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Katie Stevens gave her best performance to date on "Let It Be" during Beatles week on "American Idol."The judges keep trying to stuff her into the "young" box. Young and current are not synonymous. Katie's "Let It Be" sounded like it came from a seasoned performer and we mean that in a good way. It was emotional, with lilting higher notes that were gorgeous and pure. It was her best performance yet on the show and while it sounded current, it certainly didn't sound young.
The way she changed the melody was a masterclass in how to take a classic song and make it your own without completely destroying what people liked about it in the first place. Also, she wasn't "country" at all, as Simon Cowell tried to say. Was that his giant ego just trying to take credit for her success? Because that was Kara's pop-R&B all the way.
How do you think Katie did? And how do you think she'll fare next week with Adam Lambert as the guest mentor? Something tells us she's a Glambert fan!
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Katie's performance of Let it Be was pretty good. Simon is confused because that didn't sound country at all, she should stick with R&B, she reminds me of Jojo. She shouldn't ever be in the bottom 3. Show your support for you favorite idol at baduku and you could win an ipad. http://www.baduku.com/americanidol9
Katie did rock it this week...
But if I see one more guitar on Idol...
Ugh !!!
OVERKILL
Katie was terrific!!!
I would love to see Bucky Covington's performance again!
Ann Patrick
Pineville,WV 24874
She was amazing. Best performance of the evening by far.
I think she sounded beautiful. I felt some country in there. Nothing wrong with country if you make it your own. look and Kid Rock & and Bon Jovi whom have used it to thier advantage with/Rock.
Love you,Katie!!! You're the best so far!!! Hope you win it...
As a huge Beatles fan - this is by far one of my favorite versions of the song. In the beginning, I was not a huge Katie fan, but after this performance she won me over. I can't believe just a week after this masterpiece performance she was voted off. I hope she comes out with stuff in the future.