 Giles Hardie of "The Sydney Morning Herald" rated his performance eight out of ten and wrote it was "a very clever song choice".In September 2013, Lily Allen covered "Irreplaceable" at a celebration party in Italy, and on June 30, 2014, Anja Nissen covered the song on the third series of "The Voice Australia".In May 2007, "Irreplaceable" was used in the final scene of "When the Chickens Come Home to Roost", the final episode of the first season of the television series "The Game".