To Sir With Love - Grace Leer

[hilopadx]

Opera.....Not this!

[MrsPrinceton97]

why does she seem so tense . like loosen up a bit girlie .

[petiteAlicious]

very deep for her age. good though!

[poppygirl1]

she draging the words out to long (over done it )

[ravengurl92]

I think she is a great singer and had a very strong voice for an 11 year old. But I think she tried too hard and that made her sound belty. I also think she could have done better on American Juniors if she didn't try so hard. I bet she is an amazing singer now!

[killerqueen501]

@ravengurl92 yeah, i agree, she should have relaxed more and probably given a smoother performance

[57highland]

She's not Lulu. Not yet. Maybe never.

[solebunny358]

white bitch es always want to sing like black women please sit down , ans shut the hell up ,

[Hanaargh1]

Bloody hell!

The kid can/could sing but I don't think this song's for her...

[harper1able]

I love that song but sorry I dont like how she sings it :(

[kimdingal]

SHE LOOKS LIKE BRITNEY SPEARS!

[TheRaspberryHoney]

Everyone at American Juniors sucked!

[kristilyn1963]

Please, this is a kid! She has a big voice and her style will develop over time. You can't even begin to compare Lulu and Grace.

[bremand3]

I did choir with her and she is a beautiful singer and a beautiful girl who graduated high school last year so stop hating on her. She was literally the best singer in our choir.

[jc333jc]

She's a decent singer, singing the words to the song. It doesn't flow and it's a bit robotic.

[douglas787]

lousy

[MjrTom2009]

Bad audio compression aside, she just doesn't sing this song very well. Sorry. I don't think she has either the talent or voice to peg this one. Maybe she can do better with other selections.

[pbmax]

Fucking good!

[nlainus]

sorry not even close to Lulu... Not then, not today, not ever!!!!

[dozer3955]

Wow Grace. You made me, a big tuff guy, cry. That was awesome young lady.

[cartyfiona]

Amazing song. The kid has a great voice but Lulu owns this. Pick songs that can be taken somewhere when you go on these shows ffs

[Cabess12]

Too up herself.

[lebarosky]

She has a powerful and clear natural voice and she has been badly coached in some ways and well coached in others.

[pvtpstr]

Thank God she didn't go all Christina Aguilera on us!

[MizVanity]

She's talented, but she needs to relax. Some advice, Grace: Fire your current vocal trainer. Hire a better one. Seriously. "To Sir With Love" isn't meant to be sung as if you're in a corny Broadway production. Relax....

[ztweety22]

i love this song

[ztweety22]

i was in a play in 1 grade and i was singing it love this song

[ztweety22]

i was in a play in 1 grade and i was singing it love itttttt

[coconutpower18]

um.. , wat the wat. 

[InLKdream]

i'm sorry but i sound like this at karaoke, that's no good, who tried to say better than lulu? someone needs to get ears checked

[livismilesful]

she puts too many slides in it that wreaks it. sorry!

[mantra453]

terrible

[stalkingwolf1954]

come on it doesnt hurt to give these kids some credit

[tingod99]

in my opinion the song was to big for her, she struggled in parts and just did not have the full range of vocals to nail it, she is still growing so will get better but this was not her song

[alberthammond18]

an answer to those who said the kid sang this immortal song better than LULU: HA HA SAID THE CLOWN (another immortal hit of the era)

[kakauatefc]

nice nice

[NICKANGEL867]

i forgot all about Justin!!!!! He is so cute!!!!!!

[doublekdance]

I love her voice! She's an awesome singer!

[beowulven]

She is no singer.

[IMattchewB]

@beowulven What, and you are? She sounds pretty good for an 11 year old.

[beowulven]

@IMattchewB

People without talent should not be encouraged.

[IMattchewB]

@beowulven George Harrison didn't have "talent" until about half way through his career with The Beatles when he wrote "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something". That's for another day though I guess. This girl sounds pretty good, and although I think music today, including music shows like Am. Idol, has been hijacked by those with no taste at all, it's good to hear her sing.

[beowulven]

@IMattchewB

Can't disagree with any of that.

[Adrianaofficial]

they all sang songs that were WAY to old for them! i mean they were supposed to be a young band aiming twards tweens and children and im guessing the producers picked the songs. what were they thinking?

[Kappaaa17]

Disappointing.

[justinbieberluv10130]

She is really bad. She is a horreble singer who is she gonna make happy on stage?

[etaco25]

this version is terrible!

[MagicUniverseAnth0ny]

ella es contralto...

para está canción se necesita una buena soprano...

[Reeseriver]

She's good and she has a strong voice, but this performance doesn't compare to Lulu. There's no emotion, it's all showmanship though. This is Lulu's song.

[JubalCalif]

@Reeseriver

I second that emotion! Grace is good, but Lulu is GREAT !!!

:-)

[MelosAntropon]

She has an excellent voice - but it sounds like half early-operatic training, half early Frank Sinatra. She possibly will make a name for herself some day, but this is not her style of song. The people who complain about her voice don't know what they are talking about. But those who say she's as good as Lulu also don't know what they're talking about. She's a PhD in Math competing with a PhD in Arts (Lulu). Similar, but widely divided fields. Give her time!

[7391j]

Her voice is awkwardly deep

[juicycouture2504]

bad bad and bad. LULU rocks this song, u are flat and u probably aint even seen the film.. which is great!

[chrisbrownlvr23]

She has a really deep voice! WOW! haha (: Shes cute though! lol

[RandomPersonUK]

Listen to LuLu and then this, there is no comparison. LuLu knocks her socks off. I got no feeling from this performance. I hate these treacle laden comments you always get on US shows, everyone is a winner and great even when they are usless. This is why I like Simon Cowel so much. He tells them the truth. She can sing but so can thousands of the others and I hear nothing special here.

[114721]

...zZzZ... -_o

[kfchawaii]

She sings too deep.

[doublekdance]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!! Especially when Glee sang it! This is better than the origonal!

[hilly1690]

@doublekdance shut up you retard she's murder

[NiaAvila]

She had a pretty strong voice for an 11 yr old...

[missduh101]

She made it seem plain and boring.

[dsfddsgh]

Sorry but just because you hit the notes doesn't make you a good singer. She just sang the song without any emotional connection to it at all. It seems like today it all about belting out a song and how many notes you can hit not if you have any feeling singing the song. That's why we have all these over emoting screeching banshees posing as singers. Thanks Mariah and Celine.

[FLAPJACKLUVSCANDY]

im bored. shes gt sum talent hto

[nobleone2008]

It is like Diana Ross, and the Temptations no one can duplicate them.

[titush23]

Lulu is unique and no one can sing like her

[escritormx]

Never better than Lulu, sorry; nice try honey!

[Theunderdogma]

She is cute and sings OK, she's got talent to grow, better than Lulu, that "ain't gonna happen". You can sing a song as good as Madonna, or have a band who can almost play as good as KISS (or any band you like). It will never be the real stuff. It is not better or worse, it is different.

[bundoranboy1]

watched this movie-song 1st time around ..kid tell your mammy and dad ..to frig off

[phlegmilyb]

graces dad looks like such a cocky bastard

[uofawildcat48]

Is that ...Ryan Seacrest?............sure looks like him and sounds like him?......Sorry, never watched this show so?...thanks for the post

[dubblesev]

she looks like britney

[flukyluke]

not good

[btinsley1]

she sang it, but did she FEEL it ?

[commonman80]

@btinsley1 She's to young to feel it.....

[mcul2112]

a little more soul, kid. look inside yerself.....you'll get it......

[wuzup36i3]

Yes, Agree - American Idiots and Reality TV shows are the Worst sort of entertainment.

What has our Society come to.

But she is Very Pretty, girl and great voice,

Wish her lots of Luck.

Love,

TV

[midnightmailman]

LOL... BETTER THAN LULU? THIS GIRL IS GOOD FOR A KID - BUT SHE ISN'T EVEN AS GOOD AS POO POO - SHE CLEARLY OVER DID THIS - BUT THAT IS WHAT AMERICAN IDOL IS ALL ABOUT. IT IS MELLO-DRAMA CRAPOLA! It's Gayness on parade - And that's why all pf the memorable music (even commercial pushers know this) is Motown stuff from the 60s. People actually had talent then and it was showcased - not MANUFACTURED.

[DABW74]

Actually, this was quite awesome. Especially given her young age. Very good.

[Yetivaski007]

The girl gave it her best shot and did fairly well; but those elevating, or even equating, her rendition to Lulu's must be freaking nuts!!

And, please, do not damage Gladys' music reputation and legendary status by claiming she said this girl was better than Lulu!! Even in a dazed state, no fair observer would claim this girl sang better.

Some of you guys need to inhale a hefty dose of reality and objectivity!!

[rakosrose]

Not even close to LULU...give me a break...LULU's voice is so unique...this girl is forcing it people!

[MarcusFerg21]

Too "Squeeky" Great song choice though.

[uselessjoe]

So what happened to Grace? Diana DiGarmo was on this and was runner up later on American Idol.

[dramaqueen2120]

like she pushing her voice

[dramaqueen2120]

i think shes trying to hard

[spacexploder]

lil bitch. what the hell is american juniors?

[kcvampire]

american juniors was a kids version of american idol. they had 5 winners to form a pop group to copy sclub juniors.

the show only lasted the summer and the group flopped.one of simon cowel's bad ideas lol

[TrajikFrikshun]

Better than LULU??? Are you Out of your Mind??? don't get me wrong, the kid can sing , and has a very nice soulful voice, but no one has ever been able to top LULU on this song, come on now... Even now Lulu has been known to belt the hell out of this song... and she sounds just as good as she did back then if not better. and Gladys said there was richness in her voice, not you're so much better than Lulu.... HAHAHA

[Magsiemagee]

TrajikFrikshun - Im entitled to my opinion - I liked the girl's rendition better than Lulus. If you look at what I said - you'll see that I stated that she has a richness of voice than Lulu doesnt have and I agreed with Gladys. I DID NOT say that Gladys said she was much better than Lulu!! I like the clarity of her voice compared with the raspiness of Lulus. Lulu's drive & determination has undoubtedly helped her success. If you think she's great - your opinion! Don't misquote me!

[TrajikFrikshun]

@Magsiemagee MY apologies, If you feel I insulted you in some way, which was not my intention, but your argument of saying that I misquoted you would normally fall on deaf ears since you deleted or removed the comment that I did QUOTE EXACTLY...but since there is no comment and no one else could validate it, then, MY argument, would also fall on deaf ears. Yes, you had an opinion and I didn't agree with it, 'tis all.... may we agree on that?

[brandykody11]

@TrajikFrikshun Well said!!!!

[TrajikFrikshun]

@brandykody11 Thanks I try... LOL.

[EmpressOfWyoming58]

@TrajikFrikshun I don't ever tell a person who isn't a good singer that they are good. If you do, then they go around singing and it's embarassing.

[TrajikFrikshun]

@EmpressOfWyoming58 ...I very much agree with you.... Giving someone a false sense of accomplishment, can do more harm than good... but by the same token, if you discourage someone from doing what they love most to do, they will quit, prematurely, and live their life, unfortunately, feeling like an utter failure.

[EmpressOfWyoming58]

@TrajikFrikshun Perhaps I should have gone on to say that someone needs to be honest with this child and put her into singing lessons with an excellent voice coach. It's not a bad thing to be honest, though not brutally, with a child about their strengths and weaknesses. I was lousy at softball as was the rest of my team. Our coaches knew, we knew, the parents knew. We still played. We still loved it, we just weren't under any delusions that someday any of us were going to go pro.

[TrajikFrikshun]

@EmpressOfWyoming58 ... Hee Hee... I understood, entirely, but I'm sure had you practiced more and more, you would've probably been a great player... LOL...

[Melkac]

@TrajikFrikshun Maybe you didn't have seen Glee's first season last episode

[TrajikFrikshun]

@Melkac ... HAHAHHAAAA.... I Do Watch the Show, MelKac. I Haven't Missed an Episode, Love the story, the actors are great and the Music is especially my type of Music.. Love it...

[roorooroo368]

@TrajikFrikshun oh my god you took the words right out of my mouth

[TrajikFrikshun]

@roorooroo368 Glad to see I'm not the Only oNe... Hee HEe, but , just to be sure what were the words I took right out of your Mouth, would hate to feel like you weren't being well fed with great information cause I took them out of your Mouth... Hehehe

[roorooroo368]

@TrajikFrikshun everything you said just put my whole opinion of this video and everyones comments into one comment. thank you haha someone gets what i mean yo! thanks dawg

[TrajikFrikshun]

@roorooroo368 glad to oblige... LOL..

[royalcourtier]

She is not better than Lulu - for a start, she is copying Lulu's style, so lacks originality. Secondly, she sounds as though she is straining to force the notes out.

[furmountain21]

Really...;better than LuLu? I respect Gladys Knight but this isn't close to the original...not even remotely.

[FourWomen]

What A GIFT!!!! I love this rendention!

[Bluntfacts]

Is it just me, or is the video out of sync with the music and vocals?

[jasonsutho]

meh not bad....... but id certainly put her on layby and pick her up in 7 years!

[dannypanny123]

the guy is in love with her LOL

[ubermallic]

She way too hot to be 11 years old ..

[phddddd]

"Hot!" You have an entire vocabulary of centuries of the English language at your disposal and reduce your description, ala Paris Hilton, to the most over-used world in modern commerce. Grow up! There's a "p" word that you may wish to concern yourself.

[ubermallic]

I'm Italian not English ... so you can suck on my big thick sausage , and shes HOT ,,,but I'll explain it for you fancy English woman ... it means mother nature tells every man wants to shoot a big load on that!! ~ your just a jealous bitter old woman .... face facts ,,, shes young and beautiful ... every guy on the planet will sniff her panties if she pulls them off ... your old and bitter woman haha ... old FISH panty ass (phew)

Deal with your issues against mother nature please. thankQ

[MigdalaVered]

She did okay here...

But she reminds me of young Britney Spears, and doesn't quite sound as good as young Britney Spears.

And, though Brit's voice peaked then, maybe Grace's has improved...

(Not trying to offend.. I mean, dang... the girl got that far in the competition... perhaps this just wasn't her night/song.)

[wheateater]

11 YEARS OLD! Considering video sound quality, she is fanstastic.

[lovesclutter]

So, a young talent sung a great song. I am 53 and love LULU and she did the song PROUD

[SuperNugg98]

i don't like when kids sing mature songs. little michael jackson is the only counter-example that comes to mind.

[lindakel14]

what crap!!!! just ruined the song

[Mombuck]

She warbles and strains too much to hit the notes.

[x0xTumblerrrx0x]

If you think FOX should bring back American Juniors to TV... the add me as a friend and comment my page saying... Bring back American Juniors!!!!!

kids deserve to show what they gott.

[cmsdude218]

For a 11 year old to have the guts and grace to go before television and sing, well, all I can say is how many ney sayers could have done as well and could sing at all at 11? Kudos!

[coolchild1117]

u guys r all on crack. grace is amazing. shes actually my friend. haha im from danville and im her frend at srvhs. shes gotten better :]

[OrangeBubbleshine]

she is nice!!

[morgurthion]

She sounds like shit. Strong voice or not, she can't hit the notes.

[x0Veggiehead0x]

she has a really strong vooice

[SilverlinedClouds]

I like when she says "I'm an American Junior" that was so cute :) 0:06

[futuremrsjonas11]

she is not really a good singer she needs work

[Lfdjake91]

She is a really beautiful little girl with a decent voice, but this song is to big for her.Her voice does not have the matureity to carry it off yet.

[TitoCostaPro]

BAD

[fcuksrasher]

yes,she is beautiful

[halfpassinghottie]

she goes to my school(: HAHA we're actually really good friends!

[AZDynamics]

Beautiful voice, but wrong song. She doesn't have enough world experience to catch the heart, the soul of the song.

Good for a 10-year-old.

[qazastan]

So Britney had a wealth of experience churning out hit after hit did she?

No. Voice and looks, that's all it takes to be a success.

Your unrealistic expectations are a little out of date, somewhere back in my grandad's day.

[AZDynamics]

I don't understand your allusion to Britney. And your sarcasm is a bit juvenile.

But I did say Grace has a nice voice for a 10-year-old . . . that is a normal 10-year-old.

She is not a prodigy. Child prodigies are/were Ryan Bianca, Connie Talbot, Lena Zavaroni, Shirley Temple. Those are child prodigies.

[Katee11]

she is amazing now!!!

[SpeedyBozar]

she is a "bit" muscular, isn't she? :)

[poweke]

Aww dont be so hard on her. She was only 11 afterall. I wonder how she sounds now?

[UBCS12347]

There's actually a video on this site of her singing at her high school. Pretty recent, too.

[clyde642006]

Marginal at best; she needs to take about 10 years and try again. I'm sick of these kids trying to sing songs that have so much more to them than these tiny tots trying to blurt them out in these cheesey ass contest. They rarely do them justice and 95% of the time they trash the songs. So this brat should stick to miley cyrus or jessica simpson songs cuz those creative wannabe songs are just up her alley.

[qazastan]

And your huge talent is.............?

[oceanxmist]

She's okay. Too low of a pitch, though. 0-0 Good song, though. It's catchy.

[xxxhannahxzx]

she lives near me...

[choirXgirlXpride]

oh hey i've seen her!

[kckc97]

i know how hard it is to get up and sing, but she sounded a little like a man

[yerory]

i think that her voice has alot of vibrato and is better for lower songs and for solos instead of a group

[serclfs]

her dad looks liek clinton

[Raezuvlite]

she reminds me of Britney Spears when she was younger!! That is kinda freaky....

[breakawayOC]

I totally agree with you. The way she looks like Britney Spears and how she is performing and singing. It was really freaky to see that. :-))

[torndenim1]

oh dear give her a chance she is only young and it takes a lot to get up and sing xxxxxxxxxxx way to go girl you did good xxx

[jesusfreak1144]

Your fantastic! I love your voice, its gorgeous! you look more like 13 though. Not 11:) Your really pretty!

[MotherDuck1]

What kind of comment was that you weirdo

[bobalinawashere]

thta is disgusting seriously

that is gross

[jazlynj]

she sings better now than before

[PleaseBelieveInMe]

she doesnt like 11 years old...

[MaliceIn1derland]

pitch pitch pitch!.......gash!

[001085]

What a shocker

[supercrossdog]

For being 11, I think she has a nice voice, but needs to sing in a differant key for sure.

[xno1lulufanx]

i love lulu's version of this song it's the best but her's is amazing xx

[XxSelleerocksxX]

....wow...shes not very good...but i love this song...she ruined it...

[ANBUKakashiH]

She didn't came up with this song. Lulu was the orginal singer.

[paulsimpson123]

awfull needs singing lessons for sure!

[SolarTrail]

As Simon says....That was ????

[x0xbeautifulgirlx0x]

uhm no.

[jerova]

She looks and SOUNDS like Britney when she was younger. ICK!

[AshCinders]

...meh

strong voice but a bit of note prblems:-S

[eelwoman75]

*PUKE!*

[dartgod]

Wonder how she came up with this song, as young as she is.

[jazlynj]

if u think she made that was ma song ur wrong cuz she didnt

[Tekauru]

She needs to learn how to use her vocals and stop singing through her nose

[poisonivy156]

seriously. voice lessons anyone?

[gomenewbs]

guys look up sophie mcmmahon shes so much better and shes like 11!!!

[maddymud]

this song is a tad creepy coming from an 11-year-old ...

[bcransom]

the guy wit the fro is so gay

[xxsexyberryxx]

loooooooooooove her xx i love the lulu version too xx

[popeye135]

julie dubela is way better

[nathanielsbaby]

I think she had potential. She has a very strong deep voice. She needs training, but if she learned how to control her voice she could be good

[corinnemoriahmc]

when she sings she sounds like a man

[XxprincesstillyxX]

i didnt like her!!

shes soo off the key and i dont even no wat song it is!!

bthe song is kinda hard!!

[Jonasxbrosxfan7]

way off key, she has a very bad voice and i dont like her at all