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  • de' best..

  • Yes, she did. She sung the hell out of that song. She was too good for AI.

    I wish her the best of luck.

  • She sang the hell out of that song! I love her!

  • SHe's a SANGAH!!!!!

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  • Dolittle, Franklin, LaBelle, Fitzgerald, Holiday,

  • You got me girl.

  • She is a wonderful singer. A great performance.

  • ok,everyone knows Aretha is great,but I can actually understand the words when Melinda sings. she is more than fabulous!!!!!! a true entertainer,luv,luv,luv her!!!!

  • I LOVE THIS WOMAN!!!!

  • @MelindasBackups what is melinda doing now ?

  • @jordan43ful Melinda is working on her second album.  You can follow her on twitter under the username mdoolittle to find out more. Also check out the concert dates posted on her website: melindadoolittle com

  • I fell in love for her. Just now.

    

  • I remember watching this when it was live....just love this women......what great singer....glad I found her again. I sure hope she is doing well these days....she's great.

  • @phxphillip Melinda is currently working on her second album. Follow her on twitter.com under the username mdoolittle and you can ask her questions and find out what else she's been up to. You can also check out her website for news: melindadoolittle com

  • Melinda has always been a throw back to the great singers of the 1950's when talent really was important. One of the greatest singers in American Idol History.

  • This was one of the most magical moments of the past 10 years in television history...

  • @PianoMan62249 It's one of my favorite Melinda songs! Be sure and follow Melinda on twitter and you can tell her how much you like this song. Her username is mdoolittle.

  • One of the best AI performances across all the seasons. She rocks.

  • WHAT. where has this been all my life??

  • If she had been around 40 years earlier, in the heyday of Motown? She would have been a huge star, right up there with the greats of that era – Aretha, Gladys Knight, Tina Turner, believe you me. It's a damn shame.

  • @grytlappar I agreed theres no room for real singers anymore

  • I love watching some of the past greats. If the current cast see's this they would crap in their pants cause they are not at this level, vocally

  • Stephnie Mills + Melinda Doolittle = Melinda Doo alot ;D

  • I remember watching American Idol in my hotel room in Albuquerque when she got booted out. That was a sad, sad day.

  • Melinda was one of best on American Idol. I'd love to spend time with her...she is special. Melinda....want to have coffee?  Or even better go out for a drink? I'll need one if I ever met you just to calm down. LOL

  • i would love to marry this wonderful lady. I LOVE YOU MELINDA A MILLION AND MORE TIMES......!

  • Wow I wish Simon would say that to me haha XD

  • Her voice is perfecto

  • LOVE DHIS LADY!!!

  • she should of won american idol.... not jordan sparks

  • I never get sick of watching this girl, she is so AWESOME!!!!!

  • She is unbelievable..hard to believe she is in a talent competition because she seems absolutely like a professional singer.

  • She was robbed.....she was the BEST that season....I still love to watch her videos...she was so good.

  • @phxphillip she is one of the best singers the world has ever known .. best ever on AI

  • I think this is the best voice ever on American Idol.

  • Melinda almost single-handedly turned an abysmal season 6 into must-see-TV. I have been watching this show since season 2 and have never seen another contestant deliver such consistently strong performances from week to week.

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  • like lakisha, this woman was ROBBED

  • Even with all of her fame, she's so humble :) she performed for us here in Okinawa, and when we got to meet her she was extremely humble. You wouldn't have sensed the "I'm a performer, look at me" feeling. Love you Melinda! God has blessed you with a phenomenal voice! :D

  • Melinda (if you ever read this): You are so amazing that you made me cry! I am blown away by your talent, your stage presence (you clearly have confidence in this performance), and your genuine personality. You won the competition for me.... a million times over. Best AI contestant ever. Period.

  • This woman is truly a blessing from GOD! Ain't no stopping her now! Love you Melinda! in Jesus' Name :-)

  • she should've won............

  • ppl tend to do better when there in this kind of venue

  • She's really good and so sweet!

  • The whole thing is amazing, especially 2:48-3:00 TOO EPIC

  • Probably one of my favorite performances from Melinda! She is so awesome!!!

  • The best American idol contestant in the 10 years that it has been on.

  • @creolelady182 agreed. she is one of the most talented singers I've ever heard.

  • she doesnt look 3o so looks so much younger dont u agree?!!

  • this woman still gives me goosebump everytime i listen to her singing..

  • EPIC

  • There has never before been a singer on American Idol that I like as much as I do Melinda. What a talented, humble, wonderful person. I really wanted her to win - AND SHE SHOULD HAVE.

  • The best talent American Idol has ever discovered..We love you Melinda..I hope you perform as a guest next season..

  • yep jtem000... here I am again too.  love her!

  • here i am, again, caught by her songs.. haha..

  • She's a great gal! Brilliant, amazing singer and performer!!

  • Another great thing about Melinda is that she's not just a joy to listen to but also a joy to watch. 

  • How could she not have won?! Mind-boggling!!!!! Such a musical performer, not just a great voice, with great intonation and technique but MUSICal!!!

  • just a huge performance, too big (and too good) for american idol. of all the people who ever got a raw deal on this show, she got the rawest (with carly smithson a close 2nd).

  • what a voice!!! just amazing

  • She should have definitely won.

  • One if not the best contestant in American Idol history.

  • I think she may be the best singer they ever had all nine seasons on Idol. She's incredible! Just flawless.

  • I can't hear a bum note in that and she has the ability to sing loud but not to shout like some of the others, and she doesn't do that painful warbly stuff.

  • @321womble Yes exactly !!

  • melinda love youuuuuuuu!

  • I lived in Japan during this season, so I didn't catch it on TV. I only caught performances on the Internet and to this day, I still wonder why Melinda Doolittle didn't win. Who were the Top 2? A beatboxer and a singer who needs a machine to bring out her 'pop voice'. This woman is one of the very women who has ever been on American Idol who can sing WITH SOUL. Melinda Doolittle's American Idol loss definitely has to be the biggest disappointment in the entire franchise.

  • @AbramBergstrom Very well stated.  It just showed that America is shallow. Melinda was the best without question :) Great comment

  • @adround yes!melinda dolittle was without doubt the american idol contestant with the best best bestxinfinity VOCALS!

  • compared to this all i gotta say is wtf.....

  • Yeah she was the absolute bomb and incredibly consistent. Wasn't really surprised that she didn't win but it still left a very bitter taste in my mouth. I stopped being as big a fan of the show after that season and although I still watch it every now and then, I don't really care who gets voted out. It's not about talent and that sucks.

  • we need more mindy doos on idol, natural powerhouses, not wanna-bes.. no wonder all the folksy artists are doing so well in the competition since every one else seem so fake these past few seasons..

  • I agree. The only other person I can think of who could compete with her on that season was lakisha jones. No wonder all music sucks today-it's based on looks and not talent.

  • Till today I wonder how stupid America was to not make her win. Dam hicks!

  • I agree, this was the season was when I lost interest in American idol. How can she not win? She never disappointed, she bought her A game everytime!

  • I don't watch Idol but this chick is freakin' rockin'!

  • Winning American Idol isn't solely based on talent anymore. I stopped watching after she lost. She was completely robbed and she wasn't the first either. There were many predecessors that were also robbed. I'm gonna go cop her album. A true talent

  • paula looks like a drug addict

  • i don't think she deserve only top 3 idol.. she should be the winner!!!

    actually i lost my excitement watching this show after she's eliminated.. sigh..

  • for people that ask why she didn't win, remember this is reality show and must of it is not true! and the reason she didn't win was cause they want somebody "young"

  • i beg to differ, look at taylor hicks! Not only was he in his last eligible year (at 29) he had nearly a full head of gray hair and he won!

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  • Every time I see this, I just think about how ridiculous it is that she didn't win.

  • Tell me about it! I haven't watched another episode since. I think for many people that was the last straw..

  • When Melinda watched I never watched American Idol again... I think those results were rigged

  • just a phenominal singer..one of the best that ever lived

  • I love her stage presence! She's so shy, but when she gets on stage...watch out! HOW did she not win??

  • Flawless performance!

  • Melinda got robbed that year. I think the finals should of been her and Jordin, and she would of won. Its like what they did with the first season, even though Kelly Clarkson in my opinion was the best that year, it should of been her and Tamyra Grey. Melinda, you were the best that season hands down in my opinion.

  • No the one who got robbed that season was LaKisha Jones.

  • whoa

    she is SO GOOD!

    This is one of the most perfect AI performances!

  • I just LOVE this woman.

  • What season is this???

  • 6th

  • Season 6

  • THis was my favorite season..& the only season i cared to watch..Melinda was my favorite..her voice is amazing..& she had major personality..shes soo cute..but yea they picked jordin because she was younger and catered to the young audience..aka teenies..that listed to the pop music bullshit..all of jordin's songs are cute but they sound like every other female singer..melinda is the true american idol

  • i think jordan has a good voice but they give such weak ass material

    i loved melinda she was great and one of reasons why i they stayed glued to idol the season i think this season and the season with paris bennett was great

    i barley watch idol anymore because it has gotten so concerned more about the ratings and paula and simon's feud instead of revolving arounf actual talent

  • I'm mad too cause she didn't win. Now come on, Melinda, I want a real Album !!

  • Do u know her album came out Feb 3rd 2009. It's called Coming Back To You! It's AMAZING!!

  • she's like a profesional singer,,damn she's really good

  • oh my god i hate idol because she did not win

  • AWESOME!!!!

  • I <3 Her

  • I really don't know what to do SINCE YOU"VE BEEN GONE from the competition!

    You really should've won!

    You'e amazing, unbelievable, phenomenal and fantastic!

  • wow GREAT SINGER

  • of course its a popularity contest look at what is selling right now on the chart the crap artist are puttin out right now isn't music no one these days actually have talent its retard but its life

  • wow...........................­.

  • Is AI a popularity contest and not that they have talent? It's a wake up call to AI, those that have talent eliminated

  • Anyone who has brains and listens to Melinda should obviously be able tell that she can easily rival Whitney from the 80s/90s. Every performance she gave was completely in tune, perfect tone, and tremendous phrasing.

  • Sensational! The best singer to not win AI.

    America you got this soooooo wrong!

  • she GOOOOOOOD

  • it is just SO surprising that you lost! I rooted for you each day!

  • absolute sooooooooouuuuuuuuuul. woah!!!!

  • I LOVE THIS SONG!!!

  • sooooo bad she didn't won... she's amazing!

  • Go girl!! Your the best!!^_^ a BRILLIANT SINGER INDEED!! i can really feel the emotion in every word that comes from you!

  • she's fantastic.....

  • I remember this SOOO well and after that dog and pony show the guys had put on the night before it was SOOOO welcome. Jordin was the "marketable" one, but far from the best - and Blake? OMG mediocre as mediocre can get and yet.... oh well - anyone who truly knows music knows it should have been Melinda and LaKisha in the final

  • Why do the best singers not win? After all, isn't it ultimately about singing?

  • no offense but american's preference is weird... i ve been watching the show and some seasons they got it wrong ( ie. Clay, Melinda )

  • and now Adam.

  • not so much anymore, unfortunately...

  • She's awesome.

  • I love how she says "The distance between the background mike and the front mic is not really a long walk!" She's a little country girl at heart, lol.

  • She is polished singer, so is Lakeisa!!!!!!!!

  • I was really talking about her accent, lol

  • she's so good that every live performance sounds like a studio performance practiced for weeks

  • love that jacket

  • This performance was just AMAZING! I listen to it all the time.

  • this is the kind of singers we need what a voice!!!!!

  • Blew it out the box - Yes Randy.

    Well here I am again... going through Melinda's YouTube Vids.

    I regularly need the MD Fix to keep me going...!!!

  • Buy her new CD!!! I listen to all kinds of music and i can honestly say after buying it yesterday, it is one of the best peices of music I have ever purchased. Soooo damn GOOD! Mark my word... she's going to become really famous.

  • You liked it that much? I thought she sang the songs well, but I thought some of the songs were just really, really bad. A really great producer like Clive Davis needs to get a hold of her, and then yes she could definitely become super famous.

  • Yeah,... I like it alot,... the first time I listened to it. And the second... but thereafter, I agree some songs started to fade. But I still REALLY love the CD. She has such a strong voice and is such an incredible talent... yep, I agree on the Clive Davis notion. I'm suprised he didn't produce this one.

  • love love love ... that`s all i can say :))

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  • amazing...

  • Now I fell in love with her voice!

  • As much as seeing this again has brought me such joy, I also remember the pain I felt when she didn't even make the top 2! SEVERE SHOCK !! I loved Lakisha and Jordin but for me, Melinda was the winner that year. Love & miss you Melinda!!!!!!!!

  • I love Melinda, one of Idols best performers easily. It's funny, if this were on this seasons and she perofrmed this yesterday it would have completely destroyed everyone. This was her first performance live. Now compare this to last nights performances.....

  • How could she NOT win???

  • Because she wasn't packageable enough. Jordin Sparks was a young beauty with a very moldable voice and a very pop style. Melinda is a grown woman with a very stylized, older-sounding voice. That's why Jordin won (which, I adore Jordin) over Melinda.

  • Wow! I forgot how much I LOVE her! Easily one of the best Idol singers, EVER! Look how great she is, even at the beginning of the competition!

  • What I love about her is how pure her vocals are and how she actually enunciates every lyric without sacrificing the power. I so wish she had won ....

  • very well said, completely agree - her control and phrasing is by far the best the show has ever seen

  • Now that's how singing is supposed to be done/performed. That's what singing is about.

  • brilliant, sensational....

  • One word.......WoW!

  • i really loved her and think her vocals are UNREAL and amazing however she can't compete, commercially, with the contemporary artists of today like beyonce and leona lewis!

  • amazing vocals!!

  • Should've won!

  • she shouldv'e won cuz she is sooooo cute

  • she is so cute

  • Easily the best singer ever on AI.

  • When she performed this A.F. song i was blown away by her powerful vocals she was my favorite every week she was still in the compitition. i voted for her every time she sang.she was the best i believe!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I was soooooooooooooooo bummed when she got voted off. She deserved to win with that voice.

  • I like this better than aretha franklins version!!!!!!

  • Me too! This version is even better thant the Aretha's

  • awesome voice!

  • When I watched this on the show, I didn't want it to end! Go Melinda!

  • This song is from Aretha right?

  • yup!

  • i think so

  • AMAZING

  • im sorry imeant to put good comment!

  • realy enjoyed watching her on you tube.fantastic voice and nice person

  • Man did I want her to win!!! She's fantastic! I loooovvvveeee Melinda!!!

  • Yeah! You go Melinda! I hope that her album surpasses all of the Idols in sales cause that girl can blow! Stay humble girl!

  • GADDAM!!!!!!!!!

  • YESS AND AMEN!!

  • GREAT PERFORMANCE!

  • Luv the *double-dutch pump before she takes the stage *(that's a jump-rope game we city-girlz play)! Randy was sooo right (did I say that?) "When ya got it, prove it! You sung...blew it out the box!" After this performance there would be no doubt: Melinda Doolittle is an 'out-the-box' lead performer! At her Street Team, we call this an example of Melinda-mite! Boom, baby! ;-)

  • LOL! Yes-she worked it out w/ dad little dance. She tore this song up! PPLS- look for Melinda's cd this fall. She's done with all of the tracks! :D :D