Nichelle Lewis Sings ‘Home’ from Broadway’s ‘The Wiz’

Nichelle Lewis takes to the “Jennifer Hudson Show” stage! The singer performs “Home” from the Broadway musical “The Wiz.”
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[@misstunes1765]

Stephanie, Whitney and Liz Wright's renditions are all Terrific! Sister Nichelle would make all of them proud. And let's give the piano player some, he was wonderful!

[@patrickb.phillips9848]

The piano player is the music director of the current Broadway production.

[@misstunes1765]

@@patrickb.phillips9848 No wonder he accompanied her in all the right ways. Thanks for the tip!

[@xxamazingjayxx]

her vocal clarity is to DIE for! even with all of the added runs and opt ups, i can still clearly understand her. i can’t wait to hear her on broadway!!!

[@Rosannasfriend]

She literally almost had me falling out of my chair. So damn good! I love her different, vocal, tonal qualities that she was playing around with, especially at the end, it added so much interest and so much feeling to her performance. This girl is a star!

[@POObumpoopo]

She was cute! You can tell she's brand new from the nervous interview, but the voice has so much power. I also love Jazmine Sullivan's rendition.

[@brendanmatthew8563]

I was lucky enough to see this legend in the show on Broadway two weeks ago... she and it were BRILLIANT!!

[@ALJacksonBSNRN]

AMAZING! One of my favorite songs. I hope Stephanie Mills sees this ❤

[@annabaldwin1806]

Beautiful! I think of when Michael and Diana ! She was amazing!

[@AAPierre10]

Her focus, intentionality, and vocal storytelling is extraordinary. Saw her live and she was incredible!

[@michiganred3579]

Nichelle Lewis is absolutely gorgeous and her voice is spectacular. Such a GREAT performance by this talented Beautiful Black Queen.🔥👸🏽💥 Thank you Jhud for your continued efforts in showing the amazing talent of our young people. You truly are and you have always been an amazingly Beautiful Black Queen and awesome role model for so many young people who may otherwise never be given these great opportunities to be seen, to be heard, or, to be recognized.🔥👸🏽💥💙

[@josefernandoazcona502]

Melinda Doolittle did this song on Idol Season 6 and it was Epic! That's the only version I like. ❤

[@AnotherAgain]

Yes Nichelle😍😍😍 She is beautiful and talented. I cried one the first time I heard her sing.

[@coolness06]

I saw her live in San Francisco. She was even better in person!!! The New York audiences are going to love her.

[@theetev]

SHE BETTER SANG 🙌🏿🙌🏿

[@lavaedacoulter3421]

I got chills listening to young lady blow this song. She is definitely young, gifted and black. Don’t stop singing Baby! You definitely have a gift that blesses those who hear you.🥰❤️💕

[@alanrandall3098]

You "killed it" Baby Girl! 😍

[@johnathantaylor5913]

Must be honest: I've only ever heard this song sung by the late, great Whitney Houston -- recorded decades ago. And I have to say, this rendition was just as equally beautiful and powerful and gave a completely fresh perspective. What an incredible talent you are, Nichelle.

[@ArtTheSinger]

Stephanie Mills is the originator of it.

[@deborahpage4973]

Stephanie Mills came before Whitney. ❤️

[@TruthSerum101]

You're only heard Whitney's version??????????????? That's mind boggling.

[@ruthsanders5391]

When you get a moment, youtube Stephanie Mills Home She is the original singer of this song. Her voice will blow you away, not taking anything away from Whitney or this singer Nichell.

[@user-ec6me8xf8s]

Stephanie Mills then Diana Ross also

[@readingsbygenevieve8479]

Girl did that. ❤❤❤

[@jlcii]

OMG in tears!! Yeah, she sang that forreal!

[@lisaschaffel266]

Michelle Lewis has a beautiful singing voice, The Wiz is one of my favorite broadway musicals 💚💚💚🌈🌈🌈

[@joabtaremwa2083]

Rainbow

[@EMM1908]

*Nichelle

[@Browngirl1050]

WOW!! Job well done. 👏🏾👏🏾

[@traceycrawley9220]

Jennifer she looks like you she favorite you alot❤❤❤

[@dr.ijeziedesbois]

🎉

[@henrytudor8537]

Really fantastic. Wow😊

[@PamelaBluitt-zs2bh]

BEAUTIFUL VOICE!!! SHE MADE IT HER OWN!!! BRAVO!!! 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 ❤

[@bettyclark9598]

Simply BEAUTIFUL GOD BLESS KEEP GOING and always keep God first. You will be blessed like Jennifer Hudson she’s a miracle. 🥰83 yr old J HUD viewer

[@evonza4858]

Stephanie Mills was Superb,🥰 Dianna Ross was Delightful 🥰and this young Sista is Awesome too 🥰👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💚💙💛💜❤️

[@trueblue8869]

What a beautiful voice. So pure and resonate!!!

[@genevabrown7982]

Yes honey you did that I’m in tears🎉🎉🎉

[@renahamilton6712]

I have always loved the song. It reminds me when I was 3 years old and my grandmother. Helped me learn how to walk after I had surgery on my legs. It is a beautiful song. Thank you for the song.Touches my heart and my soul every time I hear It.Because it reminds me of my grandmother Did I love dearly

[@monique-michellesmith786]

Her stage performance was nice. That song represents despair and unwanted challenges in world she doesn't understand and her struggle has to be real!!

[@misstunes1765]

Why would you say she doesn't understand?

[@monique-michellesmith786]

In the script of the Wiz she doesn't understand "Why she is there in the land of OZ" @@misstunes1765

[@Dolittlesart]

Oh my goodness! I have listened to that song countless times in my sixty three years of life, and never, ever have I heard a rendition as uniquely beautiful as that! Awesome baby girl star! Awesome!❤️ I’m buying my tickets now.

[@stephanietaylor2351]

MY GOD!!! THIS LITERALLY PULLED TEARS FROM MY EYES!!!!!! WOWWWWWW!!!!!

[@HazelOct]

I had tears in my eyes!!

[@JohnnySqueaky]

I had tears in my eyes and was standing up worshipping by the end. Just wow!

[@janiceeverage1252]

Excellent Performance 🎵🎤🎤🎧🎤🎶💞💞

[@jenniferbradshaw6025]

Beautiful voice.

[@ProfitableTechnology88]

YES INDEED🖖🏼👏🏿🌞🌟🌻🕊💖...

[@iago07]

I saw her in the San Francisco run of the show and she’s FANTASTIC. I must say that they definitely RAISED the key on Dorothy’s songs (she is vocally in the stratosphere 85% of the time)… and Ms. Lewis absolutely holds her own. She will be a front runner for the Tony Award…

[@robertantonnyc]

from your mouth to God's ears. I sure hope so.

[@AndeD-]

Yes girl 🎉I loved it!

[@user-kz1pq7vi8u]

That was awesome, she sang beautifully

[@janiceeverage1252]

She Did And Amazing Job, Singing Was So Warm ❤️ And Amazing !! Excellent!!♥️♥️♥️

[@myaccount9226]

Ooo she ate that

[@jmorg044]

Down

[@marydhattkiddrail0577]

She's amazing great voice

[@dancerguy07]

I had the honor of seeing her perform in LA for pre broadway previews and lemme tell you! She got a THUNDEORUS applause after and tears down my face it was SO GOOD

[@LadyTheLaddy]

she wasn't there when i saw it sadly but it was still good!

[@ML-xh6rd]

Lucky you! I'm sure the production is amazing. Maybe it will come to my city during the national tour so I can see it.

[@dajialaw220]

She makes me excited for the future musically

[@jeffreymonestime4436]

My guy, PAUL BYSSAINTHE JR. on keys!!!!!! Amazing performance!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Blazing on @JenniferHudsonShow

[@misstunes1765]

I was looking for this comment, thank you! Yes, gotta "give the piano player some", he was wonderful!

[@iamgoddess9790]

Oh my goodness, Jennifer Hudson and this singer they look just a like

[@amyraab8326]

Beautiful 🫶🏻 Can’t wait to go see the show !

[@ashlinduker548]

THIS IS MY FRIEND FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL! YOU GO NICHELLE YEEESSSSS 😍😍😍😍 SO PROUD OF YOU

[@mrentertainment1630]

Someone needs to start a petition online to get her on the Tony Awards stage and perform that number!

[@tonyvillarreal7776]

Good performance.

[@DocVancouver]

🔥Amazing! ❤️👏🏼

[@janemcfadden4801]

Its awesome to listen to a new talent who had me spellbound! Im a fan Love it scrolling through KZbin and this happens ! You slayed it girl ❤

[@Himthepoet]

absolutely stellar! 💪✨💪✨💪✨

[@SignedLoveTheArtist]

Sensational! 👏🏾👏🏾✨✨

[@justfab7959]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@janicejohnson8820]

Awesome

[@lavenberry]

Nichelle reminds me of Normani. I can't wait to watch Nichelle's trajectory. Her only way is up!🔥

[@musicartistchannel]

We see Naturi Naughton taking in this role and song👍

[@Rosannasfriend]

That’s who she actually looks like. A lot of people saying she looks like Jennifer, and I see that a little bit, but much more like naturi.

[@wesleykaysan1724]

Maravilhosa ❤

[@tabathastaples7884]

Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! "Getting Down to Where the Rubber Meets the Road" ....... Amen

[@latanyamabry8899]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@tanyahewitt7040]

❤❤❤

[@undinawallace6392]

❤❤❤❤she looks just like jenifer Hudson

[@michellewalker7522]

Look up Jazmine Sullivan singing this song at eleven years old! OMG!

[@danielleduverney6741]

So true was the best Jasmine sullivan

[@PR-ko3ol]

Superb. Still favorite version is from Stephanie Mills

[@ciarrajohnson3849]

Amen. She would love this. This is the shit♥️ #BlackBroadway

[@barbarabullock4965]

Nice job but my favorite version is Stephanie Mills always.

[@ciarrajohnson3849]

Stpehanie knows this belongs to her. KEN CHOSE HER (Duuuh! Bottle up the life she gave him meeting her…)👊🏿👊🏿💯

[@TheSassyTruth]

Saw her live twice in the wiz incredible. I’ll be honest I think she sounds a little strained here probably the overwhelming amount of shows she’s been doing on tour and then broadway. If you get the chance to see her live do it absolutely worth it!

[@ryancortes5470]

She sounds like a younger Jennifer Hudson!!!

[@Dondidi10]

Crazy to know that the show host can sing almost any song better than any of her guests

[@nadinethomas-brown8817]

Jazmine Sullivan has a version from when she was eleven that was fantastic too

[@bw9062]

I wish they would add more to the orchestra on this tour

[@brianfraley]

Great phrasing

[@lucasr621]

Not very specific with the storytelling but she’s talented. This was a beautiful and clean rendition. Clean riffs, clean runs, just a little general with the storytelling for me. Felt like a vocal showcase rather than Dorothy’s summation of her life in Oz. Maybe it’s nerves. Either way kudos for her to making it

[@stephenphil1593]

Looks like a younger JHud, and can realllllllllly sang🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@user-md7un7lf5c]

After she has song it 100 times she will find her Homeland. Right now I’m not feeling it

[@MMA-rc3mv]

In some areas on her voice and tonality and melisma reminded me of whitneys alittle bit.

[@SophiaM-le1hx]

What about Stephanie mills??

[@classyboy04]

What about her?

[@prettymuchbrooklynn]

Yall need to watch Jazmin Sullivan at age 11 performing this

[@ellajones9844]

Wow nobody can TOUCH stefanie mills! She was original and nobody comes close

[@ArtTheSinger]

I fell asleep, woke back up, and this was still on😅

[@na.s.7157]

U betta do those voice acrobatics

[@ScorpionSongbird]

Head voice is beautiful, but I missing that chest voice

[@thndercat1]

Diana Ross version had more feeling

[@blasianbro]

🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

[@kaypouncil1728]

I like the STEPHAINE Mills version better

[@dm3889]

She can definitely sing but her vocal choices from a musical standpoint were umm… interesting. It was hard to get into it. It felt busy.

[@GalaxyNexus1]

I agree. I didn't like it. And the "so full of love" at the end was stolen from and done better by Shaniece Williams in NBC's The Wiz Live.

[@Its_Xtian_Bih]

MJ Rodriguez version is the only one I like of this song. The way she sings it with Billy Porter is simple yet powerful.

[@GalaxyNexus1]

LOL

[@truthmatters7298]

Seems like Jennifer’s little sister

[@jmorg044]

Jhud doesn’t seem that “ excited “ probably cuz she sang the house down

[@philipscalice1408]

She has an amazing voice but please slow the song down ,, this song is best when it’s slower ! Sorry not a fan of this fast version !

[@bw9062]

I saw it in Chicago and couldn't believe how bad the orchestra was

[@kimberlymoyer1232]

JHud your people need to hear from Rihanna Giddens!!!!!!

[@ekouekoffi]

Jonhy Emmanuel did the best rendition of this song on the voice Australia.she did well but I wasn’t connected. Just saying my opinion though

[@craigallyn]

She has a great voice and incredible control. But she was thinking about the vocal gymnastics and not really being the character, like Stephanie or Whitney. She can, if she'd trust her voice, let that go (and let go of the mic, too!) and focus on the story. Easier said than done. And I'm sure she was nervous to be on Jennifer's show. She has a great future.

[@ekouekoffi]

Of course I knew threre something mixing . I did not enjoy this

[@user-wx3lo3eo5h]

Saw the original with Stephanie Mills - much prefer the original

[@TruthSerum101]

She "acts" the song well.

[@tjaaug]

Yes she does, Great point!!!

[@crazyguy98456978]

Where’s the soul?

[@dmyers4712]

I was looking for this comment.

[@scottfoster1553]

Nice voice, but this song, which is essentially one big crescendo that builds and builds, did not have the same impact with her stylistic choices. She needs to be more patient with this song and not give away the punch until the real climax of the song.

[@user-wx3lo3eo5h]

Nichelle Lewis has a fine voice no doubt and no disrespect to her achievement, but I saw the original Wiz and Stephanie Mills and much prefer the original.

[@KINGLEO-blessed]

Cissy Houston should’ve done the arrangement. But congratulations to her.

[@dariencoffee94]

Cynthia erivo would SMASH this song!

[@george4u1960]

I like her but these younger kids today sound the same. Miss Stephanie mills voice and tone of her voice can absolutely never be duplicated. We have talent in the 70s have own special style now everything is cloned, but she did a good job.

[@Jessanangel]

Don't wear those glasses again, #MrsMagoo