Mariah Carey redeems herself on New Year's Eve

New York

THIS time, there were no malfunctions. And there was no hot tea either, but hey, it could have been worse. It could've been last year.

Mariah Carey, wearing a white fur coat, long earrings and a gold-coloured glittery dress, took the stage in Times Square to close out 2017, one year after a debacle of a performance that could be a contender for the Mount Rushmore of live-television moments, right alongside Janet Jackson's Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction.

This time, Carey's performance did not feature the back-up dancers of last year. There was minimal choreography, as she stayed in mostly one spot onstage d…