How she managed to get through the whole of America The Beautiful without tearing up, we'll never know. But Jennifer Hudson put in a stellar performance as she belted out the tune along with a choir from the Sandy Hook elementary school.
Jennifer was the first singer to take to the stadium, kicking off what was to be a fantastic night of singing and style (never mind the football, eh?), paving the way for Beyoncé and Destiny's child to totally smash it at half-time.
J Hud showed off her fantastic figure in a leather roll-neck top teamed with a button-detail white pencil skirt and ankle-strap stilettos. But she could have been wearing a sack and we'd still be singing her praises...
See all the pics from her performance here:
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Singer Jennifer Hudson arrives to the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Singer Jennifer Hudson arrives to the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Super Bowl XLVII - Baltimore Ravens v San Francisco 49ers
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Singer Jennifer Hudson performs 'America The Beautiful' with the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus prior to the start of Super Bowl XLVII between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Super Bowl XLVII - Baltimore Ravens v San Francisco 49ers
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Singer Jennifer Hudson performs 'America The Beautiful' with the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus prior to the start of Super Bowl XLVII between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Super Bowl XLVII - Baltimore Ravens v San Francisco 49ers
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Singer Jennifer Hudson performs 'America The Beautiful' with the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus prior to the start of Super Bowl XLVII between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Singer Jennifer Hudson arrives to the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Singer Jennifer Hudson arrives to the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Super Bowl XLVII - Baltimore Ravens v San Francisco 49ers
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Singer Jennifer Hudson performs 'America The Beautiful' with the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus prior to the start of Super Bowl XLVII between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Super Bowl XLVII - Baltimore Ravens v San Francisco 49ers
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Singer Jennifer Hudson performs 'America The Beautiful' with the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus prior to the start of Super Bowl XLVII between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Super Bowl XLVII - Baltimore Ravens v San Francisco 49ers
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Singer Jennifer Hudson performs 'America The Beautiful' with the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus prior to the start of Super Bowl XLVII between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Super Bowl XLVII - Baltimore Ravens v San Francisco 49ers
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: Singer Jennifer Hudson performs 'America The Beautiful' with the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus prior to the start of Super Bowl XLVII between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
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Jennifer Hudson performs 'America The Beautiful' with the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus before the start of Super Bowl XLVII between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson, center, sings "God Bless America" before the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson performs with students from Sandy Hook Elementary School singing "America the Beautiful" before the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: A group of 26 students from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut perform America the Beautiful with singer Jennifer Hudson during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Pregame Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson, center, sings "God Bless America" before the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Super Bowl XLVII - Baltimore Ravens v San Francisco 49ers
NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 03: An AMerican Flag hangs above the stadium as Jennifer Hudson performs 'America the Beautiful' with the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus during Super Bowl XLVII between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson, center, sings "God Bless America" before the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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