Asia'h Epperson - "Piece Of My Heart" - American Idol Season Seven

In the Top 12 Girls round of Season Seven of American Idol, Asia'H Epperson decided upon "Piece Of My Heart" as the piece that she would perform. With this song, Asia'H showed a lot of soulful energy, appearing to feed off of the accompanying back up singers. All three of the judges appeared to feed off of her enthusiasm as well:

Randy: "I loved that you brought YOU to it ... you did your thing with it, I was impressed."

Paula: "You had some fun up there. You had some really good moments."

Simon: "For me, it was my favorite of the night. You let go ... you are not taking yourself too seriously: it's what its all about, you know?"

Asia'h Epperson - "I'm Going Down" American Idol Season Seven

The feedback and comments for Asia'H Epperson and her performance from the American Idol Judges was quite positive from all three this time around.

Simon: "Asia, your best audition by a mile. I loved it: I think you're terrific."

Randy: "Yes, yes, yes. I think you're brilliant."

Paula: * Nothing audible was said to Asia'H by her, but she stamped her feet while sitting at the table in a sign of agreement with Simon and Randy.

Asia'h Epperson - "All By Myself" - American Idol Season Seven

With this song, Asia'H Epperson was taking on a really big challenge: "All By Myself" is a song that, when covered by Celine Dionne, has once again in recent times become a huge commercial hit.

Asia'H met with nixed results; while the judges all gave her credit for making the effort (especially since she had recently been battling a severe cold), they were not all sold on her overall performance that night.

Randy: "You did a really good job with it, I thought. Nice."

Paula: "It was great ... you had problems with the low notes but the ending is what counts ... and you brought it home."

Simon: "You have got to be one heck of a singer to pull that off, and... unfortunately you're not."

Asia'h Epperson: the audition for American Idol Season Seven

American Idol viewers could not help but be moved early on, after witnessing the audition of Asia'H Epperson. Many must have also been fighting back a tear as Asia'H recounted for the camera the circumstances surrounding the tragic loss of her Father in a motor vehicle accident only days before the American Idol auditions in Atlanta. Her subsequent audition performance was so moving that even American Idol judge, Paula Abdul found herself fighting back tears afterwards, as seen in the above video clip.