Candice Glover sings National Anthem for All-Star Game

[Miguel]

Generally not well-received. That's a shame because it rubs off on the Idol brand.

Some tweets:

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Slappy Shalom ‏@slappy007 2h

@StephR2D2 I shudder at who must have lost Idol after hearing the winner's anthem'

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Jay ‏@Recon19 2h

@HowardStern yo have JD pull the American idol winner singing the Nat. Anthem all star game.. U wonder why that show as jump the shark!

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Jonathan Rich ‏@jonathandrich 2h

@darrenrovell that was awful. Enough of the no hack American Idol wannabes singing the anthem.

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joe battaglia ‏@JB_bats4 2h

MLB could of got a better person to sing our national anthem just sayin who the hell watches American idol #stepupyourgame

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Mark ‏@emjaygcfd 2h

Good lord the national anthem sucked. Way over done !! Think the idol has another loser. Yikes!!!

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Scott ‏@snelz04 2h

Proof right there that the American Idol show is crap. That is who won? That anthem was awful & painful. #ASG

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Weston Corbitt ‏@westoncorbitt 2h

Apparently winning season 12 of American Idol doesnt mean you can sing the national anthem. #incaseyouwerentwatchingitmademewanttovomit

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Ty ‏@lions_fan4_life 2h

Wow the winner of American idol just sang the US anthem at the mlb all star game wow she was shit american idol has gone down the shitter

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Grady Ashford ‏@shadyga 3h

OMG.. National Anthem butchered again.. Please sing it the way it's written. Thanks again American Idol for giving us another CRAPPY singers

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Matt ‏@mattbosky 3h

Ready for American Idol to get cancelled just so I don't have to listen to these hacks butcher the national anthem and God Bless America.

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Darren Otley ‏@DarrenOtley 3h

Why is American Idol such a joke? See: All-Star Game National Anthem.

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Laurie Stenger ‏@LaurieStenger10 3h

When is FOX going to give up on these American Idol losers and find some real singers to perform the National Anthem? #AllStarGame

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Todd Brandt ‏@TBisEZ 3h

That national anthem sucked...please stop producing American Idol.

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Dave Weekley ‏@weekley 3h

That anthem; yet another example of why American Idol is no longer relevant. #awful #MLBASG

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David Rutter ‏@Davthepirate 3h

I assume since this is Fox, I haven't heard of her, and she can't sing, the national anthem singer won American Idol. #ASG

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Josh Batelli ‏@Josh_Batelli 3h

American Idol has gone on so long that the person who just sang the National Anthem was actually the 1,862nd best singer in America. #ASG

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flobeelicious ‏@flobeelicious 3h

Want to guarantee a bad national anthem? Include the words "American idol" in the singer's intro. #asg

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Drew Snyder ‏@dsnyder86 3h

The girl that just did the National Anthem won American Idol last year? #simoncowellknowswhentojumpship #ASG

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DJ Mark ‏@dj_mark33 3h

The girl singing the anthem fucking blows. Shows how shitty American Idol is

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Matt Appel ‏@mattappel 3h

American Idol Season 12 Candice Glover singing nat'l anthem at ASG. True question isn't "Who is she?"but rather "American Idol is still on?"

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Megan Toohey ‏@MeganToohey27 3h

Just watched the American idol winner sing the national anthem... This reaffirms my belief that American idol talent sucks.

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Tyler Riegler ‏@T_Rigs99 3h

This crappy National Anthem proves why nobody watches American Idol anymore #AllStarGame

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Christian Brady ‏@slim_brady52 3h

This girl singing the anthem won American idol. Does anyone even watch that anymore?

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Mike ravenfrost ‏@MVDerslice 3h

This national anthem is a hot mess! American Idol winner. Must have been not a good season!

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Scott Zagorski ‏@szagski13 3h

American Idol needs to stop being a show, that national anthem was awful

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Shane Rivers ‏@Rainshivers 3h

If this #Allstargame National Anthem is what American Idol has been putting out - they've REALLY gone down hill!

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Mike Morrison ‏@thePhatMike 3h

This national anthem is proof of American Idol's credibility/ lack of relevancy #MLBAllStar


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Bryan Mestel ‏@brymestel 3h

American idol must be going downhill cuz this Candice Glover girl singing the anthem at the #mlballstargame is awfulllll

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Dylan ‏@mobot11 3h

The girl singing the national anthem won American idol? Proof that no one watches it anymore #whoareyou

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Mike Horney ‏@Mike_Horney 3h

American idol has gone down hill if she won it. #AllStarGame #anthem

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zZzzZzZzzZz ‏@Black_Knight_7 3h

National Anthem being sang by last years American Idol winner......I remember when I watched American Idol all those years ago.

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Andrew Little ‏@AJLittle304 3h

When an American Idol winner is singing the national anthem, and nobody knows who she is, the show has been on too long.

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Nik Theater ‏@NikDTBadie40 3h

She won American Idol? So glad I didn't watch this year. This anthem is worse than Alicia Keys' version at the Super Bowl.

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Yung WhoElz ‏@juelzthatmana12 3h

This is proof no one watches American Idol anymore she came on to sing the national anthem & thought Jennifer Hudson gained her weight back

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Ben Lacy ‏@ProducerBenKGW 3h

They could pull a random fan out of the seats for the anthem and it would have the same name recognition as the American Idol winner.

[mercfan3]

That's a shame. She sounds beautiful, but she did too much too it. (And that's so unlike Candice.)

She could have really used the positive promotion too.

[Miguel]

She did try to do too much. Probably in part because she believed people expected something special from an Idol winner. In reality, the reaction of many people was: "Singing the anthem is not supposed to be about you. You're not trying out for American Idol. Sing it straight."

[Tom22]

I had to stop listening myself. I won't call it terrible... but I guess I did find it irritating.

A song has a journey .. a story .. some flow of successive emotions for a singer even if they don't take the words in a literal way. Even if they don't like the full sentence, they can like individual words ... adjectives, and things of wonder and contemplation like stars or a flag etc.

As beautiful as Candices tones and even perhaps the flow of tones are... I just rarely get "brought in" emotionally, and then once brought in, carried along a ride with an aim and with sights of wonder she'll point at me.

On the other hand... I can listen to Haley, and find my mind filled with wonder of the hardships our predecessors endured in pursuit of dream that should always be reached for. Its inconsequential exactly what the dream is particularly (although it does have freedom in it, and undertones of an individual deciding what is right for themselves to fight for), or what the particular hardships are.. for some it might be the emergence from slavery and jim crow 100's of years after the battle in 1812 . Some might envision hardships there great granparents dealt with in life on the praire or the immigrant experience... and some might picture all of those struggles one or another of us have in our backgrounds which unite us as americans born as people as products of the individual resolve of our ancestors reaching for an ideal (which is a very nuanced difference than the history of people in almost every other country)

I hear that when Beyonce sings the anthem or Haley,.. and there are other very good ones and some mediocre ones and in an ugly way, some self indulgent ones. Candice isn't being self indulgent... I just don't think she feels any grand sweep of history that she has a personal line on and wanted to imbue and convey in her singing.. it was just wandering.. if perhaps lovely in a butterfly sort of way.. passage. We deserve at the very least a "keep your heads up and persevere" tone (thats about what Pia can muster .. she musters that quite competently without bringing us on a journey of hopes and dreams and hardship and varied emotion as the notes roll on). The lack of any sort of sound of "invocation" of the event was irritating after even a few phrases... i might have even prefered the self indulgent versions ... at least they show they care about themselves rather than not showing strong emotions at all (ok.. mayb not the self indulgent ones)

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just went to the beyonce one again and I was crying before she finished the first phrase.. her very deamenor , the pregnant pause in the pursing of the lips the look of reflection in her eyes and the emotional tremble in her voice as if remembering a parent or brother who had passed away..... it just was one of paying respect for those that went before us... flights of grandeur and aspiration later ....

Sing the melody clearly.. but your mind must be sweeping along with images of people in our past and broad concepts of resovlve and value.. and those thoughts in your head will come out in the notes.


(yeah big deal the army core of engineers had her record it before the performance she sung it at one point over the weekend)

[john]

I had to stop listening myself. I won't call it terrible... but I guess I did find it irritating.

I kept listening but, like you, I found it irritating. I thought she over sang it. Reminded me why I can never get to the end of any Christine Aguilera song.

[Tusk]

The pacing was really weird... as if she was pacing herself, overthinking

Season 2013 is taking all sorts of shots... S9 is glad...

BTW, I saw S12 (minus Candice, obviously) are in Kent, WA for the tour... Stefano's old stomping grounds

[mercfan3]

It's really a shame, because Season 12 had some talented women.

I agree Tusk..it was almost like she didn't know the song.

Basically, if you want to embellish it a bit, sing it like Whitney. Jessica Sanchez gets that. No one alive sings it like Jessica does. That girl should just sing it on all occasions.

As much as I love the beautiful and simple way Haley (and actually Scotty..who may actually sing my favorite version..despite the little bit of word slurring.) sing it. And I often feel like that's how the anthem should be sung..the best way to describe it for me is this..when Haley and Scotty sing the anthem, I feel love for my country.

When Jessica sings it..I feel a mixture of pride and "you go girl." She sings the Whitney version better than Whitney. (And she doesn't lip synch it, either.)

[Babbs234]

^^It sounds like Candice was trying too hard and was pushing her voice. The music didn't flow naturally from her. But it was still lovely.

Now, if you want another comparison, listen to Jennifer Hudson. Now this girl can sang!! the power in her voice is amazing!

[Himm2]

She's a Glover, not a fighter.

Haley - on the other hand, is a Lover and a fighter, and she really knows how to accentuate the word "Free" with great fanfare:

[My Alter Ego]

Overthought, over worked, "overbaked" to quote Candice (about her take on a rap song). The national anthem is one of those pieces where Harry Connick Jr.'s philosophy* ("just sing the melody) really applies. The less embellishment the better.

This rendition was unfortunate, but Candice is a smart girl, and I suspect that she'll learn from the experience.

*If only HC,J had applied his own philosophy/theory to the CD "soundtrack" of When Harry Met Sally.