Christina Aguilera: The Xperience is divided into six
acts, with an encore included into the sixth act. Several numbers in the show were reworked to include new songs, or to perform the songs in different acts. According to
Billboard magazine, the show bolsters an "intensely theatrical experience". In the center of the stage a metallic dome shape opens in the form of a lotus flower, as Aguilera appears in the middle of it, opening the show with "
Your Body", dressed in a futuristic white outfit with a detachable head detail. Aguilera originally followed up "Your Body" with "
Not Myself Tonight" in the first two legs of the residency. It was later replaced by "
Bionic", the title track from the same album, which was originally performed later in the show. Aguilera goes into her first two songs, "
Genie in a Bottle", and "
Reflection". An interlude features Aguilera painted in gold, sitting on a golden throne, before she comes onto the stage wearing a sequined gold outfit, complete with matching
chaps to perform "
Dirrty". The song is followed by a medley of "Vanity", "
Express", and "
Lady Marmalade". During "Express", Aguilera and her dancers venture into the audience. A video interlude playing to Aguilera's 2018 single "
Fall in Line" featuring
Demi Lovato plays on the projection screen. Once the interlude ends, it cuts to a clip of
Cher's "Mom, I am a rich man" interview, where she recounts her mother telling her that she needs to settle down and marry a rich man someday, with Cher responding that she is one, implying that she doesn't need a man.
Peaches' "
Boys Wanna Be Her" begins to play, as dancers appear on stage. The song transitions into Aguilera's own "
Can't Hold Us Down". It is followed by "Sick of Sittin'". An interlude which mixes operatic background vocals with a hip hop beat plays, while dancers dance on the stage. The dancers disappear from the stage and Aguilera is heard saying "Expose your soul" over the speakers. The projection screen shows Aguilera wrapped in a blue veil blowing in the wind as a gregorian choir sings in the background along to bells and chimes. The first song of the act, "Maria", follows. As the song begins, Aguilera, dressed in a blue outfit reminiscent of a preacher's outfit, rises on a lift onto a platform on top of a staircase lined with candles, which is built in the center of the stage. In earlier versions of the show, "Maria" is followed by "
Twice" and a cover of
Whitney Houston's "I Love the Lord". The section was later revised and "Maria" transitions to a mashup of Aguilera's own "Makes Me Wanna Pray" and a cover of
Madonna's "
Like a Prayer". The songs transition into different versions of "
What a Girl Wants" and "
Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)". The show then goes into "
Ain't No Other Man". An interlude of "You Are What You Are (Beautiful)", an electro-pop remix of "
Beautiful" featured on
Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits (2008). Aguilera's background singer, Avery Wilson, begins singing "
Say Something" and is later joined by Aguilera, dressed in a red outfit. Several male dancers begin dancing together to "Glam". A remix of "
Candyman" featuring excerpts of "
I Want Candy" follows. Aguilera wears a pink and black bodysuit with light-up hearts across her chest and crotch under a big red coat. The coat is shed for the performance of "
Woohoo". In earlier versions of the show, "Woohoo" is followed by "
Elastic Love" and "
Bionic". In later performances, "Bionic" is performed in the first act, while "Elastic Love" is cut entirely from the set list. The two halves of the act are separated through a video interlude where Aguilera is dressed in a sparkly outfit, while "
Telepathy" plays. Aguilera returns to the stage performing a remix version of "
Accelerate" and "
Feel This Moment", which incorporates instrumental and vocal elements of "Desnudate". Aguilera begins the show's encore featured in an interlude which shows her between the empty seats of a theater, wearing a sheer red outfit. She then begins singing "
Beautiful" in a
kimono, a reference to her childhood in
Japan. The kimono is taken off to reveal the sheer red outfit from the interlude for the following number, "
Fighter". The ending of "Fighter" leads to "
Let There Be Love". The song is performed as the words "Live life in love" are shown onto the LED screens. The show finishes as the band ends the song. == Critical response ==