Oh, yea. On the CMT site, you can watch their performances from last years show. They do a killer version of Keith Urban’s “Stupid Boy”. And if I were a former A.I. winner and saw their version of “Before He Cheats”, I’d be too embarrassed to ever perform it live again.

MJ…I’ll be interested in hearing what you have to say about the rest of the Can You Duet show this season!

If you haven’t been introduced to them yet, check them out.

Thanks for posting the 2 vids, mj. I’d love to watch a recording of the whole show…does anyone know where I can find it?

MJ, if youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re right, and Brandon was paired with Jonathan Cox, he definitely scored big timeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’assuming that Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m right and Cox is the young blond guy who sang second from the group of pairs from the seven singles. Cox has an amazing voice with a unique tone that may have been better than any of the other singles on the show. He was definitely memorable, though his performance ability was a little lackluster. Brandon is the opposite.

Yes, it’s the same guy. He’s only 18 and he’s already awesome. I felt bad for the friend who he auditioned with. She was so disappointed to be cut. Also, I was a little sad that the judges busted up his second partnership with the curly-haired girl–I thought they sounded beautiful together.

The contestant Bios HERE give away the pairings, strangely enough.

Seriously, there are some amazing singers on this show. I’m looking forward to recapping!

If I’m right I thought it said at the beginning of the show that Caitlin and Will, Joey and Rory, and the blonde girls, that Naomi didn’t like, all made albums. I wonder what happened to the boys that got runner up?

I had Caitlin and Will on my myspace page, but I don’t have it anymore. Man that chick could sing! I’m disappointed that we haven’t really heard anymore from them.

I liked Brandon on Idol, but he sounds and looks WAY better now. I only wish I hadn’t watched that “fingernail video” again. Really could have lived without that a second time! :sick_ee:

Ok. So then, I think the partner switching is completely ridiculous. Dismiss the entire duet or keep them, but those trying out ARE duets. I didn’t get this last year and don’t this year either.

Last year’s winners were a “created” duet and seem to have completely disappeared. Whereas the ones who SHOULD have won, a true duet, Joey + Rory, are doing pretty well. I bought their very fine album.

Despite my objections as to how this show is done, I will watch because it is kinda fun stuff going on and some great music will occasionally pop up.

Btw, he looks better now– and sounds better too. Maybe his voice has matured or his technique is better.

also MJ, how’d you find out who he was paired with– they didn’t show that at the end.

Finally, any interest in talking about How do you solve a problem like Maria on BBCAmerica?

2. That’s where Big Kenny of Big & Rich went, ahah.

I’ve definitely been considering watching this show and now that you’re going to recap it, I’m in. Thanks for the post.

That’s the one thing about the show… it’s not interactive – the judges pick who’s eliminated and ultimately who wins. But it’s still interesting to watch, imo.

The guy they paired Brandon with has an interesting voice. I’ll be curious to see how they work together. I liked Brandon on AI, gross fingernail story notwithstanding. lol. He has a great voice.

The married couple from Canada is really fantastic. And I loooooooove Ryan Larkins’ voice. He and Avalon sounded great together. This could be a good show – there’s definitely a lot of talent there.