LOL is it just me or did Ronnie Dunn not look to amused or impressed either way with Jennifer Hudson’s performance? I feel like afterwards he was like “why was that girl hollering all over our song like that!” That’s just me? LOL!

Jennifer Hudson (the new and improved visual version) participated in “AMC Presents: Brooks And Dunn – The Last Rodeo” and performed their song “Believe” for them and the fans recently. Brooks & Dunn, a very successful country duo, are breaking up this year to pursue solo albums and they are getting the royal sendoff.

Personally, I wasn’t very moved by this. I think Jennifer took out the nuance that this story behind the song probably requires, but I’d need to go listen to the original to figure that out 100%. Jennifer’s been recording new music. but reports had surfaced that she was trying to go in a dance direction a la Kelly Rowland and the label shot her down and sent her back into the lab. Wamp. We will see what she comes up with!

Tardy for the post, sorry!

Jennifer Hudson did her best Southside Chicago church rendition of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” at Netflix-sponsored anniversary viewing of The Wizard of Oz in Central Park in NYC a couple of days ago. I’d heard about it, but they finally put up some good video/audio.

Are the same pants Jen wore at the VH1 “Divas” event? LOL. And those half-cut gloves she got on I don’t get it…

But vocally, she does a decent job. The real excitement comes toward the end when she starts feeling the spirit. Pastor Mary L. McCracken would be so proud!

There’s nothing really new about this performance though — her performance of this song a while ago at the tribute to Patti LaBelle was a bit better, vocally “more exciting” to me (even though it was the same arrangement). See below after the jump!

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