GwendolynD,

I’m back……………………………….No hard feelings here.

@tonicate10 All of the contestants are fun to work with which makes it easy!

2 minutes ago from web in reply to tonicate10At Idol rehearsal. Remaining contestants starting to seem very comfortable working the stage! Adam definitely has raised the bar… nice!

@Syberspace I know you can’t tell us song choice, but do you like Adam’s this week?

@OhWhatAWorld14 Yep. I like it a lot.

20 minutes of advertising.
10 songs at 1:30 is 15 minutes.

If, like last year, they cut the judges back to one critique covering both songs, then:
10 critiques at 1 minute each is 10 minutes.

And one mentor package per contestant, then:
Jamie Foxx 1 minute per is 5 minutes.

Ryanà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s lame jokes and introductions are 10 minutes.

Total run time = 60 minutes.

It’s tight, but possible!

“I was so looking forward to hearing Matt sing two songs.”

So with you, TheRealLife. And I wanted Georgia to be the 2nd song.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m pissed that weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re losing the promised two songs from each Idol to make room for the big surprise mentor (and total jerk) Jamie Foxx.

I don’t think we’re losing a song because of Jamie Foxx. I think we’re losing a song because there’s not enough time for 10 performances and a fourth judge. Last year, they got all 10 performances – with Neil Diamond as a mentor – in under an hour. And, that was even with the last minute judging changes and Paula’s screw-up.

http://www.westmichiganstar.com/podcast/TommyandBrook.xml

Paula reveals the “surprise” mentor — Jamie Foxx.
She never refers to the contestants doing one song.

The AI official Website however was changed and the homepage pop-up reference to each contestant signing two songs was removed!!

IF THEY DROP THE TOP 5 SECOND PERFORMANCE, IT WILL BE MORE PROOF THAT THE PRODUCERS ARE IDIOTS!

If so, there is NO way that with each Idol performing 2 songs that they will finish in a hour.

No problem. They will have plenty of time to show the pre-performance video packages, long-winded comments from each judges and “witty” Ryan filler in one hour. All they have to do is skip the singing. You can tell the producers no longer think the contestants are an important part of the show, so it’s all good. Besides, most of these people have fan bases locked in already, so they’ll know who to vote for.

I barely listen to the rest of them so I don’t care what they sing.

I’ve read through all the comments so far and recognized like 3 of the songs mentioned, maybe. :blink_tb: I know absolutely nothing about the Rat Pack, jazz, big band, or any of that.

Also, I would just like to mention that Allison has been twittering about David Archuleta. Is she trying to get the Archies vote? the contestant use to not able to advertise themselves outside the regular Idol program. Her tweets are in the Archie sites..hmm, trying to get votes?

I’m pretty sure her Twitter is fake. The contestants can’t have blogs or anything during the show, so I doubt they can have Twitter.

Since they have a mentor this week, do you think they will show a pre-performance video package. If so, there is NO way that with each Idol performing 2 songs that they will finish in a hour.

Jacob Hoggard never left Canadian Idol – he placed 3rd. He got his ass whooped by winner Kalan Porter who proved to be loads more talented (and much better looking) than him

LOL. I don’t care who was better than who. That was quite frankly the best season of Canadian Idol and the top 3 was all kinds of fun. And, may I also say that i t yielded one of the best group numbers ever. CI wasn’t afraid to slow it down and let all the Top 6 play instruments for Gordon Lightfoot’s Canadian Rail Trilogy. Sure, some of them were better than others, but they so clearly respected the music and enjoyed playing with each other, it was a moment for me.

Sometimes, in AI’s frenetic attempts to get a moment, they lose the moment. AI, you’ve got an hour for the results, you don’t have to mash the group number into 2 minutes. The source material is fantastic this week. We could have another S5:T4:Elvis group number this week if you tried. Or we could frenetically sing one song and give Ryan some more time to fill.

As for songs suggestions:
Matt: “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Too Darn Hot” (to satisfy his need to riff)
Kris: “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning” (stripped, just a guitar) and “Come Fly With Me” (his uptempo, bouncing ditty)
Allison: “Send in the Clowns” and “All of Me” or “Lady is a Tramp”
Danny: He belts everything, so just go with “My Way” and “Born Free”
Adam: “Feelin Good” (Muse style) and something upbeat he can go High on.

Spense, I couldn’t have said it better.

I think “Candy Man” is still my fave song by a Rat Pack artist.