Diamonds in the Rough

by The Nittany Turkey on April 29, 2008

Five Idol-wannabes remain and they’ll be doing the songbook of Neil Diamond tonight. I don’t have anything extremely brilliant to say—American Idol does not lend itself to brilliance of any sort—so what I’ll do is pick songs for the contestants. Here we go.

David Archuleta: “September Morn” or “Until It’s Time for You to Go”

Jason Castro: “Song Sung Blue” or “Cracklin’ Rosie”

David Cook: “Brother Love’s Travelin’ Salvation Show” or “I Am…I Said”

Syesha Mercado: “Love on the Rocks” or “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”

Brooke White: “Heartlight” or “Play Me”

I’ve increased my odds by waffling and choosing two per contestant. I ought to get one or two right that way.

I think they’ll save “Sweet Caroline” for the group number on Wednesday. “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” would be a good one for David Cook, but I don’t know if they’d use it because the Hollies recorded it first.

Tune in at 8:00 PM on Fox to see just how bad a song picker this Turkey really is!

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1 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 8:51 pm

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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2 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 8:51 pm

Geez. Paula’s criticism is so pathetic.

I’m not on the page with Simon on this one.

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3 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 8:51 pm

Okay. It’s almost snack time.

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4 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 8:52 pm

He should of sang Comeen too Mexico, man.

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5 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 8:52 pm

Yeah, let’s get done with Syesha so I can do some work.

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6 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 8:53 pm

It’s the Aussie Victoria’s Secret model.

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7 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 8:55 pm

I saw a news story today that Ryan’s days might be numbered on AI.

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8 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 8:56 pm

Not bad.

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9 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 8:56 pm

This will work if she doesn’t Whitneyfy it.

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10 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 8:56 pm

You can tell she’s out of her Whitneysh element.

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11 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 8:57 pm

Okay, she’s doing better now.

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12 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 8:57 pm

This is probably the best of the night for me.

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13 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 8:57 pm

Sexy!

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14 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 8:58 pm

I do think Syesha has a nice sweetness to her voice when she wants to use it.

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15 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 8:58 pm

SHUT UP PAULA!

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16 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 8:58 pm

Way to end it Simon.

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17 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 8:59 pm

Your verdict on her performance, Turkey?

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18 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 9:00 pm

I liked it. However, Simon is right. She’ll be in trouble this week because she was in trouble last week.

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19 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 9:00 pm

Okay, I see your comment on it now.

I liked it, too.

I think Jason should go home.

I think Brooke will make it another week.

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20 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 9:01 pm

I’m a believer that Brooke has a following.

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21 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 9:01 pm

Jason should go, but Syesha probably will.

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22 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 9:01 pm

But I’m thinking that the producers might think I Am I Said would be a dramatic farewell song for Brooke.

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23 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 9:02 pm

You are probably right. Simon might have jinxed her by closing the show with that particular comment.

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24 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 9:02 pm

Yeah, the best of the night is between Cook and Syesha. But that ain’t the way the voting will necessarily go.

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25 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 9:02 pm

I don’t have to work tomorrow night so I’ll be here on time.

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26 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 9:03 pm

Ahh…Natasha Bedingfield tomorrow night.

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27 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 9:03 pm

I’m betting little boring David is going to win this whole thing.

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28 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 9:03 pm

Who is Natasha?

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29 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 9:03 pm

Well, I’m outta here…seeya tomorrow for the big surprise vote-out!

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30 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 9:04 pm

Natasha? She’s the English blonde who sang “Unwritten.”

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31 The Redhead April 29, 2008 at 9:04 pm

Ta Ta, Turkey!

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32 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 9:04 pm

You know the one about the dirty window and the rest is still unspoken?

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33 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 9:04 pm

Nighty-night! :)

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34 The Nittany Turkey April 29, 2008 at 9:05 pm

Or UNWRITTEN, I mean.

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