Crystal Bowersox sang (Ellen)

Crystal Bowersox, born August 4, 1985, is an American singer-songwriter from Elliston, Ohio. In May 2010, she finished as the runner-up on the ninth season of American Idol. Bowersox auditioned for American Idol in Chicago, Illinois. She sang "Piece of My Heart." Guest judge Shania Twain commented that she had "raw natural talent." On March 2, Bowersox was hospitalized because of complications from diabetes, forcing a last minute switch in scheduling to give her extra time to recuperate. Bowersox confirmed the illness on the May 19th results show during an interview with host Ryan Seacrest. The men competed that day instead of the women. She sang the next day and impressed all of the judges. The following week, her strong performance prompted Simon Cowell to state, "Right now, you are the one everyone has to beat." After Siobhan Magnus's elimination from the top 6 of American Idol, Bowersox became the last remaining female contestant in the competition. Bowersox is the first female contestant to make it to the finale since Jordin Sparks won the title in 2007. Crystal is also the first contestant in American Idol history to have one of their original songs played on the show, or at least during their hometown package. Crystal's original song "Holy Toledo" was played on the May 19th Top 3 Results show as the background music for her homecoming package - when she returned to Toledo, Ohio and Elliston, Ohio the previous weekend - and segued into her live performance of the same song at "Bowerstock." On the final performance day, in Simon Cowell's final critique on American Idol, he called her performance of "Up to the Mountain" "outstanding" and by far, "the best performance and song of the night".

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• Crystal Bowersox
• American singer
• songwriter
• Elliston
• Ohio
• American Idol 9th
• Piece of My Heart

[celticmagic22]

i love u girl! im a diabetic as well...and a singer..i hope i can make it like you! :) keep rockin in that hippie style...were alot alike! :)

[chapforever]

Am inspired to see u... :)

[Larsemann83]

i love her she is so warm and naturel..blessed with this lovely voice

[macitech1]

What can you say. I'm a Crystal Bowersox addict. Brings back the true feeling of a true musician. Can't wait for some more tunes.

[tbwbenw]

@shellymic okay , i confess to watching this so much i lost track of numbers ,, wish Crystal would do long version in this style ,,,BTW gave it one thumb up ,,,one person one vote ,,,

[healthhavencom]

no way to not love this

[shellymic]

I'll never understand those that watch and don't rate the videos they watch. 9,278 people viewed this video before me and only 21 of them bothered to rate it. Wtf?

I gave it a "thumb up." :)

[spaceman24]

When a singer gives you the chills , you know there is greatness there.

[TheScarletleilani]

wooo she did her whole head :)

[nighthawk584]

Are you kidding me? Lee over her? I still can't believe she didn't win....She will go on to do great things musically.....!