Her voice was fuller, her vibrato wasn’t as forced. Her belts much more powerful. Definetely staged.

[@victoriaindigo]

Tiffany

[@PokeyVision]

I know that Tiffany ended up becoming the more successful artist....but based solely on these 2 performances....Melissa was the stronger singer and had a better performance. Those who think Tiffany's was better are just Tiffany fans who are a little biased. I'm just keeping it real.

[@valerieann9637]

She should really do Broadway!

[@troyherman7374]

Melissa had the more controlled voice while Tiffany definitely had the more powerful voice. Also- Melissa was clearly more Broadway. Tiffany was more pop and so her destiny was set. Last I read, Melissa had become a music teacher or voice coach. Tiffany became....TIFFANY. LOL

[@santamariahl.3193]

What do you mean, man?

[@dyanmoore-n5t]

Melissa and her mother have encouraged and taught more singers than Tiffany could ever hope to be than someone only remembered for losing on SS.

[@loveanimals6981]

Tiffany was robbed -- she's clearly the better choice here. The first girl, Melissa, DOES have a good voice, and she picked an amazing song with, "Home," but her PERFORMANCE of it, for the most part, is just so fake- and pageant-looking. I hate it when young performers try to act older than their youth allows them to be. If you're not there yet in years, you're not there. Just be the kid that you're supposed to be, and be the best you can be with that. Tiffany on the other hand conversely seems mature beyond her years (some people DO have that, but it has to be natural and not fake-looking). Tiffany's PERFORMANCE is SO much better -- VERY seasoned and classic (can't believe she's only twelve). Only towards the end, when Tiffany first moved upstage, did I think she overdid it on some of her vocals. But her final notes were rightly strong and great.

[@Keezie27]

@Leveractionjake I agree. I don't know why anyone has to be accused of being a biased Tiffany fan because some say her voice is better. Her voice is better than Melissa's. Tiffany would have probably been better off picking a different song though, I don't think that was the best song choice for her.

[@disneylandbible]

@70conrad I attended Carly's for i think 6 years but it might have been 8 but I was too young to remember if it was 8. Melissa was my dance and vocal teacher, I took private lessons with Carly for a while, and for some reason Emily always scared me >.

[@dyanmoore-n5t]

My daughter was there then too. Melissa and Carly influenced my daughter and alot of others with confidence and talent.

[@p3t3ral3x]

Life compensated Tiffany turning her in a global superstar

[@dyanmoore-n5t]

Singing in shopping malls to promote her album is not exactly what I would call global superstar. She never won a grammy did she?

[@Animebrity.]

that girl reminds me of Debbie Gibson

[@Code.Name.V]

How did Tiffany not win?

[@aisishadkennedy1984]

It's is 1984 correct?

[@michealcinquina5195]

Tiffany 12 star

[@натальяиванова-к8ц]

When That Feel The Now I Think Of A Place Where There is Love Flow Кто души мне так просто назад как меняет соберется When that makes У кто люблю тебя сильно Bandit to lady How I the learn dropped

[@dyanmoore-n5t]

Ck out Stephanie Mills version direct from the musical The Wiz where she starred in the original version-not Diana Ross's version.

[@Keezie27]

@PokeyVision I disagree. Tiffany is a much stronger vocalist than Melissa. I think Melissa chose a stronger song to sing, but Tiffany clearly has a much more powerful voice. She's a great vocalist. Melissa however put on a better performance that night, she connected better with the song and the audience, although I still think her voice was a little weak. I can see why she won, but she is not a better singer than Tiffany. No way.

[@jorgeandrew]

Some parts of Tiffany vocals sounds like Donna Summer in 70's 😮

[@disneylandbible]

@notefromself there ya go saying dumb things thinking that no one actually knows her...for your information (which I can see is limited), her mother wanted both her and her sister Emily try out for Star Search...they did and Melissa won....but its not like those people on American Idol that "It's all I've ever wanted!!!" she had other goals in life, and singing, though a big part of her life, isn't all of it......not everyone wants to be stalked by the paparazzi for their entire lives.....

[@dyanmoore-n5t]

Agreed!!

[@anitabosse]

Is Melissa Emily's sister?

[@luckysmusic3922]

Yes...

[@dyanmoore-n5t]

Yes

[@xiala1980]

I know. I saw Celebrity Wife Swap. She is BIGGER than I thought she would get.

[@KayleighNatasha]

I wonder if Tiffany remembers this

[@calvinhandley2373]

I'm sure she does. At the time it would've been the single biggest moment in her young life.

[@dyanmoore-n5t]

I bet she remembers all those malls disasters were people made fun of her.

[@myysticranger]

Isn't that supposed to be Emily Moultrie?

[@disneylandbible]

to those idiots out there: Melissa declined stardom because it wasn't what she wanted to do. If she wanted, she could have been huge.....but she decided to stay and teach at her mom's studio and actually have a life. Besides, Tiffany was only big in her time. Most people today don't even know about her. Just saying.

[@staceykelly4211]

She's on tour right now, with a new album.

[@dyanmoore-n5t]

Again-agreed!

[@jtrover]

They're both incredibly talented, but I feel the scores should've been reversed. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@beautyonabarnbudget]

Melissa's too broadway

[@redmr2na]

@bluebirdsin No kidding, what a complete crock of shit this was. Tiffany should most definately have won this. Oh well, at least Tiffany had the last laugh, and became bigger then most people dream of. I've never even heard of the other girl, that beat her.