OlderKelly Clarkson vs. Leona Lewis
Have you ever heard of Leona Lewis? Probably not unless you live in England. Leona, 21, was this past season’s winner on X-Factor (England’s version of American Idol) and was the series’ first female winner. Leona apparently covered Idol’s Season One winner Kelly Clarkson’s “A Moment Like This” back in December and I just discovered it now.
Leona’s cover of “A Moment Like This” broke a world record by being downloaded 50,000 times within 30 minutes of being available online. Pretty impressive, eh? She’s also rumored to meet with Clive Davis, founder of Arista Records, to secure a record contract. Leona’s headed for the big leagues!
Check out Leona performing her cover of “A Moment Like This” below and compare it to Kelly’s original rendition of it below that. How do the two measure up?
Leona Lewis - “A Moment Like This” (Dec. 2006)
Kelly Clarkson - “A Moment Like This” (Sept. 2002)
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Leona is 20 times better than Kelly Clarkson. Leona has a pure voice while Kelly simply growls. Leona is the next Whitney, who has already been in touch with her young apprentice to tell her how good she is.
SJ, are you British? Just curious.
They’re both extremely talented. Good luck to Leona. Shes amazing. Strong voice, shes gonna go places!
no comparison.! leona went off pitch more than a couple of times. i wasn’t sure she was gonna make some of those notes..
You don’t need to be British to appreciate Leona’s talents… there’s YouTube to help with that. Leona is absolutely 20 times better than Kelly Clarkson, and I’m from LA. I’ll even echo that Leona has the pipes and the charisma to be the next Whitney — early, pre-Bobby Whitney.
Leona Lewis - Somewhere Over the Rainbow. (Simon does a standing O at the end.)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QLr1sBQ5gpE
agree with lindsay. kelly is so much smoother and effortless sounding. leona is good, but that song is definitely a kelly song.
Being Canadian, I think I can give a more objective view.
Leona is way better then Kelly. Much much more attractive (can’t really even call Kelly attractive) and way more talented. Not to say in anyway I pref Brits over Americans (because I absolutly love both), but in the case of these two, Leona is far more talented and really beautiful. Maybe put her up against some real American Idol talent like Tamyra Grey, Jennifer Hudson, Clay Aiken or Carrie Underwood and we can have a real competition.
Genevieve, thanks for sharing. She’s definitely got the pipes…
And I think it’s funny how when they flashed the number to call in for Leona, they also flashed a picture of Simon’s grin. Haha.
Leona Rocks!
Well I am Canadian too and have a musical background. I am sure Leona is talented. However, she was off-key a few times. The song was a bit of a struggle for her. I do agree that the song matches Kelly’s voice better.
X-Factor is not “England’s version of American Idol”. In fact, American Idol is the American spin-off of the original, English Pop Idol format, and X-Factor is Cowell’s new singing contest in the UK. It sometimes boggles the mind how sheltered you people seem to be from the the rest of the world.
JR Rider, I am very well aware of “Pop Idol.” Will Young? HELLO!
I think it would have been too complicated to explain the entire history of “Pop Idol” in this entry. But thanks for elaborating in the comments!
no contest— kelly is not only a better singer by a mile she looks comfortable on stage and carries herself like a pro— im not sure how these two got compared– its not really fair– kelly clarkson is so much better–
I agree. Kelly is lightyears ahead of this Leona chick. Leona needs to ramp up her confidence level!
Leona sings it so much better, they both sing in a different key, but i think i like leona’s version better. yes i am in the uk but i do love kelly to even if she sings in the same key all the time!!
i listened to the whole of leona but only half of kelly, that said something to me. kelly’s version is terrible! basing it on the song and how it is sang, not who or where they are
Okay, Leona has a beautiful freakin voice but really is in need of some singing lessons, she sounded tone deaf a couple of times when I was listening to that, it has notes for a reason, it is a song that you are supposed to sing what is written not sing it how you think it sounds more like you. I have no doubt Leona couldn’ve hit all of those notes, but she didn’t even try!! It was fustrating to watch. Kelly also has a beautiful voice but maybe a little less powerful but Kelly knows how to put it out there. She sang, sings much more powerful than Leona. Kelly wins she obviously knows what she is doing she gave it her all and it was great! Leona didn’t give it her all, she shys away too much. I clicked on that you tube clip of her singing “Somewhere over the rainbow” and I turned it off because she was messing up all the notes and it was flat and annoying. Both are beautiful girls with beautiful voices but Kelly wins hands down! Leona needs a teacher, like Kelly maybe? ahaha.
Leona has the most interesting voice: pureness and range. Her rendition, though far from perfect, is very appealing. She needs some lessons, but she is going places. Kelly’s cover was a bit bland, Kelly is always bland, in my opinion.
stupid AI started in england and it was called pop idol.
hey meathead, why don’t you take it elsewhere? where are your british blogs with all of your celebrities? oh that’s right, you don’t have any.
oh goodness i cant stand how OFF leona is…she’s off in other songs too. and she has NO stage presence. kelly owns that song. Leona has POTENTIAL to be better than kelly but right now she is DEFINITELY not!
leona is good. kelly is GREAT. the inflection in her voice. her body movements. she has the most unique voice out there right now on the us charts (well, christina a is great also)
check out Leona’s other performances in the X Factor contest, they are in youtube.
I think Leona is an average singer…And sounded okay…Kelly Clarkson ROCKS! She has better stage presence, she just looks more at east than Leona.
They both have 2 VERY different styles of singing. You really can’t compare them against each other because of that. They are both good in their own way with each randition of the song. Kelly has a wonderful power voice while Leona has a soft beautiful voice. They were both pitchy also. Either way they were both good…..
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