People don’t understand how insane this was

If streaming and YouTube was as big as it is now back then- Leona would have been one of the biggest stars!

I remember when this happened and then I somehow managed to get an MP3 version of it and I just listened to it on repeat. She changed the game

This was the performance where everyone sat up and took notice. I remember Simon Cowell flew back to America about 2 weeks later for American idol filming and there was already a buzz about her industry people had seen this performance on YouTube

The moment she won the series.

Leona just completely took TXF to the next level. I remember her singing I Will Always Love You about a month before the final, and she got a one minute standing ovation! I knew then she would win

It worked for Fantasia

love Leona

Iconiccccccc

I just wish she could still sing like this.