Jessica Sanchez - “Proud Mary” & "You Are So Beautiful " - American Idol 2012 Top 5

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Jessica Sanchez took on two very different songs - Tina Turner's "Proud Mary" and Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful."During Sanchez's performance, "Proud Mary" became a top trending topic on Twitter with most fans raving about the Filipina-Mexican’s rendition.

Jessica Sanchez taking us back a few decades with Proud Mary.

The judges says :

Randy Jackson:  "This performance was barely OK."

Jennifer Lopez:   "You’re so grown up there,   it's crazy! You were a little bit of Tina, a little Beyonce

Steven Tyler:      "I'm hearing the blues come out of you," "The only thing that experience gives a run for its money is a 16 year old."

Jessica Sanchez covers this classic song "You Are so Beautiful" and does it proud during this American Idol performance. Sanchez decided to mellow it down with the British Song "You Are So Beautiful" by Joe Cocker. The piano-driven song was praised by all three judges.

Steven Tyler : "You, once again, showed America just how beautiful your voice is. You're going to be Number One, girl.”

Jennifer Lopez : "How could we have let this girl go home?"

Randy Jackson  : "This girl's in the top of the leaderboard right now.”