The Hollywood Reporter confirms Idol appearance by Haley

[Miguel]

satchvai made a good comment on IF:

Haley is a Rock Star. Period. And she brought that swagger to this song and it came through loud and clear. "I'm here!" The growls, the outfit,the staging, the swagger was all dead-on perfect. That is Haley.

[Haleylvr4evr]

SHE WAS AMAZING!!! The cage thing confused me at first, but then I knew why Being trapped and then getting set free! And the pre-taped before the show thing makes sense...it wouldve been hard to set up the cage during the commercial break

[Miguel]

The cage also explains why they wanted her to wear Canary Yellow.

I didn't much like her singing from inside the cage, I found it a distraction, but being freed from it gave her the excuse to turn it up a notch and strut around.

[John Brown]

Here's a link to a HD version of Haley's performance tonight on AI.

[Haleylvr4evr]

The cage also explains why they wanted her to wear Canary Yellow.

I didn't much like her singing from inside the cage, I found it a distraction, but being freed from it gave her the excuse to turn it up a notch and strut around.

The "canary yellow" would make her look like Tweety Bird and hes so cute <3 But then that might've made her hair look too blonde so its good that she changed it

[cherelann]

I don't feel like Haley got enough of a reaction from that performance on Twitter. 19 didn't help with that stupid #freehaley hash tag. Ideally, "Haley Reinhart" or "Haley" and "Idol" would have trended naturally.

She put forth a heckuva effort but I don't think it's a song that grabs a live audience if they're not familiar with it. Maybe if she had sung it in quieter fashion with less movement it would have sucked them in.

Let me preface what I am about to say. I love Haley, I will always follow her & I will ignore the haters. However, I was disappointed with this performance, mainly the performance part. Her vocals were spot on but the actual performance had too many bells & whistles for my taste. An understated delivery, IMO, would have been the bomb. She looked beautiful, I loved the dress but her hair seemed to overpower the song.

I guess the reason I am disappointed is because AI is such a huge platform....maybe I don't know what I'm talking about & she wowed America.

Please feel free to refute my observations.

[Miguel]

What do we think of the band? I think they sounded good. The new pianist might be a touch lighter on the keys? I'm sure having the professional sound mixers at Idol helps.

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Her vocals were spot on but the actual performance had too many bells & whistles for my taste. An understated delivery, IMO, would have been the bomb.

...Please feel free to refute my observations.

I agree it could have been a wow moment. It's kind of what I was hoping for in part to dispel the notion that all she does is growl. However, I don't think that was possible this week with Lana Del Rey on the bill. That's her live-performance style. Maybe if they had Lana sing "Video Games" while sitting on the stage playing Atari.

[John Brown]

MJ is saying that Haley was taped today........Ryan said live.......anyone know for sure?

Watch the HD version on the other page. It shows Ryan behind the judges introducing Haley. However, at the end of the performance when the camera pans you can see the judges seats were vacant. Hence, she must have taped it right before the show began.

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38. Free - Haley Reinhart

15. Free - Haley Reinhart

[midnightblues]

I don't feel like Haley got enough of a reaction from that performance on Twitter. 19 didn't help with that stupid #freehaley hash tag. Ideally, "Haley Reinhart" or "Haley" and "Idol" would have trended naturally.

She put forth a heckuva effort but I don't think it's a song that grabs a live audience if they're not familiar with it. Maybe if she had sung it in quieter fashion with less movement it would have sucked them in.

Let me preface what I am about to say. I love Haley, I will always follow her & I will ignore the haters. However, I was disappointed with this performance, mainly the performance part. Her vocals were spot on but the actual performance had too many bells & whistles for my taste. An understated delivery, IMO, would have been the bomb. She looked beautiful, I loved the dress but her hair seemed to overpower the song.

I guess the reason I am disappointed is because AI is such a huge platform....maybe I don't know what I'm talking about & she wowed America.

Please feel free to refute my observations.

Your observations are right. A lot of people are disappointed but I don't think it's Haley's doing. This is Hollywood this is live TV and this is America Idol. That's what they do they glitter and glam everything to the highest Hollywood is always done it and they always will. I really don't think she had much choice in what she wore, or the way her hair was done up, this is all a production thing. I don't think it's going to matter much people are in love Haley for who she. And at the end of the day she still Haley Reinhart the girl that we've been pulling for for over a year.

[My Alter Ego]

I don't feel like Haley got enough of a reaction from that performance on Twitter. 19 didn't help with that stupid #freehaley hash tag. Ideally, "Haley Reinhart" or "Haley" and "Idol" would have trended naturally.

She put forth a heckuva effort but I don't think it's a song that grabs a live audience if they're not familiar with it. Maybe if she had sung it in quieter fashion with less movement it would have sucked them in.

Let me preface what I am about to say. I love Haley, I will always follow her & I will ignore the haters. However, I was disappointed with this performance, mainly the performance part. Her vocals were spot on but the actual performance had too many bells & whistles for my taste. An understated delivery, IMO, would have been the bomb. She looked beautiful, I loved the dress but her hair seemed to overpower the song.

I guess the reason I am disappointed is because AI is such a huge platform....maybe I don't know what I'm talking about & she wowed America.

Please feel free to refute my observations.

Cherelann, this evening I'd been following the MJ Blog and also Michael Slezak's partial recap of the AI proceedings. You are not alone in thinking the staging of the performance was -- well, at best, odd. You're right -- a simple, more natural delivery that focused on her and the song, would probably have been more compelling. (I agree with you as well.) We are probably a very small minority, but you are not alone.