ladies and gentlemen, brooke white

During the first Beatles night, Brooke White performed Let It Be, earning rave reviews from all three judges. But seriously, who cares what Randy’s 8-ball thinks? This is my favorite performance of hers all season primarily because it felt, as David Cook described it, organic. Brooke seems to be most comfortable sitting in front of the piano, hitting the black and white keys with such intense emotion, and stepping on the pedals barefooted. Everything about that moment felt right to me (and apparently, to a lot of people too, seeing as Let It Be has made almost all top how-many lists of best performances in season seven), and her breaking slowly into tears at the end only made it more endearing than it already was. Oh, she looked awesome that night too!