Kristin Chenoweth sings the national anthem

Oklahoma native Kristin Chenoweth sings the national anthem before the start of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City between the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011.

[@broadwaymike92]

Can Kristin sing at the Superbowl for once?!!!!

[@Highinsight7]

really... what a voice!!!

[@WmsonTree]

That's the way you sing our National Anthem! Thanks Kristin! Thanks for posting. "A Song has no better friend than Kristin Chenoweth!"

[@kjs498]

Fergie needs to take notes.

[@SummerPartyDawson]

She has the most amazing voice I've ever heard

[@SwingSwindlers]

I grow to like her more and more!

[@alainabrinton5298]

This is all kinds of amazing and not even her best one. *I like her anthem at Yankee stadium best, but not sure when that was* She is on just another level from everyone else.

[@Ihdc1]

+Alaina Brinton Have you heard Renee Fleming sing this? She has a similar vocal style to Chenoweth (Fleming is an opera singer) but more powerful. She sang at the 2014 super bowl and IMO she's the best of them all.

[@ayyydrian4182]

She said “oh hi let me just do this a cappella real quick”

[@derfranz5770]

Exactly, because duh…!

[@appleleonardomichaelangelo773]

she has a very unique voice

[@eustazio]

it's a hard life being a soprano! she did amazing

[@wikingsweden7464]

I like the introduction, that guy can talk 👍

[@loribarton2501]

She is just so good

[@timburns4880]

How does that MUCH voice come out of that little body?

[@elle9543]

Right proper version it is. 😊

[@AllenJones-w3p]

Magnificent!

[@dorindadouglas2847]

So beautiful!!!

[@senseijosesuave]

Holy cow.

[@marilyntaylor223]

Beautifully done.

[@patrickwatters7555]

I can't sing, it's so annoying. 😟

[@elcometadelmisterioact2418]

She was in a hurry to get out of there or what?

[@paulfrels3590]

BRILLIANT!!!!

[@davidhinton8654]

always great to hear a real rendition... little know fact that any variation on the original version of the anthem is, technically, ILLEGAL

[@Xloi63]

litigation, an american tradition

[@georgedunn320]

Well, I've certainly heard worse, but as a matter of fact, the Anacreontic tune is a hard, wide-ranging one, and quite enough of a challenge for a decent singer, so somehow putting flourishes on it to demonstrate that one is an _exceptional_ singer introduces a factor of boastfulness which, for me at least, somewhat spoils the song.