**American Idol The Top 3
 

From MJ's blog:

Judges picks:

Randy Jackson chose for Taylor Hicks: "You are so Beautiful" by Joe Cocker
Paula Abdul chose for Elliott Yamin: "What You Won't Do For Love" by Bobby Caldwell
Simon Cowell chose for Katharine McPhee: "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland and many others.

Entertainment Tonight has announced Clive Davis's song choices for the Top 3:

Elliott Yamin: "Open Arms" by Journey
Taylor Hicks: "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen
Katharine McPhee: "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly

The third songs are not confirmed, although Taylor's personal choice is rumored to be "Try a Little Tenderness", which he wanted to perform for love song week but wasn't allowed by the producers.

I'm loving Taylor's choices, Elliott's aren't so great.

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As far as I'm concerned, if those are the songs, Taylor is now a lock and Katherine is finished.

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I am really happy with Taylor's songs as well. I am hoping for a nice bump in his price, so I can break even and freeroll with the rest of my shares.

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As far as I'm concerned, if those are the songs, Taylor is now a lock and Katherine is finished.

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Agreed, could they have picked worse songs for Kat?

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From MJ's blog:

Judges picks:

Simon Cowell chose for Katharine McPhee: "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland and many others.


Clive Davis's song choices for the Top 3:

Katharine McPhee: "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly



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this is very unfortunate

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I'm loving Taylor's choices, Elliott's aren't so great.

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I had high hopes for Elliot, but Paula's choice for him makes me very uneasy.

AI should really replace Paula with someone who is a bit more stable and not as stupid. Maybe Flavor Flav?

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Agreed, could they have picked worse songs for Kat?

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I disagree. Simon's song is perfect for her. She will absolutely nail a broadway-type song. I also like the other choice as long as she does not go over the top with it. She has a beautiful voice and these songs should be perfect for her.

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Agreed, could they have picked worse songs for Kat?

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I disagree. Simon's song is perfect for her. She will absolutely nail a broadway-type song. I also like the other choice as long as she does not go over the top with it. She has a beautiful voice and these songs should be perfect for her.

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"Over the Rainbow" is such a great song that it defies anybody's ability to get tired of it. You want to be sick of it, but you can't. Anybody competent who sings it sounds great.

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I disagree. Simon's song is perfect for her. She will absolutely nail a broadway-type song. I also like the other choice as long as she does not go over the top with it. She has a beautiful voice and these songs should be perfect for her.


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I agree that "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is a good choice. It's the type of cabaret song that suits Kat.

But I disagree that she has a beautiful voice. She is college glee-club average on her best nights, and painfully shrill on her bad nights. And she's had more bad nights than good. She should've been gone right after Mandisa.

Elliott's choices, I think, are worse than Kat's. I hope he pulls out a showstopper as his personal choice, because I'm rooting for him to make the final.

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I don't know about Paula's choice for Elliot, but he could nail Open Arms, IMO. That Joe Cocker song looks perfect for Taylor. Hoping those two make final two.