Haley Reinhart & Casey Abrams - Moaning - American Idol Top 8 Results Show - 4/14/2011

[@sle517]

Back here in 2024 to relive this performance. This is the best duet I've ever seen.

[@KirstenIbbetson]

Right with you. I revisit this duet every so often. So SO good!

[@nofuxCZ]

Here I am, more than 10 years later and I still think about this performance. Phenomenal

[@sarahsouza6980]

Yes! My favorite!!!

[@Sejuani89]

Same! Still gives me goosebumps everytime! Probably the most amazing performance ever on AI

[@yxuen3051]

Season 10 was phenomenal. One of the most talented seasons in AI history.

[@marcshawnthevocalizers5984]

Me too

[@maryannrenz6933]

@@sarahsouza6980 Mind too! Absolutely Beautiful. Best Duet ever.

[@Novalunosis90]

Side note: I love the fact that these two are still good friends who play and sing together all the time.

[@wabisabi7755]

Until now!

[@osahju914]

@@wabisabi7755 uh oh...what’s happened

[@vidpie]

@@osahju914 Nothing. They're still friends. They haven't performed together in public due to COVID.

[@vidpie]

Haley's parents and her sister have been visiting this past week. She posted an IG story of them jamming at her home with her friends, including Casey on the upright bass.

[@Orangecat693]

@@vidpie ❤️

[@silver449]

Casey Abrams, jazz messenger, had taken Haley Reinhart's wandering eye and focused it straight at the pinnacle. Instead of two American Idol contestants standing next to each other, what we got to see was two artists collaborating in a most intimate way, as they dusted off a classic 53-year-old jazz standard and made it relevant to millions of people who had never heard it .before... Bravo!!!

[@anakinisdarth21]

This is it. This is THE best performance in all 15 seasons of Idol. I remember watching it live and just being like... "Holy shit. Did that just happen?"

[@mariagutierrez-nr3ts]

same, remeber watching it live and just feeling like HOLY SHIT DID THAT JUST HAPPEN?

[@StreetTruckinTitan]

Greatest duet performance EVER on AI.

[@mawsley9]

Actually, the only duet on AI. All others are just 2 soloists taking their turns to sing.

[@dreman1970]

StreetTruckinTitan This was DAMN good.....however it's my second favorite...behind Joshua and Jessica.....

[@StreetTruckinTitan]

Andre Vaughn I was a huge Jessica fan that season but she almost ruined the song with her inflection at the end of the words fight and night. She's not Aretha nor should she try to be. The rest of the song was brilliant though.

[@gynack]

++mawsley9 Not true. You're forgetting Haley and Casey's other duet I Feel the Earth Move. They harmonise a lot on that one as well.

[@maryhanna3317]

I agree - this was a true duet. Not many on idol could do this. Another AI duet I love is Lee Dewyse and Crystal Bowersox, “falling slowly”.

[@MichaelLinkeMarketing]

They are on a whole different level.

[@TryMyMartini]

Yeah, definitely. Idol didn’t even deserve these two.

[@rafael4751]

you funny guy you

[@007Saby]

YESSSSSSS!!!!!

[@ryanschneer]

One of the best duets in TV history, not just American Idol History

[@beans5536]

they are better than American idol.

[@jodicox3835]

+Kat MoeMoä Yes they are. The problem was all along with the show, was allowing the teenagers to vote.

[@customerfaithful]

+Kat MoeMoä yep - way better. American Idol doesn't really get jazz, it's not mainstream enough for them. but my guess - they'll still be around after Idol has been long retired.

[@beans5536]

Rick Harris they are, check out postmodern jukebox 👌

[@MikhaelAhava]

Better than what we have today

[@TheElsaAlvarado]

Still my favorite duet in all of American Idol! They are legends!!!

[@kaybateman2356]

+TheElsaAlvarado they're my favorite duo too.

[@jinjinichi9602]

GAGO TOTOO BA

[@horselandtoday]

This is what a real jazz duo sounds like! They are perf together holy shit

[@michaelangelo3124]

Ohhh!!!!!! Haley and Casey, best duet ever in A.I. Those jazz scats from Haley and Casey were just spot on better than top notch horn players cause their voices are heart and soul!!!

[@emilylynn8111]

2019 and this is still one of the best duets on the planet

[@Sejuani89]

More than 10 yrs later and I still cant get over this season. They could have gone with these 2 jazz singers for the finale and gave us the best finale in AI history. But they gave us a snoozefest finale with those 2 country teens.. Never watched AI ever again after this season..

[@tyrantbossmedia2230]

Same. This season was the peak and when they didn't let Haley make it to the finals that killed the show for me.

[@bullfrog5037]

The only reason why Haley didn't win American Idol people is because American Idol permitted "almost unlimited power-voting". Had American Idol permitted only "one vote per individual voting" instead and in which is the only way to host a fair and balanced talent competition, Haley have won in a land slide.

[@racketman2u]

that was the zenith for Idol, what a year of crazy talent; Scotty, Lauren, Haley, i loved them all, but Casey stood out for me for sheer musical genius.

[@spacecowboy364]

+racketman2u His awful grunts is what stood out to me. Why did he do that? He didn't have to do that. Thanks God he didn't do them when he performed duets with Haley though. No doubt she laid down the law.

[@cotterpin6406]

The best duet performed on American Idol by a mile, performed by two of the best contestants to ever appear on American Idol ever. Casey was one of the best musicians, but Haley was the best and most talented contestant overall to ever have graced the stage of American Idol in all 15 seasons.

[@running5850]

This was my favorite season of idol definitely. The talent was just unmatched. James Durbin, Casey, Haley and Jacob Lusk especially.

[@bullfrog5037]

Still by a mile the best American Idol duet of all time. As no one was expecting that.

[@christinapatterson3056]

i still get goosebumps listening to haley. this is the performance that turned the lightbulb on for her, discovered her style with this performance.

[@MyraJean1951]

Those two needed to record an album of duets together. I'd sure buy one!

[@MrsRooney1511]

After all these years, their performance still gives me goosebump!!!!

[@lyndseyclark9869]

You cannot teach that kind of talent! Jesus, they are beautiful together!

[@jamesjarrard4462]

Best performance on American Idol !!!

[@rmrmrm004]

So above American Idol - the last of the best people to come from the show! Still listen to this 6 years later!

[@paulina_llano]

It's been more than 6 years and I still think about this performance (and these two) regularly...

[@chpchocc12]

Paulina Llano sameeee 😭

[@downejill]

No one comes close this year to the talent of 2011 Idol!

[@thehannahouse]

They really should go on tour together and do songs like this! They really shined most when they sang together.

[@marco114]

they perform together all the time!

[@TheSpringishere]

One of the greatest AI performances ever.

[@droidean]

its unhealthy how infatuated I am with Haley Reinhart

[@M.O.G.]

droidean I am too but Casey f**** up the picture.

[@kellyjacobs1290]

Omg same

[@zachswanson2158]

same

[@1satchvai]

Now THIS is a duet

[@yoloyolo-bj3by]

this performance was such a fuck you to everyone I love it

[@shawntok_]

2023. Best duet of IDOLS.

[@vaduzcrew]

I can't imagine how happy the band playing for these 2 awesome voices!

[@classicalhero7]

Now they are working together with PMJ. Shows that is their style of performance.

[@atticusjotalove8957]

Still here in 2024 ❤

[@handreebowee8919]

same here, still remember this amazing duet

[@urhypeboy]

Me too lol

[@spacecowboy364]

Best duet on American Idol in all 15 seasons! Haley is so, so talented. Anyway, she is fixing to bust lose. At midnight tonight I plan to preorder her new album to be released on the 29th and download her next single, which is also the name sake of the album "Better".

[@zlamelie]

Still coming back to this jewel ❤️

[@drIki21]

My God they are brilliant..such a fantastic duo, such amazing performances. One of the best on AMERICAN IDOL if not the best. So sad they didn't win. Amazing talents

[@dero_oan]

this season had a ton of amount of talents and these two really shone the brightest. They brought jazz into the show, something a majority of Idol contestants couldn't bring to the table

[@spacecowboy364]

Totally unexpected. It blew me away that night. I couldn't believe I had just watched something so good.

[@gynack]

++Space Cowboy It's great watching it now, but wow, it must have been absolutely wonderful if you were following the show regularly every week and then all of a sudden this came out of nowhere and slugged you. My god, I bet you had a job believing you'd actually seen and heard this.

[@mig4mar]

These two are a class act!

[@ironkb57]

still together in PMJ :'D

[@Haziqhalien]

They need to remake this with pmj asap

[@not_emerald]

I discovered jazz through this (and Amy Winehouse in parallel) and now I'm listening to the Jazz Composers Orchestra avant-garde abstract jazz and Cecil Taylor. Came a long way, thankful to these guys. I also left a comment here 10 years ago.

[@gynack]

not_emerald You can find two separate videos on KZbin of Haley singing Amy's "You Know I'm No Good" with the No Vacancy Orchestra at different venues. Excellently done of course.

[@TheKimmera]

So amazing. And how cool is that these two are still performing together? Many have speculated on their 'coupledom'. I know nothing about that but it is clear that they are kindred spirits musically, and I feel like Casey really helped Haley find her true self musically. They are both brilliant and I am so happy I watched that silly talent show when they were on.

[@mistermiguel9011]

+Kim Andrews Because Idol didn't give Haley any backstory, we didn't know she had been the first-ever vocalist for her high school's jazz band or that she had studied jazz at a local college and performed as a vocalist for her professor's jazz trio. This performance then was a revelation. In a post-Idol interview, Haley related she and Casey had been rehearsing "Fever." During a lull, Ray Chew, who was then the music director of American Idol, began playing "Moanin'. Haley started singing along. He was like, "You know this song?" The Idol producers then approached and said they thought "Fever" was too racy for the show. Haley and Ray were like, oh, well, we have this...Oh, Casey!" Casey had played "Moanin'" on the melodica at his audition , but he didn't know the words to the song.

[@orderpool]

2024 and listen this Haley is the best

[@WonderfullHana]

two words : World Class

[@Thebabezz1]

Randy's comments always consist of either "That's what's up!" Or "It wasn't for me, dawg."

[@Tarchannon]

My favorite song on Idol ever.

[@ernestojorge4396]

That American Idol of 2011 was the best!!!! All of them deserved to win!!!!

[@gynack]

Ernesto Jorge Season 10 was maybe the best season, but Haley was the best of the best, good though a number of others were!

[@missingenue]

My favorite American Idol performance 😍😍😍

[@Shazzzam74]

2019 and still watching this. How did they not win this? Too much real music for this show.

[@tiffanynieto5418]

2022 and still the best performance ever

[@sarahsouza6980]

Yes!!!!

[@madogblue]

Top notch duet!

[@amberfirexx9]

I was so obsessed with this season. Theyre amazing

[@DexterHaven]

You liked this season? I thought Casey was one of the high points in the show's history -- his save night, audition, exit performance, plus "Why don't you do right?"

[@TINBITZPHAM]

that was just so fucking amazing. I can never get over it. You will never find this on idol again. Not this season, never.

[@libra4939]

This is my favorite cover of this song. I almost couldn't breathe listening to it that season on idol. What a surprise! Originally, it was a hard bop instrumental - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers 1958. The Mingus version lost the melody, so I can't listen to it = bebop. Guess I'm more of a hard bop / cool jazz fan. The lyrics were added later.

[@Lundy.Fastnet.Irish_Sea]

Mingus' Moanin is a different song. It's not a version of this one.

[@andresalvites5587]

and Scotty won that season, come on america wtf .

[@theblackdog2399]

It wasn't America. It was sabotage.

[@tyrantbossmedia2230]

That was ART there. That is something the audience was never used to seeing.....real talent.

[@seldenkid48]

she is one of the best to step to the mike. She is a star

[@NonaGirl1212]

AMEN!!

[@retrocules]

Gosh, I still get goosebumps! 🙌

[@atimnile2401]

This should get more than A million Views🥰😍😍!!!

[@Endtimescoming]

This really is my favorite thing from Idol and this is my favorite season, these 2 were so great and I was also a big fan of James Durbin his rendition of Uprising was amazing as well. But this duet, a league of its own.

[@equinoxseya]

this could effortlessly mop the AI's floor with the duets this season on idol.

[@courtneyhodges3104]

These two were my favorites from that season!!

[@HideTheTruthInside]

@HaleyFansDotCom ...Thanks...I haven't seen the Idoloonies segment but I will definitely go there right now and listen to it...Thanks again...

[@BandBoy1410]

One of the best moments of American Idol history.

[@TonyBolagnAe]

this seasons long over and i still cant and wont get that girls voice outa my head

[@PokeAvatarHeartr1]

American Idol 2011 was my favourite season ever!!!!! These two were my favourites, and they were amazing!!! I don't understand how they didn't win ;-; I'm glad that Haley got to the top three, but how could Casey be eliminated TWICE T_T They were truly the best.

[@adamtki]

Still love watching this duet even though it's been 5 years.

[@kaybateman2356]

+adamtki Casey and Hayley are my favorite duo, i'm going to miss AI which is hours away.

[@tw02cow]

Best performance on American Idol EVER!!

[@marys.8552]

Loved this season of AI because of these two. Great duet.

[@cacaw_0]

i love how nobody expected to see the best non-solo performance on the show EVER!!!!!!

[@MikhaelAhava]

Brilliant I found this,memories watching this on tv,one of the best Splendid

[@piotrhardy4947]

This was the single best thing that has happened on American Idol.

[@HideTheTruthInside]

@HaleyFansDotCom Thank you so much for the Idolloonies segments...It showed Randy's and JLO's prejudice towards Haley. When she broke through with songs that they did like it was to little to late. I don't care what they said. Haley took the most risks and knocked those risks out of the window while Scotty and Lauren sang the same old same old every week and didn't have to listen to BS...I loved listening to Haley explain her song to song journey...Thank you!!!

[@DexterHaven]

0:48 listen how she sings "trouble." That's money!

[@jackcrane7853]

This is far better than everything else

[@dianacarlalu]

best duet on american idol!

[@sururu20]

Haley should have won!! One of the best artists I've ever seen on the show :D

[@LissaAOE]

they are so much fun to watch performing together! they bring the best out in each other.

[@kaybateman2356]

Casey and Haley were the best duo i have ever heard on AI, too bad they didn't win. but in some cases contestants who get vote off they became artists their way and didn't really need help from AI. just ask Jennifer Hudson who won the oscar for dreamgirls, Daughtry who hooked up with his band back home and became famous, and Adam Lambert he's better than that other guy anyday. and still they won either way.

[@laramiaizz]

Kay Bateman and Katharine Mcphee..love her in Smash and Scorpion..

[@jomaruy117]

Kay Bateman jhud also had a grammy for best r&b album in 2008

[@ambswing1]

Definitely my favorite season of American Idol!

[@JappethBen]

Haley's stage presence is impecable!

[@HS-rm8lf]

Nothing tops that chemistry there

[@missingenue]

WOW!! They lite up the stage with there wonderful voices!! This season had the best contestants. There performance mad me LOVE jazz.

[@szakattkorts]

thank you for whipping that out on us - context is everything

[@Mary-NB699]

The Best Duet on American Idol.

[@jnetha360]

2:51 That's what she said!!!! Lol xDD

[@aCrobyT4ever]

Even 5 years later, you made my day.

[@kate277bieber]

They were my favorite ever!! Best season of American Idol!!!!!!!!

[@HideTheTruthInside]

"Haley Baby...That's what up...That's how you do it"...This performance and the total standing ovation and the judges comments should have made America stand up and vote for Haley Reinhart. She is the epitome of professional and a shining star.

[@weirdass89]

Still a fan of these two!

[@lajazzhot]

That was one of the most refreshing performances I have seen on any of the idols.

[@realfinnatic]

Haley had a scat battle with Irvin Mayfield's trumpet: "God Bless The Child - Haley Reinhart and Irvin Mayfield" insane!!

[@Endtimescoming]

2019 I still come back to this, so good. This season I think was my favorite that I watched Haley, Casey, and James Durbin So good. I think maybe I watched one more season ...maybe....but I cant really remember what happened that season so...maybe not.

[@HideTheTruthInside]

@HaleyFansDotCom ...Thank you for the info...I kind of figured that Haley had to have had some Jazz in her background because it probably is the hardest to sing. She is so so good when she gets into her Jazz mode...Well, really she is so so good all of the time but she kicks ass with her Jazz!!!

[@HaleyFansDotCom]

@HideTheTruthInside btw, at the 5:55 mark of this Idoloonies segment v=_TOGxmvBnc4 Haley talks about how Moanin' came about on the show. If you like Haley and haven't seen the Idoloonies interview before, I recommend watching all five segments.

[@karenburt8268]

Forever my favorite duet!! I love it

[@Splashadian777]

This is the absolute greatest performance that was ever on American Idol. Just brilliant a truly spectacular performance that will probably never be topped. But I'd sure love to see somebody try to be that cool.

[@belfur6992]

seriously, these two are the best!

[@TINBITZPHAM]

The most talented idols ever, how the hell can you be this talented at the age of 20? 20!!