Lisa Leuschner-Sweet Thing

American Idol Season 3
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[@RobertoBotello]

17 years later and I'm here tracking down this performances... Again! Incredible. Not to name names, but there were definitely some spots in that Top 12 that should have been hers! And Season 3, in my opinion, had some is the most talented singers Idol has ever seen. And I count Lisa as one of them, regardless of her finishing position. 👏🏽

[@machoman1016]

I only considered 4 maybe 5 of the finalists to be strong and the rest were duds.

[@micfl0]

Literally why I’m on here

[@donbaydrpr]

I was shocked she didn't make it to Top 12 that time.

[@rogeh5687]

After all these years and watching these Idol performances, this is frankly one of the only one that holds up in terms of someone being able to sing on key, make it her own and deliver outstanding vocal dynamics. She was robbed. Simon was such an asshole to her and what he said would never fly in today's day & age.

[@BandBoy1410]

Forever upset that she didn't make the top 12.

[@thrillkillerz]

@sboudreaux27 Watching this again after ALL these years later and I'd say I'm kind of annoyed Lisa didn't get through to the finals. Especially in this group, holy shit! lol

[@thrillkillerz]

​@sboudreaux27 I would like to think Lisa would've made it to Top 8 (Outlasting Matt, Amy, and Camile)

[@marieconstantia4441]

I loved her voice.

[@jay1hi547]

Me too! Sounded just a bit like Mariah at least to me.

[@CJRambler]

Most robbed semi finalist EVER! If she had placed in the Top 12, she would have been a huge threat. That whole wildcard "some sing, some don't" idea was a joke! Unbelievable voice that I prefer to almost all the top 12 with the exception of Diana, Latoya, and Jennifer. (Sorry, didn't get Fantasia then and I still don't). Thank you for uploading this!

[@Domeju]

my pleasure to upload. and I agree and respect your opinion about Fantasia.

[@jeremyhodge6216]

I myself thought she was robbed. One of the best voices of that season 😃

[@eedgerton769]

All I remember about her was how badly she was robbed and how ridiculous Simon was constantly talking about her weight and her looks. I still have this performance recorded and on my iPod.

[@preshus2043]

I STILL love her rendition.

[@Bruddahlekii]

The studio version on Spotify is 🔥🔥🔥ever since this performance I only listen to her version haha 🫶🏾

[@avril14thlove]

I know Lisa personally and have sung with her in choir - she's so lovely and was totally robbed on AI.

[@michelle1374]

to this day-everytime i hear u sing i get chills.

[@madelinewise8692]

Fantastic voice. She should have won.

[@sharonmenezes624]

1..2...3 : ROBBED! I loved how even having a big voice she worked with restriction/not going overboard work with powerfull and soft notes (with was a problem for some singers that year, even J. Hudson)

[@seal3081]

Hudson still has that problem tbh

[@Cmc995]

Lowkey the best voice that season! Sucks that she didn’t make it

[@patdorn4436]

Beautiful voice!

[@JD-sj8to]

I voted for her.

[@twain68]

I'm sorry..I love Chaka but this perfomance get me chills and i can hear this over and over again... and yes she was robbed... she was over Diana... Lisa i love you since this episode and thank God you have a real gift with your voice

[@michelle1374]

she should have won! shes amazing love you Lisa

[@rahmielcastillo8816]

I still love this girl! One of my faves of Season 3

[@alika207]

She is amazing! I wish she had made it!

[@joshuahelton5323]

Hands down one of my favorites!!! She was robbed. I remember voting my tail off for her. 😢

[@vinsukun_]

I looooved her on this season when I watched it as a kid lol.

[@babyboylovesmusic]

She definitely should have made Top 12 her year.

[@Cmc995]

She was better than any female on this season!

[@adeinr3652]

This is flawless i think she can go far because her voice is so distinctive and yeah i think i replace matt with lisa though

[@EvanRockwell1]

I'm STILL upset that she didn't make it to the live shows. She's the reason why I know this song. She has pipes. I hope she's still singing. ALSO, SHE WAS NEVER "FAT"!!! She's skinny by today's standards!!!!!

[@tbewin]

Awesome performance, should have made Top 12

[@belizeanalienify]

She sang better than most of the top 12 that season.

[@jeromephilipricamata7837]

2020 and I still think she was robbed. :(

[@joet.walker7645]

She was really good! By far better than anyone in group 2. Group 2 was terrible

[@morralo]

beautiful woman

[@chermccollum153]

I was looking for her auditipn on American idol.

[@everythingisaprocess]

I disagree with Simon. It WAS fantastic. At first..I was like "what is she going to do with that song"? But, I was pleasantly surprised....it was AWESOME!

[@jamescoppolino9144]

by far the only good performance in that whole episode

[@ClappingForChlamydia]

agreed. i remember this episode as the single worst night during any American Idol history. this one was good... and amazing by comparison to the others.

[@theBeatsbyj]

Where is she today she is so awesome!!

[@dbeecooks]

Always pissed me off that she did go further. This is a damn hard song to sing and she did great! And Simon was such a prick.

[@dbeecooks]

I meant "didn't" go further...............

[@unidan82]

Never been so angry as i was when they didn't even let her sing. RUDE. she should have had leah Labelle's place (RIP)

[@osahju914]

rip?

[@unidan82]

josh miller rest in peace????

[@osahju914]

But she’s not dead...?

[@osahju914]

Well, I guess she is..:

[@unidan82]

josh miller Leah Labelle died in January this year.

[@ryanwatson1689]

ROBBEDROBBBEDROBBEDROBBED ROBBEDROBBEDDDDDDDDDDD

[@robertstanley9633]

To this day, she was robbed!

[@robertstanley9633]

Here again to say that Lisa Leuschner from Watsonville should have advanced

[@jay1hi547]

I 💯 agree! Lisa was awesome! It was so cruel for the judges and producers to bring her back only to tell her she wasn't going to perform again.

[@jacobboe7711]

Do you have the results show from this group? That is the only episode of Idol I can't find anywhere.

[@ALICIAMARIE415]

She was one of the best singers and she was robbed im still upset to this day maybe if she auditioned in a later season she would have made it further Simon was a a$$hole to her.

[@Bruddahlekii]

I hated that she didn't make the top 12! I think the reason why is that this season was dominated by FEMALES and so when the wildcard came around they mostly had females in the top 12 hence why the next season they changed the top 32 and separating them into girl groups and guy groups and having an even top 12 with 6 girls and 6 guys in the top 12. Season 3 had 8 Girls and 4 guys.

[@sisellalamp7879]

Were any of her auditions aired and do you have them available to upload?

[@Domeju]

I think maybe. I can try to get them if I can. I don't know about Hollywood Week though. the wiki isn't giving me enough information about that.

[@Domeju]

ok I looked, it doesn't seem like her auditions were aired. so I'm not sure theres anything I can really upload. so sorry about that. I tried my best :(

[@Bruddahlekii]

Her audition was aired during this season she sang "Vision Of Love" i have the clip if you want to upload it haha and she also sang "Saving All My Love For You" for Season 2. they were both aired on special episodes of American Idol but her audition for season 2 was only a snippet!

[@Domeju]

oh really, I didn't know that. the wiki wasn't giving me much information and the episodes I looked at didn't have it. I guess they're harder to find. but yes if you do have the auditions that would be helpful.

[@Bruddahlekii]

Domeju I'll send it to you so u can upload them ok? :))

[@gingerwretched3320]

Simon would be cancelled today with those comments

[@rogerleearts]

She was amazing. Maybe the producers and judges felt like her voice was too similar to Kelly Clarkson?

[@travishunterbrown]

She could've won.

[@singingsince89]

She was ROBBED. Her and Tiara Purifoy not being able to sing during the wildcard show, was wrong. She has some Mariah Carey similarities in her voice to me.

[@sharonmenezes624]

They didnt allowed her to sing because they knew it would be hard to have a excuse not to choose her and they needed to advance at least two more guys (George and JPL) and have one fodder (Leah).

[@singingsince89]

Videos Banheira that entire some sing some don't, was the worst thing that happened during idols run. Smh 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Domeju]

considering how bad this group was, she deserved to go through more so than others did. I still can't believe Matt Rogers made it through after that terrible performance that I just so happened to put in my worst of season 3 list. and not mention way high up there.

[@singingsince89]

Domeju He was horrible and as much it hurts me to say it (because she was the sweetest) so was Camille. Lisa should've been the first person to go through in this group.

[@Domeju]

I agree. Camille had cool style, but Lisa was better.

[@user-xk4kd7fn6o]

Real shame they got rid of this girl. But i seem to have kind of figured out why they did it. She was in the most awful group in Idol history (group 2 season 3) and couldnt make it through (while matt rogers did?!?) the judges probably took that into concideration that she just did not have a lot of voters during the time and that fans probably would split the vote between her and other contestants. Regardless, she sung waaaay better than a quite big part of the top 12 finalists.

[@tofutoph]

She was so robbed and I'm sure they got rid of her because of her "look." Sometimes I feel like Simon can be such a hack when it comes to evaluating talent. He liked someone as mediocre as Carmen Rasmusen probably because he thought she was pretty, but Lisa who has more talent gets scoffed at because of her look. Tells you why the success rate on this show doesn't always follow through.

[@jordn4557]

0:51 Reason why she didn't make it far.

[@Arek.Arkadiusz]

She sounds a lot like Kelly Clarkson.

[@StreamHypeBoyByNewJeans]

No. Clean ur ears

[@Arek.Arkadiusz]

@@StreamHypeBoyByNewJeansYes. Get a brain. Their high notes a very simmilar - raspy and opened. She also likes to use distortioin like Kelly. Compare this with Respect or Moment Like This of Kelly.