in the interest of full disclosure, i feel it necessary to point out to everyone that this is a cover of chris cornell’s cover of michael jackson’s “billie jean.” so, it’s not an original “cover” (whatever that means.) nonetheless, best american idol performance i’ve yet seen.

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This is the only performance I got to see last night and it was a beauty! I actually wondered if the theme was covers, but I’ve always loved both versions.
It’s definitely in my top 10 all time performances. Here’s the top 5:
http://mudpuppy.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/big-tuesday/