A Professional Football Player Walked Out Whitney Houston Came Out Instead

Lorie Moore walked onto the X Factor stage wearing her San Diego Surge professional women's football jersey. Nobody in that building gave her a second thought. She looked like she belonged on a football field not in front of four of the most critical judges in music history. Then she opened her mouth and sang Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" with a voice so raw so powerful and so emotionally devastating that the entire arena forgot she was wearing a jersey. Simon Cowell looked straight at her when she finished and said five words nobody in that building expected. That wasn't just an audition. That was a performance.

Lorie Moore - X Factor USA 2013 S3

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