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American Idol winner, Jordin Sparks, sang the national anthem at the start of tonight’s Super Bowl game. You could tell she was nervous but it is a great opportunity for such a young artist.
I’m not sure if I liked the arrangement but it suited her. She also looked super svelte in that cute black dress she was wearing. Did anyone else think she looked slimmed down?
Watch the video:
She was beautiful and poised…as usual. Such accomplishment for such a young performer. She improves in her vocal abilities each time she goes out.
Jordin did an absolutely fantastic job. That was the best rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, ever.
It does look like she has slimmed down! I think she looks great though. And she killed it! She has an amazing voice! Good for her!
Jordin has moved beyond the status of a beginner with this performance. As Katrina wrote, she had poise, power and made the hair on my arm stand up. The scary thing is she probably can get better.
Too Bad she was LIP SYNCIN!!! Im a singer and KNOW that she did…. for the notes she hit she would have been workin harder…Her recorded voice sounded great tho…
It is almost law that singers must lip-sync the National Anthem at professional games.
Juuust to clear anything up.
She did a great job and she looked great too! AND THE GIANTS WON!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
So if she “synced” it, how can you people say she did a “great job”? come on! If she actually SANG the song, it would be a GREAT JOB. But she DIDN’T.
To lip sync the National Anthem, is the most despicable Un-American thing ever.
Wow, she’s awesome! I wish they’d make the football players spit their gum out and show some respect.
I think she did a wonderful job. My daughter is a fan of hers, and now I see why. She has an awesome voice. Keep up the good work.
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COME ON PEOPLE. PULL YOUR CAT CLAWS BACK. JORDAN SPARKS SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FROM HER HEART. SHE BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. SHE LOOKS GREAT AND IS EVEN GOING TO GET BETTER. THAT WAS REAL. ALL YOU MEOWS, YOU NEED TO BACK OFF.
As a professional singer, it is easy to tell Jordin did work hard to reach the high notes….I teach voice and she sang this song for real..no lip synching….you could easily see her throat muscles work , especially during the high notes..and that you cannot do if lipsynching.
st-FU : get rid of the venom in your heart. what do you know about lipsynching…NADA. There is NO LAW that says lipsynching is a must. Even if she did, it was her voice..so either way, she did an awesome job. And a trained singer learns to reach the hard and high notes with less strain the more they practice. And yes..you can tell she really sang it because of her body especially her throat muscle motions.
Jordan did a good job,but I must say she sounds like all the top 40 band singers at weddings all over the world.It is too bad that she ruined the greatist musical arrangement ever written for this song.I am still trying to find out who wrote it.
STFU;
Get over it and get a life. Jordin did a great job, and she DID sing it be it live or tape.
i dont care if she lipped it,or sang it live, she did a great job. lots of jealous people out there. i know lots of people that want her to record it so they can buy it. you go jordin
Who cares if the girl was or was not lip synching. She still has an awesome voice wheather it be on tape or live and she looks damn good! I am proud to call Jordan Sparks our American Idol! YOU GO GIRL
Ohhhh my goodness! So vicious!
I LOVE JORDIN.
she’s amazing
we all know she can sing live; that’s what Idol is…
so no need to go crazy!
People are so fdalbfjkahglkfgadhk sometimes!
I agree with Bobang: the greatest arrangement for the American national anthem I ‘ve ever heard, and I am Canadian. Jordin did a good job, but to all the musicians out there, I am sure they would all agree: What an incredible and heartfelt arrangement!
you are sooo right ! she did amazing ! and evely though i HIGHLY doubt she was lip syncing, she sounds amazing either way ! so get over it people, she’s better than pretty much all of you will ever be! i LOVE YOU JORDIN ! congrats to a job phenominally done ! <3 and christine haha, you’re so right !
Who wrote the arrangement she sang?
LIPSYNCHING ALL THE WAY ..ITS TOO OBVIOUS TO ME…she still has a great voice though..i know she was really nervous…i would be too ..dont want the track to skip..lol…she is talented either way..
It is so amazing to always know you can count on people in this country to stray from positive things and just spend all their energy on seeking out and establishing the negative side of any issue. Seems everyone in this country has learned behaviors that will take generations to overcome – all learned by the way from the media. You never hear any reporting of good things – it is always the bad things that draw interest. Sad.
Jordin Sparks did an amazing job with her own voice spun from natural talent. Whether you liked the rendition or not is not important – to each his own taste in arrangement and style – Fact is the young lady sang from her heart and it is more than obvious that her body language and powerful talent is proud to be an American. Give credit where credit is due and stop the kindegarten swap of behaviors that is most unbecoming of adults living in the land of the free and the home of the brave. It does not matter to me whether she could sing, lip sync, or just bellow no not – she did what she was asked to do and she did it with grace and poise and with heart. Surely it is not so difficult to recognize that above all she did it her way – the girl has a natural gift – we all have some talent to bring to the table – if we focused on that positive note we would all be better off.
I am also a singer and doubt seriously she lip synced. If you say the beginning of the performance BEFORE she began singiing, she took a deep breathe and put the mic in front of her. It took some work for her to hit the high notes…which she does with ease. If you’ve heard her album, you can hear her range. She’s an awesome talent in her own right! She sung the anthem at the SUNS game prior to SUPERBOWL…a different rendition, and just as well! Stop hating on her. This girl is the real deal!
I love Jordin, but it does appear to me that she was lip-syncing. If you look closely, she gets out of sync with the track at one point. When you lip-sync, you are actually singing along with the track, so it has the appearance of really singing — because you are really singing — but we’re hearing the prerecorded vocal.
I only have a single question because I’m not giving an opinion one way or another – there’s virtually no noise behind Jordin, little cheering except from atmospheric stuff picked up by cameras. When I’ve listened to Beyoncé at the Super Bowl’s performance, you could hear the crowd through her mic. She almost got drowned out by it in the end.
I put them next to each other on one of my other sites: http://www.beyonce-k.com/beyonc-vs-jordin-sparks-super-bowl-national-anthem/
What do you think (and this is NOT a comparison of their singing, by the way, but rather the noise behind them and the echo associated with live performances)?
Just making it clear – I am NOT saying Jordin lip-synched but even if she did, I have nothing to say about it. People do it every day and this is a big event for a young artist.
Wow ok even if she did lip sync, she still sang it very well when she did record it. None of this nonsense takes away from the fact that she can sing. Whitney Houston, and even Aretha Franklin lip sync’d at the NBA finals one year and no one is making a big stink about it. It’s just people like to bring out so much negativity these days it’s sick. She did a great job….does anyone think that Paula Abdul’s cop-out is any better? Please I honestly think if there was a singing competition between Paula and Jordin—hands down Jordin would sing circles around that old Pop-wreck. What Paula did was a cop out. What Jordin did was normal. The folks in the Stadium heard her actually sing whereas everyone watching on television heard the pre-recorded version while watching her sing it live which was why it seemed out of sync….either way she really sang….if you want to blame and point fingers just for the sake of it, blame FOX, her managers and the Super Bowl Host Committee.
She definitely lip-synched it. Watch the video closely. In the middle of the song you’ll see her lips get out of synch with the words we’re hearing.
She has a lovely voice. I wish she would simply sing the song in straight manner and focus on the beauty in her voice. In today’s world singers are miguided into believing that people want to hear all sorts of voice inflections. I find that they detract from a song. If she will focus on the beautiful tone she will win everybody’s admiration.
Jordin is on the radio right now Live from the Bahamas and she just sang the National Anthem again and it was AWESOME!
They just asked her about the lip sync issue here is her answer: I was singing live but for legal reasons they have to play the pre-recorded version on tv
They went on to say that this was most likely because of Rosanne Bar. When she botched it up live.
Now that we cleared that up….what??? She sang it live but as I said earlier if the haters MUST blame and point fingers, blame FOX, her managers and the Super bowl Host Committe.
HA….thank you Y100 and the morning zoo for asking the right questions….go Jordin you rock!
A’kyra, you are my new personal hero. That is completely awesome info. Thanks!!!
Not a problem. I was going nnuts trying to find out exactly so i was very happy to hear her on the radio and of course they had to ask her b/c that is the biggest buzz….
Any time Jeanne
Oh- the rest of the interview with Jordin was pretty good. They talked about her family and of course love life…lol…She is having the time of her life but still has a good head on her shoulders. Her parents are very much involved as we all knew. Before she left they were messing with her about how its become a trend for all the teeny bopper celebrities going to rehab, having babies and not wearing panties…and she said that “if that stuff is cool then I guess I won’t be cool”
Good for Jordin…now let us pray she stays that way…lol
Sandy,
You said it best. Her voice is amazing. She’s a beautiful young woman. Her parents are blessed to have such a daughter.
If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.
Nadine
Sandy,
You said it best. Her voice is amazing. She’s a beautiful young woman both inside and out.
So to all of you who have to criticize…”If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.”
I agree with Nadine. It was one of the best I heard in a long time. She touched us hearts with her rendition, and makes us proud to be an American.
I agree with Nadine. It was one of the best I heard in a long time. She touched our hearts with her rendition, and makes us proud to be an American.
I truly LOVED Jordin’s rendition!! Her voice is so true sounding and pure. I love that girl!!!
Why label a person as a “hater” for pointing out that what we heard on television was prerecorded? No one is saying that Jordin didn’t record a beautiful vocal, and no one is blaming her for having to lip-sync. I just wish we could have heard the live performance because we know she’s good enough to sing live beautifully.
Man you kids are dumb.If she was singing live,where was the orchestra.
Hey Dumb and Dumber! Let’s say this again since some folks can’t read too well,
The version of the National Anthem sung by Jordin Sparks on Super Bowl Sunday
and aired on television was indeed the pre-recorded version the folks watching on TV saw for legal reasons.
However, the folks at the stadium heard her sing it live…
If you still need further assistance in understanding the process please contact:
Peter Sullivan (General Manager) or Patrick Talty (AGM) at the University of Phoenix Stadium managed by Global Spectrum
at (623) 433-7100 or Elizabeth Jones the Event Coordinator. You could also contact the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority at (623) 433-7500.
If you still have issues understanding the legality of the situation, please contact their legal team by calling the main number for the legal contact info.
Ciao!!!
Hey A’Kyra
Can you please tell me who wrote the incredible orchestration.
Was it Johnny Mandell?
Thank’s
A’kyra…THANK YOU!!!!
Your welcome
I have not been able to get the information on exactly who did the orchestration, but I am still reasearching that.
Umm…i just heard about the lip singin…you suck if its true…who do you think you are singing a patriotic song…and doing that. wth u suck
your singing was great, wonderful and talented
U rock at singing and u now that i have your cd u are the best singer in the world i thing well 2 me u are… u are my idle i pick u becaues i can realats 2 u for the way u look and drees and they way u act i way born in arizona 2 so that cool…
u rock thats all i can say i have your cd and i love the way u sing it just…amazing so i was born in glenal arizona 2 so thats cool so i do admire u so much all my friend slove your singin i will name them(haley,n hayle.c teyrn taylor rosalie marie courny michell desi rachell ally maly ashley vick jess maia linsey linsey brea m=neily) and their are a lot more i cant say all of them n=but thats ok….