Thanks Anthony.. I was going to say the same thing.. But with that being said, she did an amazing job, but in my opinion, no one comes close to Charice with this song.. Especially with the shear emotion that emanates from Charice when she performs.. She is a consummate performer and her live performances are exquisite, Live is the Essence of Charice, which is why she is unmatched..

Why you don’t include Aretha Franklin tribute? and where’s Jennifer’s video to compare with?  Mercedes aka Amber is good too, she should done the Bodyguard medley though like Charice did. Anyways, Charice is feisty young lady!

All three did great with the tribute to Whitney may she RIP.. Jennifer Hudson’s Grammy performance was great, but was missing the goosebumps affect. While Amber Riley’s performance is a studio version also lacks that goosebumps affect for me. Now not to be bias. Charice’s performance Live while she was crying, is really difficult to do. You can ask any artist how difficult it is to sing after crying. I bet you they will all say it’s really hard. Not to mention Charice did back to back tough songs. She sang these songs with so much power and emotions, that one can’t help themselves from having tears watching it. The power and soothing of her voice gives you that tingling feelings throughout your body. Charice has been giving tribute to her idol Whitney seen she was of a very young aged. She was discovered in YouTube singing Whitney’s songs. So for these three performances, I have to choose Charice’s. Whitney would be so proud of all three of these young performers.  Kudos to all three!! Peace!!

I agree… to be fair, there should be a video of Jennifer Hudson included here.  Also, for proper comparison all performances should be under the same live conditions.  They’re all good and I’m sure each has a “best” performance of this song that may not be included here.  I think Charice takes it with this David Foster “shortened arrangement”, but I also think the Japanese version mentioned by Fogh is the most “accurate” cover.

What REALLY impresses me is Charice’s versions of this song when she was only 9 or 10.  I dunno where this little 4’11″ powerhouse gets it… but if it’s for sale, I’m first in line. 

Charice is so amazing! She did great even while crying and performing live, still manage to make it perfect.

the only singer that close to whitney”s voice is charice 

for me the closest rendition next to Whitney Houston is Charice she got the powerful voice to belt it out those insane hig notes of those songs from Whitney, to Celine Dion. Check it out in You tube allthe great performances of Charice from Ellen De Generes to Ophra to Madison Square Gaden with Celine Dion. Love her voice so much …it’s insane  out of this world

charice is out of this world.  she was first discovered in youtube singing a cover of whitney song. this pave the way for guestings in starking korea ,ellen show then ophra. she is great in recording but is incoparable when singing live. there is magic when she sings live

Charice, and this is her best rendition imo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRz6_HIN_2A

all did a great job . charice has the best voice. but that version is from two or three years ago at the end of the tour and she was gonna miss her friends.

Wow, Charice is really amazing. I didnt knwo she can sing this good. I am blown away!

Charice…..

Charice voice is very unique you can hear the melody in every word that come out to her mouth.. She’s an amazing singer

Definitely it’s CHARICE!!! She is THE BEST SINGER who can give justice to any Whitney Houston song…search her on youtube…she is truly AMAZING!!!

Undoubtedly Charice!

Of course Charice are much better than that 2 singer in terms of vocal power and to interpret the song , charice much more on emotio when she sang the song everytime , watch all her performance here in you tube , always a big goosebumps hehehe go,go.go Charice

charice , sing much better the song of whitney

im proud to be a filipino we love u charice!

theres always someone to hate & make negative comments about someone how has past. we arent talking about dolly parton & whitney made that sing famous. say something about the national anthem thats not whitneys song either but, that was the best national anthem every sang. they all did a good job charice was awesome JH has a different style of singing & amber was in a studio. to compare it the closes it would be amber. but charice killed it live.

Ya’ll need to be shame of yourselves.  Clarice is the underdog in this showdown for the very simple fact we don’t expect a soulful voice coming out of a pale body.  And, of course, we love an underdog.  But, Jennifer is all over this one.  Jennifer is a rare talent that won’t be denied!

If you REALLY want to see the BEST performance – as judged by WHITNEY HERSELF – check you-tube for JENNIFER’S singing it to WHITNEY LIVE at the 2009 BET awards & watch WHITNEY ……..

Charice wins all open popularity contests for a simple reason – her fans are more dedicated. I know because I am one. 

Amber Riley ALL THE WAY! XoxO

It´s not the question who sang it better. The comparison will always end up whose singer you really like the most. I like Charice better cause she sang this in different version “LIVE”. I prefer the way she sang it. I remember when she was a guest in Italy. I think ”Lo canto…” is the name of the show. She sang the whole song and really sticked to Whitney´s version. And if you will close your eyes, you will think it was Whitney herself who was singing. That´s why she got a long standing ovation.

This is one of  Charice´s many version, I want to share with all of u. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqWTtHaASU

Amber is simply the best Charice is seeking love over everyone on the Glee Cast and everyone is saying wow Charice is the best Glee Cast Member but she is only a GUEST STAR NOT A SERIES REGULAR!!! Also if you just listened to all these versions without knowing who it was or seeing them you wouldn’t say Charice, now would you, you would say AMBER!!!

As a musician for many years it has got to be Charice. The other two may be able to hit higher notes but Charice’s natural register is lower. Although this has nothing to do with who is a better singer. Conversely, Charice has a better overall range than the others. My aggravation is why she is not being promoted more aggressively by the main stream media as she is a really great  singer with alot of emotion. What also impresses me is you do not see / hear her out at clubs getting drunk and wasted. She has values and morals which is rare today in performers. She can sing anything and her talent is God given. YOU GO GIRL !!! 

Charice!

LOL, why is this article comparing LIVE performance to auto-tuned. Even worse, the LIVE performance by Charice manage to be better than auto-tuned performance of the others. That says something right?

Charice’s version connects with me emotionally like no other singer does.  I’ve heard this performance a hundred times and each time I am blown away. goosebumps all over me…..
We will miss Whitney but her songs will live on- thanks to Charice!  I love Amber and JH as well:)

 Charice just blows me away with her emotional and vocal prowess.  She is stunning, and has never faltered in her performances.  I’ve watched her in the last couple of years, and she takes my breath away.  She performs Whitney’s renditions, with such care and rawness.  Goodbye Whitney. Now if the GRAMMY’S would only start to recognize this young ladies talents, she deserves to be recognized…..period!

charice sings with all her heart in every song! not like the others that only sings for fame or money. U would notice that asian music is alooooot more emotional (most is about love, dead and live)and thats why she can sing like whitney and can imagine her feelings.And the part “don’t make me close one more door! always makes me cry and i cant explain why ;( 
GO CHARICE THE NEW REBORN OF WHITNEY

charice, JUMPING OVATION

In YouTube there are at least 6-10 videos of Charice singing this song. This video is not by any means her best performance of the song. Check this one out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=1qO1jiNVPqA. There is no one past or present that I know of who can perform live like her. Her voice and her singing are just 1/4 of her greatness. The rest are 1/4 her stage presence and 1/4 her looks. Put all these parts together and she just blows you away!

    I won’t be taking Jennifer Hudson into account simply because her
performance wasn’t that good. She’d have never make the cut at the
“American Idol” audition with that performance. Don’t get me wrong here,
she’s got a good voice and she can
sing, but she doesn’t have the pipes to compete with Amber nor Charice.

   Also let’s keep in mind that Charice has been performing live for many
years despite her young age, so she knows how to connect with the
audience, and that’s a huge plus compared to Amber Riley whom, I
believe, we hear only “Glee’s” performances. I’d still would love to
hear and see Amber sing live though.

   
I’d say the best versions are those of Charice and Amber. Still I would
definitely vouch for Charice’s as the best, even thought this video of
hers is from the final leg of her performance in the “David Foster &
Friends 2009 US Tour”.

   First, the fact is that Charice’s (who was 17 years old at the time
of this recording by a fan, thus, no gimmicks) was live and not
prerecorded (Autotune, studio spec FX., etc…) as amber’s “Glee”
performance. I know, some people may not like Charice’s vocalization
towards the end of the song, then again, this is a live performance, and
in live performances singers do that, the great Whitney herself has
done it numerous times in the spur of the moment, therefore some
glitches may occur (larsen, mics distortion, some mics aren’t good at
reproducing lows, the mic battery may be low in power, etc…).

   Second, for whatever reason, Charice’s voice seems to have far more
intensity in any register she sings in, either low or high or anything
in between. The emotions I feel/perceive with Amber’s version aren’t as
clear nor as powerful as Charice’s take on that song. Also Amber isn’t
expressive at all in that video, it looks like she’s not really feeling
the meaning of the song.

   Third, and there is no doubt about it, Charice’s voice is goosebumps,
bordering shivers, inducing especially when she hit those super high or
supra low notes… Hear her sing live and you’ll definitely be
subjected to it. Those are so intense you can almost feel the goosebumps
just by watching her you tube performance, then again that’s just a
small percentage of what you’d be bombarded with in one of her live
performance.

   Of course it would be easier to exact an opinion if the three of them
were singing the same song in, the same venue, in the same conditions,
and with the same allocated rehearsing time.

   Until then my vote will go to Charice first, Amber a very close
second, and then Jennifer Hudson third. This is just my humble, personal
opinion, anyone has the right to disagree…

Nobody can ignore the awesome talent of Charice.

The truth is, nobody comes close to her as far as Whitney’s songs are concerned except Whitney herself.

CHARICE probably the most talented singer of her generation.

Don’t listen to Charice song first, because if you do, you would not appreciate Alum and Hudson rendition of Whitney’s “I Will Always Love You”… it goes this way… Alum = good, Hudson = great, Charice >= Whitney.  Can’t get any better than this.

Charice’s rendition posted above is not D best rendition.
D best one of all is this.I  guarantee it.
youtube.com/watch?v=kMSxPez24_s

To be truthful the Charice video was done in 2009. Charice was crying because Vancouver was the last of a 10 city tour. She had grown close to the other members of David Foster’s entourage and was sad at the parting. 

As far as the glee version is concerned it is hard to judge because they autotune everything you hear.

I will tell you who did it best Kurt(Chris)
then Amber(Mercedes)
Charice yells her songs