A big part of the magic of this performance is that it was for her cousin that passed away. And, of course Eva Cassidy's rendition of the song helped a lot too but Leona is really good.
This girl was everything I liked. She didn't put on an act like most do, she gained strength throughout her journey on this show. Her voice was effortless and, it was her own which is more than can be said for some on this show. Everything about this performance just sends shivers down your spine.
Yes!! What’s amazing is unlike most performers she just kept getting better and better. She was winning the judges favor. It was truly a miraculous event. Truly a moment like this.
Yes!! What’s amazing is unlike most performers she just kept getting better and better. She was winning the judges favor. It was truly a miraculous event. Truly a moment like this. It was all just her voice and nothing else. But her humble heart.
+A Dube --- And there is the irony of the talent show. On the one hand it uncovers hidden gems like Leona Lewis. But, unfortunately, it also encourages people to be an armchair critic - even when criticism isn't needed, like on a performance as good as this from a clearly talented singer. If she sang out of tune or her tone was grating to the ear, etc, then fair enough, it would deserve some criticism for a poor performance. But to, as you say, insult a good performance from a supremely talented singer with the most beautiful voice, just because they don't like the style in which she's singing it, just shows that some people don't give a rat's ass about making the world a more negative place. If I don't like a particular performance of an artist I try and leave constructive criticism, or I just go and find something I do like - after all no one has forced these people to listen to it in the first place!
+A Dube Actually what IS believable is that there are people in this world that want to try and drag other people down, or kick them when they're down, because down is all they know. I wouldn't say they have 'confidence' though. Confidence is a good feeling about yourself. They just have bad feeling about everyone else! Let's face it, nothings wrong with expressing what you feel about something - that's what we're here for. But TH-cam has no checks or balances, so while most comments are worth reading (likes and dislikes) there will always be the immature, the half-wits and the haters to fuck things up!
***** But when Sam sung Bleeding Love (leona lewis song), She was terrible... All personal preference, leona is angelic and powerful :P which is why i prefer her haha
I agree that Bleeding Love was Sam's weakest performance but I think just the impact she has through singing paired with the stage direction and showmanship she surpassed Lewis. This may just be due to the budget increase from 2006 to 2013. I just think that Sam can do sooooo much more technically than Lewis as she can do a few high notes which do sound angelic but Sam will have a lot more diverse sounding songs in the years to come compared to Lewis' recent songs. I must admit though I get shivers when I listen to Leona Lewis' My Hands song... you like that one? :)
Sam Bailey is a great singer, I think she, Alexandra, Shayne and Matt are the best winners after Leona. Sam is an incredible vocalist and such a great belter, she's had some wow performances like power of love, the thing is that Leona signs with elegance and silky smooth, she has maybe 20 performances that wow you.
I use to love leona still do but she kinda faded away ..... but some of her songs and some of her high notes really remind me of Mariah Carey.... Obviously Mariah is better
Holy cow. Seriously stunning. She barely gave herself room for a breath before she took on that high/long final note, and she nailed it. Just incredible.
I have watched this many times over the years and it never fails to move me. I especially love when Ms Lewis flicks her hand to the side before hitting that note at the end. WOW!
This one of those performances that leave you frozen in a state of awe long after it's over. This is the most beautiful version of the song I have ever heard.
give a listen to eva cassidy shes from maryland usa she does stings fields of gold and an old standard called autumn leaves as well as the rainbow song
Without hesitation this has to be the best vocal performance in the history of talent shoes and I mean global! This song was unforgettable how good it was sang by Leona !
I've never, ever heard a better version of the song and sung so incredibly well. A truly stunning performance. Leona is a world-class performer. I adore her!
She has the most amazing voice and is fantastic live on stage. I was lucky enough to get front seats at the X Factor tour when she won in 2006. she is genuinely a nice person who is so down to earth and seems totally unaware oif her super star quality! She just delivered every week. AWESOME and I love this song! :-)
@@joshsmith2911 shut up. Youre just onw of those who always says things were better in the older days. Take your judy garland shirley bassey ratchet self on.
No one else was ever gonna win with her in the competition. Truly wonderful voice, she sucks the air out of the room, makes you hold your breath and sings like an angel.. GOOSEBUMPS.
I love hearing Leona Lewis sing this timeless classic. She was emotional when she sang this because of the loss of her cousin. Now she needs to release a GREAT album.
Have you heard Eva cassidy's version? Actually you just did... sung brillantly by Leona. I just wish Leona or whoever would have given credit where it was due. To tell Leona that she "leonized it" was a bit of a let down to Eva's legacy.
@@Jkaterchannel its actually Judy Garlands song sorry you didnt know that but you can't know everything i suppose at least you knew Eva Cassidy performed it
I LOVE this version. People need to be more open to different renditions of certain songs by different types of artists. Leona gave whole new inspirational meaning to "Why oh why can't I!!"
Simon's most hated song sung by the most loved singer on BGT she is so gifted,what a journey to watch, it's 022 and still keep going back to this, Absolutely Fantastic,
I really love and miss Eva Cassidy and her "rainbow"... and her version was definitely the inspiration for this performance. But also I`m "near on tears" with Leona`s performance here... and damn, she`d made such a unbelievable-wonderful job and a great career...just one word: Amazin`!
Leona, thank you for your God given gift to be able to sing like an angel. If I sing, the cows and sheep disappear in horror .jaja. And remember to be good with the children because they are the inspiring, singers, teachers, doctors and others. Love you alot and greetings from Vancouver, Canada.
Acredito que todo mês venho aqui para ver essa apresentação com as avaliações dos juízes. Simplesmente fantástico! Essa garota arrasou, não tinha quem a impedisse de ganhar essa competição! Leona é muito abençoada, Deus a coroou com essa linda voz.❤❤
Her version is as beautiful as she is and she did her cousin's memory proud. She has the voice of an angel but I will always prefer Iz's version of this song.
she did a great job but the styling was after Eva Cassidy's rendition who in my opinion did the best version - though Sam Harris knocked this outta the park in 1983 as well on Star Search
I know when music moves me, and this does. Awesome.... She takes it to another level. I've heard many versions of this and she def. takes it over the rainbow.
Yeah, it was based on Cassidy's version, which I've listened to, but this is a whole different ball game. There's no word soft and beautiful enough to describe that tone, and the control of her vibrato is unreal. Then there's the emotion, like WTF, those power notes would've turned Mike Tyson into a blubbering wreck. Can't believe there's actually people here who can't even feel it (check if you have pulses, you know who you are!!)
OK, for all you haters Judy sung this superbly as a lullaby, can't fault her there. Eva Cassidy took the lullaby and turned it into a song with expression for people with more sophisticated musical taste. As a tribute, Leona took Eva's version and poured a ton of sentiment into it so that you could feel the emotion in the performance For me, music is all about making you feel emotion, and *this is just a beautiful performance that rips your heart out*. What more could you want. If you can't connect with it and feel the emotion, then I guess that's just the way you take stuff in, as we're all different. However, *if you were expecting to hear a lullaby, and were disappointed, that's easily fixed - just go and watch the Wizard of Oz.*
the most amazing female voice i,ve ever heard in my life,and im 60 years old,everytime i hear her sing i feel moved,she deserves so much more credit than maybe she gets,in my eyes and obviously ears she is the best female singer ever,oh and shes English x
U can see how she is holdin back her tears, wow she is such an amazin person and an amazin singer, a very very rare combination, I feel for her, incredible person!!
Richard Beytagh Leona's voice is truly beautiful, she has always stated that Eva Cassidy has inspired her so much. I think she was very sad due to her cousin dying, so all of her focus was probably on that. Eva Cassidy's version is very beautiful and heartfelt!
+Leo nitus In turn you could argue that it was Judy Garland's song. All three singers interpreted it differently, Leona starts off heavily influenced by the Eva Cassidy version but toward the middle and end belts like Judy Garland.
+Leo nitus Eva Cassidy's version was the inspiration, so the lead melody is similar. But, you can't say a folk song, casually sang with a guitar is the same rendition as a dramatically delivered performance with huge dynamic range, an orchestra, bucket loads of emotion, and an awesome performance. So she DID make it her own.
my favorite x-factor winner of all time and hands down my favorite rendition of this song. I reckon they should've gotten her to perform this at the 2014 Oscars. much as I love Pink, Leona would have smashed it!!!
Delta By saying it out loud and it being your personal view ... it being subjective. However, Leona really really really sang this song so good ... she having an awesome voice ... and she can sing so soft and so strong from one breath to the next ... and her voice lending itself very well to electronics as well. She having it all. GOD Bless her.
Leona has an amazing voice, however this rendition was like giving the song an overdose of Valium. When you start to deviate too much from the original melody you start to lose the songs quality and cohesiveness.
After 20 years of talent shows all over the world, I think she’s still the best they ever found.
Absolutely!
Agreed👍
I agree with you. definitely the best so far
Totally agree with you there x no one has come close x
i couldnt agre with you more. I keep returning to it. I think that was the song that made her. I just cant take listering to that airhead Osbourne
One of the best performances in talent show history!
The best!
Yes perhaps....but not giving credit to Eva Cassidy for this arrangement is not putting her at the top of my list!!!
A big part of the magic of this performance is that it was for her cousin that passed away. And, of course Eva Cassidy's rendition of the song helped a lot too but Leona is really good.
The most heavenly voice in the world… No one comes even close to this girl…voice of a cherubim Angel.
@@kendrabinsky4565 Leona has mentioned that she was inspired by and adores Eva Cassidy.
This girl was everything I liked. She didn't put on an act like most do, she gained strength throughout her journey on this show. Her voice was effortless and, it was her own which is more than can be said for some on this show. Everything about this performance just sends shivers down your spine.
Yes!! What’s amazing is unlike most performers she just kept getting better and better. She was winning the judges favor. It was truly a miraculous event. Truly a moment like this.
Yes!! What’s amazing is unlike most performers she just kept getting better and better. She was winning the judges favor. It was truly a miraculous event. Truly a moment like this. It was all just her voice and nothing else. But her humble heart.
She had a great voice. Outclassed everyone on this show. This is a lovely rendition.
It's so unbelievable the confidence that some people have to insult a performance online. She did a great job
+A Dube --- And there is the irony of the talent show.
On the one hand it uncovers hidden gems like Leona Lewis. But, unfortunately, it also encourages people to be an armchair critic - even when criticism isn't needed, like on a performance as good as this from a clearly talented singer. If she sang out of tune or her tone was grating to the ear, etc, then fair enough, it would deserve some criticism for a poor performance. But to, as you say, insult a good performance from a supremely talented singer with the most beautiful voice, just because they don't like the style in which she's singing it, just shows that some people don't give a rat's ass about making the world a more negative place. If I don't like a particular performance of an artist I try and leave constructive criticism, or I just go and find something I do like - after all no one has forced these people to listen to it in the first place!
+A Dube
Actually what IS believable is that there are people in this world that want to try and drag other people down, or kick them when they're down, because down is all they know. I wouldn't say they have 'confidence' though. Confidence is a good feeling about yourself. They just have bad feeling about everyone else!
Let's face it, nothings wrong with expressing what you feel about something - that's what we're here for. But TH-cam has no checks or balances, so while most comments are worth reading (likes and dislikes) there will always be the immature, the half-wits and the haters to fuck things up!
It was good, yet to be honest I felt the slow vibrato was forced, and therefore ruined it.
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Yes your right ? They hide behind there phones n computers 🖥 but we all know they are garbage in reality. Leona is the best of talented shows period !
It's already 2022 and Leona and Eva Cassidy's version of this song are still the best for me.
Add Wendy Moten to the list
Add Pere Jason from The Voice Nigeria to the list. He sang the life out of the song
I always thought Frankie Lymon's version was the best ever until I heard this one.
Leona owns every other x factor winner ever (past, present & future)
I actually disagree... I believe Sam Bailey was far better than Leona Lewis, check out Sam Bailey singing New york... just my opinion :)
***** But when Sam sung Bleeding Love (leona lewis song), She was terrible... All personal preference, leona is angelic and powerful :P which is why i prefer her haha
I agree that Bleeding Love was Sam's weakest performance but I think just the impact she has through singing paired with the stage direction and showmanship she surpassed Lewis. This may just be due to the budget increase from 2006 to 2013. I just think that Sam can do sooooo much more technically than Lewis as she can do a few high notes which do sound angelic but Sam will have a lot more diverse sounding songs in the years to come compared to Lewis' recent songs. I must admit though I get shivers when I listen to Leona Lewis' My Hands song... you like that one? :)
Sam Bailey is a great singer, I think she, Alexandra, Shayne and Matt are the best winners after Leona. Sam is an incredible vocalist and such a great belter, she's had some wow performances like power of love, the thing is that Leona signs with elegance and silky smooth, she has maybe 20 performances that wow you.
I use to love leona still do but she kinda faded away ..... but some of her songs and some of her high notes really remind me of Mariah Carey.... Obviously Mariah is better
The best contestant in the history of X-factor and other similar music shows!
You are GREAT Leona!!
Holy cow. Seriously stunning. She barely gave herself room for a breath before she took on that high/long final note, and she nailed it.
Just incredible.
cow is not holy
Her voice is a thing of beauty. She put her own stamp on the song and took it to a new and wonderful place.
She has such a beautiful and effortless tone!!!!
I love how graceful Leona is. Just her mannerisms at the end, she's got an old school, vintage classiness about her. Wonderful performance!
I have watched this many times over the years and it never fails to move me.
I especially love when Ms Lewis flicks her hand to the side before hitting that note at the end. WOW!
This one of those performances that leave you frozen in a state of awe long after it's over. This is the most beautiful version of the song I have ever heard.
Wow that was amazing!!! I've never heard a more beautiful performance of that song ever. Made me tear up.
give a listen to eva cassidy shes from maryland usa she does stings fields of gold and an old standard called autumn leaves as well as the rainbow song
Without hesitation this has to be the best vocal performance in the history of talent shoes and I mean global! This song was unforgettable how good it was sang by Leona !
I've never, ever heard a better version of the song and sung so incredibly well. A truly stunning performance. Leona is a world-class performer. I adore her!
Goosebumps every time!!!!!!! Unbelievably fabulous 😀
She has the most amazing voice and is fantastic live on stage. I was lucky enough to get front seats at the X Factor tour when she won in 2006. she is genuinely a nice person who is so down to earth and seems totally unaware oif her super star quality! She just delivered every week. AWESOME and I love this song! :-)
Holy shit that last note.... goose bumps
what when she screamed
It was totally off key and sounded retarded..😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🐸🤓🤡
@@gollycom Exactly, the gullible masses hear only what they are told to hear..🐑🐑🐑🐑
@@joshsmith2911 shut up. Youre just onw of those who always says things were better in the older days. Take your judy garland shirley bassey ratchet self on.
@@TheKonga88 ive seen your playlists. Your taste is ass. Stfu and take your hateful self on
Leona has a very beautiful voice, bless her and this song and let us live through this, and appritiate the beauty of music and art!
My favourite live performance of all time. Never heard something as beautiful, emotive and flawless in my life. Moves me to tears every time.
Wish she could sing like this again
No one else was ever gonna win with her in the competition. Truly wonderful voice, she sucks the air out of the room, makes you hold your breath and sings like an angel.. GOOSEBUMPS.
Best Winner ever!!!
*I FREAKIN' LOVE THE SLOW VIBRATO*
I don't think I could ever tire of listening to this.
I love hearing Leona Lewis sing this timeless classic. She was emotional when she sang this because of the loss of her cousin. Now she needs to release a GREAT album.
12 years 😢 remember sat watching this in my bedroom. Such a beautiful amazing woman Leona is!
The best rendition of Over the Rainbow I have ever heard, and I have heard allot
Have you heard Eva cassidy's version? Actually you just did... sung brillantly by Leona. I just wish Leona or whoever would have given credit where it was due. To tell Leona that she "leonized it" was a bit of a let down to Eva's legacy.
Eva cassidys is and always will be my favourite. But this is defo a close second.
Take it youve never heard the original then!
@@Jkaterchannel its actually Judy Garlands song sorry you didnt know that but you can't know everything i suppose at least you knew Eva Cassidy performed it
@@joshsmith2911 They were saying Eva's version is the best (I agree) -- not that Eva was the original singer.
I LOVE this version. People need to be more open to different renditions of certain songs by different types of artists. Leona gave whole new inspirational meaning to "Why oh why can't I!!"
this girl is one of the only singers that gives me goosebumps all over. simply beautiful.
So beautiful. This brings me to tears every time I hear it. I would love to buy this version of the song.
That was exactly my thought years ago 😅. But you carnt ! Good old you tube 😅
AMAZING performance. OMG, that girl can sing. I could listen to her all day.
Omg, she's amazing. What a tribute for her cousin 👍🏼
thats the only redo of eva cassidys version that has ever done it justice
simply incredible
Leona Lewis was the best singer to come out of any of the XFactors. This is just so incredible :D
No other winner on the xfactor can match her vocal ability. She is the best!
This is pure beauty
Simon's most hated song sung by the most loved singer on BGT she is so gifted,what a journey to watch, it's 022 and still keep going back to this,
Absolutely Fantastic,
wow....how she hits high note then down to low so fast n calmly.
Just phenomenal. I'm speechless. Wow.
I really love and miss Eva Cassidy and her "rainbow"... and her version was definitely the inspiration for this performance.
But also I`m "near on tears" with Leona`s performance here... and damn, she`d made such a unbelievable-wonderful job and a great career...just one word: Amazin`!
Eva's version wasn't an inspiration. Leona's one is a rip-off, it's mostly identical, except the ending, where Leona decided to show off.
Had to go back to Leona’s rendition of this song with the release of Wicked this year. I think she would have slayed on Broadway/West End
Leona, thank you for your God given gift to be able to sing like an angel. If I sing, the cows and sheep disappear in horror .jaja.
And remember to be good with the children because they are the inspiring, singers, teachers, doctors and others. Love you alot and greetings from Vancouver, Canada.
I played this at my Daughters Memorial... Beautiful :(
Essa garota é sem sombra de dúvidas a melhor cantora de todas as edições do XFACTOR.
LEONA LEWIS! 😍❤
Acredito que todo mês venho aqui para ver essa apresentação com as avaliações dos juízes. Simplesmente fantástico! Essa garota arrasou, não tinha quem a impedisse de ganhar essa competição! Leona é muito abençoada, Deus a coroou com essa linda voz.❤❤
So sad she lost her cousin she really put heart into the song.
Seriously the best version of this song I have ever heard!
heidos7 My favorite after Susan Boyle version 🙏🏻
Her version is as beautiful as she is and she did her cousin's memory proud. She has the voice of an angel but I will always prefer Iz's version of this song.
she did a great job but the styling was after Eva Cassidy's rendition who in my opinion did the best version - though Sam Harris knocked this outta the park in 1983 as well on Star Search
It’s pretty hard to beat Eva’s beautiful version
@@msmilano7091 Well yeah besides that and the original of course with Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
got me emotional for sure, love her voice x
Always the best renditions with this amazingly, humble, kind girl. She also loves animals as I do, which makes her even nicer.
OMG still makes me cry in 2015, beautiful version.
I know when music moves me, and this does. Awesome.... She takes it to another level. I've heard many versions of this and she def. takes it over the rainbow.
I loved it !!!! I felt like she was a professional singing on that stage !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D YOU GO LEONA!!!!!!!
Best performance on the xfactor xxxx
Absolutely out of this world.
Doesn't get much better than this.
It does Judy Garland the original
Josh Smith Eva Cassidy’s version was stunning too.
And did anybody else watch this on the night and think "yep, that oughta do it, she's just won"?!
Andrew Ryback I was too busy being an alcoholic but yeah.
TreyParkersBitch LMAOOOO i’m proud of your recovery tho
I have heard this song literally over 60 times... and it makes me cry every time!! I love it, she is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
she is one of the best singer we've seen in this planet, her talent same with Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Kelly Clarkson, Beyonce Knowles...
She is very good but not on the level of whitney and mariah
I honestly think she is the best of them all
Oh my God, this is something incredible!!
Yes, Leona voice is much more stronger, world standard, emotional and better than anyone else!! Plss stop comparing
My God! You are the greatest of all time Leona Lewis. Superb performace.
what the actual fuck? Louis and Sharon did not stand for this but they stood for Honey G every fucking week this year!?
A diva from the begining Leona..x 2019..
A stunning performance, one of the best versions by far.
Even 17 years later I’m still going back to this. That’s how iconic this performance was.🥹👌
for once the british public got it right
That was the last time until Brexit
Brexit is the biggest mistake this country has ever made but sure buddy
.👍
Oi!
@@jackb266 dont be silly
I love how everyone was silent for her.. that last note though, fucking hell.
You mean that screeching shit?😂😂😂😂😂🐸🐑🐑
that long note at 3:40 was unreal...
The control is godly, first time over ever heard this version, I’m shook and in love 😍
I'd buy her x factor competition album in Hd audio
People who thumbs down this performance are out of their frieken mind.
It's called a mental deficiency. No feelings, regards, or happiness comes from them. Their life sucks and they want ppl to know it. Sad!
Listen to Judy Garland sing it then leona scream it
She was shrieking bur damn I love her!
Some of us can actually hear shit..😂😂😂😂😂🤪🤪🐸 Baaaaaa baaaaaa braindead sheep.🐏🐑🐑🐑🐑🐏🐏🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
Teresa Gib listen to Eva Cassidys version and you will understand why the thumbs down. But I wouldn't put my thumbs down to this
freaking goose bumps, yo!
Leona has the range, control,, vibrato, belts and even looks..basically the perfect package for a powerhouse singer
woooowwwww.....love U voice
i'm legit crying
Yeah, it was based on Cassidy's version, which I've listened to, but this is a whole different ball game. There's no word soft and beautiful enough to describe that tone, and the control of her vibrato is unreal. Then there's the emotion, like WTF, those power notes would've turned Mike Tyson into a blubbering wreck. Can't believe there's actually people here who can't even feel it (check if you have pulses, you know who you are!!)
Absolutly spot on. Best female voice i.ve ever heard
Even after the amazing performance of Sidney Christmas in BGT, I think the Leona's version is still the best!!!
Christmas version might be slightly better. It's close. Christmas goes into different levels
@@ps5andstuffhere We can’t choose, both of them is perfection
Just amazing greatest song and version ever
OK, for all you haters Judy sung this superbly as a lullaby, can't fault her there. Eva Cassidy took the lullaby and turned it into a song with expression for people with more sophisticated musical taste. As a tribute, Leona took Eva's version and poured a ton of sentiment into it so that you could feel the emotion in the performance For me, music is all about making you feel emotion, and *this is just a beautiful performance that rips your heart out*. What more could you want. If you can't connect with it and feel the emotion, then I guess that's just the way you take stuff in, as we're all different. However, *if you were expecting to hear a lullaby, and were disappointed, that's easily fixed - just go and watch the Wizard of Oz.*
THAT MY DARLINGS WAS UN FUCKING BELIEVABLE..!
the most amazing female voice i,ve ever heard in my life,and im 60 years old,everytime i hear her sing i feel moved,she deserves so much more credit than maybe she gets,in my eyes and obviously ears she is the best female singer ever,oh and shes English x
I love Leona. So sweet and hugely talented. I just wish that the credit for this version was given to its rightful creator : Eva Cassidy.
Jkaterchannel the song was written in 1939, long before Eva Cassidy sung her version of it. Eva's version is also very beautiful.
what planet are u on? this predates Eva by nearr 60 years
Did you not read my comment? I said this Version, not the song.
Jkaterchann
Yeah. The arrangement is Eva's, but Leona sang it best
sang it like she wrote it
2019 ?
U can see how she is holdin back her tears, wow she is such an amazin person and an amazin singer, a very very rare combination, I feel for her, incredible person!!
She could sing a song about poop n it would sound amazing lol she is such a good singer
She owns that song
This is Eva Cassidy's version and sang it first....Leona's great but give credit
Richard Beytagh Leona's voice is truly beautiful, she has always stated that Eva Cassidy has inspired her so much. I think she was very sad due to her cousin dying, so all of her focus was probably on that. Eva Cassidy's version is very beautiful and heartfelt!
Amen
This is just unbelievable! Perfect.
oke im watching this at december 2019..lol
im watching it dec 2020
She blows the original clean out of the water.. Songbird
she did not make that song her own its eva cassidys rendition of over the rainbow
+Leo nitus In turn you could argue that it was Judy Garland's song. All three singers interpreted it differently, Leona starts off heavily influenced by the Eva Cassidy version but toward the middle and end belts like Judy Garland.
jubile2015 no, not in the movie version I meant a couple of live performances. You might find some here.
+Leo nitus
Eva Cassidy's version was the inspiration, so the lead melody is similar. But, you can't say a folk song, casually sang with a guitar is the same rendition as a dramatically delivered performance with huge dynamic range, an orchestra, bucket loads of emotion, and an awesome performance. So she DID make it her own.
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my favorite x-factor winner of all time and hands down my favorite rendition of this song. I reckon they should've gotten her to perform this at the 2014 Oscars. much as I love Pink, Leona would have smashed it!!!
Best ever version by miles. Objective opinion. Cassidy was good but this is loads better.
Judy Garland is the best
"Objective opinion" that's an Oxymoron!
Delta By saying it out loud and it being your personal view ... it being subjective. However, Leona really really really sang this song so good ... she having an awesome voice ... and she can sing so soft and so strong from one breath to the next ... and her voice lending itself very well to electronics as well. She having it all. GOD Bless her.
She's a nice girl too, hasn't got carried away with her fame.
@ all haters and rude heffas and people who like to start mess "to each their own."
On a different note: I agree Dougie this performance was stunning!
Leona has an amazing voice, however this rendition was like giving the song an overdose of Valium. When you start to deviate too much from the original melody you start to lose the songs quality and cohesiveness.
She sure is amazing singer,I dont really like this arrangement..her vibrato sounded bit.. well wobble-ish.
Still blows me away and brings me to tears 15 years later.. wow.