Katherine McPhee is back to the “American Idol” stage.
The 37-year-old singer-actress was the runner-up of the singing competition’s fifth season and lost to Taylor Hicks.
Now she’s back to the program to perform with two of the contestants in the season, Alyssa Wray and Willie Spence.
“When I was growing up, I climbed into my mother’s bed and watched ‘American Idol’ and I remember when [McPhee] was in the program, “Wray said in a package on the program.” I just thought she was this insane powerhouse. “
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The two performed ‘I’m Your Baby Tonight’ by Whitney Houston together – although Wray (19) was not very well known for the song before their rehearsals.
“We’re going to sing ‘I’m You Baby Tonight’ by Whitney Houston, which I heard you do not even really know caused me to shed a tear because it’s how young you are,” said the ‘Smash’ actress joked. .
The performance stunned the judges, who talked about the pair.
“You two together, I tell you, have complimented each other so well,” Lionel Richie said. “… Together you made it look like you’ve been doing it for a hundred years.”
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“I think you’re the first singer to really keep your own with the other star on stage,” Katy Perry praised.
Spence begins his evening with a cover of Bette Midler’s “Wind Beneath My Wings” before welcoming McPhee on stage to perform Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli’s “The Prayer”.
“One of the things that I think is really special about you and that I really love about singers is their ability to make you feel like they’re telling a story,” McPhee said in their rehearsals.
The star dedicated her performance to her father, who passed away three years ago.
“I hope it’s going to be just as special for the audience as it is for us,” she muted.
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As was the case with McPhee’s performance with Wray, the trio of judges had nothing but kind words about the duet.
McPhee has appeared on American Idol a number of times since coming in second in 2006. According to IMDb, in addition to her performance on Sunday night, she appeared in the 7th, 15th and 18th seasons of the program.
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Wray also performed a cover of ‘Something in the Water’ by Carrie Underwood, another alum of the show earlier.