In reading this list I find it kind of funny that some of these songs are at the ‘root’ of rock’n roll!!

LOL Sarah – I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s any chance of that happening. That song is cursed.

Didn’t that Ellen DeGeneres kid do it this season and get voted off for it? Daughtry too. I remember thinking to myself how mediocre both performances were. Well, Daughtry was miles better than the Ellen dude, but I still wouldn’t have categorized his performance as any better than “okay”. JMO.

…but if he’s stupid enough to do it and consequently send Sarah into bax-level panic, he’d better come up with a fucking amazing arrangement. Otherwise, he’s TOAST (if he isn’t already now).

1. A personal composition
2. A song that made you want to become a singer
3. Your favorite song now heard on the radio
4. Why note have a hat with x amount of songs, all genres and you pick one learn it cold, no research, or You Tube, just do it.
5. A duet with an artist youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve dreamed of working with, that way you can still pimp current artists for ratings, but in the context of the show. I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think of too many people who would say no.

Great ideas! I especially love #1.

If he sings à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Suspicious Mindsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , *I* will be the one freaking out and will need to be calmed down (*flashbacks to bad memories of top 4, season 5*).

LOL Sarah – I don’t think there’s any chance of that happening. That song is cursed.

I think next week will be great. Hopefully, we’ll lose the super rushed feel that we had last night, and I think the contestants could really do well with some of these songs.

I’m sure I’ll be a little sad that one of my favorites didn’t make it to a theme week that I can actually enjoy (since I’m sure tonight’s bootee is not named Syesha or Archie), but I’m looking forward to it anyway.

Oh, GREAT. The ONE week we that have a broad theme, and Cocky might not be thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Lol, um – Cookie is safe!

I like this theme. There do seem to be songs on this list that all of them could probably do – and some of them have already been done this season.

David Cook is definitely my third favorite. And, I believe he has a pretty rabid fan base. Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll get all of my votes once my two favorites are out. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m also fairly certain heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to win. I think David C picks up more of the casual-TV-viewing-once-in-a-while votes than anyone. Of the people who are not completely committed to one contestant at this point and vote only based on performances, I think he gets more of their votes than the rest of the contestants combined.
I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t believe there is even the slimmest chance he is going home.

Love it

i really donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t understand this charity voting thing

Me either

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m probably alone, but man would I like to hear David Cook do à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t Worry Babyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  by the Beach Boys

That would be so HOT

On the bright side, I’ll probably watch just to see Archie trying to “rock ‘n’ roll”. *snort*

Woah, I can’t believe I’m not staring weirdly at the list of songs this time around. I’ve heard of at least about a quarter of this alleged list, and I have a fair few of those aforementioned songs on my iTunes. FINALLY, a night where I won’t be so lost. Hopefully.

1. A personal composition
2. A song that made you want to become a singer
3. Your favorite song now heard on the radio
4. Why note have a hat with x amount of songs, all genres and you pick one learn it cold, no research, or You Tube, just do it.
5. A duet with an artist you’ve dreamed of working with, that way you can still pimp current artists for ratings, but in the context of the show. I can’t think of too many people who would say no.

Syesha should sing James Brown’s “I’m Black and I’m Proud”. Simon will say “That was the perfect song choice”

Why Bedingfield is going to be on totally excapes me.

Me too. Although the song list MJ posted seems to have lots of opportunities for everyone to pick well – I would still like to see them have broader choices. I’m a little worn out on the themes. I guess that’s because they started to them so early.

I’m not trying to tell anyone how to vote.

You are lecturing your fellow posters. Not only is it against the guidelines, but totally off topic to this post. Please keep your posts on the topic of next week’s theme.

Please read my guidelines if you haven’t already:

http://mjsbigblog.com/?page_id=1172

The posters here will vote as they will, so please stop lecturing them and questioning their motives.

I just donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t understand why people expect/want David Cook to win, yet they donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t vote for him.

I fully expect David Cook to win for reasons I’ve already stated, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to quit voting for my favorites and attempting to get them as far as I can.

When you vote 10 times for Jo Schmo and five for the Sally Sue, basically ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the same as voting 5 times for Jo Shmo and 0 times for Sally Sue. I just donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get the wasted votes thing.

No see, I think it’s still basically 10 votes for Jo Schmo and 5 votes for Sally Sue. My theory is that the power voters who vote for a full 2 hours straight are a minority. And, I think the majority of the voters who just throw in a few phone votes for whoever they think did the best are a vast majority who far outnumber the power voters.

That’s why (assuming the votes themselves actually count) I think every vote counts. Even a small amount of votes added to those huge majority vote numbers makes a difference I think. Of course, my theory could be completely wrong – but we’ll never know because AI will never reveal the vote breakdown, nor tell us where the votes are coming from.

So, I have my little voting strategy, and it may make senses to no one but me – but I’m an optimist.

As a side note, I think David Cook is going to be a star, regardless of where he finishes in this competition. I think both Jason and Brooke have taken so much venom in the press that they’ll have an incedibly difficult time creating a recording career without finishing very close to the top.

After suffering through the Neil Diamond theme, which was actually worse than I had anticipated, this is good news.

As for tonight, I’m in the camp that Jason is B2 but not going home, and Brooke, sweet Brooke, will be leaving us.

PLEASE tell me Jason made it through to next week where he has some awesome music to choose from!

Jason and Brooke haven’t done well over the last few weeks. I don’t want to vote like crazy to save them when I don’t think they’re good enough to win. i really don’t understand this charity voting thing.

You were the poster lecturing people on how to vote yesterday. You worded your post today a little differently to avoid my modding. Nice try, but you aren’t going to escape.

My blog is not the place to rally the troupes. People vote for who they want and for a variety of reasons. Please respect their opinions. Ditch the finger-wagging, please.

DCook can pick anything and it will be fantastic.

I’ll believe this until next Tuesday. Then, I’ll see his song choices and start hyperventilating all over again.

So many people think heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s doing so well that they spend the 2 hours casting their votes to save Brooke and Jason who shouldà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve gone home weeks ago.

I voted for Brooke and Jason because they’re my favorites. I’m not voting out of charity or pity. I actually like them.

They canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t all stay, so why do so many people keep wasting votes on people they know should go home, but theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re just not ready to see them leave yet?

While I’m fairly certain Brooke will go home tonight, I’m not of the opinion that she should.

You don’t vote for Jason & Brooke because you don’t think they’re good enough to win. I do vote for them because I think they are good enough. If Jordin Sparks is good enough to win this show, then in my opinion Jason & Brooke are.

David Cook is definitely my third favorite. And, I believe he has a pretty rabid fan base. He’ll get all of my votes once my two favorites are out. I’m also fairly certain he’s going to win. I think David C picks up more of the casual-TV-viewing-once-in-a-while votes than anyone. Of the people who are not completely committed to one contestant at this point and vote only based on performances, I think he gets more of their votes than the rest of the contestants combined.

I don’t believe there is even the slimmest chance he is going home.

At least next week’s theme has a few songs from the 90s in it. That’s kinda/sorta contemporary. If they actually have the freedom to pick from the whole list, it could be really good. But that will never happen. I wonder which 8 songs Nigel will give them to choose from? I want to hear Archie sing “U Can’t Touch This.”