Melanie Amaro Banishes King John in Pepsi's Super Bowl Spot

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And here's your 60-second Pepsi spot that will air during the Super Bowl. It features The X Factor winner Melanie Amaro impressing, and then exiling, the evil king Elton John (who's wearing some serious platform boots) with her stained-glass-shattering rendition of Aretha Franklin's "Respect." What do you think—aside from being annoyed at all the full spots being released this year?

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