Song Choice and Order Spoiler

[pokerpunchout]

Lakisha - diamonds are forever
Blake - Time Of The Seasons : He beatboxes at the start.
Chris Sligh - she's not there
Jordin - I Who have nothing
Sanjaya - You really got me
Gina - Paint It Black
Melinda - As long as he needs me.
Steph - you don't have to say you love me
Phil - tobacco road
Richardson - dotn let the sun catch u crying
Haley - tell him

1st - Haley
2nd - Chris R
3rd - Steph
4th - Blake
5th - Lakisha
6th - Phil
7th - Jordin
8th - Sanjaya
9th - Gina
10th - Sligh
11th - Melinda

[revots33]

sanjaya singing you really got me with a mohawk... 7th sign of the apocalypse i think

[GoRedBirds]

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sanjaya singing you really got me with a mohawk... 7th sign of the apocalypse i think

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He's gotta be trying to leave now. It's genuinely painful to watch, and I really hope this kid gets to go home as soon as possible. He has no shot of being anything other than a punching bag (albeit an incredibly gracious one) for the rest of the show, and I'm sure he'd rather be back at high school where he can pull all kinds of tail. I'm done making fun of him. I hope he doesn't get pooped on, but gets to go home Wednesday.

[soflat]

Is watching Sanjaya really worse than those Justin Guarini performances? This is American Idol afterall.

[Aloysius]

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sanjaya singing you really got me with a mohawk... 7th sign of the apocalypse i think

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ahahah wow - this is going to be so bad it will rule.

-Al

[LBK]

"Gina - Paint It Black"


Could be her chance to shine

[LBK]

This british invasion and yet again it appears they have picked random obscure songs that the audience will not be able to identify save a few of the selections on the list. This is the worst season of idol bar none.

[nolanfan34]

Anyone else think that perhaps they're having a harder time getting song rights for the show these days? I would imagine the show is such a cash cow that artists aren't as willing to give up a song - which will be turned into a ring tone by the end of the show - without getting serious cash in return.

Because yeah, I sort of wonder about these songs tonight as well. It's such a wide category though, hard to know what they were able to choose from.

[pete fabrizio]

man, what is melinda thinking?

[NickMPK]

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Anyone else think that perhaps they're having a harder time getting song rights for the show these days? I would imagine the show is such a cash cow that artists aren't as willing to give up a song - which will be turned into a ring tone by the end of the show - without getting serious cash in return.

Because yeah, I sort of wonder about these songs tonight as well. It's such a wide category though, hard to know what they were able to choose from.

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Aren't the royalty rates for song covers set by statute? I'm having difficulty understanding how an artist can legally refuse to have his or her song sung on the show.
Normally, if you cover an artist's song, you have to pay him a statutory rate, but you don't need prior approval.