In this week’s Winter TV preview issue of Entertainment Weekly, fans will notice superstar Jennifer Hudson gracing the cover alongside her new Smash co-stars Megan Hilty and fellow American Idol-er Katherine McPhee.

Hudson is just one of the many famous faces adding a little star power to the second season of the show that focuses on the trials and tribulations of making it big in the Broadway world.

Though Smash doesn’t premiere until February 5, EW has an exclusive clip of Hudson singing her character Veronica ‘Ronnie’ Moore’s scene-stealing ballad “I Can’t Let Go”

In the clip, Hudson gives a hair-raising performance of this Smash original written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray), entrancing all the show’s regulars along with her controlling mother played by Sheryl Lee Ralph. If it’s any indication from this one clip, the show’s new season will definitely be one to watch.

Watch Hudson belt out “I Can’t Let Go” before the new season of Smash starts!

Fans who just can’t get enough of the music from Smash will soon be able to get their hands on the original songs featured in both seasons of the show.

The 22-song Smash soundtrack titled Bombshell, after the Marilyn Monroe musical the show revolves around, will be released on February 12.

- Britt Bickel, 94.7 The WAVE