{"id":994,"date":"2025-02-14T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=994"},"modified":"2025-02-14T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:00:53","slug":"for-the-first-time-performing-this-song-after-her-divorce-kelly-clarkson-couldnt-hold-back-her-tears-piece-by-piece-was-originally-a-song-kelly-wrote-for-brandon-blackstoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=994","title":{"rendered":"For The First Time Performing This Song After Her Divorce, Kelly Clarkson Couldn\u2019t Hold Back Her Tears! \u201cPiece By Piece\u201d Was Originally A Song Kelly Wrote For Brandon Blackstock, But This Time, She Delivered It With A Heart Full Of Pain And Heartbreak. Returning To The \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d Stage, Kelly Touched The Hearts Of Every Audience Member As She Poured Her Emotions Into The Performance. When Her Tears Began To Fall, It Was The Exact Moment That Keith Urban, Overwhelmed With"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first ever winner of the talent show returned to the stage last night as the farewell series kicks off its live shows<\/p>\n<p>Emotions were running high on the first live show of American Idol\u2019s farewell series last night, with Kelly Clarkson breaking down during her incredible performance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cRYHeoSJ\"><\/div>\n<p>The first ever winner of the show, Kelly, had the honour of acting as a guest judge for the night and taking to the stage at the end proved why she earned her title way back in 2002.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ZfNWMIg8\"><\/div>\n<p>With tears rolling down her face as she sang Piece By Piece, Kelly was given a standing ovation by the judges with Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban struggling to keep their composure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7445240.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/Kelly-Clarkson-starts-crying-during-a-performance-on-American-Idol.jpg\" alt=\"Kelly Clarkson starts crying during a performance on American Idol\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\">Kelly wipes away a tear<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking after her powerful performance she said: \u201cI\u2019m pregnant and it\u2019s nostalgic, and I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s the last season. Really sorry I just bawled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the show the singer, who is pregnant with her second child, said it had been a \u201cperfect\u201d ending: \u201cWhat an emotional night. Thanks AmericanIdol for such a beautiful beginning &amp; a perfect ending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7445239.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/Kelly-Clarkson-starts-crying-during-a-performance-on-American-Idol.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Lopez also became emotional\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Lopez also became emotional<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article7445238.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/Kelly-Clarkson-starts-crying-during-a-performance-on-American-Idol.jpg\" alt=\"As did Keith Urban\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As did Keith Urban<\/p>\n<p>Network Fox finally pulled the plug on Idol last year when the show fell to a series-low average of 11.6 million viewers, including DVR playback figures.<\/p>\n<p>The show reached a high point in 2006 with an average of nearly 36 million viewers watching Taylor Hicks win, according to ratings measurement company Nielsen.<\/p>\n<p>It made stars of winners, notably Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, and it also proved a launching pad for the likes of Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert, who is now singing with Queen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece (American Idol Season 15 2016) [4K]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qmMzv9Fen_s\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first ever winner of the talent show returned to the stage last night as the farewell series kicks off its live shows Emotions were running high&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":996,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions\/996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}