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  • I can't stand country music. But, Carrie Underwood has of the best voices I've ever heard.

    

  • I knew she would win after this.

  • I still to this day remember watching that performance and hearing Simon's words. Damnit, that man's a genius.

  • This is *hit!

  • well, looks like simon was right.. AGAIN

  • Paula claps weird 

  • the fuck? she looks almost exactly like reece witherspoon O_O

  • @irongut12345 producers always try to find entertianers which look alike so they can pulg them into the fame if their primary stars decide to leave the industry.

  • her lips don't match the words

  • @MissedTheBoat05..That is a common and well known problem with You Tube the video and audio are out of sync.....

  • this song was sung beautifully by Carrie and obviously your opinions don't matter anymore since she already won American Idol

  • wtf, heart gone carrie pop? called crap

  • There was nothing special about this performance, it was more about the song. After Carrie sang this ... it appears as one of those songs every year on every talent show.

  • @shottut....wth are you taliing about?! This is the performance that set her apart from the rest. This was an awesome performance!

  • This isn't that good at all ...

  • Perfeito ....

  • kelly all the way

    way better

    watch ppl reply to this

  • Wow. Simon was dead on.

  • @VihtoriKye Like I said Simon said out loud what everybody else was thinking but just afraid to acknowledged. I know producers weren't too thrilled when he said that because less viewers, if everybody who was going to win. But Carrie did clinch the win with this performer.

  • @row759 Actually, the viewership picked up during the season 4, much more than the first three seasons. The producers were wrong because phenomenal interests occurred in this season. If I remember the nos. exactly, viewership that finals night was more than 28.0M. Even the post-idol tour of season 4 is one of the top-grossing tours.

  • @loyestor1951 That because viewers what to see Carrie sing through the rest of the competition, but most people knew that Carrie was going to win. And the final had so many viewers that everybody wanted to make sure she was going to win.

  • @loyestor1951 The only reason, viewership went up, people want to listen to more of Carrie, once she did this performance. Even though, people knew she had won the show. Carrie said she was actually embarrassed by Simon's statement. It caught off-guard, she didn't think she was that good. And still doesn't taking things for granted, which is why she is so good.

  • @VihtoriKye Lolol..He was!

  • Boring... and over-rated...

  • @shottut no its not! What you gotta realize is Carrie is a country artist and yet she made a rock song sound good.. shows her versaitility.

  • @shottut I agree horrid and screechy...

  • @jubbadupa go and see her in concert & tell me if she sounds horrible and screetchy.

  • @jubbadupa she was praised by people who actually know what they're talking about. I think that pretty much makes your opinion invalid :)

    938 likes, 26 dislikes... you need to pull the crap out from between your ears.

  • @coldteddies You need to FOAD... in a big way... other people have their opinions and f they are the same as yours TOO BAD... she sucks and is flat !!

  • @coldteddies You have a real problem... especially with your totally offensice analogy ! These pages are here for comment and diversity of view point... and if someone doesn't agree with yours, and you can't accept it, or even comment with intelligent responses; then why bother... get some help...

  • @coldteddies Stupidity and so called uneducation is again your opinion, and the crtitisim of someone singing has... no relation to your disgusting analogy.. which there is absolutely not excuse for, and as I see, you engaged the other poster, by not accepting that others opinions don't match that of yours... how very mature of you !

  • @jubbadupa I always thought this song was supposed to be flat... lol

  • Everybody include the judges realized that Carrie just won the contest with this performance and that's why everybody was mad at Simon because he said out loud what everybody was thinking.

  • Goosebumps people!

  • Simon called this one..

  • Funny how back in the early days of AI, Ryan Seacrest wore a t-shirt and jeans like a regular guy. Now he wears a 3-piece suit on every show...

  • @FixFalcon yeah, it's so great to see the man finally grew up

  • To be fair the song is by I-Ten and not Heart :)

  • @liljovich Actually, it's by Heart. :) One of my favorite bands ever

  • @goadieswitheflow nope it´s not :) Billy Steinberg och Tom Kelly I-Ten Taking a Cold Look 1983.Even John Stamos recorded it 1984 before Heart in 87

  • @liljovich MAYBE BUT, nobody cares about those bands. Heart is one of the best 80's bands period

  • @liljovich John Stamos recorded it for TV as a rock character, not for a record (for release), I-Ten was a musical project like an Album ... again not release as a single !

  • Goose bumps omg so much!

  • @TwoDeux I NEVER get tired of this performance! I loved her the entire season for her amazing abilities. I got goose bumps then and I'm STILL getting goose bumps now. Amazing!

  • Best American Idol performance of all time!

  • simon cow ell is a g, but who would have thought he was prophetic?

  • WOW...... no matter what song you sing you FUCKING ROCK IT !!!!

  • Seacrest looks like some fool off the street, lol.

  • Well Simon was half right. Kelly Clarkson however is by far the most successful Idol alumni

  • @MrHordekiller - Pick your measurement but according to networth.com .... Carrie has 35 mil and Kelly has 24 mil. (Keep in mind Kelly's career started 4 years before Carrie won)

  • @MrVegeta0311 Ok, but there are a few other points to consider. Firstly, those record sales figures only include sales in the US - Kelly has sold over 24 million records worldwide which is probably a better measure of success overall. Secondly, Simon was also quoted as saying that Kelly is the best singer "by a mile" that he'd seen on any of the shows (6 seasons worth at the time). Also, because AI was a bigger show in Carrie's year (see viewing figures), she got much more publicity instantly.

  • @insanitygonemad In this regard, I would rely on what a musician said about Carrie and Kelly rather than a talent scout like Simon Cowell. Randy (Jackson) said that Carrie is the best "Idol" ever. Carrie was invited to sing at the CMT, Heart concert, tributes to Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson, duet with Tony Bennett, sing the Sound of Music Theme, benefit shows, and many other singing functions, not to mention the awards she received. One more thing: Carrie has five Grammy's.

  • @MrHordekiller No, Jennifer Hudson is. She may not have won, but she's become more famous than any of them.

  • @unusualscandalous Lol keep dreaming. Jennifer Hudson is completely out shined by Kelly Clakson's success. Jennifer Hudson hasn't even sold HALF the records that either Kelly or Carrie have

  • @unusualscandalous only cus of dreamgirls but music and album sales wise CArrie has been the best and most successful idol

  • @gossipgirl9812 I'll agree that CU may have more record sales, but I still say JH is more successful. Her many awards, from singing AND acting, speak for themselves. Dreamgirls isn't her only movie. She was great in The Secret Life of Bees and Sex and the City, and she's in production with other films even now. CU is a good country singer, but JH has shown that she is a multi-talented star.

  • by far one of the best performers for this song!!!

    

  • Carrie has an amazing voice and an amazing personality to match! It's pretty rare these days for celebrities to not be involved in some sort of scandal, and Carrie is someone we can be truly proud of :]

  • @southernfeelings yeah no kidding. How accurate.

  • Woah! Simon's prediction ... freaky much!?!?!

  • I like Carrie, but the background singer definitely pumped up her vocals. The song wouldn't have been so hot if Carrie was singing solo.

  • @vegas2990 EXACTLY!!!!!!

  • @vegas2990 Carrie pre-recorded the backup vocals before the live performance.

  • @firefly3918 That doesn't make any sense...AI employs backup singers for every week of the voting competition, why would they have them sit out one song if they were already being paid to sing that week anyways? Also, the voice sounds completely different, especially at 1:10.

  • @vegas2990 Actually Underwood has performed this song elsewhere without background vocals. Also, take note of Underwood singing the verses, "Til now, I always got by on my own" and "And now it chills me to the bone". And for the regular verses, Miss Carrie Underwood was singing solo.

  • @vegas2990..I'll let you in on a little known secret...Carrie pre-recorded the background singing prior to the show.....

  • @vegas2990 i think its becasue female vocalsists are taught to copy britney's style of singing which ads this fake southern twang to everything, instead of using their real voices. plus producers are kind of trying to manufactur artists over night and we all no that heart had been genious muscians befoe they had any kind of fame.

  • @vegas2990 I've always wondered why that backup singer didn't just become a singer herself...

  • @kaboummie lol yeah, that backup singer sounds like she could kick Underwood's ass

  • @vegas2990 For your refeshment...

    /watch?v=IZbN_nmxAGk&feature=r­elmfu

    All Carrie Undrewood mi amigo. The back up singer added to it, yes. But listen to the video I posted. She took it to another level!

  • @kippthigpen88 Wrong link.... this is the correct one...

    watch?v=Sx9MU1qH9x4

  • I love this video. Carrie and Heart are great together! I also did a cover of this song...let me know what you think!

  • Cingular...LOL

    

  • WOW!!! Charice does great job with this song as well give this a listen I believe you will be impressed youtube.com/watch?v=6OzToEkJ-v­c

  • LOl, so I'm pretty sure that Ryan had a MAJOR crush on Carrie that season!!!

  • that background singer had Carrie's back the whole time. Kudos to both of them.

  • @Pinkshawtii789

    The back up vocals were Carrie's. She pre-recorded it. Amaazing huh??

  • @ChilenoPiscean22 that wasn't pre-recorded that was live. It is a live competition, no pre-recording allowed. This is what this contest is all about. How well can a person live.

  • @row759

    She sang live, im saying the the background vocals were PRE-recorded.

  • @ChilenoPiscean22 According to Carrie, she didn't record the background, that was Idol's background singer doing it live. And I rather believe Carrie.

  • @row759

    Where if the source you got that info?

  • @ChilenoPiscean22 American Idol had a special review with Carrie and she said that pre-corded stuff wasn't allowed at all. Unfornuately, it was here on YouTube awhile back, but it has since been blocked, because I saved it to my playlist of Carrie's videos and when I wanted to relooked at it, it was blocked and I can't get un-blocked.

  • @row759

    Yea pre-recording when she had to sing live was not allowed, she still sang live, but we are talking about back ground vocals. That hardly proves anything. Being a HUGE carrie fan, I can hear her voice in the background on a different register. Plus i have read numerous people say the same thing, thats her voice in the background. Furthermore when the camera pans out, I do NOT see any back ground singers.

  • @ChilenoPiscean22 whatever you want to believe, you believe, I am not going to argue, because she won, which is the only thing to me that matters. And now, she is one of the best country singers out there without question.

  • For those that are praising Simon for being this grand prophet of talent... seeing it before anybody else does, there is a great reason for it. HE HAS THE POWER TO TURN PEOPLE INTO STARS. So when he says stuff like. "you are going to be a star". he means "I will make you!" No prophecy needed for that crap

  • @soccerskilj

    but a prophecy is needed to actually get people to go out and buy the records. Even Simon Cowell cant make that happen

  • oh man i love it so much when she looks a little bit up at 1:00 so hot :O Thumbs up if you think the same

  • Carrie is one person who never auto-toned on vocals and will never did it auto-tone vocals. Simon was actually correct about Carrie. And Carrie has proven how good she is since then on American Idol. Whenever they ask who the best from Idol. Carrie wins that without a second thought. Kelly was the first one until Carrie simply took over and will not look back.

  • This is probably the single best performance in all the years on the show.

  • This young lady is the only contestant I ever took the time to actually vote for. And she has proven that to be the great singer that Simon said she would become and just a great person as well. Continued success to her.

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  • this performance is what made me a fan of hers...excellent!

  • @Moniqtee , As soon as Carrie was finished, the show could have ended right then and there. She had it won without question, even though producers probably didn't like the idea.

  • She's soo talented, I love her! Wow Ryan is looking skinny there. Anyone else notice that?

  • This performance actually gave me chills. She really rocked that time.

  • simon's prediction was really TRUE.. I love Carrie Underwood :)

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  • Somebody get that backup singer a record deal.

  • @kayleanna Carrie pre-recorded the backup vocals :)

  • @kayleanna wooooow, thats carrie rofl

  • @kayleanna ...yep, AND fire the sytlist

  • when she sang this i knew wright then she would win!!awesome!!

  • Whats up with her hair?? I mean shes freakin awesome but the hairs a bit much!!

  • @21CountryCowgirl

    It was 80's week.

  • @ejsanch Ohhh that makes sense lol

  • Says alot about her that she can pull off a song like Alone by Ann and Nancy Wilson. She will sell alot of recordings with that kind of versatility because she will not be limited to just country music. Raw talent there. Really liked the video where she sang Alone with Ann and Nancy Wilson. You know you got Ann's respect when she invites you to sing one of her songs with Heart.

  • i hate country-she is not heart. -leave the 80s alone-thay cant be topped

  • @BillyBlues34 Ye and this is just one of those songs that should never be covered!

  • @Jimmynable If Ann and Nancy thought that way, they would not of released their songbook for everyone to buy of their best songs so that they can be covered. But, I am biased, I like it when Ann and Nancy sing this song best. Vocalists are an interesing lot, they admire someone who takes the time to sing their songs and Ann respects Carrie and vice versa...not trying to outdo each other was evident in the video. Carrie is not Heart and she never intended to be but Ann thinks well of her.

  • @MusicLover1701 I'm all 4 ppl learning how to play their songs and everything. It's the whole concept of programmes like this I have something against. The vast majority of artists aren't gna say no 2 coming on a show like this, getting paid a fortune while being exposed to millions of viewers and making a ton of royalties of it just before they go on tour. These shows have very little to do with music and more to do with television and entertainment.

  • @MusicLover1701 And the way I see it a glorified kareoke singer gets their dreams realized for in all probability a very short time, making ppl like Simon Cowell who has zero talent himself very wealthy while artists who can actually play instruments and/or write their own material and are working very hard to make it don't get their chance. These shows are making money from ppl's dreams being crushed which includes the winners a lot of the time.

  • @Jimmynable I would hardly call the likes of Carrie Underwood or even Kelly Clarkson glorified karaoke singers. Jennifer Hudson? This show has produced some amazing talent. And so what if Simon has nomusic talent? I can't recall him ever claiming to be. He clearly has an eye for identifying those that have it to be pop stars, which is the name of the game at the end of the day. And why is the prerequisite of being a "true artist" involve writing your own music or playing your own instruments?

  • @Tonezone We'll agree to disagree no problem. You do know though that the auditions are auto-tuned? I believe that technology didn't exist in early motown days. I don't deny that a lot of the singers on here have good singing voices and I have no problem so much with them but the show in general dangling fame in front of ppl like a carrot. So u don't mind ppl who do things a thousand times worse than u telling ppl u r awful? I think anyone could hear Liona Lewis sing and know shes got it.

  • @Jimmynable Look at the whole entire of Motown's early days. Artist like the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, the Supremes and etc....are revered and they were the original definition of pre-manufactured as far as image and material goes. I don't recall a Supreme picking up an acoustic or bass. You never hear a peep about that.

    And no doubt there are some real bums out there. Ke$ha is one artist that comes to mind who is an embarrassment on all levels.

  • @Tonezone And then he tells them things like "that was as good as Mariah or Witney" when they have just sung through auto-tune. And for Heart to go on a show like this that is all about public image when I believe they were dropped from a record label just because Ann put on a bit of weight doesn't sit well with me. At the end of the day I don't like these shows so I don't watch them but I really think they're some songs that they should leave well alone.

  • @Jimmynable Personally, anything that gets an artist noticed is fine by me.

  • @MusicLover1701 I believe some songs just shouldn't be covered because no one but the original artist can do them justice, Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart for example, if anyone covered that song it would be like Citroen making their own version of the 911 Porsche.

  • Ryan Seacrest is so gay, seriously!

  • 3:15, she is waiting the shot LOL

  • i miss simon. i wish to see him again on AI.

  • 2:32 Listen to Simon! He was RIGHT!

  • I remember watching this performance with my dad, and I loved it! Looking at it again now, I remember why.

  • Can simon make a pridection or what!!! Carrie is amazing

  • i think the background singer is fuckin´ awesome...agree ?

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  • I think Carrie's sister started to realize how right that their mother was about their little sister. When they started to realize, hey, little sister actually going to win this competiton and how she can sing.

  • The Idol band gave me chills ....Backup vocals, drummer, violins, and Carries powerful vocals....Years after this performance I still find myself searching this from time to time.

  • For all the hate Simon got, he actually knew what he was talking about lol. I love Steven, Randy, and JLo but it's almost too much positivity! If someone sucked, tell them!! They get better :)

  • @lpauzus I didn't watch at all this season, but I agree with you. I miss Simon!

  • Simon's prediction was absolutely right. She won the competition, and has just bypassed Kelly Clarkson in record sales.

  • Ive never seen more hating comments in one video in my life! Youtube is for watching videos and commenting ON THE VIDEOS, not yelling at other people you dont even know! Seriously...get a life ....

    btw so im not a hypocrite... CARRIE UNDERWOOD ROCKS xD

  • Ryan looks like a member of NSYNC. LOL

  • @ilovemarksanchez... are kidding me right now???... idiotsaysilovemarksanchez

    @electrotapped... you don't even know what you're talking about!!!

    She has 3 backup singers on stage with her for this performance, and they are ALL 4 (Carrie included) well rehearsed together up to night of show.

  • wow! no wonder Carrie won  she can SING somethin fierce!

  • @bud385 you just figured that out. Boy, it's been five years since she won and you just realizing that.

  • @row759 I knew she could sing before she won

  • @bud385 you wrote like this was the first time you heard her. If you knew why were you surprised by her powerful vocals. She has always had them.

  • In times before drugs took hold of Paula..

  • @electrotapped she didnt. Sharlotte Gibson did

  • wow! I remember this, where has all the talent gone on American Idol?

  • Simon's prediction has been correct so far

  • i dont like it.

  • @ilovemarksanchez you love mark, not Carrie, we get it

  • @djstyles369 You have major anger issues dude, just saying. Let the issue go and stop acting all pathetic on YouTube.

  • It's amazing how she also pre-recorded the backing vocals.

  • I like Pia. But not enough to vote as many times as I did when Carrie was still competing.

    (not that I vote anymore... lol)

  • The one thing I got outta this is that Simon is an amazing talent scout and he's always right

  • Sh eis most definetely the best thing to come out of i dol and in my eyes always will be!

  • Holy crap, Simon was soooo right. Carrie nderwood is the best thing to come out of American Idol so far, in my own personal opinion.

  • @djstyles396 and @BardlyCFan get a fuckin life this is a comment box to comment about the video not ur pathetic little argument! Oh and wanna kno wats even more pathetic u don't even kno eachother so ur arguing with some stranger! GET A LIFE!