Did you see Katharine McPhee on The View earlier this week with David Foster?  She performed "Somewhere" and, well, I didn’t love it.  I didn’t exactly *hate* it but I just found it all a little over-the-top and a bit all over the place.  I like Katharine (I really liked her single "Over It" – still can’t understand why many people complained about it) but I think she can be a little hammy at times.  Her voice can really border on annoying if she’s not careful.  Anyway, judge for yourselves:

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Although Katharine’s new album isn’t available yet, you can pre-order it on her website and you can hear samples of her singing on her MySpace page.
Her MySpace page has her rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” which is one of my all time favorite American Idol performances.
You can get a larger image of her album cover at AOL’s Music News blog.