MADONNA - MADONNA SAVES CRUCIFIXION ROUTINE FOR TV SPECIAL

MADONNA has won her battle to keep a controversial crucifixion routine in her Confessions concert in her upcoming TV special. Religious leaders were outraged when they first heard about the part of the show where Madonna, wearing a fake crown of thorns, descends on a suspended mirrored, disco ball-type cross. They urged the pop superstar to scrap the irreverent routine, but she refused - and now the singer insists it remains when the concert special, LIVE TO TELL, airs in America in November (06). KEVIN REILLY, an executive at NBC - where the concert special will air - says, "She felt like that was a cornerstone of the show. We viewed it and didn't see it as being inappropriate."