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Jessica Sanchez Sings Incredible Version of 'The Prayer' on 'Idol' Finale

Jessica Sanchez Sings Incredible Version of 'The Prayer' on 'Idol' Finale

Jessica Sanchez gives it her all while performing an amazing version of “The Prayer” during American Idol‘s series finale on Thursday (April 7).

The 20-year-old season 11 runner-up was joined by prior contestants for a medley of songs, which was opened by Katharine McPhee and Casey James singing Lady Antebellum‘s “Need You Now”

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Other performers, who Harry Connick Jr. called “some of the best singers American Idol has discovered,” included Carly Smithson, Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard and Amber Holcomb.

Watch Jessica Sanchez perform on the American Idol finale below…

Jessica Sanchez Sings “The Prayer”
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