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American Idol Season 07 Episode 15
" Thank you all.Welcome.
Good to have you with us.
Welcome to "american idol.
" I'm ryan seacrest.
For the second time,you are in control.
As the girls sing for your votes.
A big round of applause for the guys down here in the dog pound.
Awaiting the results.
tomorrow night live,
they will find out what happened.
They put on an awesome show last night.
Tonight it is about the ladies.
Here they are.
Carly smithson,
syesha mercado,
brooke white,
ramiele malubay,
kristy lee cook,
amanda overmyer,
alaina whitaker,
alexandrealushington,
kady malloy,
and asia'h epperson.
Yes,it is ladies' night.
Ready to deliver?
We have a good show?
All set?That wasn't very enthusiastic.
Oops.
Our judges are excited.
Randy is always enthusiastic.
Size 13 and a half shoe,i heard on regis and kelly.
Randy jackson.
Very funny,man.Very funny.
Paula abdul.
He gets nervous with a single shot here.
Simon cowell.Look at him.
Randy,let's start tonight with song selection.
We made a big deal about it.
How do they pick the right songs for you guys?
You have to know what you sing best.
And what songs are going to work for you meloadcally.
Hopefully,the girls will show us tonight.
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The guys surprised us.
Really good.
Very,very good.
Mr.Happy.
You said you saw the one to beat.
There were 19 other scared contestants.
No,I said miserable.
Was that your constructive criticism?
No.It was an observation.
You know,when somebody does well,the others are bound to be unhappy.
You say it so that it sort of motivates them.
Maybe it does motivate them,yes.
Let's see what happens tonight.
Let's get to the music.
Like last night,the songs are 70's classics.
Will you like what the contestants do wistants do with them?
One way to find out.We start now.*******
People may know that I own a shop with my husband in san diego.
Around the corner,I actually work at an irish bar.
I have been working there for the past two and a half years.
And it is definitely my home away from home.
Everybody that works there is irish.
I definitely am a homey person.
I love my house.
I love to clean.I cook.
There is probably nowhere else that i feel more at home than on the stage.
As much as I'm missing everything at home,
I'll give it up to be here on "american idol.
" This is really what I want to do.
All right.
Yo,so carly,you picked a rocker this week.
Figured you would come out rockin'.Right?
I love heart.
You love heart.
You love thhl big vocals.
The beginning was a little rough for me.
Some sharp pitch problems.
Like you overhit some of the notes.
Singers with big voices like yourself,with big range,
i find that the low notes give you more problems than the big notes.
You can belt them out.
By the middle of the song,you got it togetheR.
It was all right,man.It wasll right.
Well,it is great to see that you are healthy.
To hear that you are ...
you can tell you love heart.
I mean,it takes a fine singer to hit those notes.
Crazy on you is my favorite song ever.
Always wanted to perform it on "american idol.
"Karlly,you did an amazing job.
It is great to hear you back healthy.
Thank you.
Carly,i thought it was a much better performance than last week.
You are panting.
You are really out of breath,aren't you?
Big song,man.
I still don't think yet you chose or connected with the right song yet.
I think you are-- I'll put it on record-- an incredible singer.
I don't think any of these girls can top you vocally.
What you haven't done is chosen that one song
that is going to give you the absolute moment.
You are going to be around for a long time.
You are the girl they all have to beat.
Congratulations.
I know you are feeling much better this week too.
What was better about that song?
It suited her more.
Last week was very cabaret,too old-fashioned for heR.
I mean,she is one heck of a singer,this girl.
You looked more comfortable.
I said to my husbandhl,i want to sing "crazy on you.
" It is one of my favorite songs of all times.
I'm very happy I got to sing that on "american idol.
"To vote for carly:
You will have two hours to vote.
At the end of the show.
Good luck.Thank you very much.
Good to see you healthy,darling.
All right.
More 70's hits on the way after the break.
Syesha mercado puts a spin on a classic.
Brooke white takes on carly simon.Hang on.
You are watching "american idol.
" If you want to keep a piece of the show,
you can head over to itunes exclusively
and download your favorite performance from your favorite contestant.
Up next tonight,syesha mercado.
People would be surprised to know that i have done a lot of commercials back home in miami.
One of my first commercials was a lot of fun.
I was a mother and i had a husband.
I remember my line was,"find me a big beautiful shell.
" As an actress,I think that,you know,
it is always good to have something that kind of either separates you from other people
or makes you be more interesting.
I do a pretty good baby cry.
I'll do that for you.
I love that commercial on the beach.
The baby cry was wild,man.
Listen,I mean,you know,i don't think this was a great song choice for you for mE.
You have that big voice,too.
Like the singer you saw before,like carly.
Pick songs you can do that on.
When you do that,everything sparkles on the stage.
When you do those soft moments,you seem uninterested.
It goes nowhere for me.
Always use what you got,girL.
That wasn't what you got.
It was all right for me.
On the softer notes,that is where you tend to go ofF.
When you power,it is like piercing through.
It is great.
You know,you fall off pitch a little bit when you go into the softer notes.
I like what you did,though.
I like the interpretation of what you did and the choices you made.
-Thank yoU. -I liked it.
Mr.Happy?
I thought it was a big indulgent.
The song obviously wasn't written for a girl.
Though it was probably a bit of a silly thing to have done that.
It was one of those songs which,you know...it doesn't....
Thank you.
So I was just put off.
As soon as you started it.
And it is not a song which is rely designed for your voice anyway.
You can't really do that huge note at the end.
I don't think that was a particularly clever choice for you.
I don'T.
Syesha mercado.
now,you did decide to change the arrangement a little bit.
What was the plan behind doing that?
I don't know.I just kind of made it my own.
Good lucK.If you want to vote for syesha:
Good luck.
Up next,it is brooke white.
It might surprise people to know that i went to beauty school.
I started doing hair when i was,like,11 years olD.
So it seemed like something i would like to do.
I enjoy doing hair because it is an art form.
So when i look at a head of hair,you know,I try to envision what it can be.
You know,i see people walking around,and I'm like,
what could I do with their hair?
Halfway through the program,i discovered music.
And I started singing.
And i decided to change direction.
And I didn't finish.
So i guess you could call me a beauty school dropout.
Not a high school dropout,though.
I did finish high school.
All right,so,well,listen,it was a great song choice.
For you.Because i always felt like you had this carly simon vibE.
I think it was really good.
I don't know if you brought anything different to it.
I have to ask you,paula and i were looking at each other,
was this song about someone up here?
Maybe another guy other than me?
Oh,I don't know.
He didn't like the way you were kind of looking at hiM.
I feel like this was a perfect song choice for you.
I mean,it totally suits you.
Totally suits you.
And your voice sounded...i liked what you did with iT.
What you brought to it was familiarity and everyone was digging it.
I loved it.
Mr.Happy,I mean,vain.
Okay,brookE.
I absolutely loved it.
you know,it was the absolute perfect song for you.
It was one of the rare occasions where I felt that the****
it absolutely connected.
The song didn't sound old-fashioned.
And this is the reason why we put you through into the latter stageS.
It is probably because you think this song is about you.
I'll be honest with you,i actually did.
When you are that vain and you hear a song about being vain,
you still like the fact that the song is about you.
No.But I think it was.
Congratulations.
You have no idea.
You were debating about using the guitar or not.
Absolutely.I was this close to losing it.
-But... -thanabsolutely.
thank you so much.
And I want to thank the band for being behind me.
Rickey minor and the band.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
The numbers for brooke:
Remember,don't vote until the end of the show.
Thank yoU.Congratulations.
Thank you,guys.
We are leaving you for a few.
Don't go far.
Ramiele malubay is ready to go after the break.
"Wlcome back to "idoL.
" You are voting for your favorite girl at the end of the show.
The bottom two out tomorrow live.
How are you,ramiele?
I'm fine.
How do i say that in your native language?
Now,last results show,i looked over and i saw you were really upset.
Emotional.In tears.
I started early.
Was that because you were sad to see them go or relief that it wasn't you?
No.I was sad to see people go.
Who were you tightest with?
My room mate the left.
Then colton left.
He was part of our like four-people crew.
Are you ready for tonight?
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America would be surprised to know i used to polynesian dance when I was little.
I started polynesian dancing,when I was in first grade.
The proper way to dance hula,you put your hands on the hips,
rise up on your toes a little bit and go side to side.
I can do thejarfar Moving the hips in a circle.
Filipino cultural dances and polynesian dances,for 12 years now.
You might see me dancing on stage if i had to do a fast song.
Maybe.
The boys are over here.what?
Listen,I mean,you know,this was a little rough for me.
Because I thought you were good last week.
This was okay for me vocally.
You can really sing.
The song choice for me was weird.
I mean,the 70's,my favorite time in music.
So many dope records that were out to.
Choose that and you sang that.
It was kind of okay for you.
Wasn't my favorite choice for you.
It was really okay.
Keeping it real.keeping real
Ramiele,you are also one to beat here.
And your vocals are truly amazing.
Feel kind of the same way.
It just doesn't...
it was a song that just you owered through.
It is the same noteS.
It kind of laid there.
I feel like you didn't get to perform your magic.
Having said that,you do have truly one of the most amazing vocals.
- Thank you.- Yeah.
Astonishly,i agree with paula.
The trouble with the song is that i heard it so many times at ghastly weddings and stuff like that.
I thought you were much,much better last week.
I thought you showed more personality.
I thought you stood out more.
This was one of those performances I'm not going to rememb so welL.
But you know,you can boo all you wanT.
I'm trying to be constructive.
Again,I think you are terrific.
I think you are one of the top three best singers in the competition.
It wasn't one of your best.
Well,randy,make a notE.
- We won't hear that this spring at the weddinG.- Yeah.
At the ghastly wedding.
It will be ghastly.I know that.
Song selection was tough for you this week.
Wasn't it?
I changed it four times.
Why were you going back and forth so much?
I picked two slow songs,two ballads.
Then,people were calling me lullaby instead of malubay.
You were worried about that,the nickname?
A little bit.
- You tend to overthink sometimes on this show.- Yeah.
You have the skills.
Relax,and pick the songs.
Don't second-guess,right?
- Right on,ryan.- Right on,ryan.*****
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Thank you very much.good luck ok?
We'll be back with kristy lee cook after these very important messages.hang on
Welcome bacK.
Remember,you can jump on-line and head to americanidol.com
for all your idol needs.
Including randy jackson translations.
Shoe tips.
Kristy lee cook is ready to go next.
Take a look at.this
I think america would be surprised to know that I'm a tomboy.
I ebb joy being outside and getting dirty and stuff.
It is fun.it is who i am
I love fishing.
I love softball and you know,sports and athletics.And i ride horses.I camp.
You name it.I try it.
Or at least try to do it.
I do everything outdoors that most guys do.
That you don't really see girls doing.
But you know,it is also kind of nice.
Cleaning up and getting in a dress every now and then.
I still can't walk in heels.
I'm definitely,you know,a tomboy at heart.
Well,all I can tell you is that 100% improvement over last week.
It was a better song choice for you.
I thought that you...
I was looking for breakout moments.
With your range or something.
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I tell you what.It was pretty in tune.
- I liked it.- Thank you.
- I liked it.- Again,you are back.
You are bacK.Yoare back.
Good to hear you this way.
It was a good song choice for you.
Real good.
In the pocket.RelieF.
I bet it is.
You know,i couldn't remember what you sang last week.
Which tells you that it didn't work.
Whereas I think this week,i agree with the guys.
It was a huge improvement.
My only worry with you at the moment is I don't know how to label you at the moment.
I don't exactly know what type of singer you are.
I have a feeling that if you were to go down more of a country root,
you are going to find it much easier to make a statement which I'm not sure you quite did with that song.
But you know,you have real potential.
Thank you.
Kristy lee cook.
Doing the linda ronaldstat cover from the 70's there.
Last week,you said you couldn't even hear what they were saying because you were on so much medication from the flu.
I was on,like,five antibiotics.
I was just likE...
Lucky to be standing here.
Making it through.
Yes.
What do you make of what they said tonight?
I am relieved that,you know,i impressed them.
I'm trying to make it better every time.
What do you think about simon's point when he talks about country being right for you?
I'm a total country singer.
- I think,you know,if I'm here next week,i'll prove it to him.- All right.
The numbers to vote for kristy lee cook:
good jov Good luck.All right?
Good to see you better.
Commercials coming at you.
When we come back,classic rock from amanda overmyer.
Hang on.
Welcome back to "american idol.
The girls singing for you tonight.
We have the results live right here tomorrow night.
Brace yourselves,america.
Here comes amanda overmyer.
Most people already know that,you know,i ride a harley and I'm a nurse.
Another thing people may not know is that i tend to be kind of a bookworm.
I like to read quite a bit.
I like reading biographies of rock icons that I like.
I'm one of those knowledge is power kind of people.
You can't ever be overeducated.
I'll be the first one to,you know,recognize when I'm not.
I'm reading a music business book.
Getting myself educated on what may come.
Reading educated on what may come.
Reading to me is a good form of entertainment.
All right.
So you know,for me,man,it wasn't the right song choice for you.
Way too much melody.
It is truE.
Here is the deal.
Here is what the problem is with that sonG.
Great kansas song.love it
There is too many instrumental breaks in there for a singer singing the song.
I don't want to hear the band.
I want to hear you sing.
There was way too much melody in there for a bluesy girl.It was very pitchy.
Not the right song for you.
it is true
I have to tell you something.
You have some moves.You can dance.
don't be all shy.
You know,i know you are worried about I'm not going to do too much janis.
You have to do what fits right and what feels right.
And not worry about anything else.You are special.
You are needed in this competitioN.
You are a brilliant,brilliant artist.
This was not the right song for you.
Amanda,I tell you what i felt.
I thought actually in your film,you came over as very natural,very cool.
And then everything felt contrived fromhat you wear,from this terrible hair,from the indulgent song,everything.
None of it felt natural or real.
It was like you are in your own little world.
Actually,quite an ugly song.
I couldn't wait for it to finish.
I really,really didn't get that.
And if you want the popular vote,you are not going to get it by doing that.
You know what would be interesting?
Looking at your film,you are beautiful without all of the excessre beautiful without all of the excess makeup and it is like you are this charming girL.
And to juxtapose it works better.
Better than the song was for her.
You don't need to do all of that.
Keep it bluesy rock,man.
That is your bag.
Randy,i want this look for you this season.
I used to weartha,man.
Back in the daY.He did.
You like these throwback genres,though.
That is what i was raised on.
That is what I like to listen to.
If you want to vote for amanda:
good luck Thank you very much.Thank you.
All right.
We are going to take a break.
When we come back,right here on this stage,alaina whitaker is hopelessly devoted to you.
Hang on.
We have to get back to the show.
welcomen back It is "american idoL.
" You can download performances from your favorite contestants exclusively on itunes.
You can keep a piece of alaina whitaker forever.
- Are you ready?- Yeah.
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This might sound weirD.
I don't like the food on my plate to touch each other.
I try to put my food on,you know,the sideS.
The worst kind of food is like,when there is green beans and there is kind of some juice and it flows to the other side.
So weird.
But I dot like it.
It is just something that started when I was really little.
I actually used a different fork for each food.
I'm so not like that anymore.
I can't stand it.
It has gotten better.
Maybe in a few years,i won't have a problem.
But it is still bad right now.
You know,i like that song.
I love olivia newton-johN.
I don't think that was the right song for you eitheR.
The verses were really pitchy.
Even when you belted.
Off strong voice too.
Even when you belted,the song is so restrained.
It didn't let you go there.
You overshot it a little biT.
A little sharp.
I don't know.
Wasn't my favorite for you.
Do you love that song?Yeah.
It is like one of my favorites.
I think you did a real good job,alainA.
I forget how young you are and how mature you are at the same time.
I mean,i don't think it was as bad as you did.Really?
No you did a good job.
Alaina,I like yoU.
My problem is it is almost as if your grandmother prepared you for this auditioN.
Told you what to wear,how to do your hair,what to think.
Everything about you.
It is very,very old-fashioned.
How old are you?
17.17.
There is a way of being 16,17 and making yourself current.
That is wherE.
it was all a bit pageanty for mE.
Now,on a positive note,i think you are one of the dark horses in this competition.
I like you more now than i did a couple of weeks ago.
But you have to sort yourself out and become relevant.
Yeah. Okay.Thank you.
You are going in the right direction with them.
I am,I guesS.
You agree with what simon said about the way she looks and her image on the show?
We have to mess you up a little bit.
I love this outfit.
It is very pretty on you.
He is not used to a blue dress.That is all.
That is a cute outfit.A cute outfit.
- If you want to vote for alaina: I'm not good at these things.- Yes,you are.
This is something you know a lot about.
I don't have good female fashion.
Heels and blue dresses are not my thing.
The fashion god who wears the same thing every night speaking.
Call in to vote at the end of the show.
We will take a break.Good luck.Okay?
When we come back,
classics from chicago and heart courtesy of alexandrea lushington and kady malloy.
Hang on.
Welcome back.It is "american idoL.
Guys,enjoying the show here on the sidelines.
Tomorrow night
we are back live and we have got the votes counted and the results for you.
Make sure you are here.
Right now,it is alexandrea lushington.
What america doesn't know about me is that
I was the poster child for the atlanta fire department
because my dad worked for them for about 19 years.
I sang every year at different award ceremonies.
I sang patriotic songs.
One of the years i sang,
i sang at ground zero a couple of months after 9/11.
It was just a huge,you know, mass of people around me.
It wasn't anything organized.
I decided to sing and having all those people standing around was a huge moment.
And very,you know,emotional.
What did you think?
It is over.
That was funny.
Here is the problem.I mean,
here is the problem for me.
It was just so safe for you.
You got mad vocal skills.
You are one of my favorite performers in this whole top 20 whatever.
You should never make safe choices.
You should always challenge yourself.
You have that nice fall setto.Falsetto.
It was a safe choice for me.
I understand.I understand.
I still feel you did let go and you did do your own arrangementS.
You stretched it.
You have made it your own.
I have never heard a female take on that song.
Thank you.
Very impressed.
I have been impressed with you from day one.
Because i have always said you are relevant.
And you are important in this competition.
You really are.
Thank you.
Let yourself be.
I was a big fan of yours in the early stages of the competition.
I think you are struggling right now.
And that ong has never been covered,
and i don't think it's been a hit outside of
when it was originally released for a reason.
It is absolutely stuck in its time period.
And there is nothing you can do with the song.
And the problem is that you were inconsistent on the song.
You were in tune,out of tune,you looked uncomfortable with it.
And it just wasn't yoU.
I mean,you look terrific.
But it was boring.
Yeah.
They like you but they didn't like that song for you.
Yeah.I know.
Did you feel unsure when you were singing it?
No.
I knew the song was right for me.
And that is all that matters.
You know,I'm trying to stay consistent and everything that they tell me I try to intake
and apply it and you know,i'm still the underdog in the situation.
You know,I hope I come back next week.
And try to prove myself again.
There are so many opinions.
So many moving parts.
A lot of pressure. You have to move quickly.
All of a sudden,you are live in front of 30 million people.
30 million?
Maybe 32 million. we will get the numbers tomorrow.
Thank you very much.Okay?
- Thank yoU. - A great attitude.
All right,friendS.
Here is what we have for you next.
She has been hiding.
Kady malloY.Is she ready to go?
There she is.She is hiding behind the swirl.
Take a look at her tape.
America already knows that I can do britney,shakira and cher.
What they don't know is that i can also do rigaletto.
I have been singing opera since I was nine years olD.
It helps me out on stage.
I do think that whatever i sing,you can hear a little bit of opera in it.
I love to sing opera in the bathroom.
When simon finds out I sing opera,
"you sing opera better than you sing up here.
So you love that song?
Yes,I do.I love that song a lot.
Some very interesting song choices going on up here for me tonight.
You know,i love that song.
I love heart,once again.
Carly singing them earlier.
It never found the pitch for me.
You coming down the stairs,the verse you just ner quite found the notes for me.
You never settled on to the note.
It didn't work.
When you powered you sounded great.
I think.
But on the low notes,the low notes, you lost it a little bit.
And what a surprise.
I think you sing opera very well.
Thank you.
- I like the on rachl. - I do.
I think you have hidden talents.
The most important thing in this competition,though,
is to define yourself as the artist,who you are.
I'm not quite sure yet that you have found that right song.
Kady,i think i'm struggling as much as you are struggling here.
I'm very,very frustrated.
Because everything you do on film is fantastic.
You know,you do those impressions.
The opera was very good.
Then you come out here with almost like sth1 trying to impersonate christina now,
singing at the back of your throat,
with a song i have never heard before which has no melody.
I don't think it went anywhere.
Can you put a finger on why she is working on tape and not on stage?
I don't know what it is.
The first time we saw this girl,we loved her.
There is a charm about her on the tape.
Absolutely.
It is a hard thing to give you constructive advice at the moment.
Other than,you know,as we have said so many times tonight,
you just have to find the right song.
That One million percent. was the wrong one.
You have to let yourself be and let yourself go.
And just not think about anything other than what's comfortable for you.
Do you feel like you are overanalyzing?
Actually,this whole time i was just having fun and having fun with the song.
I can tell they are rooting for you.
They want it to work for you.
Good luck,darling.
- Do it as britney. - Do what?
- Thanks,ryaN. - Thanks,ryaN.
We are heading into a break right now.
When we come back, asia'h closes the show.
All right.Back with you on "american idol.
" We are a few minutes away from opening up the phone lines.
Our time performance of the night goes to asia'h epperson.
People might be surprised to find out
I was a cheerleader through middle school and high school.
But I really love cheer-leading.
It was so much fun.
Getting to make up cheers and do the dances.
Getting to go to the cheer camps and you know,
it is kind of like how we have to do on "idol.
" Hair,makeup,outfits.
You get out there and get the crowd into it.
You can't go out and cheer and be like,go,eagles.
You know.You have to put your all into it.
Just like you can't come up on the stage and be,like,lal,la.
You have to have the spirit and personality.
It is really fun.
It prepared me for "idol" in some crazy ways.
It is cool.
I know you have been sicK.
I saw you sitting here the other night with your mask on and the whole nine and all of that.
I have to tell you, very difficult song to sing.
Celine sang everything out of it.
I have to tell you what.
Highest degree of difficulty.
You did a really good job with it,i thought.
Nice.
I mean,it is all like.
there was,like,she did it.
It was greaT.
You had problems in the low parts.
The low notes.You know what?
The ending counts on this song.
The ending brought it home.
You brought it home.
It is one of the deepest songs of all time.
And you have got to be one heck of a singer to pull that off.
And unfortunately,you are not.
No.
Look,you really did it.
The truth,is you are not that good a singer.
You shouldn't have attempted that song.
You have to be incredible.
You almost got away with it.
But the song was to
So in my opinion,it showed you up.
It was a silly decisN.
- OkaY.- sorry.
Asia'h epperson,picking up on your point,simoN.
If she doesn't take a risk,you might have something negative to say as well.
- Yes? - no.
You have to know your limitations,ryaN.
Something you have managed to do quite well in your career.
It is true.
Keep it to the singing,dawg. Come on,please.
While you are on the red carpet.
Oh,I love it.
I'm a different generation.
- Good luck.- Thank u.
I hope you are feeling better.
Take a look at the numbers one more time.
Then we vote
The ladies.
It is up to you,america.
The lines are open.
If you don't get through,keep on tryinG.
You will have at least two full hours to vote.
Thanks so rickey minor and the band for a great show tonight.
Randy,thank you very much.
Thank you,paula.
Thank you to the great crew we have here.
Thanks to you all for watching.
Stay tuned.
See you tomorrow night live for the results.
Good night,everybody.
Thanks,guys.
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