Vanessa Hudgens Nails Her Grease

That number is almost three times that of the next most-mentioned cast member, which was Danny Zuko actor Aaron Tveit with 36,522 mentions.

Vanessa also has the support of her fans and all of the rave reviews she received for her incredible performance as Rizzo in Grease: Live on Sunday night, January 31.

Did you watch “Grease: Live” last night?

“Imagine you had Vanessa Hudgens’ day, and doing that”, tweeted Lin-Manuel Miranda creator of the Broadway smash “Hamilton” after Hudgens’ solo performance of “There Are Worse Things I Could Do”. Also included in “Grease: Live” is an original song “All I Need Is An Angel”, specially written for Jepsen’s portrayal of Frenchy. Fast national ratings – and then final data – should be out within a few hours. Just two days after Grease: Live!

“Grease Live” Producer Marc Platt revealed to Entertainment Weekly that Hudgens professionalism during such a trying time in her life blew him away.

Variety critic Maureen Ryan wrote that “thanks to exceptional work from [‘Hamilton”] director Thomas Kail and several sterling supporting performances, much of “Grease Live!’ was as sweet and tasty as root beer float…”

In the vein of “The Sound of Music”, “Peter Pan,” and “The Wiz”, “Grease” became the latest musical production to receive the live-TV treatment when Fox aired “Grease: Live!” on Sunday night.

Equally perplexing is the case of the problematic line “Did she put up a fight?” which AdWeek reported last week was kept in the lyrics while a reference to girls “creaming” and a “pussy wagon” were rewritten.

“I looked at her in the eyes and said can you do this?”

“To be able to do one of my favorite roles ever and do what I love most – performing in front of a live audience – as well, it’s literally my biggest dream come true”, she says.