Jennifer Hudson made her first public appearance and major performance at the 2009 Super Bowl singing the National Anthem after mother, brother and 7 year-old nephew died last October.

I wouldn’t say it’s natural but totally understandable for an artist to lip-synch at such a big event because you cannot fail when the whole world is watching you. In Jennifer’s case I think it was even more important – she is still recovering from a terrible loss!

“That’s the right way to do it,” pre-game show producer Rickey Minor said. “There’s too many variables to go live. I would never recommend any artist go live because the slightest glitch would devastate the performance.”

Jennifer could have sung live if she wanted to but she was advised by Minor himself not to do it. I still think it was an amazing performance! Lip-synched or not, it was emotional! Go Jennifer!!