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  • Simon is so correct. He always hits in on the mark.

  • I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THISSSS! :D <3 I LOVE YOU KELLY

  • shes so mariah here!

  • WTF is Ryan saying about vote for the person you want and not the person you think will win? What the hell would the point be of trying to guess who will win?

  • Damn, she was a knockout. What gorgeous shoulders!

  • i personally think that her version has the right emotion behind the lyrics. dionne's version is just too sweet for the words. there shouldn't be a discussion between white versus black vocalists, that is stupid.

  • This is a gentle song by nature, and she sings a bit too agressive for my taste. I prefer original version.

  • @hihotichihotic i like she turned it into an aggressive song, the lyrics are aggressive and after listening to the original recording by warwick, i love kelly's interpretation...very powerful

  • go to /watch?v=YJ2sJH6HLLk

  • lol glad she kept cutting randy off. randy only follow what everybody else says so thats why he dont know what to say when he go 1st

  • she's singing Aretha Franklin version of the song <3

  • WOW, My First time hearing her sing this song, I'm impressed!!! what the heck is wrong with RANDY???? she was Great!

  • WOW, My First time hearing her sing this song, I'm impressed!!!

  • I was impressed Kelly Clarkson when i wasn't familiar with the song but this classic song, known by everyone, showed she doesn't know how to interpret it. She faked black singing and didn't have any sense of direction in the song, nor the spirit. Poor job

  • @freeqwerqwer completely disagree

  • @freeqwerqwer How does a black singer sing? WTF People are so angry when black people get picked on or this and that then you try and say that only black girls can sing the way they sing. WOW. Ridiculous.

  • @freeqwerqwer I think she had a rather clever interpretation of the song, she really added her own personality to it. She's angry at this person and doesn't want to see him again but at the same time still can't get him and the pain of the break-up. It's something she obviously doesn't shy away from in her own music. Similar emotions and themes are particularly present in Behind These Hazel Eyes.

  • good job kelly

  • she needs to make a CD with all the songs she sang in the show. i would so buy it

  • It woulda been awesome if she did Anyone who had a heart. But still is the best IDOL EVER!!!!! Love this one 2 <3

  • She did very well with both "Walk on by" and Anyone who had a heart"

  • And now, for a very different take on this Baccarat classic, look up australian Idol's Chanel Cole for a wistful and pretty counterpoint to Kelly's showtune version! Both are amazing, and very different!

  • right simon was. she did become a huge star out of this show :D BEST IDOL EVER! THUMBS UP!!!

  • @caitlynsorox

    she killed it!

  • Oh, and I love her outfit/hairstyle!

  • This was my personal favorite of all of Kelly's AI performances...very moving.

  • ive realized that every song at kelly´s voice sounds INCREIBLE

    dreams of an eternal child........

  • Love this song.

  • Wow! I am not a fan of American Idol; I didn't discover Kelly Clarkson until after she won, so I never saw these performances. I can see why America picked her.

  • what song she sang on the 1st video??? izit walk on by to?????

  • @ayiesatoshi The song Clarkson started with was "Anyone Who Had a Heart", a song you don't hear much nowadays. I would have loved to have heard her sing that.

  • @daniinnc Its a beautiful song

  • I don't think she even knows how incredible she is!

  • Kelly is the only AI contestant to show confidence and deliver a performance with such star presence.from the way she moves & glides on stage, to her facial expressions, and how she interacts with the audience. from day 1 she already acted like a star, proving she was a PRO. all other contestants that i seen, til this day perform on the show like AMATURES, not knowing what to do or stand on stage, or have blank expressions. She was so confident. every other winner never performed like this!!!

  • and i believe kellys choice for changing the song to "walk on by" was a GREAT decision..the other song wasnt as soulful, this is amazing!! Kelly knows whats best for her, and it totally worked! she nailed this song, she needs to sing it concert like she did with "stuff like that there"

  • idk what was wrong with Paula & Randy, but this is my favorite american idol performance of Kelly.. its so soulful and she showcased her voice so well! she made it her own and sounded so beautiful!! so powerful and great control. she is even better nowadays, but damn this is one amazing performance. the original doesnt even sound like this, she makes every cover sound even better, she puts her own style into it.... Randy must have been high to say "it wasnt your greatest", she needed more credit

  • Love Kelly's version of this wonderful BB song. She can do anything!!!

  • She's as cute as a damn button! How about a thumbs up on that note!

  • DAMNN....I like the groove of this stylishion of this song!

  • It was alright, nothing special.

  • Fail

  • Love her version of this song!!!

  • she was so skinny back then........

  • this was smokin sweet from kelly.

  • What the hell was up Randy's fat ass? ...  He's obviously got an agenda.

  • @mikesterSTLMO

    really! did Paula and Randy hear the same performance as Simon and the audience? Outstanding!

  • W O W  Just loved it!!!

  • ah she is amazing...so natural and she seems like such a sweetheart too. I love the songs she covered on American Idol.

  • Perfection.  Vocally, and physically. Whole package.

  • What a gift her friends gave to the world when they made sure she auditioned for AI. If we had missed out on her talent, the world would be a much less richly adorned place. Go Kelly!!!! Keep making the music that gives us that great pleasure.

  • She is just great!!!

  • i maybe in the minority... but this is my favorite performance of kelly during her run on idol, only maybe because i did not watch her season. i only saw her performances on you tube though i bought the dvd of 1st season.. this performance gives me chills because it has so much soul! and she looks so lovely here!!! love you kelly and will forever support you and your music......

  • @s3kfan I agree. It's bittersweet for me tho cuz this was my grandma's favorite song. But this truly is the one performance of kelly's that stands out.

  • (Pt 2) Even in this abbreviated performance Kelly outdid even Dionne and so I truly believe Randy needed to give her more credit. She was right to change her song choice to this one. The first choice wouldn't have gone this far. This truly is pure Kelly. She made it her own. And everything she sings is her best!

  • Like she said song choice is so key. Listening to Anyone Who Had A Heart by both Dusty Springfield and Dionne Warwick I mean that's a great song and I know Burt Bacharach loves it as one of his favorites he ever wrote, but it just never had the smash hit power that Walk On By had and still does.

  • I love this song!

  • I love you Kelly! I love her attitude to the female body we all gain lose weight depending on time of our life. xx

  • Simon look so young.

  • What I find even more amazing is that she had two record companies offer her contracts and she turned them down because she didn't want to be packaged. For a starving artist at the time it is amazing to have intergrity. Unreal really.

  • @90blacknight

    I agree 100%!

  • what were the judges on? for me, that was awesome!

  • Great version of this classic Burt Bacharach & Hal David tune. With hope this will get the younger generation to listen to the classic tunes that Dionne Warwick recorded, and while they're at it maybe they'll get hip to the bossa nova classics as well.

  • Oh how right Simon was, Kelly is a huge star and the best thing that ever happen to American Idol!!!!

  • simon has made comments that they owe kelly alot bc she gave the show credibility if kelly was to be on idol today she would still win......american idol seems to be losing talented people every year nobody will ever cross the talent that this girl has sorry just my opinion

  • Kelly Clarkson nailed every single performance on AI. She was consistent throughout and a true performer. AI can only dream to see talent like this again on the show.

  • You're absolutely right - she was the only contestant in AI history to nail every performance.

  • According to the judges, one of her worst performance.

    Funny how this is regarded as one of her lesser covers of the songs on Idol but had she sang that today in Season 9, she would B L O W everyone out of the water. Absolutely no competition for this woman

  • damn she was hot during AI.

  • Gah, I haven't watched this in a lonnnnng time. wow, kelly looks so young, and primed for stardom.

  • i dont think she ever received enough credit for her cover of this song...

  • @BobBarkersLoveChild wholeheartedly agree with you. I personally thought that she did an INCREDIBLE job with this.

  • @BobBarkersLoveChild Agreed. She did a fantastic job. One of my favourites from her. :D

  • Wow...I would buy this track song!

    Love the emotions & range she put into the song. 5 stars +++

  • mind you kelly looks sexy in this performance! :D

  • but randy jackson... that man knows music... being in jorney and also working with amazing singers like whitney houston and mariah back in theh day but he only makes a few million from idol......

  • Of course Dionne's version is better, but Kelly is pretty damn amazing!!

  • seriously THANK GOD she entered the competition. she legitimized american idol in that make-or-break first season..and is the biggest reason simon cowell is the most successful person in the entertainment business today

  • simon cowell still doesnt deserve his success that he's received thus far... come on... the guy is earning over 100 million each season now for AI now then he goes back to the UK and does 2 more shows and earns just as much there.. for what? since the guy became a producer, he's lost his edge which he was known for even though it was all a novelty. the guy before all these shows was a producer of sorts that produced pop boy and girl bands and has the gall to tear ppl down for their vocals...

  • @paras166 a blessing and a curse

  • Wow she is the bomb on this song. I didn't start watching until season 2 so I never heard her sing this. go KELLY!

  • "I truly, truly believe that you are gonna become a huge star"

  • This is actually one of my favorite performances of hers on the show.

  • You mean the MODERN Aretha. All respect to Aretha, but Kelly's the one in the here and now, and worthy of respect too. I can't wait for the day she can do an album of blues/soul/jazz stuff.

  • omg she would doo soo good for blues

  • what does that matter? she sings better than this now....and she was damn good THEN!!!

  • she did look better back then but she is still sexy to me

  • geeenial!

  • love 1:04-1:12. So strong, smooth and soulful.

  • AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

  • SHE CAN SING AND DO ANYTHING

  • she should have done anyone who had a heart. i love that song and she could make it awesome. i think syesha did it later on and it sound sso good live

  • i love her version!! she did amazing!!

  • she's beautiful here. and amazing as always

  • i think ur fucking jelous??!!

  • She should have sung this straight - for me it was too up tempo and flew past, when she could have spent longer and taken her time and got into the regret of the song. Don't get me wrong I love this girl to death and think she's the best there is, but I'm glad Randy said just what I was thinking; it didn't do much for me despite being brilliant because the girl never actually sings a bad song..you just get to compare with what you know she CAN do

  • I think she spend it up because of the time constraint given on each song. I watched a recent performance of Stuff Like That There and it was slowed down a bit which leads me to believe that this was purposely sped up for the sake of making sure she is within the time restrictions and what not.

  • What was her first choice?

  • Anyone Who Had a Heart

  • It is so good.

    She should record this earlier !

  • Damn Shes good! So much Soul in it!

    Yo go girl =) She must sing those older songs i like the one where she sings natural woman too =)

  • This is the Kelly i love and miss...I listen to this on a daily basis. Love it!!!

  • this is my favorite Kelly performance from AI!

  • she is so beautiful here...

  • Quit with the fucking ringtones sites.

  • SIMON is good. she really is a huge star now!!!

  • she looks so thin

  • WOW, what a thrilling season this would have been, seeing lil' Miss Independent kick ass (I didn't start watching until season 4). By the way, "F" Randy! Mister grouch.

  • further, i strongly believe that kelly clarkson is the best contestant that has entered a singing competition UNIVERSALLY speaking..

  • great outfit.

  • even adam lambert may win in this year's season of american idol.. kelly is by mile better than him and the other winners of american idol.. so far, no one beats kelly clarkson..she is still the best idol to date!

  • Simon's always right..."huge star!!!"

  • He also said the same thing about Justin Guarini, and we know how that turned out. lol

  • ahhh back when america voted based on talent....how i miss it

  • wow!!! she's pretty amazing!!!

    if i hadnt see this vid.. i wouldnt hv known

    shes a belter.. & the stage presence.. wow!!!

    shell be on the ranks of tamyra gray, carrie underwood, melinda doolittle..

  • they're in her rank. She's amazing

  • You've never heard her before? Kelly puts Carrie to shame, and the others can rank with her. Kelly is a phenomenal vocalist!

  • Kelly came before two thirds of the people you mentioned anyway, so yeah, they are on her rank, not the other way around.

  • wow, she's never looked better, what a gorgeous girl

  • paula was sober during season 1 season 2 she drank a little but season 3 sober is gone for sure.

  • Kelly is sooooooooooo beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

  • i think she looks a bit like reese witherspoon when she was on american idol

  • i noticed that every song kelly sang on american idol was a soulful ballad besides "stuff like that there" for the big band night.. did they have themes in this year like rock or country night like how they do now?

  • Simon was right! He usualy is..

  • "I truly, truly believe you are gonna become a huge star at the end of this show"

    AND SHE DID :)

  • Great personalities applause her greatly.... GO Kelly

  • what a voice. my god.

    and she looks REALLY good . damn !

  • Addl. note....Paula seems sober.

  • That's only cuz she's in like massive amounts of pain.

    season one she was literally having seizures backstage in the make up chair cuz of neck pain and wasn't tellin anyone about it.

    She's not drunk or high. She's just naturally random.

    Back then she was just like tryin to sit there and wait for it to be over cuz she was hurting.

    Now she's better and being herself instead of having to grin and bear it as much.

    She's supposed to be dancing and fun! It's good. Predictability is stupid.

  • Hell, the STAGE even looks young!

    I don't remember her doing this song, and I'm pretty impressed.

  • omg..the judges look so young...lolx...

  • she looks amaaaazing!!!

    and amazing voice as always

  • lol simon said that she will become a huge star in end of show and guess what he was so right :)

  • isit just me or did everyone like applause to kelly during all episodes like everyone fell in love with her emediently o.O

  • perfection!

    this season of american idol is pretty bad though. i dont like anyone so far.

  • She has such a powerful voice. It honestly feels the studio rumbles when she sings like she's gonna tear down the walls and roof with that voice!

  • this is the best i've ever seen her look

  • i do kinda wish she sang anyone who had a heart. but she can sing anything she wants! she is amazing!!!!

  • She did sing "anyone who had a heart" but on results night.."burt Bucharach medley" it was amazing.

  • Simon was completely right when he said " i believe your gunna be a big star at the end of this show" he defintaly had the right feeling about her. She's absolutly amazing

  • It doesn't matter what she sings.

    I hate the song It's Raining Men, but when Kelly sang it, I liked it, just because of the way she sings.

  • SHE WOW-ED ME AWAY.

  • i loved it!!

  • i so wish kelly would do a cover of "anyone who had a heart"!!!

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  • this is excellent the judges are all crazy except simon of course he knows his stuff

  • This is my favorite Kelly performance from the show! <3 I don't know why it isn't more appreciated. It's amazing.

  • You go Kelly.

  • AWESOME!

  • Kelly sang great, however Tamyra Gray owned that night with her flawless rendition of A House is Not A Home.

  • great voice! really great.

    however poor choice on the song (or style perhaps...)

    the song is a beautiful classic, unfortunately I don't feel she got this song; it was supposed to be sung delicately and in a very different way, not shouted from the bottom of the lungs

    can't even compare to the original...

  • she was like like like like get to fuck

  • As Paula Abdul says, this girl can sing the phone book. Kelly is great!!!!

  • WTF??? I think that it was great. it wasn't her best....but she definitely did her thang.

  • I happen to like Kelly Clarkson's voice. I just think she ruined the song. However, I thought her best performance on American Idol was when she sang Aretha Franklin's "Natural Woman" She did a great job.

  • a great performance!!

  • I especially love the powerful beginning of this song.

  • Go back to Isaac Hayes people.

  • I actually like this performance...almost more so than any other she gave that season. I'm not sure why, something about it stands out in my mind. I think it's the trilling. She kind of ran the show after it got into the final five...Wonder who would win if you were to pit all 7 idol winners in a competition against each other??? Who would win?

  • I can tell you who WOULDN'T win- TAYLOR HICKS

  • Kelly of course!

  • simons predictions are right! He was right with Kelly, Fantasia, Carrie, Jordin, and David Cook!

  • Of course she doesn't. She ISN'T Dionne Warwick.

    -___-;

    It's a lose-lose situation, really. If she deviates too much, people are going to hate on it. If she tries to emulate it, then they say she's trying too hard.

    Seriously, can't people enjoy it as it is?