Jennifer Hudson honours Whitney Houston’s AMAs medley in anniversary special

Music stars made appearances to observe the 50th day of the AMAs successful a televised special, which featured highlights from the ceremonial implicit the years.

In 1994, US vocalist and histrion Houston performed a medley of I Loves You, Porgy positive And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going and I Have Nothing astatine the 21st awards amusement astatine the Shrine Auditorium successful Los Angeles.

During the ceremony, Houston won 8 awards for The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album.

Hudson honoured the medley during the day peculiar marking 5 decades of the awards show, performing I Loves You, Porgy and I Will Always Love You from The Bodyguard, portion wearing a akin achromatic velvet formal to Hudson.

Introducing Hudson, Hollywood prima Samuel L Jackson said: “Thirty years ago, Whitney Houston won 8 of her full 22 American Music Awards, including the peculiar grant of merit.

“The aforesaid night, Whitney gave possibly the astir iconic show ever connected this show, the stunning medley she sang that nighttime starting with songs from Porgy And Bess and ending with a deed from the planetary smash soundtrack of The Bodyguard.

“What a singular infinitesimal successful the past of American Music Awards and successful the beingness of the precocious Whitney Houston.”

He continued: “One of the millions of euphony lovers watching the AMAs that nighttime successful 1994 was a 12-year-old young woman successful Chicago named Jennifer, who was truthful inspired by Whitney that she started to judge that she could rise her ain dependable someday.

“Here to honour her hero, Jennifer Hudson.”

The two-hour AMA special, broadcast connected US web CBS, was filled with milestone philharmonic moments.

The awards ceremonial was created by seasoned shaper Dick Clark arsenic a fan-based alternate to the Grammys, with the archetypal broadcast successful 1974.

The past AMAs aired successful 2022 and saw Taylor Swift triumph a grounds six times, including creator of the year.

The yearly AMAs ceremonial volition instrumentality successful May 2025.