Kara DioGuardi performs "Sober" at the Somaly Mam Gala

[southernfeelings]

I like Kara's version better. People underestimated her when she was on Idol...nobody realized just how talented she is.

[sjaswim12697]

Women like this, who can sing... They need to be up front, they write amazing songs and sing just as good as everyone who puts there name on the cover of the single. Kara is amazing

[amb3785]

Kara is super super HOT!

[jbsinger000]

I LIKE P!NKS VERSION BETTER

[lilduck99]

@ShdwBoundmg OH whatever! P!nk puts much more emotion than she does!

[TheFear1611]

She did amazing but I think she had some of the lyrics missed up.

[southernfeelings]

@TheFear1611 No. Kara wrote this song. If the lyrics are different in P!nk's version, it's because P!nk changed them. This is the original version.

[TheFear1611]

@southernfeelings Aha ok :).

[yore7389]

ok someone needs to mash the two versions it would be amazing ^_^

[lilduck99]

1:31, Idk what about that but I really like how she sings it. Almost half of a half divided by 35 as good as P!nk but she's still amazing and has talent.

[highgirlstar2000]

Pink sings it better, yes.

But Kara sings it so prettily, I've never heard her sing anything :D This has increased my respect for her by thousands.

[MrSkatrat]

this is really good

[vatzefawk]

O HAI MITCH! this is gorgeous :)

[BillyAndDeclanFan]

The guitarist looks like Adam Lambert lol

[angelluv1012]

until i saw these videos i didnt know she could sing that good

[eileenregina]

I dont think i have ever seen her perform and been left thinking "oh no she wrecked that" or "she shouldnt have sung that".....She seems to connect with all the songs she sings though that could be because she wrote almost all of them.

[Trollpatty]

Sucked compared to Pink. Pink has the most powerful, beautiful voice and no one out there can sing it like her. If I hadn't heard Pink sing it first I would have thought she was good.

[christ111ful]

She sings it better than pink.

[yohanbrohan94]

She has such an amazing voice. She's a great talent, a great singer and a great songwriter. In my opinion she's the most qualified to be a judge on American Idol!

[TOUSXHIE]

her voice is very lovely...

[marinax0x1]

i love u kara and would do anything to meet you ive tried to hard! hopefully i willl <33 im your biggest and truestt fann!

[ayinne1208]

I'm not sure if I like her as a judge, but as a musician/singer/songwriter/com­poser, I think she's absolutely AMAZING. I didn't even know that all these songs are of her composition.

[lambchop43]

Adam Lambert on guitar? XD

Kara kicked-ass btw.

[eileenregina]

@lambchop43 No mitch allen,

[lambchop43]

@eileenregina What I meant was, it just LOOKED LIKE Adam Lambert. Not Adam Lambert himself. But anyway, thanks for that. Now I know :D

[eileenregina]

@lambchop43 Oh lol sorry, they do look alike LOL

[dsacrey92]

love her singing this song!

[SuperEgypt1]

She can act like a diva !! She is such a badasss i love her she is awesome

[dianaswinney]

I am absolutely blown away by this performance. I didn't know what a powerful voice Kara has. I love this!!!!

[VmarsGgirl]

I love how she puts so much emotion into her songs

[FHSdemonettes]

WOW...I didn't realize she was actually talented. She kicked ass on this song!!!! I just gained a lot more respect for her as a judge on Idol.

[Adeon55]

Kara is such a diva. Not in the complimentary way.

[sabanitas12]

I love Pink's voice, but Kara you are amazing as well. Congratulations. Very underrated artist.

[o0ber]

She looks like Lea Michele here... and other times she looks like Katharine Mcphee.

[xtinalamb]

OMG muriendo lentamente!!!!! I'm dying slowly!!!!

[Bettagrow21]

@lovebeyonce44 If you want to get technical then, Nate "Danja" Hills, Kara DioGuardi, Marcella Araica and Pink herself wrote the song.

[Bettagrow21]

Good...But I like the original Arist.

[lovebeyonce44]

@Bettagrow21 she is the original she wrote it

[alwayswildatheart]

@Bettagrow21 Pink's version does sound good, but then she has a band and backing vocalists. Would Pink sound this good only accompanied by an acoustic guitar? I doubt it- she certainly doesn't have the power in the lower register

[Bettagrow21]

@alwayswildatheart Ummmm. Unless Kara DioGaurdi can perform while doing aerobatics without lip syncing. I'd say that trumps acoustic guitar. But that's just me.

[alwayswildatheart]

@Bettagrow21 Yeah that's you all right. Nobody puts that much feeling into an acoustic performance while lip syncing. See heaps on Youtube where the sound doesn't match the lip movement- doesn't mean they all lip sync.

As for the aerobatics, maybe you'd be better watching air shows or monkeys at the circus if that's what floats your boat

[Bettagrow21]

@alwayswildatheart Ok You prefer Kara and I prefer Pink. I Like the sound of her voice better and the song IS in fact about her. So I feel it makes more sense for pink to sing it. OOPS my bad I meant "Acrobatics". I was confuse when you said airshows. Haha. I wasn't implying that she was lip syncing. Pink was doing a acrobatic performance while not lip syncing. To me that is more impressive.

[alwayswildatheart]

@Bettagrow21 They are just two different things- one is a crowd entertaining performance, the other is a simple heart rending artistic performance. Both have merit in their way

[Bettagrow21]

@Bettagrow21 Well its good to know your not stupid...

[Bettagrow21]

@alwayswildatheart Watch Pink's Grammy performance 2010

[illdymeond]

@alwayswildatheart .. ur actually wrong, cuz pink is an amazing vocalist even without all the music in the back.

[alwayswildatheart]

@illdymeond Know that, don't think I'm putting Pink down- got heaps of respect for her. I just happen to think Kara is better than anybody- including Celine Dion- when it comes to emotional interpretation and performance of her own songs.

[rakilas]

@alwayswildatheart are you kiding? she would sound probably better than kara. you can see pink perform a lot of songs in acoustic!!

[iiLoveKaraDioguardi]

I love this song and love Kara singing it. If you love Kara message me

[islandgirl1987]

I love this!

[donnachang16]

on idol, she talks like she's good....i don't think she's good at all...

[NadineSings1]

WOW! Kara is AMAZING!!

[buzzz623]

She actually looks better a lil bit thicker like she does here compared to how she looks on Idol.

[meravushke]

I'm just descovering kara out of AI and I can't believe that she wrote some of my favorite of nowadays... she has some really great vocals, though this show doesn't really portrate it, apart from the C part... anyways I give her the props, quite talented...

[gladf]

Coyote ugly. Kara (whom I just learned -not all from this vid- is a great artist, I don't really like in AI though) reminds me of Piper Perabo in that movie. the song writter /singer prefered to listen other ppl singing her songs, not cuz she couldn't do it her self (perabo's character was afraid to do it, though) but cuz-- actually, I don't remember why that girl didn't want to sing their own songs...bah! Maybe Kara's original reason was the same, I dunno...At this point, I lost my point so...

[roxannefabian]

what's so good about kara is that even though she has technical limitations which she's very much aware of, she's able to use them and actually turn them into positive outcomes. it's like there are technical errors that are really annoying, but her, i haven't encountered anything like it. she's always able to undo them.

[TheAllaninski]

She literally and figuratively owned the song..

[mizzkitty20]

theallaninski-- Oh, I totally agree with you!

[raahrh09123]

amazing. i loved the way that she sang the song.

[gloomywillow]

didn't you hear her say that she co-wrote this song, there for, she has the right to sing it

[Metfan72289]

I would've liked to have to seen that session. Or just a duet with her and Pink with the band.

[LOViiNMUZiiK]

i prefer pink version

[lovebeyonce44]

then dont click on the video if u dont like her

[cocomiley218]

Luv Miley And Kara! Kara Has Such A Beautiful Voice!

[BrickByBoringBrick7]

OMG! shut up about miley! this is a KARA video! if u want to talk about how much u like miley go watch a MILEY video. thats wat theyre for.

[singfan08]

well she says herself that she is really stagefrightened

[XxLaur1285xX]

I find it funny that she had a hand in writing this song but she messed up a lot of the words. She has a good voice, it just sounds like she holds back a lot when she hits high notes. I wish she'd completely go for it.

[PantlessSuperstar83]

Maybe she wrote them differently?

That happens a lot, a songwriter writes it one way, and the Artist fine tunes the lyrics to fit their style.

[cocomiley218]

She is wayyyy better thank p!nk! pink suxz compared to Kara!

[cocomiley218]

I Love Her! I wish my mom can aydition for idol just so i can meet her!

[cocomiley218]

She is such a beautiful amazing person! Her and Miley Cyrus are true idols!

[dj4celine]

Why are we even discussing Smiley Virus here where there is actual talent?

Besides, I already have a life and I ain't gonna die that soon ;)

Oh and yeah, I am a retard so come suck my brain juice and you can be one too... muahhahahahaha

[Elfie76]

She has such beautiful and natural range of tones to her voice. Love the soft silky vocals of her head voice and her power vocals just blow me away.

Using Kara's words...She's sure got the "CHOPS" to sing that song!

[ILuvKaraBear]

I love her singing this song!!!!!!! SO powerful and beautiful

[STLUCIANIDOL91]

she looks pretty :)

I like her voice, I wish she did a full commitment to her powervocals

[saulagirl4ever1875]

i love her voice!