The Voice Within - Live Performances and Covers

Live Performances and Covers

"The Voice Within" was performed by Aguilera on her 2003 Stripped Live... on Tour, being the fourth song on the setlist, after "Get Mine, Get Yours" and before "Genie in a Bottle". Before the performance, Aguilera talks to the audience and says to them to be themselves and not give up on their dreams and later, she performs the track. The performance consisted in Aguilera standing on stage wearing a long black coat. This performance was also included on the video release Stripped Live in the U.K. (2004).

The song was then covered in 2010, when Jessica Robinson performed it in Over the Rainbow TV series. The song was later performed in the film The Voice Within by Regina Fuller and the title was borrowed for the film. It was also covered by a Hong Kong singer Gem and included on her 2010 album My Secret Limited Edition, and released as a single. The Nolans covered this song on their 2009 I'm In The Mood Again Tour.

On music competitions, the song was performed on the third season of Australian Idol during "Contestant's Choice" week (top 9) by Roxane LeBrasse. Despite receiving good reviews from the judges, LeBrasse was eliminated the next night. The song was performed later by American Idol 5 runner-up Katharine McPhee during 'Songs from the 21st Century' week (top 10). During this performance, judge Simon Cowell compared McPhee's abilities to that of Aguilera's, saying the former's performance was almost as good as the original singer. He then said it was mediocre during the result show the night after, where McPhee landed in the bottom two. In How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? finalist Meliz Serman performed this in the second week. Her performance was not strong and she was put into the bottom two, only to be saved by Andrew Lloyd Webber.