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  • i LOVE her. She was against sooo many big voices in this season, and she WON! YOU GO GIRL!!!

  • this full crap .. people shut the fuck up.... CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!

  • I thought this was the best version of this song I've ever heard, and one of the best performances in Idol history. Just my opinion! She NAILED this song!

  • I hate this song, first of all. And, honestly, I wasn't crazy about this performance. I like Jordin, but she didn't get off to a great start.

  • She's funn& cute!~

  • people are pissed because changed it up... it's fun and young and the original is slow and great as well but not something a 17 year old could pull off... she did this song justice... and her vocals are amazing... more impresive to me than Tracy Chapman... both are incredible but I think Jordin deserves some props for this

  • wowow, she has star quality

  • BTW Its Sparks Not Spraks

  • How so? What was lacking? What do you suggest for improvements?

  • you people who are knocking her calm down. This girl can sing anything thrown at her. She has one of the top three best careers of Idol winners for sure, and is doing a LOT more than the likes of any of these other "amazing" singers who lost to her.

  • the low notes? go listen to barry white then dumbass,,,

  • @jhiller21 ... hahhaha I love this comment... i'm not getting involved but your comment made me laugh really hard (in a good way)

  • Nice performance! I'd vote for her if this was live for sure!!! :)

  • Tracy Chapman sings "Give me one reason" from the soul, is the best.

  • Imo, very, very good, but the 1st half was very controlled, but by the mid mark, she loosened up and had fun with it, and her notes got more impressive!!!!

  • god damn, y do they feel the need to put the "pop" in it and speed it up, its jazzy for a reason like rickyd46 said

  • it was ok but ..needed to stay slow and jazzy

  • yuck

  • She murdered a classic...

  • What? This was AWESOME!

  • the only name i can remember from the 2009 season who actually sang decent was danny gokey

  • uhh kris allen adam lambert allison iraheta matt giraud danny gokey alexis grace jasmine murray felicia barton ricky braddy kristen mcnamara jesse langseth ju'not joyner
  • She kicks butt all over this seasons contestants.

  • best all time!!!

    Jordin!!!

  • although simon sounds bitter and mean sometimes, he's usually right with his comments. his criticisms are always pretty accurate. he's there for a reason!

    and jordin is just adorable and great. i love your voice!!!

  • wow....although america hates simon, his predictions are right. he was right with kelly, fantasia, CARRIE, jordin, and david cook.

  • actually he was not right about jordin, he did not offically she deserved to win until the finale. he was all about the 2nd runner up :P(cant remember her name atm)

  • actually, when she did 'Broken Wing' he said "This is the first time, since we have met, that I actually believe, based on that performance, that you could win American Idol."

  • but he also said in the top 3 he does not think she deserved to be in the top 2 at all.

  • But mostly throughout the competition he's said many things about what a natural talent she has, hinting at her winning. I honestly am glad that she proved him wrong in the finale. He's so fickle in what he says. Blake is good and different, but he never deserved to go as far as he did. The top 3 should have been Lakisha, Melinda and Jordin.

  • Yeah, but Jordin should not have gotten past that round.... Lakisha/Melinda final would have been the better combo, and Melinda (probably the best singer they've ever had on AI) should have ran away with it. Unfortunately, the American people vote on who they like, not who is the better singer. Jordin was alright in later songs, but her earlier performances were so desperate that i'm surprised she made it to the top 12.

  • This is why she is the IDOL xD

  • I think this is GREAT cover of this awesome some. She made Tracy Chapman proud.

  • who cares if she didn't have the biggest voice? the best voice never won Idol... come on =/... she had more appeal than the rest

  • true. and she had 3 hits and her album went platinum

  • The only people that don't respect Jordin Sparks remarkable abilities are those of you who focus on the superficial. As for life experience, no one has the ability to look into anyone else's life and determine the quality of their life experiences. So asking her to have more life experience before she sings the blues is pretty unrealistic. You're asking her to have a harder life??? Why would you wish that on anyone. She has, as Randy put it, some of the most unbelievable natural talent!

  • she str8 up killed it!

  • Problem was that this is a blues song an she's dressed in glam wear

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  • She sure gave America a good first impression of her on the big stage!

  • this is where I picked her.

    Jordin is an INCREDIBLE talent. I just heard this for the first time in a long time. I forgot how amazing it was. Great start of season for her.

  • I knew she was the winner after this performance aswell. No one had the soul and power in there vocals like Jordin did.

  • I guess you forgot about Sabrina Sloan, Melinda Doolittle, and Lakisha Jones! Sparks is a great singer but all of them had superior vocals to Sparks.

  • yes that had superior vocals but that's not what it's all about. Jordin has that extra something special that sets her apart from the rest and makes her marketable.

  • sooooooooooo argreed!

  • i love jordin sparks!!!

  • seems so easy for her to sing

  • my favorite performance of jordin. awesome

  • awesome performance. i even clapped with the audiance lol and i'm watching it on youtube lol

  • Good improvisation.

  • yeah she's so huge...

    omg wow size 9 people jesus christ how does she walk

    thats healthy weight... atleast she has meat on her bones instead of ugly whore paris who has no talent famous off daddy dollar and so fake she looks like she wants to be an anorexic barbie only she has no tits or ass

  • loved it..amazing singr

  • i knew she would win the whole thing after this performance...100%

  • i knew she would win at the AUDITION

    lol.

  • To all you critics: If you can sing better, if you know so much about music, if you're so much more beautiful than Jordin Sparks, than why are you not a winner of American Idol? Why are your names not famous? Why are you left to put your pathetic criticism an an internet site rather than calling a press conference or publishing your opinion in a credible source? How sad that you have to find a reason to spread hatred. Sad. Very sad.

  • @awmartin1970 I agree!~

  • CAN NOT believe i am about to say this about jordin sparks,

    but i can do this song better :P

  • She butchered the essence of this song.

  • Grande intérprete!Este é um dos seus vídeos de melor qualidade

  • she's good...but personally i think melinda has better vocals.

  • she's not even big she's just tall.

    i love her!

  • she may be big but she sure is sexy!!!

  • You may have your opinions about her singing but dont even dare say she is big as a bear who cares how big she is she is still a beautiful girl.

  • her father played in the NFL idiot. And I think Jordin is beautiful

  • Bear sized? You must think that because you precive Paris Hilton and her bony body is normal but Jordin Sparks is the size of most American women, and she is no were near a bear size nor figure-have you seen those bomb curves? Thin women would kill for hips and a shape and here you are dissin it, it must be jealousy speaking, or maybe you just want her and can't admit it. Some out of denial! There is no reason to be a "hater".

  • Get real being almost 6 feet tall is not "the size of most American women." I must think Paris is normal? So you're saying there's no middle ground between Paris and Jordan? You're as stupid as all the other Jordan homers around here.

  • No, I am sying she is the middle ground, Jordin is 6 even, so what? She is a bear because she is not 4'11? Does this make models look like skinny bears because they are tall? And when I refered to her being the normal size of American women, I was speaking of her weight. Her weight is normal for women in America, and her height is really not as big of a deal as you are making it. You must be a bit on the short side.

  • your a sad person. why do you have to pick people apart like that. Im sure you just hate the way you look so you pick apart someone like Jordin who is doing well in life to make you feel better about yourself! sad.

  • wow... you're right.... I really hate myself - I can't believe how terrible I've been. It's all because I hate myself because I'm an ugly piece of white trailer trash

  • loved this performance!! also liked how she improved throughout the season

  • love her

  • Shes no Melinda but good

  • Yes Melinda was the best that season by far.

  • Melinda couldn't put in a performance like this if her life depended on it.

  • the thing i like about jordin is that she puts her own soul into everything she sings and she nails it she has so much power and controlof her voice for someone of that age...GO JORDIN :)

  • she rock it

  • don't gfet me wrong these are great vocals but the if it was for the blues chord progression this would just be soul...tracy gave it a lil of both...jordin could never perform with bb king

  • Anyone who didn't realize this girl was a star after this performance, needs a hearing test. Of the bunch, Randy is the best judge of talent, Simon the worst.

  • umm yeah she definately does this song AMAZINGLY.

    you dont know what your talking about.

  • Oohhh... I have to disagree with "infectedbasketcase01". I LOVE Tracy Chapman but I have to say that I thought Jordin NAILED this song, added some life and spice to it and made it better than the original.

  • i love her voice, but i didn't like the way she covered this song.

    but then again, i dont think anyone can do tracy chapman justice so :)

  • woo-hooooo! GO JORDIN! I love her vocals! THERE FLAWLESS!!!!!!!!!

  • wtf is Real Price saying??? "Niger trash"??? Thats the densest and most racist shit to say... Why? Cz she killed a Tracy Chapman song??? Ur plain insane... U need a freakin' blood transfussion to drain that hate outta ur system ur dense homosapien....

  • she rocks

  • For The Critics: Like you can all sing like that? Yeah Riiigght

  • overall it was really good, but the begging was really bad

  • damn that girl can sing!

  • LOLOL 3:33 holy shit what a retard

  • damn she knows how to sing Tracy

  • She really hit the notes, but I didn't think the passion in her voice is that great. Kinda OK..

  • she is as pretty as her voice...what a true natural talent

  • my friend looks like her

  • She has really nice teeth lmao

  • Yes Yes Yes!! Jordin!!!!

  • i lvoe it how she says yes at 3:33

  • GREAT!

  • Awesome! luv her

  • the first time i saw that microphone shake at 0:50, i decided i really liked this girl. :o)

  • this is so good

  • Started off kinda boring but when she did that thing with the mic at :50 its like she planted her feet strong and said "Im about to rock this America"

    That was good

  • not so good... but not that bad. obviously way better than me...

  • lol? one of best perfs

  • my damn sis always says i sing the damn words wrong!

  • This is great but you cannot knock Tracy Chapman doing her own song. TC is incredible and has her OWN style. imo i would not call this much better. I have that TC album and would listen to IT any day over this performance. So unique is Tracy Chapman. I heard it once on radio and bought the CD. TC sells the song with style not screaming. But Jordin is a huge talent too.

  • wow she looks so much younger than! i think she really grew up a lot during the whole american idol thing.. love her!

  • Well, she did not start out very well, but kicked it into high gear in the middle and never really stopped for the rest of the show.

  • weird when she sang it..in a good way though

  • Aww man, I missed this performance and I never knew that she sang it! She did such an awesome job!!

  • i heard this song on the radio and she does a MUCH better job!

    GO JORDIN!

  • lol yahh shes amazing i love the eyebrow lift too.. especially in 'broken wing' when she sings 'she keeps an eye on the sky'. i love jordin!!

    &hearts

  • hahaha i love when she shakes up the mike at 50 seconds

  • im IN love with her.

  • she's facial expressions are funny kekeke

  • i think she is better when she does this kind of song. a mixture of blues and r&b. more energy in her performance

  • Quite profetic words by Simon there, don't you think?

  • "I think push yourself and you may surprise a few people in this competition" and then Jordin goes on to win the whole thing, so she surprised a lot.

  • WOW really?  thanks for saying!! i really wanted to know, as i never saw it air for a LONG time in the UK. thanks :) she was one of my favourites!!

  • i luv the beat of this song! I luv how she sings it!

    LOVIN' JORDIN! ;)

  • this is only song i really really liked by her. good job jordin

  • jordin is awesome!!!

  • shes amazing!!!! but i still luv sanjaya!!!!!

  • wasnt her best song.. but she is still good

  • Again... I'd tap that

  • damn straight!! she's a fuckin' fox!!

  • shes so great i love her. she did a magnificent job!

  • She has a great voice! I'm glad she won...

  • when she jumps the octave i just DIE! She is so good!

  • It was at this point that I told myself, "This gal has something special."

  • This was her best vocal.

  • that was so good!from the start i knew she'd go far.randy's right she has a big voice!cant wait to see her on the charts!

  • hi, want to joina group??? join mine!! its called chain4 u dance and sing

  • I LOOOOVVEE Jordin but this did her no justice..i hated it

  • i sooo want atonelle barba to win!!! argh//

  • Simon,with the quote of year: "Push yourself, and you may surprise a few people in this competition.

    For you jade 20's and 30's who think this win was just for the teens, I'm 48 and just kind this voice hypnotic. I'm glad we'll be hearing a lot more from her because what we've gotten so far has been fantastic.

  • i love jordin but this song is such a bad choice... so boring!!

  • When I saw this performance, I knew she was going to be the winner!!!

  • This girl has an immense talent!

  • She doesn't always need to sing some big diva Whitney/Celine ballad to show off her voice. THIS was perfect for her...showed great charisma AND great vocals!

  • I HATE RANDY JACKSON!!!! This was a freakin' AMAZING performance by her (one of her best!) and he starts out his comments like he could barely stand it "oh god...well there was some good things about it..." RANDY SUCKS!!!

  • Randy needed to clean his ears out. When she went up that octave and did her funky vocals it was amazing and I was "Go gir!" when this was originally aired.

  • She isn't the next Whitney Houston but for a seventeen year old she can definitely get better!!! Congrats!!!!!

  • um.. people who think she shouldnt have won need to pay a little more attention.. she was probably one of the best singers on the show.. there were a few who were great who i think should have stayed on longer, but seriously. when it came down to jordin and blake, we all knew jordin would win. after all "it's a singing competition."

  • I'll give you one reason why you shouldn't have won! YOU'RE A BITCHY FUCKTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I KNEW IT.. I just knew it since i've seem this performance,i said at home this girl is gonnaaaa WIN.. actually i've this version in my iPod since that day.. I LOVED IT!!! I'm so proud of her but at the same time Im sooo proud of everyone who loved jordin from de begginig.. WE DID IT GUYS!!!

    ************ JORDIN TEAM WON*******************

  • She will make it HUGE!!!

  • SHE ROX my fave idol prdon eva since carry n kelly

  • jordin is one of the best singers "idol" has ever had! good luck tomorrow night! jordin rules!!!

  • whew!! the next american idol!! way to go jordin! ur a total performer. .

  • I predicted....from the moment i saw this performance... that she would win...Melinda is a good singer, but hardly has this much charisma, and well.. Jordan just Sounds better...her voice is smoother, more crystalline.....

  • jordIN

  • turning my life around?....nice little subtle index finger pointing...skywards...who from the Team Jordin team suggested that idea?....Love ya Jordin....you will make a difference

  • simons comment made sense for once.

  • jordan is the shit. she reminds me of kelly clarkson coz she that good. she definately gonna win.

  • jordan is the shit. she almost as good as kelly clarkson.

  • OMG, what did she done to the song? Tracy's version is much,much beter. She wasn't controling her voice. But, it wasn't so bad :)

  • I still love the way she sings "I who have nothing," but this one was my second favorite. She gives me cold chills when I hear her sing. She's so amazing, I hope to be as successful as her someday. She's amazing and gorgeous all in one, and she's only seventeen!

  • is a blind vote!! melinda should be there!!! "BOYCOTT AMERICAN IDOL NEXT WEEK AND DON'T VOTE FOR THE FINAL SHOW" YouTube has great exposure to send the message

  • i dont rmember her in the beginning but i def kno her now

  • In the beginning she seemed very nervous, I can hear it in voice. She pulled it off. Good show.

  • yay!!! I heard her perform this song in person because she and the other 2 contestants were visiting their home states and I saw her in live person!! She did this song!! She even bette rin persn!! GO JORDIN!!!

  • oh im sure,shes wasnt eliminated , shes gonna win, and shes absolutely beautiful , you dont have to be a size zero, to be pretty.geez

  • This song rocks me to the core! Jordin to be crowned lol