'Idol' odds 'n ends: Fantasia dishes on suicide attempt on 'GMA'

The following are Idol-related odds and ends that happened this week:

>For the first time since her botched suicide attempt, Fantasia spoke out about the ordeal when she appeared on Good Morning America on Tuesday to promote the release of her latest album, Back to Me. In her interview with Robin Roberts, Fantasia said she "just wanted to be away from the noise." Watch the interview below:

Fantasia also squeezed in a few live performances for the crowd in the studio, including a televised performance of "Bittersweet."

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>Speaking of Idol alums performing on morning shows, Chris and the boys from Daughtry took to Rockefeller Plaza on Fri., Aug. 20 to perform for The Today Show's Summer Concert Series. Watch the band perform "September" below:



Daughtry also performed "Feels Like Tonight" for the television audience during the set.

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>Kelly Clarkson recently teased about a big duet with an act people have been wanting her to record with for ages, but for now fans will just have to settle for her being featured on a track with Jason Aldean. Per USAToday.com's "Idol Chatter":

The new album from country singer Jason Aldean will feature a duet with Kelly Clarkson called Don't You Wanna Stay.

Don't You Wanna Stay is due out Nov. 2, which more than likely will be before Kelly's latest disc hits retail and digital outlets.

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>It was announced about one week ago that Kris Allen will be opening for Lifehouse on its current tour beginning in October.

10/15 MGM Foxwoods, Manshucket, CT
10/16 Orpheurm Theatre, Boston, MA
10/17 Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
10/20 The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
10/23 Tropicana Show Room, Atlantic City, NJ
10/24 Dar Constitution Hall, Washington DC
10/26 Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
10/29 Drury University, Springfield, MO
10/30 Choctaw Casino Events Center, Grant OK
10/31 Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston TX
11/2 Palladium Ballroom, Dallas TX
11/4 Uptown Theatre, Kansas City, MO
11/5 Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL
11/6 The Fillmore, Detroit, MI
11/9 Pagent, St Louis, MI
11/11 Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
11/12 Val Air Ballroom, Des Moines, IA
11/14 Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
11/15 In The Venue, Salt Lake City, UT
11/16 Knitting Factory, Reno, NV
11/18 Gibson Amphitheater @ Universal Studios, Universal City, CA
11/19 The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
11/20 Pechanga Casino, Temecula, CA
11/21 Masonic Center, San Fransisco, CA
11/23 WaMu Theatre, Seattle, WA
11/24 Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR

Kris has already opened for the likes of Lady Antebellum, Maroon 5, Keith Urban and Daughtry, so it's encouraging for Kris that Lifehouse is interested in having him on board for the remainder of its North American tour.

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>Kimberley Locke and her mom appeared on the series premiere of WETV's You're Wearing That!? on Thurs., Aug. 19. In the episode, Kim and her mom get advice from a fashion expert on how to change up their look. Watch a clip from the episode below:



Kim also recently sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America" during the Los Angeles Dodgers game on Fri., Aug. 20.

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Crystal Bowersox and Didi Benami show kindness at 'GMA' concert

After my scathing review of Season 9's Top 10 finalists' group medley of "It's My Life" / "My Life Would Suck Without You" on ABC's Good Morning America two Fridays ago based solely on television coverage, Tony Rossi of The Intersection offers up a review of his own since he actually attended the concert in Central Park in person. Per Tony's blog post:

The two I would single out especially are Crystal Bowersox and Didi Benami. Because I have 2 friends who work for GMA, I was lucky enough to get backstage and meet a few of the singers.

He then goes on to give evidence of Crystal's and Didi's kindness:

A young girl accompanied by her grandfather was in a scaffolded area under the stage hoping to talk to and get autographs from Crystal & Didi. Both Crystal and Didi literally had to get on their hands and knees to interact with this young fan and sign her pictures.

This account is great to hear since I was so hard on their singing. I'll reiterate that even though I was disappointed with how the performance came across over the broadcast, this season's finalists seem to be some of the kindest. In fact, I'd go as far to say this season's Top 10 is very similar to Season 6's Top 10 for this reason in addition to a few others regarding their stage presence and vocal abilities.

Also, below is a backstage interview with the Top 10 posted by GMA that I just stumbled upon:



The interview includes footage of Lee and Michael beat boxing in between performances in addition to questions about things we don't know about the finalists.

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'Idol' odds 'n ends: Lee, Crystal and crew perform in concert at GMA

The following are Idol-related odds and ends that happened this week:

>As noted in the previous post, Season 9's Top 10 performed in concert on Good Morning America as part of the ABC morning program's Summer Concert Series in Central Park. While the group medley was abysmal, Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox did pretty well with their solo offerings. Watch them both below:

Lee singing "Treat Her Like a Lady":

Crystal singing "Piece of My Heart":



You can tell by the close-up shots and quick camera cuts that there was a very sparse crowd at the show. Lee, Crystal and the rest of the gang will next perform in concert at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conn.

>Two Idol alums separated by four seasons and many placings will perform in concert tonight in an intaimte show at The Listening Room Cafe in Nashville when Diana DeGarmo of Season 3 and Cardin McKinney, Hollywood contestant from Season 7, take to the stage alongside Robin Meade and Victoria Shaw. Tickets are still available to the show, which is meant to showcase songwriting and acoustic singing, begins at 9 p.m.

>Carrie Underwood will be getting married tomorrow! After a few months living life engaged to each other, Carrie will wed her Ottawa Senators player, Mike Fisher, in a ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton Lodge in Greensboro, Ga. To be sure the pesky photogs stay away for the day, Carrie went all out. Per an article at SFGate.com:

...the happy couple has booked every room at the venue to house their guests for the night, costing a whopping $268,000, according to local paper The Herald Journal.

The publication's editor, Carey Williams, says, "She has blocked off all 251 rooms at the hotel."

The article also said Carrie will be arriving in style via a helicopter. Not a bad way to start the weekend.

>Kris Allen will be taking part in the benefit concert for the people of Tennessee who are still recovering from the floods that ravaged the Nashville area in May. The concert will take place at the Cannery Ballroom on July 23 and all proceeds will go toward the efforts being undertaken by the Community Foundation. iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove will also perform at the concert. To purchase tickets, visit Ticketweb.com.

>Katharine McPhee is doing her best to ensure her current single "Terrified" stays on the right track at radio, so she had a webisode filmed to document the recording session she had with Zachary Levi of NBC's Chuck. Watch the webisode below:



As for how the single is performing on the charts, it's safe to say "Terrified" has seen better days. It has virtually disappeared from all charts, both airplay and sales.

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Was the Top 10's performance on GMA this morning a joke?

In case you missed it, Season 9's Top 10 finalists took a break from their busy Idols Live! tour (in fact, they even moved a show for it) this morning on ABC's Good Morning America. Following solo performances by Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox, it was time for all 10 finalists to take the stage for a medley of Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" and Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck Without You." Below is how it all went down:

I don't think there's ever been less of a reason to attend an Idol concert as this one. It was like George Stephanopolous and Robin Roberts raced up and down 42nd Street and grabbed the first 10 young people they saw, rushed them to Central Park, pushed them up on stage and forced them to sing on the spot.

Now, I'll give them the excuse that the cramped stage minimized their ability to move around, so dancing in place a la Aaron Kelly was pretty much the only other option. But c'mon, that was an embarrassment to group performances. The sloppy harmonies, the awkward poses the cameramen caught, the rampant out of tune singing, it never ends. In fact, it's more sad than anything, because they seem like a great group of people.

So as the show cancelations keep a'comin', is anyone really surprised why the tour is flailing around? I would not pay to see this on stage, and apparently many others feel the same.

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'Idol' odds 'n ends: Lee DeWyze & Crystal Bowersox perform on 'Today'

The following are Idol-related odds and ends that happened this week:

>Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox paid NBC's Today Show a visit yesterday to perform in concert at Rockefeller Plaza. Watch them duet on "Falling Slowly" below:

Lee took the stage to perform an acoustic version of "Beautiful Day," while Crystal did an acoustic rendition of "Me & Bobby McGee" as Michael Orland accompanied the two on piano. In their pre-performance chat with Meredith Viera, Lee was asked what his favorite brand of paint was, and he gave a cop-out "the're's plenty of good ones" answer." Crystal said she'd like to use her celebrity to raise awareness for diabetes, especially in underdeveloped countries.

>After staying out of the limelight for an extended amount of time, Clay Aiken seems to be taking on a higher profile as of late, with a performance on ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday and details of yet another cover album leaking out. Watch Clay and his new hairdo perform "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" below:



Clay's latest cover disc, Tried and True (more like "Tired and Too Much"), hit stores on Tuesday to little fanfare. Before his performance on GMA, Clay chatted with co-host Robin Roberts and called summer tour mate Ruben Studdard "one of the best performers on stage" he knows.

>David Archuleta has been busy on his book tour in support of Chords of Strength, which is described as "a memoir of soul, song, and the power of perseverance. So far he has hit up Ridgewood, N.J., New York City and Long Island. Below are a few tweets courtesy of Arch from his travels during the tour:

Finished the book signing in Manhattan! Andy Garcia, Kasey James, and DiDi Benami all stopped by. Such a cool surprise!
9:19 PM Jun 2nd via txt

"you smell like really good baby powder." well I haven't heard that before but thanks! I'm glad I don't smell bad! Haha
about 12 hours ago via txt

Lake Grove on Long Island was awesome!! Thanks so much too everyone who came and thanks to Barnes and Noble too!
about 9 hours ago via txt

While in the city, Arch also performed "Works For Me" on FOX & Friends yesterday with friend Toby Lightman. He will next be at the Barnes & Noble at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minn., tomorrow at 2 p.m.

>Allison Iraheta's latest single was unveiled earlier this week. Her third release will be a revamped version of "Don't Waste the Pretty" featuring Orianthi, who Allison will be touring with this summer. According to Michael Slezak at EW.com:

The Orianthi-infused “Don’t Waste the Pretty” hits iTunes June 8, according to a rep at Allison’s label.

Jive must really believe in Allison since they've previously released two singles that have failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, especially considering they only got behind two singles on David Archuleta's first release and Jordin Sparks's Battlefield.

>Diana DeGarmo visited CBS's weekend morning program The Saturday Early Show over Memorial Day Weekend to perform a few songs from Hair, which she is currently starring in on Broadway. Watch her perform "I Believe in Love" and a snippet of her song of appreciation of the men and women serving in our military, "Thank You," which was fitting for the weekend, below:



Last week, Diana together with SunTrust Bank unveiled a campaign called "Solid Salute," which allows people to send personalized e-greetings to men and women in uniform using her song "Thank You." You can also download the track for free at LiveSolid.com.

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'Idol' odds 'n ends: Jennifer Hudson dishes on weight loss on 'GMA'

The following are Idol-related odds and ends that happened this week:

>Jennifer Hudson appeared on ABC's Good Morning America this morning to chat with Robin Roberts about how she slimmed down after giving birth to her son, David Jr. Watch the segment below:

Jennifer treated her TV audience to her "sweetest little baby in the whole wide world" song that she gets David Jr. laughing with and talked about the privilege she has in playing Winnie Mandela in an upcoming biopic.

>Stephanie Edwards, who placed 11th on the sixth season of Idol, was arrested Monday night in Savannah, Ga., for being stupid (and fighting in public). Per RealityTVWorld:

Edwards told police that the woman, Laquilla White, had been harassing her all day with phone calls -- so she decided to travel to her home and confront her, which is when things got physical, Moore said.

Stephanie and the other woman were let out on $1,300 bail. Now she can go back to having a career in music, right? Right...

>Not as funny (but equally as law-related) was the news that Chikezie Eze will be charged with more serious charges after his botched attempt at shoplifting $1,200 worth of cologne at a Neiman Marcus in LA last month. Per EOnline.com:

Now the Los Angeles D.A. is charging him with misdemeanor attempted grand theft and misdemeanor identity theft. Eze's pretrial hearing is set for May 2.

Something tells me Chikezie will have a lot to talk about over the next month. Wonder if he'll find a TV show willing to hear him out?

>TV Guide Network recently profiled Matt Giraud and Scott MacIntyre in a "Where are they now?" segment, which focuses on their post-Idol activities. Watch the segment below:



It's not surprising that Matt is still fond of how he was the first finalist to ever be saved by the judges. Scott is great at keeping a positive outlook on his career and it's good to see he's still getting noticed for things other than his visual impairment.

>Jason Castro announced his upcoming summer tour in support of his debut self-titled album, kicking off at the Palladium Ballroom on Sat., April 17, in Dallas, Tex. Per the press release:

Castro will kick off his first headlining tour in his home state of Texas with an April 17th show at Dallas's The Loft. The trek will then traverse the US through mid-May (see itinerary below). A further slate of summer tour dates will be announced shortly.

The tour will wrap up at The Note in Philadelphia, Pa., on Sun., May 16. Jason Castro features the single "That's What I'm Here For" and is set for a Tues., April 13 release.

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ABC replaces Adam Lambert with Allison Iraheta on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live,' cancels NYE appearance

It seems ABC has opted to enforce a network-wide ban on Adam Lambert. The network has canceled Adam's appearance on its late night program Jimmy Kimmel Live, which was set to air on Thurs., Dec. 17, and his invitation to perform a coveted slot on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve has also been withdrawn. This comes one week after the network's morning program Good Morning America canceled a scheduled performance by Adam, which was the first casualty of his controversial performance at the 2009 American Music Awards.

Instead, Allison Iraheta will be the beneficiary of this news, as she has been scheduled to replace Adam on the show according to a tweet from the show:

Coming up on December 17th we've got Allison Iraheta scheduled for a concert. about 1 hour ago from web

Adam confirmed the news, saying via his Twitter:

Yes, sadly friends, ABC has cancelled my appearances on Kimmel and NYE. :( don't blame them. It's the FCC heat. 25 minutes ago from Echofon

Adam followed the confirmation up with news that he will in fact be appearing on NBC's The Jay Leno Show, but no date is set in stone yet. Adam will be one of Barbara Walters' "10 most fascinating people of 2009," so he will be featured on ABC on Wed., Dec. 9, at 10 p.m. ET.

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Allison Iraheta performs "Friday I'll Be Over U" on 'GMA'

After a last-minute cancellation last week, ABC's Good Morning America resumed its Idol Tuesday concerts this morning with an appearance by Allison Iraheta. Allison performed her lead single "Friday I'll Be Over U," which can be viewed below:

It's good to know Allison still has her signature raspiness that helped her stand out from the crowd on her season. She also chatted with co-host Chris Cuomo about her album Just Like You, which hit stores today. P.S. since when has Adam Lambert been a member of Allison's band?

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'GMA' cancels Adam Lambert's concert set for tomorrow

Well, looks like the first casualty of Adam Lambert's controversial performance at the 2009 American Music Awards is the second-biggest promotional venue during his album release week. Good Morning America has officially canceled Adam's concert at the Hudson Theatre, which was set to air tomorrow on the ABC morning program.

According to a GMA official:

"Given his controversial American Music Awards performance, we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning."

This was pretty much guaranteed to happen after ABC, which also broadcast the AMAs, received 1,500 calls from viewers complaining about Adam's performance, and web pages to Adam's concert on ABCNews.com began to disappear last night.

Instead, the third-string broadcast morning program, CBS' Early Show, will have Adam as its musical guest. Maybe this will serve as a a wake-up call for Adam before he sabotages his own career.

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Kris Allen performs "Live Like We're Dying" on 'GMA'

Kris Allen's latest stop on his promotional tour for his debut album Kris Allen was ABC's Good Morning America, on which he performed his single "Live Like We're Dying" this morning. Watch the performance below:

Kris was his usual modest self when speaking with co-host Robin Roberts in a mini-interview prior to the performance, saying he still hasn't heard "Dying" on the radio and that he and his band had a late night at the Empire State Building.

Kris will next perform on Live with Regis and Kelly tomorrow morning.

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Kris Allen performs "Live Like We're Dying" on 'Tonight Show'

Kris Allen made his first late night performance of his lead single "Live Like We're Dying" Friday night on NBC's Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. The performance kicks off the televised portion of his album promo tour, as his self-titled debut drops Tuesday. Watch the performance below:

Kris will next perform in concert on Tuesday when he visits ABC's Good Morning America. For a full schedule of Kris' upcoming appearances, see here.

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Carrie Underwood performs "Temporary Home" on 'GMA'

For the second Tuesday in a row, Carrie Underwood appeared on ABC's Good Morning America, this time alongside fellow country singer Brad Paisley. The two will serve as co-hosts of the 2009 CMA Music Awards and are similarly featured on tonight's All Access Nashville special hosted by Robin Roberts at 10 p.m. ET.

Watch Carrie perform "Temporary Home" for the first time on a television below:

Carrie is nominated for "Female Vocalist of the Year" and her duet of "I Told You So" with Randy Travis is up for "Musical Event of the Year." Additionally, she will perform "Cowboy Casanova" during the broadcast, which will begin at 8 p.m. ET.

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Carrie Underwood performs on 'Late Show' and 'GMA'

Carrie Underwood officially embarked on her televised promo tour for her latest album Play On last night when she appeared on CBS' The Late Show with David Letterman to perform her current single "Cowboy Casanova." Watch the performance below:

Next, Carrie hit the newly-renovated Lincoln Center plaza to perform a live set for ABC's Good Morning America this morning. Some of the songs she performed include "Undo It," "Casanova" and the Grammy-winning "Last Name," which can be viewed below:



Carrie will next hit Live with Regis & Kelly on Thursday before really revving up the appearances engine next week with another concert on GMA and interview with Robin Roberts on Tuesday and her hosting and performing gig at the CMA Awards on Wednesday.

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IDOL LIVE predix: Carrie Underwood's 'Play On'

Hitting stores and digital retailers nationwide tomorrow is Play On, the latest release from Season4 champ Carrie Underwood. After making huge waves with her first two releases, Carrie looks to capitalize on good ol' fashioned promotion and a future no. 1 single in "Cowboy Casanova."

Play On will get a good amount of help from televised appearances by Carrie this week, including The Late Show with David Letterman tonight and Good Morning America tomorrow in addition to countless other radio station interviews and wall-to-wall coverage of the release on CMT.

Although Carrie's previous release, Carnival Ride, managed 527k copies in its debut week in October 2007, album sales as a whole have continued to depreciate since then. Therefore, even though Carrie remains popular and this is the first full new release from her in over two years, it would be conceivable that this album's first week sales will not eclipse those numbers.

As for competition, Carrie virtually has the whole week to herself, which will greatly increase her chances of getting a head start on the holiday shopping season. The fact that Play On will be beating the rush will increase its chances of being an impulse buy in the weeks to come when Idol fans are out purchasing the newest batch of releases from the franchise, but what will this mean for its launch week numbers?

Taking all these factors into consideration, it seems plausible that Play On will debut in the vicinity of 365k copies this week, and will most definitely pass the platinum benchmark by Christmas. On the Billboard 200 chart, the album will start out at #1, which will make it Carrie's third album to hit the top spot.

This of course is ahead of Some Hearts' 315k debut in November 2005 and behind Carnival Ride's maiden voyage, but is very healthy for this day and age.

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Carrie Underwood earns two CMA Awards noms

If you consider yourself a country artist, you were a finalist at some point on Idol and your name is not Carrie Underwood, you're out of luck at the 43rd annual CMA Awards.

In announcements made earlier this morning on ABC's Good Morning America and CMT's Insider Special Edition: 2009 CMA Awards Nominations, it was revealed that Carrie received two nominations for this year's awards show, one for "Female Vocalist" and one for "Musical Event" for her single "I Told You So" featuring Randy Travis. Other than that, there were no noms doled out for any other Idol alums.

Below are the categories in which Carrie is nominated and thus what her competition will be:

Female Vocalist

Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Musical Event
(Award goes to each artist.)

"Cowgirls Don't Cry"
Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire
Arista Nashville

"Down the Road"
Kenny Chesney (with Mac McAnally)
Blue Chair Records, BNA Records

"Everything But Quits"
Lee Ann Womack (duet with George Strait)
MCA Records

"I Told You So"
Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis
19 Recordings/Arista

"Old Enough"
The Raconteurs featuring Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe
Third Man Records, Warner Bros. Records

An interesting observation is the fact that Taylor Swift, who has had a very big year, was the first female to be nominated for Entertainer of the Year since 2000, something Carrie has never had the honor of receiving. Carrie did, however, receive a nomination and win in the category at the Academy of Country Music Awards earlier this year.

The CMA Awards will air on ABC on Wed., Nov. 11, at 8 p.m. ET, being held live at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn. Carrie will once again fulfill hosting duties alongside Brad Paisley.

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Cook, Kris and Adam perform on 'Good Morning America'

It was an all-Idol affair on this morning's episode of Good Morning America, as David Cook, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert each performed as part of the program's Summer Concert Series in New York City's Central Park. Just one week after Kelly Clarkson headlined the same concert, the three male alums took to the stage to perform either their current single (in the case of Cook) or a song from the current "Idols Live!" tour (in the case of Kris and Adam). Watch the performances below:

Cook's "Come Back to Me"

Adam's "Starlight"



Kris' "Heartless"



Both Kris and Adam are in town to perform in concert with the rest of Season 8's Top 10 finalists as part of the Idol tour at Atlantic City, N.J.'s Boardwalk Hall tonight and the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., tomorrow and Sunday. Cook is currently in an in-between period and will resume his tour on Wed., Aug. 13 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.

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Kelly Clarkson performs on 'Good Morning America'

Kelly Clarkson performed a set on ABC's Good Morning America on Friday as part of the morning program's "summer concert series." Unsurprisingly, Kelly's current single off All I Ever Wanted, the controversial "Already Gone," was included on the set list. Watch Kelly's acoustic performance of the song below:

Kelly also spoke with the co-hosts of GMA between songs, explaining why she had a fan on stage (to help limit her perspiration) and explaining why she loves performing live. Not surprisingly, the topic of the controversy surrounding "Already Gone" did not come up in the chit chat.

While on stage, she churned out some past crowd pleasers for the audience in New York City's Central Park including "Walk Away," "Since U Been Gone" and "My Life Would Suck Without You," as well as "If I Can't Have You."

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Jordin Sparks performs "Battlefield" on 'Good Morning America'

To kick off her promotional campaign for her sophomore album Battlefield, Jordin Sparks stopped by ABC's Good Morning America to perform a few songs off the record in addition to chatting with GMA meteorologist Sam Champion. Watch Jordin perform "Battlefield" below:

In her short interview, Jordin talked about preparing for "Jonas Mania" before joining the Jonas Brothers on tour. By the way, can anyone identify the Idol alum serving as Jordin's back-up singer? (hint: she's the rightmost back-up singer).

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Kelly performs on 'Oprah,' 'GMA'

Kelly Clarkson today continued to promote her album All I Ever Wanted when she appeared on Oprah and a previously-recorded performance aired on Good Morning America. On Oprah, Kelly chatted with the show's host in addition to performing a medley of her greatest hits that included snippets of "Because of You," "Behind These Hazel Eyes" and "My Life Would Suck Without You." Watch the performance below:

Over on ABC's famed morning show, a performance of Kelly's second single off her latest album, "I Do Not Hook Up," which was taped back on Tues., March 10, aired this morning. Watch the performance below:



Meanwhile, HITS Daily Double is hinting at another week at #1 for Kelly with projections residing between 90-100k for the week based on revised predictions released today. That would be a sizable drop from the album's debut week, but it would be considered normal for a big opening nowadays.

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Kelly performs "My Life Would Suck Without You" on GMA

Kelly Clarkson kicked off her official post-promotional campaign yesterday when she performed on ABC's Good Morning America. In her pre-performance chat, host Diane Sawyer said her single was "bombing," but quickly corrected herself and said it was "booming." Watch her perform "My Life Would Suck Without You" below:

Although it was not televised, Kelly also performed "I Do Not Hook Up" for the studio audience and the morning show caught the last few seconds of her performing "Walk Away" when it returned from a commercial break.

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