American Idol Season 12- Contestant Preview #3- Kree Harrison

By On 12/23/2012 · 35 Comments · In American Idol, American Idol 12, American Idol 12 Spoilers, American Idol 12 Top 40

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Kree Harrison is part of this years “country wave”, along with the already previewed Jimmy Smith and some others you’ll see in future previews. She’s not quite the Carrie Underwood of the group, she’s more like a Sara Evans/Michelle Branch hybrid, which could be cool. She plays guitar.

She has previously appeared on the Rosie O’Donnell show when she was 8 years old. She was briefly signed by Lyric Street Records when she was 12.

Lauren Alaina did really well her season. Country girls can do just as well as the boys can sometimes. If she makes the top 10, I expect big things from Kree. Like Jimmy, they both have the pipes to back up their vocal runs. I expect a decent portion of the top 10 to be country, thanks to the infusion of Keith Urban into the judging panel.

Examiner article on Kree: http://www.examiner.com/article/kree-harrison-at-3rd-lindsley

ReverbNation Profile: http://www.reverbnation.com/kreeharrison
MySpace Profile: http://us.myspace.com/kreeharrison
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kree-Harrison/167707315756
She appears on BMI’s roster: http://www.bmi.com/affiliates/H

Stronger-

9 To 5 (her version of Dolly Parton’s song… it’s a bit different)

Valerie-

Tennessee Waltz-

 
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  • Anny_nanny

    I’m afraid DB987 rights. In the last season how much discussed it, Skailer not received a record despite all the compliments from the country. This girl is already known in Nashville, but could not break through yourself, where is the chance that the AI can help her?
    I love her voice and she has a history, but the same thing happened with Crystal and who of us can say that she has been a huge success?

  • http://twitter.com/HighTensions Jake Williams

    and she better dye her hair blonde :P

  • irockhard

    Plant alert!

    Well at least she’s not a blonde.

    So country/rock, Skylar 2.0 or Cassadee Pope 2.0?

    Not wowed but finally someone I’m willing to at least check out.

  • quickjessie

     Plant?  Why, because she’s had so many hit records? 

    Geez, this just annoys me.  Please point out the first/only contestant on any of these shows that started singing the day of their audition. 

    All of these people have singing experience.  The better ones might have picked up some paying gigs but they can hardly be called “plants”. 

  • Reflects On Life

    Like her rendition of “Stronger” – transcends the bar-band sound.
    The rest of these performances do not.  That’s the problem for me with the bar/lounge scene – the songs & sounds all get genericized, especially for female voices.  She’ll probably sound better on the idol stage than she sounds here.

    This slower acoustic probably shows off her vocal tones best…http://youtu.be/RCm8yfMfUN0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCm8yfMfUN0

  • fantoo1

    You seem bitter for some reason ;)

  • DB987

    Lauren is doing good I try not to compare her to Scotty’s success she is on her own track not really in his shadow except on blogs like this. Kree is older has more experiience then Lauren did when she was on the show to this I would agree.  They have different styles/sound ,better or worse will always be a matter of opinion.  For many reasons Lauren had a big appeal and the novelty of the country kids helped her a lot.   For a women to do well in the country music sence from one of these shows she, I agree, needs to win and/or come off with a good sized fanbase then work her butt off and maybe get a likey break of a hit.  Kree has a pleasant voice but nothing spectacular to my ears therefore she needs some major appeal to carry her for the win and a chance at a career.
    So I think we agree.  I wish her luck and am interested in listening to her.

  • artemis112

    I like what I’m hearing from these videos-both her tone and the emotion she puts into her singing. She’s one I’d like to hear more from.

  • kansasfemale

    raw potential – I’ll be watching this one

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/GEE7ION6BPL2BYNNHADS6AVCJM wutwut

    Interested to see her. Kacey Musgraves [another country up-and-comer] just tweeted about her

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