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Every Kellyoke Cover at Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Studio Sessions’ Las Vegas Residency (Updating)

Kellyoke has moved beyond The Kelly Clarkson Show‘s New York stage and all the way to Las Vegas.

At Kelly Clarkson‘s new “Studio Sessions” Las Vegas residency — which premiered at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on July 11 after the original July 4-5 opening weekend was postponed due to rehearsals taking “a toll” on her famous voice — the inaugural American Idol winner is including a Kellyoke cover as part of each night’s encore.

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Clarkson went big on opening night, tackling “I Will Always Love You,” the 1974 Dolly Parton classic that took on a new life with Whitney Houston’s 1992 cover for The Bodyguard film.

“I’m gonna preface [this] with no one should ever sing this song, but I got tricked one time,” Clarkson laughed to the July 11 crowd, explaining how Parton herself had requested that Kelly cover the enduring hit during a Dolly tribute at the 2022 ACM Awards. Clarkson also said that her version is a “marriage” of Parton’s original with Houston’s cover. “You can tell by some of my runs. I’ve been taking a little run here, a little run there from [Whitney], because I grew up on her. These are two of my favorite musical influences, and it’s such a beautiful song.”

For night 2, Clarkson tackled another song she’s previously performed: “Beggin’,” originally recorded by The Four Seasons in 1967 and famously covered by Italian rock band Måneskin in 2017, was also a Kellyoke pick on The Kelly Clarkson Show in March 2024.

Clarkson’s “Studio Sessions” residency — her second stint in Vegas, after her “Chemistry” run at PH Live in Planet Hollywood back in 2023 — has dates at Caesars Palace through Nov. 15. Below, find an updating list of every Kellyoke cover Clarkson performs during her new residency.

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