Live Performances and Covers
"Candyman" has been performed by Aguilera in her Back to Basics Tour and its DVD: Back to Basics: Live and Down Under. Aguilera performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 1, 2007. She gave a performance on Fashion Rocks on September 8, 2006. Aguilera performed "Candyman on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve" on December 31, 2006. She also gave a performance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and at the NBA All-Star Game Vegas Half Time.
In 2008, the song was performed in "The X Factor" UK (series 5) by Alexandra Burke. Earlier that same year, the song was covered by "the girls" contestants Niamh Perry, Samantha Barks and Jessie Buckley in round one of The Battle of the Nancys in the BBC series I'd Do Anything. In 2011, the song was also covered in the episode Pot o' Gold during the third season of Glee by the characters Santana Lopez, Brittany Pierce and Mercedes Jones receiving good reviews by critics. This version peaked the UK charts at 158.
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