On April 1 , 2009 , both the acoustic and normal version of " Poker Face " was performed live on Fox 's '' American Idol '' . The performance started with Gaga sitting at a Plexiglass piano filled with bubbles and bathed in pink light . She started singing the second verse of " Poker Face " in a Bette Midler style accompanied by a violin player while wearing a shiny aluminum shoulder pad and platinum bleached blond wig . After the first chorus , the pace increased whence the original intro for the song started . Gaga got up from her seat and proceeded to perform the song in the middle of the stage . She wore a silvery leotard with a giant star on her shoulder and tassels . As the song progressed to the intermediate verse , the violinist played a hoe-down version of the music and Gaga danced around frantically over the stage . The performance ended with Gaga staring towards the audience while revealing an open zipper , patched over her left eye . The performance was described an " alien-disco performance art . " Cortney Harding of '' Billboard '' wrote , " it was Gaga 's crowning TV moment ... show ing middle America that she was a bona fide pop star . " The acoustic version was performed by Gaga at BBC Live & In-Session on April 19 , 2009 . On the same day , she had her first appearance on Italian TV , on the TV program '' Quelli che ... il Calcio '' . She also performed " Poker Face " in the United Kingdom on '' The Paul O'Grady Show '' . First she played an acoustic version first before going on to the normal version , and a rock version on '' Friday Night with Jonathan Ross '' . On May 12 , 2009 , Gaga performed " Poker Face " on '' The Ellen DeGeneres Show '' while wearing a gyroscope on her head , designed by theatrical hat designer Nasir Mazhar and playing the piano while standing on the stool . Gaga referred to the gyroscope as her " Gaga barrier " . It prevented Ellen DeGeneres from greeting her because of the size of the gear . A remixed version of " Poker Face " and " LoveGame " was performed at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards , during the indoor-outdoor streetside show . This performance , which included Gaga being trapped in a fake subway car surrounded by fake police officers , was billed as a tribute to New York City . Snippets of the song was performed by Gaga at the thirty-fifth season of American comedy show '' Saturday Night Live '' , while wearing a giant contraption ( " The Orbit " ) of several metallic concentric rings that rotated around her . In September 2009 , Gaga appeared in French television show '' Taratata '' , where she added an improvised verse in French while performing " Poker Face "
2009 MuchMusic Video Awards
2009 MuchMusic Video Awards
Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)