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"American Idol hopeful Jessica Sanchez paid tribute to the late, great Whitney Houston Wednesday with a heartfelt cover of her 1993 hit &amp;quot;I Will Always Love You.&amp;quot;\r\nThe performance earned the 16-year-old the only standing ovation of the evening, as female contestants were tasked with singing songs from Houston&amp;apos;s music catalog; male competitors performed Stevie Wonder covers.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;This is one of the hardest songs in the world to sing,&amp;quot; judge Randy Jackson told Sanchez. &amp;quot;You were not only the best vocal of the night, but I think you are one of the best singers in this whole competition!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nJudge Jennifer Lopez, 42, choked back tears. &amp;quot;When you did the last three things and we were right there with you, I think you were even surprised in yourself,&amp;quot; Lopez said. &amp;quot;It was beautiful. You are so talented. God bless you!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nSteven Tyler was equally floored, telling Sanchez: &amp;quot;You may be the one. You just made 40 million people cry.&amp;quot;\r\nAmerican Idol is hardly Sanchez&amp;apos;s first time in the spotlight: when she was 11 years old, Sanchez competed on the first season of America&amp;apos;s Got Talent."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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