LeAnn Rimes Sings on X-Factor Despite Being "Sick"

USMagazine, Thursday, December 20, 2012, 10:45am (PST)

Sing it, LeAnn!

LeAnn Rimes  as been feeling under the weather -- but the talked-about country singer, 30, honored a commitment to croon on Wednesday night's X Factor with finalist Carly Rose Sonenclar.

Clad in a black leather dress and boots, Eddie Cibrian's wife appeared onstage with Sonenclar to sing her trademark 1997 smash, "How Do I Live."

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Although Rimes occasionally seemed to miss the notes and flubbed a few lyrics, the twosome were met with thunderous applause -- and praise from judge (and another former kid and teen star) Britney Spears, who called the performance "shockingly amazing."

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"That was one of the most fun moments I've had on the stage. It was amazing, I had a blast," Sonenclar gushed of Rimes. "You made me very comfortable."

"I love this girl so much," Rimes said of Sonenlar, 13. "She's such an amazing talent. I want to wrap her up and just hold her."

"I love my sweet and talented @CarlyRoseMusic on @TheXFactorUSA," Rimes tweeted right before the big show.

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Performing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno one night before, Rimes admitted she wasn't feeling her best. "I was and am SO sick," she said.

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