That's because she has performed many times over the years. She was actually signed by Simon Cowell over 10 years ago and has a few songs out and an album. I think she went on the show for more opportunity.

She does do this everyday. Lol

T H I S, this is the comment I was looking for … and every bit of it is FACTS !! We OWNED the room.

I was just typing those exact artists! Ariana and Tori in her lower register / falsetto runs, Sia tone here and there, and when she hits her upper register she sounds like Jojo. Mad talented

A little Meghan Trainor too!

Yes to this ❤

Yes yes and yes all of them!.

YESSSS OMGGGGG LITERALLY ALL OF THEM DAMN

Her put the " soul" in this song! That's what was missing from Katy Perry's version.

I wouldn’t agree with saying she’s the best but she’s pretty good

Not really

And Miss Katy Cat knew that😂

I beg to differ

I agree

It was not, her version was bad if you didn't see the errors then you are terrible for lying...katy's version has like symphony and is more chill, the girls version is more like those people on KZfaq that try to sound cool or whatever so no it wasn't bad criticism Is like singing a romantic love song like if it was some other song without its melody

@@jonathanjimenez55 Now that you've gotten that off your chest, do you feel better? Lol

Katy was 100% spot on. Her voice is beautiful though!

@@jonathanjimenez55 her version wasnt bad it was her version she doesnt wanna be katy perry she is being herself and made the song her own

THIS. 💯💯💯💯

PERIOD!!

It’s all constructive and they did build her up too! They said she could be the next AI :)

Yea they’re just harder on the ones that they think can truly make it far so that they don’t just slack off and think talent alone will carry them. Gotta put in that work and stay humble!

ikr this girl was one of the best

I couldn’t disagree more lol. The original is so professional and well organized, she sounded good but because of the amount of runs it was kind of like a buffering KZfaq video

@@romanarts6645 I can agree more. I mean yeah the orignial is good, yeah sure.. but this audition was very listenable. Also this girl just puts the soul in it while katy just sings it straight with not that much get up about it. I mean yeah the other one with Katy is very professional and listenable as well, but Heather just puts the fun into it if you know what I mean.

@@aswommnessroblox184 ummm this girl’s version still sounds pretty magical to me. But ofc the type of song that it is it is at its core supposed to be sang the way Katy sang that although the way the girl sang it is better to showcase her voice but the song sounds catchier in Katy’s style but of course it does there was so much professional work put in the song to mach her voice perfectly but this girl does sound very raw which is always good.

@@romanarts6645 So girl you just said what I said tho...

@@aswommnessroblox184 Oh. I was just saying that Katy wasn’t being toxic, she was trying to help, that’s all. We’re friends then? Lol 😂

I agree. She did awesome. Katy said she felt dead inside.. like what? How? This girl nailed it

Tbh, I think it's a jealousy or insecurity thing with Katy and has nothing to do with this girls talent which is unfortunate.

@@ditzyzebrawhore911 100%

They were critical because she has that much potential

Right! Wtaf

Right? I agree. She is amazing! She knows how to use her voice. I can't wait to see her on her journey!

Shes all that, her voice is impeccable. She just needs a little restraint.

She tried too many runs. And I get it because it’s an audition round, she was trying to prove she knows the tricks and stuff.

THIS! All day. I'd pay good money to "mess up" like she did. Incredible voice!!!

Right?! Almost feels like jealousy

I was thinking the same thing! She was jealous and could not hide it.

You hit the nail on the head.

Very arrogant behavior that Katy Perry exhibited. So like "unhollyweird"!!!

lol?

that girl stepped over that fine line and slapped Katy in the face with that voice 🤣

Foreal

Completely agree

@MC you are also pissed you can’t sing like that

In your dreams..

@@justaskittle3378 Katy can sang tho

I agree 100 percent! I'd buy her version definitely 👍 not Katy's....this young lady put the "soul" beat in the song.

she is wonderfully good. u are so right.

No sir her runs needed a little more perfection she actually overdone it less is more

That many runs made the song annoying to hear, it's not pleasant that much.

Way too many runs ....

Yes! And who doesn't like a plate of frosting!!! 😂

@@GameChanger597 that actually sounds gross

@@user-jj4zb5jd6r I don't mean the WHOLE plate Lol. And quit liking your own comments 🙄

@@GameChanger597 You literally said a plate of frosting, tf is that supposed to mean? And girl, u know how dumb u sound by thinking that I actually liked my own comment? but lemme like it anyway (;

Katy don’t know shit! 😩😭

Agreed. And I will never listen to the original because of how Katy acted. As far as I’m concerned, this is Heather’s song. Heather was so nice the entire time. I would’ve punched that old hag talking to me like that. She is soooo jealous and can’t be happy for anyone.

Yea not feelin dat response 😕

Yeah that’s cruel to say to anyone. That comment ain’t it 👎

Facts

YES!

She was so jealous, you could tell she did not want to compliment her😅

😂 right! and the 'frosting' analogy?! Jealousy doesn't look good on you Katy

Fr like she sang way better

The show is great for exposure, but that girl is pretty damn good.

She has a great voice

OVO probably on the phone right now...

She has 2 albums already

@@heatherrssellfan695 Katy has more albums but Heather sang it better.

Well honey they said it all she is talented but she was oversinging to a point where it wasn't pleasent to ears

@@aryafatemi8459 it was very pleasing to the ears, judges were just hating.

@@theonlyking9 nah they weren't hating they were giving constructive criticism bc they want to see her succeed. U clearly can't take criticism, so that's y ur HATING on the judges

@@rubysandwich5667 What they don't know is that she was signed by Simon Cowell at the age of 9 and already has several singles and a couple of CDs out. She went on the show for more opportunity and exposure. The judges were definitely hating. That was not constructive criticism. That was just criticism and jealousy on Katie's part and Luke made a couple of jabs for solidarity purposes. But if they were actually being fair judges, they should have been able to tell that she was a phenomenal singer just like Simon Cowell was able to tell when he signed a contract with her.

@@rubysandwich5667 I know how to take constructive criticism. But when Lionel says that she has some of the best control of a voice he’s heard and then right after Kattie says she felt dead inside and she had no control over her voice, that’s hating. Why tell someone you felt dead inside just to pass them through, she was jealous because she sung the song better than her. Then Luke criticizes her for not looking at them while playing the piano and singing, complete bs. Only Lionel was being honest. She’s already signed ( to Simon Cowell at that) and verified on IG.

Yeah lol

It’s was good.. she just played with it tooooo much. I really wanted to here her sing and then be impressed by her tweaks. Not a whole song full of her (beautiful) runs

Why only the negative this she said? She also said that the girl might be the next American idol,

@@k819849 yea I agree she put was to much like the runs the way she sang wasn’t natural yk

Maybe you should respect the fact that she has the perfect and the right decision for the contestant... Stop being negative it's easy to stop dragging people you just need to try

There's a difference you should be able to connect and feel instead of showing your freestyle vocal abilities.

🤦

When Beyoncé started it was all frosting is my point, she had a chance to grow and we see how amazing she is, this girl now has that chance but it could’ve been said one time instead of drilling into her like that. She just reminded me of Beyoncé with her runs and they both have amazing abilities. I’m excited for this girl to learn and grow!

@@aprilnash7251 👍

Beyoncey can do it clean and of coarse ita beyonce duh

just sayin i see your comments and commentary and im so happy you're speakin out over that bitter hag katy cause heather is my bbyyy 😭😭 i just loved seeing u everywhere so thank you 😔💗

Yeh, I never heard the song but it was awesome

I'm not a fan of the song either (Sorry Katy)...But she has a great voice...

The song is a #1 for the Katycats actually but yeah that's an opinion

@@wandarobinson326 “her own take” the original song is fire 🔥

i think they were giving constructive criticism:)

@@justleahdegraw IMHO - They aren’t consistent though. Especially, Katy. They crush the ones with talent and self confidence and they buildup the ones that lack the talent and confidence. Unfortunately, Heather is stuck. She crushed it. But the dilemma is this: (Don’t look down on me for saying this) - it’s just an observation... Heather has a ‘sista’s’voice which will make the ‘sistas’ mad because they will think she is trying to be black and on the same token she won’t fit in and relate to her ‘sisters’ because her style doesn’t fit with them. So basically, she may fall victim to votes. Heather is a modern day Teena Marie. Jealousy will be the downfall. But make NO mistake, Heather’s audition was the most powerful that I’ve seen on AI. She has been bussin tails since she was 9. Look her up on KZfaq. She will be a star regardless and that may prevent her from winning this competition. It won’t be her skill that’s for sure. She will have to pick the wrong song or deal with hate to really lose. Her skill extraordinary. I’ve produced a ton of songs, for artists, and she has it.

@@justleahdegraw That wasn't constructive criticism. Let's be real. That was downplaying her talent with jealousy from Katy, and solidarity from the other two judges.

@@GameChanger597 well said. Thank you!

Truth

Great way to put it! That's exactly what happened!!

I think someone is jealous because that girl is fire and she's cute!

Someone hasn't heard Katy sing live and it shows

Um no

what? 😂 have you ever heard Katy live?

Obviously, there are too many unecessary runs but her voice is really good

I said the same thing🙌 Bringing back that 90’s feel

Have you heard the original song?

Jealous? Omg you are being funny for saying this

Huge fan of Katy, but that was jealous! Teach later, the dead inside was mean!!!

I think she has way more soul than Ariana. And Katy could not handle how much better she sang that than her. She’s SO jealous!

No, it is just too much.

Jealous hhaaha me when I'm joking

I was about to say that.

Wdym jealous Katy literally has such a mature voice and hers is so steady the girl has talent but she is not as good as Katy

Katy was totally jealous so gave her a mean girl criticism.

@@joegarza49 not mean just truth she’s had a lot of pro training after being signed by Simone at 10years old

When a contestant sings a judges song, they normally more harsh on them. Maybe they expect respect for their song. Idk but it’s something I’ve seen a lot in these shows.

she's prob just trying to keep her grounded everyone with ears knows this girl is good. I wanna she what her next level will sound like

it’s the most important audition she’s gotta throw them in there

Too many talents in this batch. This one is great as well.

What are you a Profesional Jenny?

@@theloweboat I’m not a professional but I’ve had voice lessons and am classically trained

@@jennifertustin6629 : Great someone knows it all just because she took the ACME learners guild to singing, notes and classical garbage. LOL

Why did Katy perry hate so? This young lady did her thing!! Katy was warned! 😆 🤣

@@victoriaalvin2446 I think she could have warmly embraced her without dismissing her gift saying she felt 'dead'. Compartmentalization: "I'm in awe of your gift", that's one. Acknowledge that, and maybe you could play a part in nourishing her gift. Dismissing her might close her off and make her self- conscious. Maybe not. She seemed to take that remark and criticism graciously. Still, though, I think there's a better way to acknowledge the gift while letting her know that less is more. The young lady sings with fantastic control. Finding a way to let the words and melody sing and breathe without so much embellishment might actually allow for the natural and raw beauty of her voice to come out and convey the emotion of the song and lyrics.

duh, i don’t need to say more bout ur foolishness we ppl who can sing knew the girl is ego and wanna show off his vocal skill but she just prosecuted the song vibe awfully, Katy sang her own song perfectly, every feels in on point, the laziness laying on bed feels. It’s a slight erotic love song, the girl just sang it like a national anthem that don’t have feelings. If the girl sang “Someone Like You” the same way, she will be criticised too, her singing is just simply soulless, Katy jealous ?!! for what ? for the shitty performance of the girl ? This girl didn’t sing better than Katy. And Katy can sing like that. It’s just you can’t. There’s hundreds thousands of singers that can sing that on the internet, you think this girl is so unique ?!! lmao your ignorance. This girl vocal is so not special, there’s too much ppl on Tiktok cover that have the same vocal. and her interpretation of the song is soulless. This girl vocal is unimpressive with the amount of ppl that can do the same, Katy can sing like her, but this girl can’t sing like Katy. Go find how much online singer able to cover Fireworks or Dark Horse decently the audacity to claim Katy can’t sing like her, do u even watched this show, Katy sang too many times in the show to prove her vocal. You just suck at singing that you think every vocal showcase is equivalent to good performance. this girl is like Violently playing Beethoven Moonlight Sonata, that’s no good. 🙄you have no taste in music, she’s suck and your opinion is idiotic and invalid. You got it so wrong, Katy put soul into the song, and this girl has no soul in performing it. This girl just using the song to flexing the vocal. The song was meant to be chill, relaxing vibe, the melody has to be sing softly like whisper in the ear on bed to be erotica and seductive. This girl just like scream out the melody, she’s like hitting hard on piano keyboard to play Beethoven Moonlight Sonata, there’s no soul in her singing. Singing Christina Aguilera/Whitney Houston to “Hey Jude” is not consider a soulful performance of a song. this girl ruined the vibe of the original song, Katy sang her song perfectly. And your comment just showcase how ignorant you are and can’t differentiate “vocal flexing” from “interpret song/melody correctly”. the melody was meant to be chill, Katy brought out the soul of the song, this girl kill it, y’all are shallow minded have no idea bout music at all. Just thinking oh singing loud and show off vocal skills is equivalent to “good”. that’s why they are the judges and y’all aren’t. Y’all judging by sentiment and not rationality of based on analysis, breakdown of the song. And how the melody is interpreted. y’all are ignorantly wrong Having vocal skills doesn’t mean she perform the song decently, it’s like pressing hard for every keynote on piano, every song has it best way of interpretation. And this girl just “weightlifting” on the “ballet” (song). she got disqualified for not performing right, we’re not saying singing vocally outstanding. also she didn’t sing better than Katy, Katy can do the same whatever this girl showing off, Katy no need to jealous of something she can do. Katy critics is on point. i think she overdone and ruined Katy’s song, she can pick any other song, this girl just want to show off her vocal but she picked the wrong song, not every song is suitable for this. Listen to Katy’s original first, the melody of the song was meant to be seductively chill like a island honeymoon vacation and delicately ended the notes of every line, then with a hint of powerhouse run on in bridge.

Katy never use autotune, she’s live singing every bad or good performance. You’re ignorant af but still shamelessly commenting like you know singing We’re not talking bout voice control here in the context of this girl bad performance ruined the song, we’re talking vibe, how u present the feels of the song originally. This girl will still unknown forever if she only knows ego vocal show off like any other internet singer. You gotta present the vibe song perfectly, like many ppl covered Someone Like You just fine, but how many of those online singers able to pull the affection and feeling like Adele did. They sang it just like this girl did, soullessly. imagine this girl use this Christina Aguilera way to sing passenger “Let Her Go” that simply awful singing.

You really think katy uses a lot of auto tune these past years (2019-2021) ohhh pls …these comment are obviously no vocal coach and no idea what they’re talking about and just wannna talk trash about Katy how she’s didn’t appreciate this version of HIH…like this version is trash…too over and too much screaming…..this song is meant to be chill and relaxing but this girl gave me a headache listening to her…it’s not that her voice is bad it’s just that her screaming and belting was total disaster…

That’s what I think I think she has an incredible voice I think she just needs to do less runs and fit them in to the song at times and build to the high notes and vocal tricks. But I definitely think she’s going to go far

How are you doing beautiful I hope you are fine and how is the weather over there?

She died from pure jealousy by the second run.. and came back from the ded to talk nonsense out her neck

I don't get why she said that either when she clearly put her own style and emotion into the song. I get the runs parts but saying she was "dead inside" wasn't needed

katy was literally dancing to it too-

She didn't put emotion into it at all

@@ameliamason7385 yup it was all technique

Umm. she was doing it on purpose even if she like it. The girl is singing her song and she can’t just fangirling her because lOcAL esp the twitter Stan might attack her for saying yes because she sing her song .

She is just jealous

@@mammamoo3045 FACTS

I agree. Felt to me katy may have been jealous.

what? when Katy sings it, it's so chill, sexy and relaxing, and this girl was screaming

lols, no.

No original, no cover.

The original is better

THISSSSSSSSS.

Facts .She is so swaggy and cute

“Gworl this song wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you” *bruh I love this lil girl* She can run all day every day.

This is the comment

Ohhh my god this was literally my first thought 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

right?! i think KP had great advice that was true, but also.... how could one possibly give heartbreaking emotion in a song like harley's in hawaii?? i felt some slight jealousy cause heather can sing circles around katy (go to her IG, you'll see what i mean)

She was salty. Jealous of Heathers talent. "you haven't earned this hair" Katys always been rude though

She’s better than Katy

No

@@hattielott7420 yesss! Ikr? Her first hit came out in 2008. Lionel, on the other hand, went solo in 1982, but truly started November 1972, when him and his fellow band members of The Commodores signed with Motown Records. I think we all know who holds seniority here 😂

Right but on other people theyd say "I think you could've given us more" "We need to see a bit of range".

That's the catch 22 of it. Most people don't have the range or ability to show off what she did. Showing all of this, was a good display of talent but its also tricky because with the song she used, the timing, style and everything allowed her to include all of these vocalizations without it sounding too off. That isn't going to be the case for many songs, and for her, a singer that isn't locked into a specific range or style, its important to get through to her on how to use her voice properly, before she develops habits that could be hard to break later on. Honestly excited to see where she goes from here.

That's the point I think lol

I notice katy do be low key hatin sometime on all the top females. Not only do u see it, but u can smell it! 😂

they hate Katy for no reason as usual

@@mistabozack8258 where exactly.... Is that why she has the lowest number of beefs with people ?

maybe cuz she said it sounded, "Dead inside"

@@ladyjmarie3955 she meant that there was too much showing off with her voice and too little normal words, normal message that the song is portraying - so it turned out empty. it was a metaphor just like with the cake and the frosting. Katy is a very kind person but she likes a lot of metaphors and has a specific sense of humor. if you watched more of her interviews and lives through the years you would know that she is like this. but she never means to insult anyone. even on past seasons several people sang her songs and she always said that they sang better than her.

Exactly! What happen with Heather? Anyone knows about it?🤔

@KLGoodman wth, are u seriously? why?

@KLGoodman but, is this an enough reason to disqualify her? Because other similar situations happened before! Also she hasn't much exposition such a recognized artist in her social media!

Fuck that..............listen to Katy? YOU SERIOUS? Not even Katy can sing let alone Judge OMG

@@theloweboat nah man, Katy is right and she's not sitting there for no reason lol. It's like over doing a house with beautiful decorations.

Katy sings it supple, natural, and with discipline. Heather went overboard with delivery. It's meant to be casual and laid back, not piled high with vocal tricks.

I totally agree with your comment! She is headed for stardom Now!

I honestly felt like Katie was a bit jealous. Maybe more than just a bit.... She even told her not to sing the song better than her and that there's such a thing as "seniority." Of course she was only "joking" but there was a tone of seriousness and transparency in her voice that she probably didn't realize was coming out. Not only was the frosting comment rude and untrue, the tone in which she said it was condescending and belittling. Katie did not like some little girl showing her up. She obviously felt threatened and it showed.

@@GameChanger597 your comment is spot on. Your analysis is so correct. I couldn’t agree more. That is EXACTLY what it was. I picked up on all of that too and it left me feeling offended

Besides Murphy

omg frr??!

Damn I wonder if we can find any of her stuff from when she was 10

No wonder Katie was so jealous. Telling her she has a "good voice but needs to learn how to use it" is an underhanded "compliment." A bitchy thing to say and she knows it. And having been signed by Simon Cowell at the age of 10, it's obvious she already knows how to use her voice AND has "earned" the right to sing her song anyway she wants. At this point, she's obviously only on the show to get her name out there and gain more opportunity.

Annie Williams some videos are up if you search her name on KZfaq but a lot of them she made private which is shame because they were so cute.

C'mon now delusional

Thank you. My thoughts exactly! And Katy was a bit salty toward her🙄

i live for this comment lol yessssssss

I actually thought this was going to be a smart well thought out comment. Just another brains dead person though. You notice a trend that the judges are always far harsher on the best singers. The best singers especially heather knows she’s good, so if she was just endlessly praised she’d be cocky as hell and would fuck up going into Hollywood week. Instead she will be trying and going as hard as possible just to keep making it to the next round. It’s a very common trend with these judges the best singers, the ones who know their amazing especially, are flat out harsher and a lot critical of, just to make sure they don’t slack off and get eliminated out of sheer cockiness.

What a crap you saying

In my opinion NO