Kellyoke has moved beyond The Kelly Clarkson Show‘s New York stage and all the way to Las Vegas.
At Kelly Clarkson‘s new “Studio Sessions” Las Vegas residency — which premiered at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on July 11 after the original July 4-5 opening weekend was postponed due to rehearsals taking “a toll” on her famous voice — the inaugural American Idol winner is including a Kellyoke cover as part of each night’s encore.
Clarkson went big on opening night, tackling “I Will Always Love You,” the 1974 Dolly Parton classic that took on a new life with Whitney Houston’s 1992 cover for The Bodyguard film.
“I’m gonna preface [this] with no one should ever sing this song, but I got tricked one time,” Clarkson laughed to the July 11 crowd, explaining how Parton herself had requested that Kelly cover the enduring hit during a Dolly tribute at the 2022 ACM Awards. Clarkson also said that her version is a “marriage” of Parton’s original with Houston’s cover. “You can tell by some of my runs. I’ve been taking a little run here, a little run there from [Whitney], because I grew up on her. These are two of my favorite musical influences, and it’s such a beautiful song.”
For night 2, Clarkson tackled another song she’s previously performed: “Beggin’,” originally recorded by The Four Seasons in 1967 and famously covered by Italian rock band Måneskin in 2017, was also a Kellyoke pick on The Kelly Clarkson Show in March 2024.
Clarkson’s “Studio Sessions” residency — her second stint in Vegas, after her “Chemistry” run at PH Live in Planet Hollywood back in 2023 — has dates at Caesars Palace through Nov. 15. Below, find an updating list of every Kellyoke cover Clarkson performs during her new residency.