Dianne Pilkington - Popular (In an American accent)

[BagOfSticksFork]

you can sorta hear the glinda she had in wicked

[BagOfSticksFork]

i prefer her english glinda accent!

[mistermanish]

This is awesome. Di does a fab American accent! :D

I know maybe i'm a bit biased because she's the only Glinda i've ever seen in real life, but Dianne is seriously the best Glinda ever. (Well up there with Queen Chenoweth) :D

[dimbgeest]

i wonder why she couldn't audition for the first time round - not that im complaining as i wouldnt have got to see her last :D

[UKxxSophiiiexxUK]

She's SO AWESOME!

Love how she chose the very song and character she ends up being famous for XD

Adore her squeals!

[dementieva12]

Maybe Dianne should have transferred to Broadway with Kerry and she could have taught her a better an accent. This is convincing on this song...she's dead on American.

[westendwonder]

this isnt dianne, its Kristen....

[dementieva12]

@westendwonder Good accent ain't it?

[waterlily1988]

may be wanna have your ears checked?

[westendwonder]

gosh hostile....... she sounds just like kristen, its not a bad person to sound like is it.........

gosh, rude.

[bobbie406]

loved her in london cant wait to go back in march

we will miss u when you leave dianne :(

[Jennifer11233]

lol!!! so wierd that she was singing this for a sort of joke but now shes being payed bucket loads to do it lol

[operastar1994]

Love you dianne

[stacey12278]

it is a little freaky that she sang this before she was in it!

but shes so much better with her english accent, her americans accents still great! <3

[Dalli4moreplease]

"Don't make me Laaff!" Lol love her <3

[fayexfaye]

she sounds more like the dianne we know near the end!

[PLONKzz]

Shes better sticking to English ;) hehe but its funny! and the little screams are her trademark!

[asmileisspecial]

She sounds like Cheno! It's actually quite a good accent...

[kelbo1rox2your3sox]

She does sound just like Kristin! I forgot for a moment it was Dianne... And then she growled. xDDD

[dangerousgame08]

OMG, she does sound very much like Kristin! It's a tad scary!

[AJ89]

she kinda reminds me of kendra for some reason haha

[LozzieLass93]

this accent work reaally well for Dianne!

although, Dianne's known for her 'Glinda Voice' which is ammmaaaaazing.

But this sounds good too :)

[RavenPallas]

I'm not saying she sounds better with and American accent, just that from an American point of view she does quite well at it. If I didn't know, I would have caught the few tiny little slips in her accent.

Also I think she sounds better here because she's singing like a normal person. Her highs aren't too high, like we have seen in too many vids of her from the West End.

[thewindian]

Wow, out of control tempo.  Other than that very fun!

[Misswiicked]

Very cool :P x

[mariajacksonx]

lol best g(a)linda EVER!

[StephanyKong]

It's funny to see that she was already using the "Glinda voice" at that point.

[chocolatescones]

Oh wow! This is great! Completly different to how she plays Galinda in the West End!

[charmedalltheway]

HAHAHAHAH YES! Dianne is awesome!

[xXxXCathyXxXx]

very funny!!! the funny thing is that she had NO idea at this point that she'd play this part on the west end!

[diddlybuds]

Very Kristen-ish. Love how she's completely changed it to make G(a)linda her own now she's playing the part. LOVE THE PILKINGTON!!

[iiLoveKerryEllis]

this is awesome

thanks for posting :D

did you record this?

xx

[elleruth]

No, I didn't. But I wish there were some videos!

[iiLoveKerryEllis]

so when and why did she do this?

and how did you get hold of this?

[elleruth]

It was in 2005 I think. I don't know why, presumably for fun or to.. get more famous?

A friend sent it to me but I don't know how she got it.