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For the first time in three years, Donnie and Marie Osmond sang together on a Las Vegas stage on Saturday night. It was only for a song. But it was the memory of a lifetime for the fans who filled Harrah\u2019s showroom for what they thought would be just another Donny Osmond show.<\/p>\n

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Marie and Donny Osmond finish their final performance of their Flamingo Las Vegas residency on November 16, 2019.\u00a0(Image: WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During his show\u2019s request segment, Donny showed a list of songs formerly performed together by the famous duo. Someone requested \u201cA Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock \u2019N Roll.\u201d They sang that on every episode of ABC-TV\u2019s \u201cDonny & Marie\u201d variety show, which ran from January 1976 to May 1979. It was a song that emphasized their musical differences.<\/p>\n

Though Donny, 64, had performed his solo show at Harrah\u2019s since August 2021, it was the first time Marie, 63, had come to see it. And she apparently had no intention of joining her former teen-idol brother on stage.<\/p>\n

Donny introduced her anyway, saying, \u201cThere is one of my favorite people on the planet, my sister, Marie, right there,\u201d as he pointed her out in a VIP booth.<\/p>\n

Quibbling Rivalry<\/h2>\n

Donny and Marie originally signed on for a six-week run at the Flamingo in 2008. But it turned into 11 years and more than 1,700 performances together. It also netted them a reported $1.6 million a year plus 40 percent of the box-office gross, which could have had something to do with its longevity.<\/p>\n

In a 2012 interview with Metro UK,<\/em> Donny explained that he and Marie had been rivals since childhood when they were the breakout stars of their family group, The Osmonds.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s sibling rivalry in families, but we were business partners too,\u201d he said. \u201cTo make the business work, we set those rivalries aside. Me and Marie were the most competitive, we were closest in age, and then the \u2018Donny & Marie\u2019 TV show in the 1970s used that in the scripts. It was how we were offstage, too.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Officially, Donny said the duo ended their Flamingo residency because both had projects they wanted to do separately \u2013 he an album, and she more acting. However, it had been reported that they were feuding and rarely spoke offstage.<\/a> Offered as supporting evidence were the dwindling duets toward the end of the show\u2019s run. (The show had essentially become two separate solo shows.)<\/p>\n

Also, fans who paid for a VIP experience got a photo with Donny or Marie but never a photo with Donny and Marie.<\/p>\n

Center Stage<\/h2>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so nice to see you!\u201d Donnie said, walking through the crowd, which was erupting in applause, toward his sister. \u201cI love you, baby!\u201d<\/p>\n

When Donny reached Marie, he asked her, \u201cDo you mind?\u201d<\/p>\n

Marie agreed, telling the crowd: \u201cI\u2019m here for him, not to do this. But I\u2019ll do this one.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the first time they had performed together on stage since their last Flamingo date on November 16, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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