The 20 Most Memorable Performances on ‘American Idol’

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For me Haley’s performance of “Earth Song” was the most memorable because of the rollercoaster of emotion I went through. I felt she nailed the Michael Jackson song. The dynamics of the song and Haley’s subtle and serene beginning, then the power in her voice, where she really excels, at the end matching the full choir behind her perfectly expressing the message of the song made me so excited because of the ups and downs Haley had been through on the show. I thought to myself, Top that!

Then to hear what Jennifer Lopez and especially Randy Jackson said made me cringe, “Did you even see the same performance?” Wrong song choice? Michael Jackson might have thought differently. I was so disappointed and angry at the same time. Then Randy Jackson went on and on, making assessments that just weren’t true about Haley’s singing. I was so upset and at that point realized I will do my small part to support Haley and I immediately went to iTunes and downloaded all of Haley’s studio songs up to that point. I know, I should have done that much earlier. Thank goodness for Steven Tyler and his continued backing of Haley saying they were both wrong.

I loved Haley’s fire and determination not to back down and her grit to come back with her spectacular performance of “I Who Have Nothing”. Just incredible.