who sang and i am telling you on american idol
Jennifer Holliday
title: And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going text: the then 12-year-old Bianca Ryan sang this song at her first audition on "America's Got Talent". Ryan subsequently won the contest that year. In 2009, it was performed by Amber Riley as her character Mercedes Jones in the first-season "Glee" episode "Sectionals". "American Idol" runner-up Jessica Sanchez performed the song as one of her two songs in the Top 4. Her performance during the Top 4 was praised by Jennifer Holliday. She later performed the song with Holliday during the finale of the show's eleventh season in 2012. Dami Im, the 2013 winner of the Australian version of "The X title: Jennifer Holliday text: "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" alongside "American Idol" finalist Jessica Sanchez during the "American Idol" Season 11 finale. On August 31, 2018 Jennifer Holliday closed the show, performing at Aretha Franklin's Funeral Service: "Remembering The Queen Of Soul's Beautiful Life". She appeared following the Lord's Prayer during the tenth hour of the event in Detroit at Greater Grace Temple. TIME posted the webstream on YOUTUBE. <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Jd34x9jek</nowiki> Ms. Holliday's eight minute version of Aretha's song, CLIMBING HIGHER MOUNTAINS is a traditional composition with choir. Aretha Franklin's recording is a gospel legend from the 1972 live album AMAZING GRACE. title: And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going text: 1982 for which it became a number-one R&B hit for Holliday. Jennifer Hudson portrayed Effie in the 2006 film adaptation of "Dreamgirls", winning an Oscar for the role. Hudson's version became a Top 20 R&B single, and a number-one dance hit. In 1982, Jennifer Holliday, the actress who portrayed Effie in the original Broadway production, released the song as a single. It was her first single release and it met with great success, topping the "Billboard" R&B charts and attaining top forty positions on both the "Billboard" Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. In 1983, Holliday won the Grammy title: American Idol text: American Idol American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle USA and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It initially aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to April 7, 2016, for 15 seasons. On March 11, 2018, the sixteenth season debuted on ABC. It started as an addition to the "Idols" format that was based on "Pop Idol" from British television, and became one of the most successful shows in the history of American television. The concept of the series involves discovering recording stars from unsigned singing talents, with title: American Idol (season 10) text: Hollywood rounds, and Selena's "No me queda más" in the final round. She had previously appeared in the fifth season of a Puerto Rican talent show "Objetivo Fama". Rodriguez was eliminated on March 17, coming in 12th place. Ashthon Jones (born February 27, 1986) is from Goodlettsville, Tennessee and 24 years old when she auditioned and turned 25 at the time of show. She auditioned in Nashville, Tennessee. She sang "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls, Blu Cantrell's Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!) with the group "The Hits" in the Hollywood rounds and Whitney Houston's "I