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In her seventh season of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the pop-star host finally covered Bonnie Tyler‘s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” — a song that many consider to be the ultimate karaoke ballad — for her popular Kellyoke segment. Clarkson stayed true to the 1983 original for her two-minute cover on Thursday’s (May 29) episode, […]
Buckle up, Gleeks, because Rachel Berry finally got her “Drivers License.”
That’s right: Lea Michele stopped by The Kelly Clarkson Show on Thursday (May 22) to deliver a stunning cover of Olivia Rodrigo‘s seminal debut single.
Donning a ruched ivory jumpsuit, the star channeled her Glee character’s famous sense of melodrama as she belted out the eight-week No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit, singing, “You’re probably with that blonde girl who always made me doubt/ She’s so much older than me, she’s everything I’m insecure about/ Yeah, today I drove through the suburbs, ’cause how could I ever love someone else?” (Of course, if this was the early days of Glee, Michele-as-Berry would almost certainly be referring to Dianna Agron’s Quinn Fabray, right?)
Following the number, Michele shared with host Kelly Clarkson that her cover was, in fact, directly inspired by her iconic TV persona.
“I’m on tour right now, and I’m singing a lot of songs from Glee and from Broadway,” she explained. “But I do this section in my show, so it’s: ‘If Glee were on television right now, what would Rachel Berry be singing?’ And the minute I heard ‘Drivers License,’ I was like, ‘That’s such a Rachel Berry song.’”
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After revealing that the cast of Glee did “over 800 songs” during the course of six seasons on the Fox series, Michele also teased that she has “something exciting coming up,” but didn’t give fans any further details besides the fact that she’d be announcing the secret project “very soon.”
Other famous faces who’ve performed “Cameo-oke” numbers on The Kelly Clarkson Show recently include Blake Shelton, Lizzo, Sierra Hull, Ledisi and the Broadway cast of SMASH.
Watch Michele drive through the suburbs on “Drivers License” below.
Kelly Clarkson kicked off The Kelly Clarkson Show on Thursday (May 15) by performing “Still Bad” with help from Lizzo herself.
The R&B star opened the number with Clarkson ably handling harmony duty on the first verse before the pair launched into the track’s celebratory chorus in unison, singing, “I don’t need him, I need a drink/ Let’s turn this pain into some champagne, baby/ Like cheers, bi—, it’s been a day/ Might take that last flight out to Vegas, what y’all think?”
For the second verse of the breakup anthem, Lizzo cedes the floor to the talk show host with a tossed-off “Tell ’em, Kelly!” At which point America’s original idol swaggers, “Plot twist: I’m doing great/ I make that been-through sh– look sexy anyway/ I don’t need him, I need to throw ass, been a minute/ Break fast with my bi—es/ Real love, real life, damn, I’ve been missing.”
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“Still Bad” serves as the latest single from Lizzo’s upcoming fifth studio album, Love in Real Life, which is set to drop sometime later this year. The project was also preceded by the title track as its swinging, rock-infused lead single. Meanwhile, Clarkson just unveiled her new single “Where Have You Been.”
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This week’s batch of episodes on The Kelly Clarkson Show have been filled with special musical numbers beyond the host’s usual daily Kellyoke picks, including in-studio performances by Ledisi, Sierra Hull and Operation Mincemeat star Jak Malone, as well as appearances by Bernadette Peters, Darren Criss, Blake Shelton, Anna Kendrick and more.
Watch Lizzo and Kelly duet on “Still Bad” below.
Kelly Clarkson is getting candid with fans about why she hasn’t been hitting the road lately.
During her concert in Atlantic City, N.J., on Friday (May 9), the 43-year-old pop star and TV personality told the crowd that touring isn’t realistic right now due to the demanding schedule of The Kelly Clarkson Show.
“We haven’t done a show in a while, y’all, ’cause I have a talk show. It’s like a whole other job,” Clarkson said, referencing her band, according to Page Six. The Grammy winner also noted that being a single mother takes up much of her time.
Still, Clarkson expressed gratitude for the opportunity to perform two nights at Atlantic City’s Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena — her first live shows in nearly six months.
“We are bummed ’cause we love doing shows, and it’s hard to fit it in, so it’s cool when it does work out with the schedule,” the American Idol alum told the audience. “And it’s cool to get to see your faces and feed off y’all. Thank you so much for having so much energy.”
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Her 90-minute set included fan-favorite hits such as “My Life Would Suck Without You,” “Because of You,” “Breakaway,” “Miss Independent,” “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” and “Since U Been Gone.” It marked her first full-length concert since November 2024.
Clarkson hasn’t embarked on a full tour since 2019. In the years since, she has booked Las Vegas residencies — including shows at PH Live at Planet Hollywood in 2023 and 2024. Earlier this year, she announced a new Vegas residency, Kelly Clarkson: Studio Sessions, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The show opens July 4 and runs through July and August, with additional dates scheduled for November.
In March, Clarkson celebrated the milestone 1,000th episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. The daytime program, which launched in 2019, was renewed by NBC Owned Television Stations for a seventh season in December 2024. Her contract is set to expire next year, Page Six reports.
The show has earned 22 Daytime Emmy Awards, including eight individual wins for Clarkson herself. Most recently, it won outstanding daytime talk series for the fourth consecutive year at the 2024 Daytime Emmys.
Now in its sixth season, The Kelly Clarkson Show averages 1.2 million viewers per day and remains one of the top syndicated talk shows in the country, airing on more than 200 stations nationwide.
When it comes to the prospect of being trapped on a deserted island, Kelly Clarkson would want to be with a fellow American Idol alum. The hypothetical scenario came up on Thursday’s episode (May 1) of The Kelly Clarkson Show during a round of “Playing Dice With God,” with guests Tina Fey and Will Forte. […]
Kelly Clarkson can make a wish, take a chance and make a change, but one of her most beloved hits will still be her musical director’s least favorite. On an episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show guest-hosted by Andy Cohen on Monday (April 21), Jason Halbert — who oversees all things music on the talk […]
All Sheryl Crow wants to do is listen to Kelly Clarkson‘s new cover of “All I Wanna Do” on repeat. After the talk-show host sang a gorgeous rendition of the early ’90s hit for the latest installment of The Kelly Clarkson Show‘s Kellyoke segment, the guitarist had nothing but praise when commenting on a video […]
Kelly Clarkson is celebrating 1000 episodes of her popular daytime talk show, and is thanking fans for giving her comfort over the past five years of The Kelly Clarkson Show. “Our show premiered on September 9, 2019, with the help of some great friends,” she said at the beginning of the episode. “Over the next […]
On a recent episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, Kelly Clarkson‘s star power exploded as she covered Chappell Roan‘s “Red Wine Supernova.” In lieu of a miniskirt and go-go boots, the vocalist looked chic in a black blazer while standing on stage with her band Thursday (Jan. 16), immediately bringing energy to the Rise and […]
The Kelly Clarkson Show has been renewed by NBC Owned Television Stations group for a seventh season.
“Kelly Clarkson is a national treasure,” Tracie Wilson, executive vice president, syndication studios and E! News at NBCUniversal, said in a statement. “…There’s an appetite in talk for stories that entertain and inspire, and The Kelly Clarkson Show is a shining star that delivers for our stations and connects with viewers across multiple generations in meaningful ways.”
Valari Staab, chairman, NBCUniversal Local, added: “Kelly and her team continue to raise the bar in daytime television. The show’s consistent viewership, engaging content and high production quality has made it a valuable part of our programming lineup across the NBC-owned stations.”
Since its launch in 2019, The Kelly Clarkson Show has collected 22 Daytime Emmys. Clarkson has won personally won eight of those awards (compared to three Grammys over a much longer period of time). Impressively, she has won at least one Emmy in each of the five seasons.
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The Kelly Clarkson Show won outstanding daytime talk series for the fourth consecutive year at the 2024 Daytime Emmys, which were held in Los Angeles on June 7. In accepting the award, Clarkson gave special thanks to NBC for listening to her concerns when she proposed moving the show from Los Angeles to New York.
“Thanks to NBC for believing in our show. …The fact that NBC, a huge company, took time and listened when I said ‘Hey, my life is not going super great. I don’t know if I can live here [in L.A.] anymore. I don’t know if I can do this.’ And they really wrapped their arms around us and they helped us move. And the move has been so great for not just me and my family but our whole show. It takes a lot of time and money and effort to do that. It is not unnoticed. I just want to say thank you for thinking of mental health as well as, you know, a product.”
For the 2024-25 season, The Kelly Clarkson Show averages 1.2 million viewers per day, and consistently ranks as one of the top syndicated talk shows. The show airs in syndication on more than 200 stations across the country.
The Kelly Clarkson Show films in studio 6A at 30 Rockefeller in New York City. Alex Duda is executive producer and showrunner. Clarkson is also executive producer.