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Ariana Grande does spot-on impressions of Celine Dion and Britney Spears on “SNL.”

Ariana Grande does spot-on impressions of Celine Dion and Britney Spears on “SNL.”

Ariana Grande knows her fans love her spot-on impressions of other singers, so she made sure to include a whole bunch of them when she hosted “Saturday Night Live” on October 12.

The 31-year-old “Wicked” star, who last hosted the iconic sketch comedy series in 2016, made up for lost time on Saturday's episode by pulling out some of her favorite impersonations of other pop stars, including Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Gwen Stefani and Celine Dion.

(Don't worry, Grande even did her crazy Jennifer Coolidge impression in a hilarious skit with cast member Chloe Fineman.)

The former theater student got the ball rolling during her opening monologue. Grande initially vowed to remain “low-key” throughout the night, as she claimed wouldn't sing during the episode or do one of their celebrity impressions.

“I just want to make one thing clear. I'm just a host. No, I won't say that about myself. “I'm just going to have fun, take it easy and, yeah, I'm just going to keep it low-key,” she said.

Moments later, Grande took an off-camera microphone to belt out an original song about her plans to resist the temptation to act like a “diva.”

The song, of course, showcased Grande's impressive vocal range, despite her promise not sing your “favorite notes” – “not C, D, B, A or G.”

It also included a 1-2-3 break of Grande's impressions: a few Spears-style “Ooh Baby Babies,” a brief riff on Cyrus, and a Stefani parody to the tune of No Doubt's “Don't Speak.”

The opening then took a breathtaking turn when Grande received a Broadway-worthy lift thanks to a backup dancer and Bowen Yang also took the stage in full Glinda drag.

The audience at Studio 8H wasn't the only one eating up Grande's muttonness. The audience at home was also thrilled by her musical monologue.

“She actually did what needed to be done. She has gone from singing to acting to humor to dancing. She is unique. Nobody does it as well as her,” one viewer wrote alongside a snippet of Grande’s monologue posted on the official “SNL” Instagram account.

“Ariana is truly made for SNL. She has an amazing ability to impersonate other artists,” a third viewer wrote on YouTube.

Later in the episode, Grande worked her introduction to Celine Dion into a skit in which she mocked the Canadian singer's recent Sunday Night Football promos.

Grande's Dion wears her hair in a bun (actually a wig) and speaks with a fake Quebec accent. She reveals that she now helps promote the UFC's bloody mixed martial arts fights.

“Show me, do it!” Grande's Dion screams before launching into a bloodthirsty parody of “It's All Coming Back to Me Now,” set to footage of the fighters' bloody, bone-crunching fights.

Once again, viewers were amazed by Grande's spot-on impression of Dion.

“When it comes to doing the Celine Dion impression, no one does it better than Ariana Grande, but this time she outdid herself…those vocals, wow,” one viewer wrote on YouTube.

“This is really amazing lol the accent, the singing,” another gushed.

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