As we told you here, ‘Spotlight’ singer Jennifer Hudson would be part of an all-star lineup set to tribute the resurgence of musicals in mainstream cinema with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anne Hathaway, and more.
However, when Hudson took the stage to sing her rendition of hit ‘Dreamgirls’ song ‘And I Am Telling You’, the spotlight was indeed all hers – lending a fiery performance that brought the audience to its feet.
See J. Hud deliver like only she can below:
Via our friends @PerezTV (Jennifer begins at 3:55):
Now, this is what we’re talking about! As much as we are here for Jennifer’s brand of performance, we are not blind (or deaf) to the fact that she oft overuses her signature abilities at times where they may not be called for (see: every non-gospel performance).
However, when it comes to ‘And I Am Telling You’, Jen’s volumed/”in your face” passionate belting is certainly a necessity and is what helps her sail, sell, and nail the song every time she performs it – tonight being no exception.
She was without question the highlight of this segment. Roll on new album!
41 COMMENTS
irene46
February 24, 2013 at 10:42 pm
jennifer you looked and sounded maaavelous!
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Momma Skorpion (As Seen On' YouTube)
February 24, 2013 at 10:45 pm
Jennifer Hudson Sacrificed Her Family For Illuminati!!!!
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brownsuga
February 25, 2013 at 12:31 am
You aint NOBODYS momma u lying fiend.
Your momma needs to really slap you!!
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truth(even tho im a PREEEGNET SISSY i draaags icki and keshia cole and their funky ass stans)
February 25, 2013 at 9:15 am
You need yo punkass asd kicked and im JUST the preeegnet SISSY to do it u hoe
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Momma Skorpion (As Seen On' YouTube)
February 24, 2013 at 10:48 pm
Jennifer Hudson PLAYS THE GAME. She promotes this sickening music that is detrimental to society, and that’s been proven with research and she killed her parents for Illuminati !!!!
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XOXO
February 24, 2013 at 10:50 pm
THE BITCH YELLED THE WHOLE PERFORMANCE!
JUST STOP IT
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chillin
February 25, 2013 at 9:36 am
But yet she got a STANDING ovation at the OSCARS..you just STOP IT
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WatchingYouTrolls
February 24, 2013 at 10:50 pm
Yeah, I remember almost ended Beyonce’ s career during the “DreamGirls” era !! Did the Beyhives forget .. OH
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Teacher
February 25, 2013 at 1:01 am
Lol they triied to forget!
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pat
February 24, 2013 at 10:50 pm
.slayed…her thin voiced lesser range peers could never
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mc the place to be!
February 24, 2013 at 10:53 pm
I love how she kept it simple and didn’t do so many runs I loved it!
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King B>Rihanna
February 24, 2013 at 11:08 pm
SHE SURE SCREAM AND YELLED AT ME!
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Danny b
February 24, 2013 at 11:24 pm
Yea, she almost went ended Beyoncé’s career. Cuz Beyoncé went on to sell two more multiplatinum albums while Jennifer stayed at home dusting her one Oscar for the next 5 years and releasing one flop album. Bitch, sit.
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mc the place to be!
February 24, 2013 at 11:35 pm
LOL at beyhive getting mad over jhud Oscar atleast she has on that’s bigger than any Grammy period you get an Oscar bitch you are the shit dot com! Haters! Bravo academy award winner Jennifer Hudson. They just drop the Grammy once you win one shows how much power it has over anything kii
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Adellella
February 25, 2013 at 3:14 am
Oscars is a FILM award show the top for films
Which film star wins grammys?
Grammys is the top music industry award show.
J Hud was versatile enough to win both because her award was not for the song alone, it was an ACTING award.
As a Bey lover I can NEVER be mad at J Hud for being a better actress.
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danny b
February 25, 2013 at 8:02 am
No ones mad over J. Hud. But when you bring up Bey in a post that doesn’t concern her, wth you expect the Hive to do…? *waits*
in other ords, don’t start none, wont be none. Yall just cant let other artists be great without bringing up their contemporaries to compare. Case and point, its total unnecessary to bring up Beyoncé when the post is supposedly supposed to be praising Jennifer Hudson. Thanks.
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danny b
February 25, 2013 at 8:02 am
No ones mad over J. Hud. But when you bring up Bey in a post that doesn’t concern her, wth you expect the Hive to do…? *waits*
in other ords, don’t start none, wont be none. Yall just cant let other artists be great without bringing up their contemporaries to compare. Case and point, its total unnecessary to bring up Beyoncé when the post is supposedly supposed to be praising Jennifer Hudson. Thanks.
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jason
February 24, 2013 at 11:40 pm
that was scary…im sorry
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truth(even tho im a PREEEGNET SISSY i draaags icki and keshia cole and their funky ass stans)
February 25, 2013 at 9:33 am
Dead
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Cream
February 24, 2013 at 11:51 pm
Is it a Bird a plane ? No it’s that Bitch head.
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My Forehead Tho
February 25, 2013 at 12:30 am
Damn, and her Superbowl performance actually gave me hope too…
J.Hud is proof that just because you have a powerful voice don’t mean you can sing.
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truth(even tho im a PREEEGNET SISSY i draaags icki and keshia cole and their funky ass stans)
February 25, 2013 at 9:46 am
Cryn chile lolol!!
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antertain
February 25, 2013 at 12:41 am
Sass, power and attitude is what this song requires.
Jennifer DELIVERED it all.
Can’t half step nor hold back with a song like this.
It’s not made for basic singing.
Of course there’s loudness and drama but there is also tuning and vocal ability that this particular song REALLY is supposed to have.
Shrieky in a few spots but she SERVED!!
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Gilberto
February 25, 2013 at 12:48 am
Dreamgirls is a classic movie. CLASSIC! Oscar has praised it several times. It’s good to see Beyoncé is part of a legendary movie, not on a fucking flop board game movie.
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Bitchplease
February 25, 2013 at 1:02 am
She did ok!I guess it must true babies really do make you lose an octave.Her Keyshia Cole and Alicia Keys had so much pain power and raspiness behind their voices when they first came out ? What happened Now they sound like their screaming?
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truth(even tho im a PREEEGNET SISSY i draaags icki and keshia cole and their funky ass stans)
February 25, 2013 at 10:04 am
Fantasia didnt loose an octive…it anything she GAINED one. (looks at Fanny singin Dont PlaybThat Song on Soul Train Honors and smks a blunt chile)
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Teacher
February 25, 2013 at 1:12 am
LOOL at Dreamgirls being a classic! JHuds performance was classic which is why she won that Oscar! That one flaw in the cast is why it’s NOT a classic!
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danny b
February 25, 2013 at 3:14 am
As an African American im proud of Jennifer and her talent… but i’d be lying if I said I loved this performance.
Honey, control & emotion is what you need to ask Santa for Christmas. It’s gonna take more than just power to truly be a GREAT vocalist. When I see Jennifer sing, I get that she’s a powerhouse, but that’s all i get. I always feel like she’s just singing to sing and blowing belts just cuz she can. I never feel connected to her performances nor am I impressed by her big notes. See: Whitney, Toni, & Celine for reference.
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MISHKA
February 25, 2013 at 5:24 am
She did an amazing job as expected but all I could thing about is the Obama Inauguration Meme… “I’ve lost 80 lbs and I still have to be Effie” lol
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DON
February 25, 2013 at 5:54 am
The cast of Les Miserables slayed that stage to ashes that night. Plus, bringing out Beyoncé almost losing her career to Jennifer Hudson in some era that never existed is just pure irony since ONE was part in an Oscar nominated movie and one was somewhere in a B-movie about a sinking navy, miscasted for not being one of the aliens. BYE.
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CIARAFAN
February 25, 2013 at 5:56 am
LMAO! true that
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JOHNVIDAL
February 25, 2013 at 7:17 am
Well Jennifer Hudson screams and is loud but for this particular type of song it really works, so I can´t hate. In fact I prefered watching her than Adele. Adele wasn´t good at all (and she is a better singer-songwriter-musician and deserved the oscar for best song so don´t judge me)
I adore Les Miserables. That is a spectacular film and this lipped performance from the cast was great. These oscars and 2012 has been the best year for movies in a while. Any of the movies winning would have been great except for Lincoln. Hope 2013 is as good
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shayshay
February 25, 2013 at 7:34 am
Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson are two different performers with two different styles and each have theeir flaws.I love both of their voices. But in this performance I only see Jennifer Hudson and therfore this comment will be about her performance alone. I though she did very well! I agree with Perez that sometimes she uses her power when she shouldn’t, but here she did her thang!
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Mother Mariah
February 25, 2013 at 8:09 am
You’ve seen one hollering ass Jennifer Hudson performance, you’ve seen them all.
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Lovebird (Beyonce's Weave)
February 25, 2013 at 10:49 am
Love Jennifer but she’s not touching Beyoncé with her live vocals and grammy collection. And I hate Beyoncé. Grammy=oscars of music and people will deal.
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mob
February 25, 2013 at 11:10 am
Wow, John Travolta looks well!
OMG Zeta Jones sounds horrible dear leave the singing to the singers!Paging Queen latifa who also stared in Chicago!
Jennifer Hudson SANG that song. She is one of the few who can remake a song and actually put her stamp on it! They could have allowed her to sing the entire song however so boo to the Oscars for that…Yeah on the dress!!
Hugh Jackman – the only man at the Oscar’s that wore facial hair that looked dashing- sounds HORRIBLE along with Anne Hathaway. OMG Anne Hathaway looks HORRIBLE as well. Her features are far to strong for short hair and the dress she wore on the Red Carpet just looked…..damn WTF was her stylist thinking AWFUL?
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Epson
February 25, 2013 at 11:25 am
She needs a new stylist first of all.
She needs new material to fit her style and voice.
In this industry if you’re not half naked with your legs wide open, licking your tongue, and dancing like a stripper, being as sexually suggestive as possible, lip-syncing, gyrating as if your life depended on it, calling yourself private when you’re really not, and your entire career based off of drama you create you got nothing going on for yourself. Ask Kanye, his rant this weekend was hilarious.
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POP ROYALTY ( RUDE BOY)
February 25, 2013 at 12:27 pm
a lot of screaming and shit , sorry it was horrible and i needed some ear plugs , i don’t care how many oscars she has , that was a mess in my opinion.
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NYC-Queen
February 26, 2013 at 12:31 pm
Excellent performance. This is what this song is all about. She made it look so effortless. I preferred watching her over Adele. I wish some of you young sissies would do your research before you type this stupid mess. Overall the musical performances seemed better than the Grammys.
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