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The Olympic athletes compete in eroticismlatest entry into NBC's live musical oeuvre, Hairspray Live!, aired Wednesday night and -- as anyone who watched Sound of Music Live!or The Wiz Live! is well aware -- half the fun of these giant productions is watching it with your friends.

And by "friends" of course we mean fellow musical theater nerds on Twitter.

Below are some second-screen highlights from the three-hour broadcast.

First of all, Dove Cameron was definitely a breakout star.

Dove Cameron and Kristen Chenoweth are destined to play a musical mother-daughter duo for the rest of eternity #HairsprayLive

— Rachel (@rachelalbon) December 8, 2016

you guys are finally reconizing dove cameron's talent? took you long enough #HairsprayLive pic.twitter.com/h2GIbSYUmQ

— mikkii (@htgawsabs) December 8, 2016

Dove Cameron's singing is on POINT 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 #HairsprayLive

— Christina O'Handley (@ohandleyc) December 8, 2016

Before tonight I didn't know what a Dove Cameron was. Now I worship her. #HairsprayLive

— Louis Peitzman (@LouisPeitzman) December 8, 2016

Never fear: By the end, Ariana Grande went all pop star.

When your crush notices you #HairsprayLive pic.twitter.com/p7sz6AQ2et

— Ariana Grande Alerts (@ArianatorAlerts) December 8, 2016

Ariana added an extra beat to this song to make SURE we could hear her belt. #HairsprayLive

— Esther Zuckerman (@ezwrites) December 8, 2016

There was, of course, also some troll-y reminders that Fox's Grease Live (directed by Hamilton's Thomas Kail) is still the brightest star.

Is that the same gym from #greaselive? #hairspraylive

— Hailstorm (@hayleykillian) December 8, 2016

NBC clearly took a lot of notes during #GreaseLive#HairsprayLive

— Draper Harlow (@Drapervich) December 8, 2016

So far this isn't bad, but after #GreaseLive this feels weak and oddly quiet. The audience in the former was genius. #HairsprayLive

— Sentry202 (@Sentry202) December 8, 2016

We can only dream.

I like to think that Andrea Martin and Billy Eichner are sitting together backstage quietly judging everyone #hairspraylive

— Jo Balin (@jo_balin) December 8, 2016

But it's important to remember the golden rule of these broadcasts.

Your Hairspray tweets aren't funny unless they come from LOVE

— Marc (@MarcSnetiker) December 8, 2016