KELLY CLARKSON APPEARS ON SHONDA RHIMES LINEUP
Kelly Clarkson shocked audiences as she appears as the same character on three of Shonda Rhimes series on ABC. Each episode featured the song, “You Don’t Need Me” during the episode with a 30 second commercial encouraging fans to purchase the song on iTunes, Amazon and more after the episodes aired.
We first meet Kelly Clarkson’s character Vanessa Walters on, “How To Get Away With Murder” where she plays the victim of a brutal attack. As Vanessa begins to regain consciousness, the team begins to look into how the person who attempted to kill her left no trace. Coming up empty handed, they determine it is best to move her to Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital where the next hour, Vanessa is cared for by Meredith. As she begins to form a bond with the group, a masked gunman comes in and kidnaps her and Meredith calls on her friend Olivia Pope to come in.
It turns out that Vanessa witnessed one of B613’s hits and they wanted her dead. Fortunately, Olivia manages to save her life and Vanessa is put into hiding.
Early reviews have called Kelly’s performance breathtaking and the three hour crossover event one of the most exciting in the history of television. Neilsen ratings are even showing a huge spike and it is estimated that viewers could reach 14 million per episode with a 3.9 demo rating.
Kelly Clarkson spoke about her experience, calling it one of the most amazing things she had ever done. Thanking Shondra and her team for their professionalism and the ability to prevent the single from leaking early, despite them having it to work into the episodes a month before the street date.
Overall, this will likely go down as one of the largest events in television history and it will be one of the highlights of Kelly’s career.