Katharine McPhee SLAYS American Idol - Highlights

[@iamrachelao]

She’s a gem and as a singer myself, she was a huge inspiration. She pushed me to want to be great like her. What a gift 🙌🏾💗

[@johncourtright1632]

Every couple years, "God Bless the Child" will go through my mind and I find myself coming back to watch her audition again. What a perfect choice for Kat's voice! She is absolutely beautiful has one of the most lovely voices I've ever heard. She absolutely should have won American Idol! I wish nothing but the best for her!

[@RachelZamstein]

She’s the sweetest human alive. I have always loved her.

[@jr3210]

Seeing her dad’s precious smile brought me to 😭. Of course, hearing her sing ‘somewhere over the rainbow’ moved me beyond ‘wow’! David Foster, you’re a lucky man

[@tdrabik77]

To this day... I still have McPhever! I agree with Rod Stewart... she is born to sing the standards.I still get goosebumps every time I hear her sing Over the Rainbow. LOVE her latest album and her singing Night & Day. Thanks for this video down memory lane :)

[@JamesDBolf]

Kenneth locley

[@t.brooks5082]

Ditto for me!!

[@kenr7715]

Fell in love with her when she sang "Over The Rainbow" and have loved her ever since. Amazing!

[@sunshinegal4294]

How did she not win? She’s amazing and the best! All that worked with her including Simon, felt she was in a league of her own! I wish her and David Foster much happiness and many years of love!

[@papabeartd]

How in Heaven did a bumpkin like Tayler Hicks ever beat her? Impossible - still - to believe. He's running a bar now in bumpkinville - she is singing with Bocelli and others all over the world. Incredible talent.

[@conniebarnes9274]

Thomas DeAngelo, We wondered the same thing. With her voice and presence, she should have won.

[@hydrolito]

I thought Constantine had a better voice than Bo Bice sometimes it is song selection on a particular night, sometimes I don't know, just whatever taste of viewers on a particular night were I guess.

[@foodenthusiast2499]

She was also amazing on Waitress, both on Broadway and London.

[@grwoobie1297]

@@hydrolito Bo Bice was so good, he didn't ever need a microphone. We were disappointed Carrie Underwood beat him. But things worked out for her.

[@Gonk]

This was when the Country voters started tuning in and messing up the votes, that's how u get Taylor Hicks to win. I'm not a Country music hater I love some country songs it's just it's a known fact that the Country audience has a big pull when it comes to votes on these singing shows compared to the other genre of music ppl out there.

[@gerry_ch]

She's so pretty! Love her voice and confidence! ❤️

[@jus4getLovv]

She’s gorgeous and a great singer! Love it!

[@arrrrrrito]

She's so beautiful and voice is amazing god just blessed her with perfect genes in every area

[@marlainejizrawi7465]

I don’t care what you throw at her she’s so versatile Aundry Bocelli Rod Stewart Elvis it doesn’t matter she kills it every time!!!!!!🤷🏻‍♀️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@scottstewart8737]

Good lord, she is gorgeous and talented

[@justme-jv2sd]

Extremely beautiful!! So vibrant and incredibly.so unique!!

[@lonniepee9804]

Words just don't do it. She's SO gorgeous, beautiful, poised- even sultry...and that VOICE!!!

[@benzmusiczone]

I can't decide whether her performance of Someone to Watch Over Me or Somewhere Over the Rainbow is my all time favorite of hers. They're both magnificent

[@MrMuncieman]

Do A comparison and Google Carly Rose Sonneclar singing Over the Rainbow, I like this one the best......its that good!

[@benzmusiczone]

Gary Howard I’ve already seen Carly Rose Sonnenclar. It doesn’t come anywhere close to Katharine’s version.

[@MrMuncieman]

@@benzmusiczone Well when you say "It doesn't come anywhere close to Kathern's version".....what that tells me as a professional musician of 55 years is that you simply are not a good judge. Because no matter who you might like as having the best version...They are in the same class period. Sorry, just saying!

[@benzmusiczone]

Gary Howard How on earth are they in the same class when one (Katharine’s) is vocally and overall more superior than the other (Carly’s)?

[@MrMuncieman]

@@benzmusiczone let me put this in perspective for you: Carly is overall superior because her range takes her from pop to blues and Jazz, Kathern cannot cannot do that... I doubt that you have ever seen or heard Carly in another musical setting and one of the judges on AGT, the black gentleman was heard to say about Carly that she had "Insane Talent" Try to be more open. Carly never married the conductor.

[@juancarlosferrer4322]

I miss this 3 original judges!!!!!

[@Ralipsi]

I'm from Québec, French province of Canada. I remember that season 5, specially Katharine that made a strong impression. Supertalented, likable like no one and sooo beautiful! I could easily fall in love for her. I watched the tv series "Scorpion" and she's good actress too. I hope that her life is going the way she want it. I adore her

[@BlueSky-yj6ix]

American idol gave her fame and a husband. Mr David foster!!! Great job truly beautiful and talented!

[@TheLonesometoad]

I must disagree. American Idol supplied the portal for her to be discovered. Kat McPhee supplied the beauty and talent to REACH fame. There is a difference.

[@CasonovaCorkClub]

She's truly beautiful!!!

[@smallfootprint2961]

Katherine was the only contestant I ever voted for. She's still the best.

[@neilyboy8568]

That version of Someone to watch over me is still the best performance of any talent show. Superb.

[@campdude66]

Best voice and by far the most beautiful idol ever!

[@whitneyallman8365]

Her and Carrie Underwood

[@michaeldeane9029]

Sad there are some negative posts referring to her marriage. She has a brilliant voice, lots of personality and a great actress. You can marry who you want (disappointed it wasn't me) your private life is your business, just hope you have an amazing life together. Love and luck...

[@melsmithmel]

Mariah Carey married Tommy Mottolla who was in a similar situation..People are so judgemental these days(.Look what happened to their marriage.) lol.

[@michaeldeane9029]

@Michael Martin young men might have the stamina but us older guys know tricks they will probably never know. Viagra might keep it up longer but it doesn't come with a manual on what to do. That is called experience. There is a massive difference between just fucking and making love

[@summmer77]

@Michael Martin oooor immature boys playing to be men but lacking manners, wisdom and courtship!

[@summmer77]

@@michaeldeane9029 love your words of wisdom!

[@melaniegee]

@Michael Martin She’s been with several men near her age. I think by now she’s experienced enough to make a decision on whether she wants to be with someone she loves and has so much in common with, or someone she meets on a TV set. And that’s not me knocking her. She sees through his age is what I’m trying to say.

[@elizabethbassler10]

An amazing talent, effortless singing. A pro when she was on American Idol and she keeps raising her bar.

[@stillunsweetened4403]

She’s one of the best American Idol Runner Ups.

[@thezmanchar]

Dion Corderd I loved her and I always will, she is pure talent, until she married that David what’s his face. You know, you David Yolanda Hadid.

[@shwing9760]

WHAT WHO WON

[@simplysodamel]

To be looked at and loved like she is by David Foster and how she looks at and loves him, is couples goals.

[@UntilThenn]

Gross

[@owlostrom6812]

He said she was “really fat”

[@janielangley5673]

Anyone saying ANYTHING NEGATIVE about this BEAUTIFUL SWEET TALENT is JEALOUS !

[@shwing9760]

Everything about her is perfect❤❤❤❤

[@lebradox5052]

Amo su reacción en el casting, tan talentosa, ese gusto exquisito para frasear. Estuvo perfecta siempre. Es una de mis favoritas de ese reality siempre la escucho, es un placer para mis oídos.

[@blondieb6946]

Somewhere Over The Rainbow always brings tears to my eyes. I love Katharine’s rendition. Love! ❤️🌈

[@beverlydaniels-reeves729]

You are a winner to the world..American Idols loss!! You are a beautiful girl with a beautiful voice...P.S. Congratulations on baby boy...you will be a fantastic Mom❤

[@claireamer1]

She’s phenomenal ! She’s got the whole package! Such an inspiration! Love her ♥️🎶

[@LisaRobinson0725]

She's got all that it takes .... She must become a STAR. Wow! And refreshing too... Amazing and beautiful voice...

[@Realmasterorder]

She just was too good and too beautifull for the show.

[@benojojojojo6149]

and too good for an old man too.. 😀😀

[@donaldholderdoc2910]

I don't understand how "too good" only finishes in 2nd place?!

[@suzannecurran6009]

Catharine McPhee in 2021 where is she.

[@donaldholderdoc2910]

@@suzannecurran6009 Where is she? In the mist of a Global pandemic, 10 months of Pregnancy and just delivering a child less than a week ago. On every minor and major newspaper, television, Social Media platforms in the free world. I have no freaking idea where she is. Do you?

[@228candi]

@@donaldholderdoc2910 Check her out on Netflix. New show "Country Comfort".

[@CamelliaHill]

I just finished watching her movie, In My Dreams and looked her up. I had no idea Katharine sings. Wow, incredible voice!

[@t.brooks5082]

I love her voice so much!! Always been a fan & I imagine I always will. Such a beautiful voice! She always gives me chill bumps. ♥️♥️

[@jonathankielchua41]

katherine mcphee deserve to be the winner american idol

[@Catalyn25]

I feel the "enthusiasm" in the jury when they talk :)) that envy

[@brucekendall52]

Talented beyond belief.Thk you.

[@ashwong6769]

This is what i called beauty inside out 😍😍 gosh i love her so much. Hope she can come to Malaysia again ❤❤❤ you can tell she's a great singer when she smile while singing 😍😍

[@johnjosephmercadante6664]

Wow, four years ago. I recall Andrea Bocelli was stunned when she just started singing opera in Italian in a get together, his reaction was a meaningful wow. When you get that reaction from this man, no award can equal that response, you have arrived. Funny, I just completed this comment and that clip was included.

[@CatsJams]

All these years since AI seeing and hearing Kat still brings tears to my eyes. Loved her then, love her now.

[@johnnyandrew9083]

Amazing talent! I voted for her so many times!!! ;)

[@noinfo1978]

Classy lady with an awesome control of her musical instrument. Her live version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow is my all time favorite and yes Rod Stewart was right, I would listen to her sing the classics all night long. Also her presentation is just as good, as she can pull off sultry in a way that many modern singers simply can not.

[@victoriajohn6942]

16:52-Been searching the entire internet for a duet in this song for my wedding day thank you beautiful 💞💞🤗

[@ankreviewsreviews3385]

The best ever at working the camera!!!!!

[@cristiannunez2117]

simply just wanna say thanks ! inspiring To the bone💖💗💛

[@sandra969]

She is amazing ..magic

[@elizabethgoco9747]

Winner! Brilliant! Soothing! Angelic! Truly Blest!

[@RobertSilvestri86]

I watched the entire season. Katharine had me from her first audition and put me over the top with "Over The Rainbow". How is it that she finished second to a second rate Elvis wannabe, Taylor Hicks. SMH

[@courtneycoley8487]

Popularity

[@courtneycoley8487]

Katherine should have won!!

[@DENIEL381]

CRAZY SHIT.....ROBERT.

[@pwhit59]

Votes

[@paigejohannesen9681]

bc women are the majority of the vote and yeah....that's about it. she SHOULD have won.

[@fitriesposito6646]

She has a whole packages. She's beautiful and have a good voice. Nice lady and nice smile ever. Lucky for you David Foster 😍👍

[@twinstarr1438]

shes a super star in my eyes

[@FranklinNJ]

She was in Whitney and Mariah's league from the start. No doubt Simon thought she should have won. Rod Stewart and Andrea Bocelli were very impressed with her, love their reaction.

[@mromneyobama]

I just love her voice. I love her.

[@sylviaburgett3863]

Great Singer, had no idea she was that GOOD! And she was So Lucky to meet a Good Man and now is Expecting a Baby!

[@darlafranklin4287]

She is so pretty.I agree with the people who love her. So what she loves an older man who happens to love her very much. He has the means to give her anything she wants. She doesn’t have to have anybody’s permission. I love to see her happiness on stage and off.

[@robertwalsh7966]

A natural singer, actor, and person keep it up Katharine

[@song4mozart]

She's singing Someone to Watch Over Me to David. :)

[@nf2885]

Song Mozart that’s what I said too. She had her plans to catch her rich man back then.

[@melnovit2775]

No one before or since or ever could hold a candle to this God gifted vocalist

[@pupsmom7320]

Except Adam Lambert! She has a beautiful voice , but, Adam has the power and stamina in his voice that makes his voice magnificent!! IMHO!!

[@fiadouglas]

Great natural born singer....excellent.

[@joelleborja2770]

Just want scorpion back

[@60viking]

Yeah me too.

[@gelourdpilla7336]

Walter x Paige

[@mr.balloffur]

She should've won

[@kosmosbjm]

But we all know now that winning AI isn’t that important. Once you’re on the show, your career can blossom irregardless of winning.

[@mr.balloffur]

@@kosmosbjm So? It's about having a fair competition, they railroaded her from the second she stepped on that stage.

[@kosmosbjm]

@@mr.balloffur Fine, I’m not the one you should fight against. I’m on her side, and was just commenting that winning the show doesn’t mean that much as far as a future career, that if you are extremely talented, you will prevail, even if they did not judge you fairly.

[@HannahNoelle2158]

Who won this season? I forgot.

[@nascar88gyrl]

@@HannahNoelle2158 Taylor Hicks

[@MrShoesmad]

Over the rainbow is not a song I really like but I could watch her sing it any time. What a voice and imagine coming home to her every night wow.

[@bkirstie]

she so beautiful angelic voice

[@antoniosantos4354]

I just realized that she is the same Katharine McPhee who is the wife of David Foster, the 17 Grammy award-winning music composer and producer. What a beautiful face and a singing voice that has so many octaves of range. A true and super polished of an entertainer. David is lucky to have her as his wife.

[@verdonix1976]

2024, "Somewhere over the Rainbow" still bringing tears... so beautifully sung.

[@delfingarcia2793]

So pretty lady so awesome voice!

[@josephinefuentez5405]

She probably has the best voice ever to criss American Idol stage

[@lisalwaysunny]

I don't agree but that doesn't negate from the fact that she's amazing! I love how much color she has to her voice

[@nathanconway131]

Definitely one of the best

[@dawnsilver2271]

Her and Candace Glover...agreed!

[@Light_Of_The_Phoenix]

Carrie Underwood? Chris Daughtry? Jordin Sparks? Mandisa? Pia Toscano?

[@TheBeatlesToday]

@@dawnsilver2271 Candace Glover is one of the most underrated winners of Idol!

[@katpack]

What were your favorite idol performances from Kat?!

[@flashfrozen7401]

Her audition and Black Horse and a Cherry Tree are my favorites.

[@GuadalupeValadez]

All of ‘em ALLLLLLLL ALL, i am still crying in DISBELIEF 2019, since 2009, wth was amorICA thinking 🤔 WHEN THEY committed virtual “”CELESTIAL STAR 💫 Character “assassination , come’on SELECTION OF taylor hicks , obviously 🙄 people snorting TOO MUCH coque-cola

[@arlenyholmquist3641]

Kat Pack all of them

[@Melanie-bm7vh]

Always Stunning... Always Sensational.

[@hannahrachelxo2281]

And now she's married to David! I didn't know they've known each other for so long. She's beautiful!

[@uhuhuh1966]

He’s 70 years old and a prolific pop song writer for decades...something tells me she didn’t marry him for their “connection” 🙄

[@dianelawrence2910]

She met him on idol. He mentored them

[@jfagol]

Beautiful and talented

[@justgopherit3454]

Wow! I've been watching the "Scorpion" television series, which I love btw, and had to come check out your singing. You're husbands one hell of a lucky guy Kat. I also read a bit about your ideologies, and it looks like you actually were one of the geniuses on that show. 😉

[@dianahatze1087]

How do she not win??

[@ruthgarren9216]

That was perfect.

[@incognito3391]

wow !!!! what a voice.... I saw her on Netflix Country Comfort, i had no idea who she was. What a voice ! i love the show , its an innocent , nice show and love the fact that she sings on it.

[@larryroberts8809]

American Idol to American mom. Bless the family and hope some of the music of the both parents. Are in the children.❤

[@xianmin3000]

The best of the best of any song at any time.

[@undead.rising]

12:43 - did she know that she was meeting her future husband at the time?

[@WUDAT]

Daddy was planting the seed then.

[@pongritchan3862]

She is so beautiful

[@alexmanzon1796]

Kat, you should have won the American Idol when you competed. I don't know if Simon hurt your chances because he liked you. You're the one that turned out successful compared to the one that won that time.😞

[@tski3458]

amazing talent

[@RonnieStewartJr]

idk why, but Taylor, Chris, and Elliot singing backup made me cftu

[@stanleycraig4218]

I liked her on Scorpion, I never knew she was on American Idol. Before my wife died we never watched AI. So this is all new to me this year. Same goes for AGT, I never watched it until this year. My wife was very jealous so I didn't get to see a lot of stuff. Being able to finally see what I missed is like the world opening up for me. I really missed a lot. I feel like a new person.

[@diablo09121972]

She is soooo beautiful!

[@twoblink]

Got to hear her in real life; was exceptional; I didn't even know she sang; I just knew her from Scorpion...

[@bfebrian]

me too, just start watching scorpion season 1, she is beautiful and wow, she can sing

[@kevincorcoran7629]

Albert Yang watch her on Smash

[@unidan82]

3 great voices in the top 4.... and the not-great one WON - still crazy.

[@rubyrubes4121]

What song are they singing at 12:16

[@JWG1234]

She should've won her season! She was the STAR and still is!!

[@cecilialayer459]

Very excellent Voice you have. And you are very friendly Lady too. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@FPD9850]

When she sang Are you Lonesome Tonight, she reminded me of Crystal Gayle. Beautiful voice.

[@dannystern1287]

You are awesome Kat!

[@hydrolito]

Hound Dog was originally sung by Big Mama Thornton.

[@MakeUpByBar]

I miss those days so Much!!!!!!!

[@rachray83]

Katherine + The Standards = 😍

[@BATTLEGAMES10]

so for me which were the best in all that this this man has seen a beautiful woman❤️😘

[@LarryeWhite61]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BridgidMcAuley]

Your awesome Kathrine!!

[@annanadal6101]

wow and hats off to her dynamics. If you sing, or attempt to, you know what I mean.