Hopeful gets standing ovation for beautiful rendition of difficult song

Mar 8, 2012 14:48 GMT  ·  By

Jessica Sanchez is one of the hopefuls on the latest season of American Idol. However, unlike the others, she has an edge now, having performed to perfection Whitney Houston's most iconic song.

On the most recent AI show, Jessica did her best to do justice to Whitney's “I Will Always Love You” ballad, of which Randy Jackson says it's one of the most difficult songs “in the world, y'all.”

Not only did Jessica do the song justice, but she actually got diehard Whitney fans to go online and say things like, “somewhere in heaven, Whitney smiles and approves.”

That, you will agree, is no small feat.

Check out the clip above. Whitney would be proud.