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Auli’i Cravalho is going to be flying in tonight’s The Little Mermaid Live!

The 18-year-old starlet chatted with USA Today about her favorite tunes from the movie, how she’s been preparing for the role and if she’s heard any word about a Moana sequel. Check it out below!

On wearing the red wig: “About a month ago, I think, I got to try on the wig for the first time, and it was crazy to see myself in the mirror with red hair. Then they put a red kind of dye in my eyebrows. And it made me look like, obviously, a completely different person, but it definitely put me in the headspace of Ariel, and I cannot wait to put on that iconic wig again.”

On getting to do aerials as Ariel: “‘Part of Your World’ is really exciting to me because I get to do some aerial work in that. So Ariel gets to do aerial work, which I think is also the best pun in the world. And I’m really, really excited. I’ve been doing a lot of ab exercises, I’ve been doing a lot of crunches, a lot of planks.

On a Moana sequel: “My lips stay sealed on that, but I’m really excited for whatever Disney’s coming up with.”

The Little Mermaid Live! airs TONIGHT @ 8PM ET/PT on ABC!

Tonight’s the night! The night that The Little Mermaid Live premieres!

The special concert event will include a mixture of the film being projected on a giant surface and live musical performances from the film and Broadway stage versions, brought to life by stars Auli’i Cravalho, Queen Latifah, John Stamos, Shaggy and Graham Phillips.

While we all know the words to the animated movie version, you might not know the Broadway songs, which is why we have TWO soundtracks for you to listen to ahead of the premiere!

The Little Mermaid Live premieres TONIGHT, November 5th @ 8PM ET/PT on ABC.

Listen to The Little Mermaid soundtracks below!

We’ve only got one more day until the premiere of The Little Mermaid Live!

Starring Auli’i Cravalho, Queen Latifah, John Stamos, Shaggy and Graham Phillips, the magical event will be filled with the original animated movie, plus live performances of all your favorite songs from the soundtrack.

Entertainment Weekly spoke to director Hamish Hamilton about how the broadcast will be done and what fans can expect the event to be like.

“In its most basic explanation, it’s actually quite simple. We will start the animated feature on a giant screen presented in a room. The television audience is almost at a concert where the star is the movie on a screen. Very quickly we’re going to go full frame into the movie so the audience on television are watching the animated feature as they have done a few times if they’re fans,” he explained.

Hamish adds that “the point we get to a song, we will transition from the animated feature back into our room where we will reveal our cast performing the songs. At the end of the song, huge applause, and we transition back into full frame animated feature.”

“It’s about 55 percent of what we’re creating is the animated feature and then about 45 percent of what the TV audience will see are live performances.”

He also spoke about the blending of the live part and animated feature, hoping to make “the blend beautiful. The Hollywood Bowl clearly demonstrates that it can work and it does work, and we’re taking a stage further.”

“We hope that when we present it, people like yourself — well, actually everybody, but particularly people like yourself who love the movie so much will love our take on it.”

The Little Mermaid Live! will premiere Tuesday, November 5th @ 8PM ET/PT on ABC. Check out some behind-the-scenes pics below!

We are so ready to see Auli’i Cravalho and Graham Phillips as Ariel and Prince Eric in the upcoming, The Little Mermaid Live!

In a few new videos posted to ABC’s Instagram, Auli’i, Graham and the cast of the special give fans an inside look at recording the songs for the concert, including “Under the Sea,” “Poor Unfortunate Souls,” “Her Voice,” “Les Poissons” and, “Part of Your World.”

“Recording music for this live event has been awe-inspiring,” Auli’i shared in one of the videos. “The first song that I sang was ‘Part of Your World’, and my first take went really, really well. I was like ‘oh, this feels really good’, and I turned to Alan [Menken] and he was just like ‘Yasss!’”

You can check out sneak peeks of the upcoming special and the music below now!

Auli’i Cravalho and Graham Phillips are the spitting images of the animated Ariel and Prince Eric in these promo pics for The Little Mermaid Live!

The 18-year-old actress and Graham, 26, will star opposite Queen Latifah as Ursula, John Stamos at Chef Louis, and Shaggy as Sebastian in the live event.

The Little Mermaid Live! is a celebration the 30th anniversary of the beloved animated movie through a never-before-seen hybrid musical featuring intricate live sets, costumes and music from the original animated film and the Tony-nominated Broadway stage version.

The Wonderful World of Disney Presents The Little Mermaid Live! will air in just a few weeks, on Tuesday, November 5th at 8PM ET/PT on ABC!

Check out 30+ pics inside of Auli’i Cravalaho, Graham Phillips and more recording for The Little Mermaid Live…

Auli’i Cravalho dons red hair and shows off her vocals in this brand new, first look at her as Ariel in The Little Mermaid Live!

The 18-year-old Moana actress is starring in the special ABC event alongside Graham Phillips as Prince Eric.

The Little Mermaid Live! is a celebration the 30th anniversary of the beloved animated movie through a never-before-seen hybrid musical featuring intricate live sets, costumes and music from the original animated film and the Tony-nominated Broadway stage version.

Also in the production are Queen Latifah as Ursula, John Stamos at Chef Louis, and Shaggy as Sebastian.

Not only do we get our first look at each character, but there are also clips of each character singing songs from their character.

The Wonderful World of Disney Presents The Little Mermaid Live! will air in about one month on Tuesday, November 5th at 8pm on ABC!

Click inside for individual clips of each performer… More Here! »

Graham Phillips is our new Prince Eric – at least in the upcoming live version of The Little Mermaid.

The former Riverdale actor will join John Stamos on the stage in the upcoming event. John is set to star as Chef Louis, a role he previously played in the Hollywood Bowl production.

Graham and John join Auli’i Cravalho, Queen Latifah and Shaggy in the production, and will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the beloved animated movie through a never-before-seen hybrid musical featuring intricate live sets, costumes and music from the original animated film and the Tony-nominated Broadway stage version.

The Wonderful World of Disney presents The Little Mermaid Live! will air Tuesday, November 5th @ 8PM ET/PT on ABC.