Elton John took to the American Idol stage last night for the Idol Gives Back special and gave a truly inspirational performance of his classic track ‘Your Song.’

We loved the huge red grand piano he used and can’t hear this song without remembering that it was Elton’s pal Princess Diana’s favourite song….in fact at one point he even considered singing it at her funeral instead of ‘Candle In The Wind.’

Elton, whose last major television performance was a duet with Lady GaGa during the Grammys in February, gave his performance on behalf of ‘The Elton John Aids Foundation’ and Idol Gives Back bosses reported donations of more than $140 million (£87.5 million) in 2010 prior to the televised charity show.

Click here for more news and video performances from last night’s charity based show.