Claire Richards (Steps) - as Karen Carpenter - Stars in Their Eyes

[@suzeyc5301]

OMG....OMG....Just So Lovely!!!! Thank you for the Good Memories!!!!

[@BillayRambo56]

One of my favourite Carpenter songs and sung beautifully by lovely Claire.

[@elmerdemleon9418]

miss Karen's voice... still cherished to this day

[@chnprl5845]

2019 and still in AWE! That voice!

[@cullbill]

Wow. Claire!!!! I’m wrecked girrrrl!!! I knew you were fabulous but I’m blown away!!!! Excellent!

[@andrewwilliams560]

But Claire was by far and the best singer in steps..I love her

[@chrislayton3702]

Claire did a fantastic version of Karen Carpenter in my opinion just like she was in Steps and she was and is my favourite member of Steps and I really hope that she is Knitting on the masked singer as all of the clues are linked to her and the voice definitely sounds like her as well

[@ussvoyager8650]

I totally love Claire Richards she is Absolutely Gorgeous & has such an Amazing Voice & she really does sound like Karen Carpenter

[@KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan]

I would pay good money to watch Steps perform as Cher

[@tonylilley6611]

Outstanding vocals

[@starstreet46]

Claire is brilliant live vocals

[@stanlynch8376]

Claire does have that fullness (sort of a Rich darkness) in the lower alto register that Karen had that is so rare and is/was so special. Probably more so than anybody else I have heard that has covered a Carpenter's song.

[@kevindavies2334]

FANTASTIC hope she won that episode!!!

[@samaddison5891]

Wow!! She should play her in a movie she sounds just like her

[@joypilarca889]

Claire being shy is so cute. As if she didn't know she's known worldwide with Steps.

[@katefitz25]

I love this from The Carpenters song, Karen Carpenter had such amazing voice, so did claire richards in Steps well done claire beautiful done well sung ❤🎶

[@michaeljw3602]

Had the biggest crush on her for years .. and what a voice

[@peteiswriteingnow]

Claire can sing but this makes you realize just how good Karen was.

[@unclenelvis]

oh the shade of it all!!!!!

[@rebeccafleisig7331]

2021 and I still love this vocal, what a voice ♥️

[@paulwilson9281]

Gr8 singing , so close it made me cry. I would buy this.

[@joelarama]

I’m STILL obsessed with Claire’s new, hmmm, not so new album. Her vocals are incredible. ❤️

[@richmcale933]

I love Steps! I love Claire

[@gmfan6397]

Love claire Richards she is just amazing and she has a super voice and Karen carpenter would have been so proud of her singing so well. I closed my eyes for a few minutes and I thought it was Karen singing. Claire has so much talent its so hard not to love her ❤❤

[@joypilarca889]

Claire nailed Karen's low tone. Claire's amazing vocals still stands out though. I love Claire. I love Steps!

[@lesley9989]

Wow! I'm surprised because I never thought anyone would be able to replicate Karen. Well done

[@valeriebrown3872]

Wow just wow she mailed that song great vocals

[@mirabellamcgarry8269]

Fabulous singer

[@Sarge-fz9wl]

2020 - Ouch thought I was listening to Karen Carpenter. Richard is am sure would have a flashback here. WOW.

[@DannyArangale]

What the heck. Its Karen Carpenter resurrection!

[@marybowesobrien7185]

Stunning vocal 💚

[@zosidesbaldecasa1699]

I am her big fan!...

[@carolborja588]

Great voice Claire!

[@chadbelicena5292]

Wow .. This explains why when I listen to her rendition of "Goodbye to Love" it makes me think of the late Karen Carpenter. If I closed my eyes you couldn't tell the difference.

[@brenthancock7118]

you are kidding right? Get the wax cleaned up....This woman seems great but karen was in a different stratosphere.

[@mirola73]

If you didn't know you'd believe it's Karen Carpenter. Never knew she's done this.

[@petetong9725]

Oo how lovely is she...😍😍

[@andrewwilliams560]

Sounds like her. Brilliant

[@leonggtownsendnbjh8112]

Look!

[@janewebster3663]

Amazing 🤩

[@imasurvivor9785]

Amazing 👌

[@lesliemoore7294]

Awesome job, Claire!!!

[@johngowan815]

Fantastic job Clair your awesome alone on stage singing

[@lesleyosler6153]

Wow !!

[@joanamarieisabel2716]

I grew a fond of H being always hyperactive & energetic that it's so unusual to see him being behaved & silent.😁😁😁

[@Richard19551]

What a nice person! Very most and appealing - and obviously has huge talent!

[@dogsrgod1949]

Brilliant version

[@JoeHVR]

This is flat out ridiculous talent !!!

[@scottbakanumba1heathen313]

Very good!

[@valerieselau7384]

OMFG! 😱

[@johnemsley2893]

Genuinely really good job

[@curtwall7089]

You would think it was karen carpenter

[@StewartWaddell]

2023 and just checking this out !

[@EppingForest304]

So I interesting to see this old stuff

[@cheeseisdelicious111]

Nailed it

[@MARC2649]

Love the accent

[@RexPhalange]

Only when she mentioned the nose wrinkle did I realize that she does that when she sings!

[@gillianwilson1330]

Claire is good

[@jinkertsun]

Nervous? No need, just fantastic.

[@GGG-sd9ei]

She’s good!

[@damiennota5446]

Cracking effort

[@lesliemoore7294]

Karen had a lower tonal quality to her voice, she was who I tried to emulate, but Claire IS very good, she reminds me of Sandi Pattie(world renowned gospel singer). Well Claire can sing anything good, there's that

[@SB-yz7lk]

👏

[@roberthall7117]

I remember watching an episode of this... a Teacher won it as she impersonated Dusty Springfeild singing Son Of A Preacher...

[@richmcale933]

june 2021

[@KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan]

Aired October 6th 2001

[@paulwilson9281]

I didn't think she could be karen but she was amazing .

[@marlenegardner2696]

Claire’s voice is amazing.

[@OlgaLevin]

I recently watched a documentary on PBS about The Carpenters. They’re not really the kind of band that I’d listen to while riding to work or while walking or running outside. So it’s safe for me to say that I’m not a big, mad fan of their style of music. I do enjoy a few songs of theirs from time to time though. They are the kind of band that I have to be in the mood to listen to. But they certainly made a huge mark on the music industry though because of Karen Carpenter’s voice. They had a very unique sound that only belonged to them. A Carpenter song can come up on the radio and you’d be able to immediately recognize that it’s them. They were kind of that band that brought people down into a state of calmness and tranquility in a decade that was dominated by a lot of the upper beat sounds of soul, disco, and funk.

[@lesliemoore7294]

What made them unique was , like Captain and Tenille, they sang all the parts themselves instead of using background vocalists.

[@alexanderilic42]

Holy crap!!!! Turn away and you'd never know it was not Karen. Wow!!!!! 😍

[@Canthatcrazy]

Probably been the first time she'd sang live in her career at this point. Steps were forced to mime everything. I saw Claire do her solo album launch a few years ago, and she was 10 times better live.

[@mroosie7488]

Sounds just like her

[@sarahdanielle1985]

Sounds like her most of the time

[@k21bg]

"Your face sounds familiar" a show transforming celebrities into different artists whom tgey will impersonate

[@CandleLight1974]

"Your Face Sounds Familiar' is the European rip-off of 'Stars in Their Eyes' that was going on for decades before it.

[@PauloSilva-mu7hc]

So so, Karen is unique.

[@yamotero4648]

Is H seatmate is one of the dancers in their MV of it’s the way that you make me feel?.

[@mascottie]

What year was this?

[@Heidenheim75]

Which year was this?

[@andreiliver9295]

Is this show the forerunner of Your Face Sounds Familiar?

[@juanluismirandacerda3131]

Claire es igual que Karen Carpenter.... ( de tamaño)

[@chloeching342]

What's the name of the song? X

[@mikalarouse8978]

Superstar

[@annasafavi1659]

I actually can sing like Karen. I need to go on karaoke. It's a tense thing because she is such a legend. One day.

[@smileyraw]

So close but voice not deep enough. Bloody good though.

[@Thecoinmanproof]

Toni Lee is the Best

[@glencampbell6217]

Bournvita,

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

Is Claire Richards a Contralto like Toni Lee?

[@desertrose1226]

She looks like Holly Willoughby.

[@theboyjames3065]

No she doesn't! 🙈

[@reesfleming4247]

thats actually not a bad Carpenter she would have done a better Cher though

[@christiancaulfield1663]

Good till she got to the chorus , not great but good

[@COOLGUYWINSTON]

Sorry but this girl is struggling through the whole verses. She lacks the lower register that Karen had. I'm surprised so many people are raving about this performance. Brave though.

[@hiseagle]

Not KC, of course. I've been listening to the Carpenters since 1971, so I wasn't a fan of how she sang this, as it's one of my favorite Carpenters songs. Too many people try to copy the way Karen hit the notes perfectly, as well as her tone and other nuances too much, and they always fail of course. Karen was the greatest female artist in recorded music history. It's basically impossible to match her. But this woman has a pretty voice, though I feel she'd be more suited for doing Carpenters songs at weddings.

[@desertrose1226]

You're right, many try and copy her too much, I can sing a little like her, but I am never as good, and I know it!! Her voice is near-impossible to recreate.

[@scottiramage317]

I suggest you google Claire Richards - she’s a recording artist in her own right

[@hiseagle]

@@scottiramage317 I have no need to Google her. She may be a recording artist in her own right, as you say, but no female singer can match Karen Carpenter's voice. Period.

[@scottiramage317]

Rob Adams Jesus, it’s a television show!! Not reality

[@blitzsah]

It’s stars in their eyes you absolute melt. They’re meant to try and copy the vocals of the artist.

[@lindabateman1357]

Nice performance but she’s no Karen Carpenter!

[@wendylynch1443]

Nice singer but sound’s nothing like Karen

[@seanlohan6215]

Nice singer but sounds nothing like Karen carpenter!

[@Edward1312]

All over the place and that's with autotune! shows the difference between someone with talent and someone who is a mediocre. This is just Richards singing (poorly) a classic carpenters song, sounds nothing like KC, pure Karaoke.

[@maxineshannonsteele453]

She is to chunky to be Karen Carpenter but still amazing voice x

[@PeteQueen]

Karen Carpenter died as a direct result from an eating disorder, bought on by idiots like you telling her she was too fat. Nice to see the cycle never ends. Moron

[@theboyjames3065]

Is that really necessary, particularly considering Karen died of heart failure brought on by her long struggle with anorexia?