American Idol's Haley Reinhart Sings “What is and What Should Never Be” on the Final 3 Showdown

American Idol Season 10's Fearless Haley Reinhart 'gets the Led out' with “What is and What Should Never Be” by Led Zeppelin as her 'Personal Choice' song on the Final 3 Showdown. Tonight the Idols will sing three songs each, and the guest celebrity mentor is Beyonce. Beyonce says this Led Zeppelin song shows Haley's "guts, strength and fearlessness. She’s a risk taker for not picking a Pop song or something everyone knows. She has conviction. It makes you believe in what she believes in. Which is a huge part of being a Super Star. I think Haley is a Rock Star. Haley has a presence." Beyonce loves the warmth and natural raspiness in Haley's voice. Haley says she’s "grown up around Classic Rock, and my parents are in a band together." Haley's dad is going to join her onstage, playing guitar!

Haley looks fantastic! She starts the song at the top of the stairs and struts down, showing all her confidence. Haley growls and wails, and shows off her whole range. She takes command of the stage and has the audience on it's feet. Haley is definitely a Rock Star tonight! Haley takes a spill on the stairs, and gets up without missing a beat...a consummate professional! She ends the song with a bang...glorious, luminous vocals. The strongest performance so far. The audience goes wild, and Randy Jackson and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler are on their feet. Huge standing ovation. Round One HALEY REINHART!!! No one is going to remember the first two performances after Haley slayed it like that. Haley has had her moment!

Randy yells, "This is what it’s all about! I love the fact that this girl is slaying it. You’re fearless. This is like crazy vocals. Got your father on stage. One of your best performances EVER! CRAZY CRAZY! HALEY’S IN IT TO WIN IT!" Steven Tyler asks, "Did you fall for me? It's not about how many times you fall, but how many times you get up. That was superb. That was just so so good." Randy said, "I thought the fall was planned!"

Jlo praised, "Everybody's fallen onstage. You gotta keep going. That’s a sign of a professional. That's the sign of someone who knows what they're doing. These people deserve more than that, and you gave it to them. It was a really tough song, you sang it reallly, really great. It was a good good round for you."

Host Ryan Seacrest has a chat with the judges ~ It's unanimous! Rund One goes to Haley Reinhart!

Pre-Performance Video with Beyonce


Performance


Judging