The biggest stars in music,
join forces to give the world's best cover artists
a life-changing opportunity.
- How y'all doing? - ( screams )
Ludacris:
from across the globe.
All you gotta do is make it dope.
Ludacris:
two cover artists and they were flown to L.A.
for surprise of a lifetime.
- All: Best, cover, ever! - Ever!
Whoo!
( screaming )
- Hi, guys. - Oh, my God. Are you kidding me?
Ludacris:
for the show's producers, but they were in for a surprise.
They were singing for the superstars themselves.
You're performing for me.
Oh, my God.
( all reacting )
Ludacris:
Each superstar chose one cover artist
to collaborate with.
Do you want to sing with me?
Do you want to sing "The Way I Are" with me?
- Rexha! - Yes!
And made an exclusive video on YouTube
with their superstar heroes.
Now we're hitting replay.
- ( car honking ) - Yeah!
Ludacris:
"Best Cover Ever!"
( cheering )
Ludacris:
the competition got real.
The cover artists had to perform live in front of their musical icons.
We're about to perform for these legends, yo.
We're about to do what we love to do for these legends.
I'm nervous, bro.
This is the moment of truth.
This is like what it all comes down to
to get to see who gets to perform with Nicky Jam.
- Ah, man. - You guys ready to do this?
- All right, we're ready! - On their way up.
- Let's make it happen. - ( cheers and clapping )
It's a once in a lifetime opportunity.
- That is the only way you can describe it. - Yeah.
So now the pressure's real.
Today is a very important day for us
and we're pretty nervous.
So we don't have a lot of time between your next set
but we're gonna go ahead and just remove your makeup
with one wipe, and we'll be on to your next look.
You know, before I go on stage, when I get really nervous
I literally go, ( deep exhale ).
( sharp exhale )
We've just been at it for so long, man.
( crying )
You get one shot only, okay?
- Got it. - You got it.
Heart's beating.
♪ Hold me now, don't bother ♪
♪ If every minute it makes me weaker ♪
♪ You can ♪
♪ Save me from the man that I've become ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Looking back on the things I've done ♪
♪ That I've done ♪
♪ I was trying to be someone ♪
♪ Played my part ♪
♪ Kept you in the dark, ooh ♪
♪ Now let me show you the shape of my heart ♪
♪ Now let me show you the shape of my ♪
♪ I'm here with my confession♪
♪ I've got nothing to hide no more ♪
♪ I don't know where to start ♪
♪ Now let me show you the shape of my heart ♪
♪ Looking back at the things I've done ♪
♪ I was trying to be ♪
♪ I was trying to be someone ♪
♪ I kept you in the dark ♪
♪ Now let me show you the shape of my heart ♪
♪ Ooh, ah! ♪
♪ Ooh! ♪
♪ Shimmy shimmy yay, shimmy yay, shimmy ya ♪
- Hey! - ( laughter )
♪ Drank ♪
♪ Swalla-la-la, drank ♪
♪ Swalla-la-la, swalla-la-la ♪
♪ Hey, swalla-la-la, drank ♪
♪ Swalla-la-la ♪
♪ Na na na na na na na na ♪
♪ 'Til I find someone I love ♪
♪ Na na na na na na na na ♪
♪ Kissing strangers, oh ♪
♪ Es que yo sin ti, y tú sin mí ♪
♪ Dime quién puede ser feliz ♪
♪ Esto no me gusta ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
Whoo!
♪ Turn it up it's your favorite song ♪
♪ Dance to the distortion ♪
♪ Turn it up, keep it on repeat ♪
♪ Stumblin' around like a wasted zombie ♪
♪ Yeah, we think we're free ♪
♪ Drinks, this one's on me ♪
♪ We're all chained to the rhythm ♪
♪ To the rhythm, to the rhythm ♪
- Oh, wow. - ( applause )
Ludacris:
- I wish we could pick 'em both, but-- - Yeah.
This is difficult, I know it's hard,
but we gotta pick one.
- Do you wanna sing "The Way I Are" with me? - Yes!
Would you guys do a cover with me?
( all reacting )
Do you want to sing with me?
( laughter )
- Ludacris:
for the prize of a lifetime.
A collaboration with their superstar heroes.
Winner!
- Ludacris: My guy, Rudy. - Yo.
What's going on, man?
How's my boy?
Now, for those that don't know,
this guy's been killing the YouTube game
for years.
I'm talking about has over 3 million subscribers.
Am I right?
One of the best cover artists and musicians that I know.
I need you to play us out of this act,
can you do that for me?
I got you. You know I got you.
- My guy. - My man.
Love.
( guitar and drum cover of "Shape of My Heart" )
Ludacris:
collaborated with their musical heroes
to create an exclusive YouTube video.
Here they are, the best covers ever.
♪ Stone cold, stone cold ♪
♪ You see me standing but I'm dying on the floor ♪
♪ Stone cold, stone cold ♪
♪ I was your amber, but now she's your shade of gold ♪
♪ Stone cold, baby ♪
♪ God knows I try to feel happy for you ♪
♪ Know that I am ♪
♪ Even if I ♪
♪ Can't understand ♪
♪ If happy is her ♪
♪ I fell I love with a dancer, dancer ♪
♪ Throwin' all this cake ♪
♪ Ooh, it's your birthday girl, I like that there ♪
♪ I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love ♪
- ♪ with a dancer, dancer ♪ - ♪ Dancer ♪
♪ Throwin' all this cake ♪
♪ Ooh, it's your birthday girl, I like that there ♪
♪ I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with a dancer ♪
- ♪ Seven kids on a two lane road ♪ - ♪ A two lane road ♪
♪ We had the guns on the radio ♪
♪ After all the time it still feels so good ♪
♪ When I think about those summer nights ♪
♪ Singing out the window on the back roads ♪
♪ Sweet child of mine ♪
♪ Sippin' on the local's spark of light ♪
♪ Ain't it crazy how the best days of my life ♪
♪ Was only wasted time ♪
♪ I overdosed ♪
♪ Should've known your love was a game ♪
♪ Now I can't get you out of my brain ♪
♪ Ooh, it's such a shame ♪
♪ But we don't talk anymore ♪
♪ We don't talk anymore ♪
♪ We don't talk anymore like we used to do ♪
♪ We don't love anymore ♪
♪ What was all of it for? Oh! ♪
♪ We don't talk anymore, like we used to do ♪
♪ We're all just looking for connection ♪
♪ Yeah, we all want to be seen ♪
♪ I'm looking for someone who speaks my language ♪
- ♪ Someone to ride this ride with me ♪ - Come on, girl!
♪ Can I get a witness? ♪
- ♪ Oh, can I get a witness ♪ - ♪ Witness ♪
♪ I'm just looking for a witness in all of this ♪
♪ Looking for a witness to get me through this ♪
♪ Yo no funciono sin ella, el recuerdo me atropella ♪
♪ Se robo mi corazón, hay que hace una querella ♪
♪ Con besos mojados sabe que maravilles ♪
♪ Como y esta tranquilo hasta que en el Ferrari te pille ♪
♪ Y si tú la ves, la ves ♪
♪ Ve y dile vine a buscar ♪
♪ Lo que se llevó ♪
♪ Necesito de su amor ♪
♪ Pa' que sane este dolor, oh ♪
- ♪ Girl, you the one I want to want me ♪ - ♪ Oh ♪
♪ And if you want then girl you got me, baby ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ There's nothing I know I wouldn't do ♪
♪ Said I wouldn't do ♪
♪ Just to get up next to you, yeah ♪
♪ You're the one I want to want me ♪
♪ And if you want me, baby ♪
♪ Girl, you got me now ♪
♪ There's nothing I know I wouldn't do ♪
♪ I wouldn't do ♪
♪ Just to get up next to you, girl ♪
♪ Ah ya ya ya ya ♪
♪ I keep on hoping we'll eat cake by the ocean ♪
♪ Talk to me, baby ♪
♪ I'll be Diddy, you'll be Naomi, whoa-oh ♪
♪ Let's lose our minds and go crazy, crazy ♪
♪ Go crazy! Ah ya ya ya ya ♪
♪ I keep on hoping we'll eat cake by the ocean ♪
♪ Oh, oh! ♪
♪ Bloody noses, speeding cars ♪
♪ Lethal doses, desperate hearts ♪
♪ No, I don't wanna play the part ♪
♪ I just wanna dance with somebody ♪
- ♪ I just wanna dance with somebody ♪ - ♪ Whoa-oh ♪
♪ I just wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ Don't matter who you are, just love me the way I are ♪
♪ I just wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I just wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ With somebody ♪
♪ I just wanna dance with somebody ♪
♪ With somebody ♪
- ( cheers and applause ) - Whoo!
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