Covering songs by Whitney Houston is widely understood to be a text-book no-no for today’s crop of stars. However, Keri Hilson shunned such apprehension when she tackled the legend’s 1992 classic ‘I Have Nothing’ at the BMI Pop Awards last night.
Hilson performed the fan-favourite in honour of its writer David Foster. Check out how she fared after the jump…
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Rita Ora would slayed this h**
# MAJOOOOR FAIIIILLLLL OMG HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHA!!!!
oh no.. why? why wud anyone put their fingers on the fence of a lion’s cage??? why?
No.
SMH, what’s next?
Rihanna covering Patti Labelle’s ‘If Only You Knew’?
This is a big NO-NO.
oh hell no
I can’t!! I don’t know what to say…I think she should be arrested. Stick to song writing & lip-singing.
JOSEPH!!! lol pissing my pants here just imagining that
she needs to be shot
No-No!!!!!
B**** please!!!
0.o ?
Why?
In other news: go to youtube and watch ‘I wanna be on Glee’ video by Todrick Hall and tell me wat u think bcuz im in disbelief
Ok?
I like Keri Hilson but she had no business……I mean NO BUSINESS destroying this classic! She completely out of her element and was completely overpowered by the arrangement….I could not even make it through 33 seconds I feel so sorry for those in the audience!! NO MA’AM!!!
LMAOO.. listen i think she needs to cover a ashanti song… let beyonce ,jennifer hudson or even lady gaga take this big songs…lmaoooo EPIC FAIL
Go 2 youtube and watch the ‘I wanna be on Glee’ video by Todrick Hall and tell me ur honest opinion
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! S***! And her hair, though?
Now I loves me sum Keri, lord knows I do! But when I saw the headline, I went Damn in my head. I just don’t understand why she would do this to herself. I have Nothing is such an task to undertake and while I think Keri can sing, she was better off not doing this disservice to herself. I still loves ya Keri but no…just no.
WELL AT LEAST SHE LOOKS PRETTY!!!!
TIFFANY EVANS WOULD SLAY THIS NON SINGIN BISHH!!
SMH!!!! That was a HOT BLAZING MESS!!! EPIC FAIL!
The f***?
I……………………just………………
*cue Ciara’s Speechless*
Well,she is not Whitney she is Keri… with that said I think she did ok.
@queenbey will always s*** on your fave…
to me it just seemed a bit over the top. he would be a good choice i guess, but i just got annoying watching it. the dancing wasnt THAT great, but kudos to him for the song
And i laughed straight away, dunno what Keri thinks shes trying. i want to know who told her she should sing the song and what idiots told her it sounded good while she was rehearsing, cus they need to not be in the music biz anymore
Keri hilson…..WHY!!!! U WHAT JUST NO!!
hahahahaha CHILE!!!!!!!!!! i wont say nuffin!!!!! hahahahahaha….
and also why the hell is she moving away from the mic like her voice is powerful enough to be heard. it isnt. and what makes it worse is that she really looks like she is trying so hard. and this is what comes out. i feel for her.
http://www.gifsoup.com/view7/2505443/george-clooney-laughing-o.gif
(faints on first listen…) Never again…
Keri Hilson should apologize to Whitney Houston for singing her song. How rude of her…with her low ass register.
She looks beautiful.
Keri barely could do Janet in Pretty Girl rock, why is she taking on a Whitney song ( when she was in her peak)? Keri’s way too ambitious right now!
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LMFAO and SMDH! Wow, right when the video started playing I was like “HM!” Her vocals cracked several times and she’s extremely pitchy! This b**** cannot sing. She’s an okay singer at best but not much of a damn singer. Why the hell would she even make more of a fool out of herself?
She has a nice voice for the low parts, but not the high ones.
lol!! erm no… lacked plenty
Leave Keri Alone
Rihanna got a contract by murdering Mariah song ?! so what …Do you skeri
OUCH!!
I like Keri but this aint it boo boo! This performance reminds me of Toni Braxton trying to sing a tribute song to Stevie Wonders a few years back……ewww what a hot mess that was! 🙂
I agree with @kat deluna!
This song was simply not in her vocal range! She should have tried another song or arranged the song differently! IMO
she sings it better than whitney does it today.
ummm they shoulda let tiffany evans sing that because she slayed that song when she sang it ….watch her sing it here —–> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEA7AuD9hVs&playnext=1&list=PL6F01F1F4882398C5
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SOMEONE SAID LADY GAGA WOULD SLAY THAT SONG……I CAN’T LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU’LL KIDS NEED HELP THO LADY GAGA WITH THAT VOICE??? THAT CHICK AIN’T NOTHING SPECIAL THE B**** IS ALL SMOKE N MIRRORS HER OUT FITS ARE SPECIAL THO… OH N KERI GURLLLLL BYE!!!!!!
She needs to be slapped 13 times for that madness. Stop yourself.
@UMMM- Lol, I thought he did pretty good. Ur right it was kinda over da top but so is Glee. It reminded me of d Glee episode.
this is the reason Whitney had to go back to Rehab.
Dead at Kesha cole and Lil kim beef on twitter -_-
Omggggg
u shady b****…..lol
TERRIBLE.
Why o why would she do this to her already struggling career? I mean gurl #Bye
Was this a joke? She can’t possibly be serious? Horrid.
It was a 33 second clip, i want to see more before i judge. It didn’t sound horrible, it sounded like keri hilson and keri can sing so….
TIFFANY EVANS DID THIS BETTER
@queenbey will always s*** on ur fave…..
I thought it was pretty good…..the rap part was….umm…Okay…..but not great but overall it did look like a glee performance.
Oh, and are you Todrick??
Now as for Keri doing this song I’ll have to comment later can’t see the vid right now.
oh my, why kerri, why! this was mess.com all the way turned up! lmbo!
RIHAANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA GET OUT OF THIS BODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
an she comes for beyonce with those vocals…? #bitchplease
Her tiny voice is getting wrecked by the song
And then the falsetto notes at the end are pitchy
SCAREY HILSON… GIRL TAKE SEVERAL SEATS
REALLY????! Okay, Keri, you got the late-90s-Whitney Look going but the vocals, No Ma’am.
OH MY GOOOODNesssss *shaneneh jenkins voice* No keri NO
Come on it was OK
EPIC FLOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #LOSER NOT A WINNER. KERIL B**** SHOULD JUST GIVE IT UP ALREADY. FIRST SHE F**** UP THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND NOW A WHITNEY SONG. YOU ONLY GET SO MANY CHANCES… SMFH!!
that was all the crap…… maybe she should cover a Posh Spice sing next, seems more in her range
Well she sang it BETTER than current Whitney dats for sure. Current Whitney has LOST her voice
LMAO! I cant believe she just Humiliated herself like that. That song is TOOOOO BIIIIGGGG for you Ms.Keri!!! Keri your voice is too weak for that song!!!
LOL WOW that was HORRIBLE!!!!! Lol she trying to prove that she should be considered 1 of the Voices and she Epically FAILED!!!!!
Keri girl BYE!
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LMAO.
Why in the HELL would she do that?? Like….omg
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That was Almost JUST as bad as Ciara Covering Michael Jackson!
ROFL …Ciara & Keri Should form a club F.F.B (Flop, Failing, B******)
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Honestly, the cover wasn’t horrible. However, of course her version is no where near on Whitney’s level. In fact, I don’t think anyone can perform the song better than Ms. Houston in her hay day.
That was not it miss keri baby
Her voice is not that powerful for that song Whitney we know only one hit home run with that song…
I enjoyed every bit of it. A laugh well needed.LOL!!!!!!! Never come for Whitney’s wig ever again ok Skeri!!!!!!!
SMH! Po Keri! Just when I thought she couldn’t embarass herself any further after that National Anthem flub, she does this! Did she pick this song to sing herself…or did they ask her to sing it?? Either way this was NOT IT! The worst part was the facial expressions she was making as if she was ‘killing it’! Chile……..
Keri is a dope songwriter, her album is fire and she has great single material, but she just keeps giving lackluster performances and I think that makes people ignore her music. She NEVER kills it! It’s either , ok to decent, to bad, to horrible! SMDH! She never WOWS! Plus her look isn’t really well put together.
I keep rooting for her, but then stuff like this just makes me go….blah! She hasn’t proven herself at least with a live performance that she is worthy of any real shine. I truly think that maybe she is just better off sticking to songwriting cause she just doesn’t seem like she has what it takes to be a bigger star. Even her features on other artist songs don’t get her any shine. It’s like she is cursed. SMH!
wow
May 18, 2011 at 4:14 pm
TIFFANY EVANS WOULD SLAY THIS NON SINGIN BISHH!!
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Yaaaasssss! Tiffany Evans cover of this slaaaaaaayyyyyed! She sung it better than anyone else I have ever heard cover this song. She was the best since Whitney. She deserves so much more shine that all these other non singing twits! SMH!
Leo
May 18, 2011 at 5:15 pm
she sings it better than whitney does it today.
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True! Whitney’s voice is loooong gone. Keri could most definitely out sing her now. It’s a sad day when you realize Keri Hilson can out sing Whitney Houston.
This b**** is bold.
I don’t even like this chick but after watching that i’m crying on her behalf, what the f*** was that
Oh hell no!!
Come on Keri… You should know better..
Go cover a Janet song.. Maybe, … Better yet, just go sit down
Nontheless… That takes a lot of balls Keri…
Applaud for courage, cause your “talent” keeps the audience quiet
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Keri you have not arrive. Even Rhianna would have sound better . A big epic fail on you part. Wow your career is offically oooooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr
over over over.
Okay, it’s obvious she can sing,
But this song is too much for her.
she wasnt that bad, she was actually good
sorry sleep on whitney if you want to, even today she can slay this song better than keri- no one should touch a whitney song. It’s her TONE that can’t be duplicated and her vibrato.
I kept hearing Whitney’s voice as keri sung and keri’s voice was just weak, she had no vibrato or range andher imitating whitney’s move was just whack!
Stay in your lane MsKeriBaby!
she should stick to singing in the shower!
I like Keri, but …no, this ain’t it.
i don’t normally comment on these things…..but she should know better….
Wow….OK I THINK KERI IS AN OK ARTIST BUT THIS RIGHT WAS A MESS…I CAN’T BELIVE THEY LET HER DO THIS I MEAN REALLY…WOW I NEED A DRINK AFTER THIS RIGHT HERE…
Oh lawd….
Nicole should’ve covered this instead…she would’ve nailed it! Keri…what a disgrace!