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American Idol Season 7 Episode 24
Good evening.
welcome.
Good to see you guyS.
Hello.I'm ryan seacrest.
Welcome to the show where your votes make someone a superstar.
We are live from hollywood.
We cannot wait to get started.
The crowd is going to be in rare form tonight.
I feel it.Some energy.
There is a special vibe.
Rickey and the band,ready to roll tonight.
and there is no greater pleasure in my life than to introduce to you superstars
randy jackson,
paula abdul,
and simon cowelL.
but it is these people you are rooting for.
Say hello to your top ten!
here they are.
The faces you love.
Now,tonight's theme is the year they were born.
Which means that the contestants have a huge spectrum from which to choose.
Song selection is going to be vital.
Let's see what they come up with.
First singing for you tonight is ramiele malubay.
I was born september 6,1987 in saudi arabia.
When I was a baby,i had a straight fro.It went like this.
*******cool.
When I was a kid,I got into trouble.
She *********
I would go up to the kids and bite them.
Then I would walk awaY.
After that,when she was three, she changed a loT.
No more biting.
She held the microphone and just sang.
I would hold it.
We would have family parties on the weekends.
I would take the mic from everyone and i would start singing.
I started singing when i was 12 at my cousin's birthday****.
It's*******
I was scared out of my mind.
It was the first time I sang in front of a whole bunch of people.
And I ***** stage.
It was way different than singing karaoke at parties.
You have to step it up a bit this week.
I'm lucky to have made the top ten.
I have to prude I deserve to be here.
It is a big song at a crucial time for her.
With heart's "alone," here is ramiele.
All right.So I hear you were under the weather like me.
But still,it wasn't the right song choice for you.
A little too big of a song for me.
For you to sing.
I remember,who did it before...
somebody******carly did it before.
I mean,it is not quite your kind of thing.
It was a little pitchy all over the place.
Wasn't good for me.
I'm really glad that america has heard you sing and how big your voice is
and you know,people don't know you barely have a voice right now.
And I think that you...
it is not about picking it, I'm sure you picked it healthY.
However,i give you a tremendous amount of credit and it is brave to do what you did.
You are really sick.I know thaT.
I'm hoping you stay through and keep going.
You are a very big talent and ****.
I didn't think it was as bad as randy said.
Look,if you ...
i thought the first part of the song was okay.
Maybe it is because you are not feeling in the well,
but it was a bit shrieky and shouty.
The truth is,ramiele,after what you sang last week
which I thought was appalling and you managed to survive,
then you will get through again this week on that performance.
No question about it.
Ramiele with a smile on her face.
Randy,there is a bit of buzz here.
Are you being harsh tonight?
Oh,right.
Some would say.
I'm with you,ryan.
Let me say this.
When simon listens to it back at home, he will find that
the pitch was all over the place.
I said she didn't sing the middle part very well.
You think simon is wrong.
And you are right.
He will find the pitch was all over the place.
Do you think it was better than last week?
I didn't think last week or this week was good.so There you go.
I think ramiele is beyond good.
Are you feeling better?
- Did you have the flu? - No.
It just went bye-bye.
- The voice went bye-bye? - Yeah.
Thank you very much.Good luck.*****
We are taking a break.
More from their family albums when we return.
Jason and syesha are up live after the break.
Back with you live on "american idol."
Any budding come posers out
there need to get their submissions in for our song-writing contest.
The deadline is march 31.
Go to americanidol.Com for more details on.That
how about jason castro up next.
I was born on march 25,1987 in dallas,texas.
I have been told I'm an arieS.
I always feel like i'm saying that wronG.
This week we are singing songs from the year of our birtH.
Tonight is actually my birthday.
Happy birthday,me.
When I was little,i looked like I do now.
A lot smaller and pudgier.
Cuter.
I do remember people always telling me how cute my eyes were.
Every day i would get that.
When I was like,three or four, me and my brother got some instruments.
*** I got,like,an electric guitar that had buttonS.
They decided to bless us with this annoying screeching electronic-sounding guitar.
And I don't know.
We used to jam out.
That was our first musical instruments.
It wasn't very good.
But it was fun.
Singing ing's "fragile," here is jason castro.
All right,dudE.I love that song.
*******That was a very good choice of song.
I don't know if you did anything different with it vocally.
I like the spanish touch and the whole thing.
I thought it was all right,man.
It was very nice and pleasant.
Don't know if it did anything for you vocallY.
I'm still waiting to see that jump-out vocal performance.
But it was nice.
I think you are staying true to who you are.
Those are the songs that are your niche.
I love sting.
That is a beautiful song.
I agree.
I don't think that we saw anything different that makes it...makes us go woW.
Jason ******
You are kind of playing it a little safe in your zone.
That is who you are.
Okay.Jason,I think you have two bad weeks.
And I think it is time,i think it is time that
you start taking this a little bit more seriously.
I tell you what that was.
That was the equivalent of someone singing outside of a subway station.
I've *** Sorry.It was.
The way you played the guitar on the track was clumsy.
Everything about it was too laid-back.
Too much in your own world.
And you are somebody,jason,as you proved when you sang "hallelujah"
who is potentially a winner.
You are not going to win if you keep doing that week after week.
I'm telling you.Sorry.
Obviously,still some fanS.
You are on the biggest show in the country.
This is a huge platform.
Are you taking it seriously?
Yeah.
Why do you think he believes you are not?
Why do you think simon believes you are not?
I don't know.I guess maybe it seems like...
Yeah,i see where he is coming from. My playing was a little sloppy.
I could spend more time practicing if I'm going to do this.
- You are in it to win it? - Yeah.
The fans are serious about him.
Thank you,jason.
Good to see you.Good luck.Okay?
Syesha mercado is up next.
I was born in bridgeport,connecticut on a cold winter's day on january 2,1987.
Syesha as a child.
When syesha was about four years old, she would fall on the floor
and scream andle whoar.***
I was a cry-baby.
That is where i got my little baby cry from.
Yeah.So you know how it goes.
I was on a dance team in elementary school and middle school.
We did aerobic dance.
We had to wear these corny-looking costumes.
Like these tight aerobic costumes with see agains on them.
We used to have pom-poms. We got a lot of gold medals.
We worked so hard.
I remember it is five,six,seven,eighT. Do it again.***remeber
I'm still a kid.
I have so many different sides to me.
I have my mellow side,my adult professional side.
Most of the time,I'm just goofy.
Singing "if i were your woman," it is syesha mercado.
All right.
You know,this is great,man.
This is a good moment for you,for me.
- You know why? - Why?
This is the best I have ever heard you sing,including,
including,including when you auditioned.
This is the best you have ever sounded to us.
I think it was stellar.
I think it was unbelievable.
I'm shocked.I'm loving it.Yes.
Yes.
We got another competitor in the competition!
- Did Did I like her? - T was blazing hot.
Hanks,randY.
What's great about this performance,syesha,
is that this is going to be the moment that
everyone remembered where syesha flipped it
and became the dark horse and is going to sail on through.
**** fantastic
Everything about it.
Upper registeR.
Your lower.
Everything was pitch-perfect.
Your most brilliant.
Thank you so much.
Well,syesha,it was definitely the best so far.******
I don't think the end part of the song was as good as randy thought,actually.
- Of course. - That is all right.
I think there is a limit on your vocal.
And I think that song stretched it.
I do.
That is okay.
That is why there is three of us on the panel.
I disagree.
Paula,i saw you smiling from the first notE.
You knew that was going to be a home run.
She is back.She is on.
I knew it was going to be...
she was in her zone.
She was creating magic.****
It is on for syesha.
Thank you very much.Great job.
That was fun.
We will disappear for a couple of moments.
We'll be right back with chikezie.
Welcome ***** live
YOu *************
say hi chi******
Okay ******** week
It was*******
After ***** for.
********** again.
But *****
And ricky ******
You know*******
so you didn't ********
so I ****** me.
that's ****
First,let's go back in time and look at little chikezie back in the day.
I was born on september 11, 1985 in los angeles,california.
I don't really remember when i first started singing.
******He could hum songs.
He wasn't even talking that much.
I didn't quite know the words.
But I kind of hummed the mel difficult.
He was singing "stand by me."
He would put his head on my shoulder and go "stand by me."******
Growing up with my parents in america has been interesting.
Nigerian cultural music,...******
We played love songs,religious music.*****
very..******
YOu better**** that.
*****************great.
I always kind of lived in the moment,.
Trying to be as happy as i can being a kid.
Same way now.
I'm trying to be as happy as i can be as an adult.
Whatever you want to call me.
Singing "if only for one night," here is chikezie.
Chikezie,what's up,dawg?
All right,check it out.
For me,it is interesting you following syesha with that other oldie but goody.
Not that I like making comparisons.
For her,she moved it arounD.
She made it at least younger-feeling.
This went back to a very old kind of just...
I don't know,man.
I didn't love it for you,man.
It was very old-school and like,it wasn't hip and cool.
It wasn't that vibey chikezie that I love.
With all that energy.
It was kind of boring for me,dawg.
I disagree,randy.
You know,you are a throwback.
That is what we say all the time.
But it is a good throwback.
I do think that by you upping the tempo otherwise being a very memorable brenda russell song,
you did a great job.
I think you did amazing with the vocals.
You are a really great singer.
Chikezie,I think you sang it well.
Having said that,I thought the performance actually was very cheesy.
You know,all the,you kno,putting your hand into the audience,
it is all very,you know...
that is who I'm singing foR.
Actually,i'm going to pick you up on that.
You are not singing it to them.
You are singing it to yourself along with everybody else.
Come on.
It is true.
He gave love to the girls...
Music,shut up.
You have to show originality.
I didn't see anything original other than someone trying to copy the original.
xxxxxx
I miss your personality now.
Exactly.We agree.
Thank you.
Chikezie,america.
You decide.You vote.
Don't vote until the end of the show.
Good luck.All right?
when we come back,brooke white sings the police live.
O0l Back with you live.It is "american idoL."
Thanks to itunes,you can download performances from tonight's show
as well as the full-length recordings of the song.
Check that out.Brooke white could be yours to keep.
I was born june 2,1983.
Which makes me age 24.
I'm the oldest of four children.
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I can remember the day that we got our piano.
It was my great grandmother'S.
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I could hear someone playing a song on the piano.
My fingers just knew what to play.
I member my mom coming in and saying "is that you?"
It was a song I heard on tV.
That is when i knew that she could hear something and play it.
I taught myself to play by ear.
To this day,that is how i play.
It is pretty much intuitive,i guess.
Getting to see my family in the audzience feels so awesome.
It is comforting.
It just makes me feel happy.
I miss them a lot.
With the police classic "every breath you take," hre is brooke white.
Very interesting song choice.
Great song.
I thought the front part of it was pretty good.
I like that you started in,and you go,wait a minute,it is not right.
I love that.
A lot of professionalism there.
I thought that was not good.
When you got to like,the bridge and you went to the out chorus,
I did not love the arrangement.
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I almost would have loved it if you stayed without the band
and made it more interesting on your own.
It was okay for me.It was all right.
OkaY.
I enjoyed this performance so much more than last week'S.
Thank you.
What's great,this is a great thing.
You know,this season we wanted...
we have always wanted contestants that are unique and have their own niche.
And you do.
I can hear your voice in one note and know it is you,brooke.
That is a great thing.
You are consistent.
That is just great.
Thank you.
Brooke,I totally agree with randy.
Which is if you had just stayed you on the piano that,
would have sounded much more cool.
The minute it picked up tempo and the band joined in,
it made it very old-fashioned.
Now,definitely good enough to keep you in for another week.but
you know,you have to work this out.
Because you know,i thought as randy said,the first part when it started,
even with the mistake,it was fantastic.
Better than last week. -Thank you.
Brooke white.
Some good news.
I mean,it is a very brave move to start and then realize which randy pointed out,
you know,I didn't start it right.Let me go for it agaiN.
Yeah.
Generally shouldn't do that.
That is yoU.
That is very real.
Thank you.
That is the point they were making.
Can we give it another shot?
You decide,america.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Heading into a break now.
When we come back,michael johns and carly smithson rock out.Hang on.
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We need more coca-cola,please.
Quickly. -Thirsty.
Michael johns is next.
I was born october 20,1978.
And in australia.
I believe that makes me a libra.
A very well-balanced person.
Michael is a little boy you can't help but have asmile on your face when you think about it.
Competitive,competitive,competitive.
He always had to be the best.
If it was athletic,he had to be the fastest runner.
My sister and i,we were competitive at card games.
I would throw the table sometimes if I thought she was cheating
or if i was winning and we had a look we did.
It was the worst look.
And it was "i'm too good for you."
And we would go...
when i was little,i really did think i was going to be a tennis player until i turned 15.
That is when music found me.
Here is michael johns.
Check it out.
Michael,check it out,baby.
Check it out.
Finally,,finally,you believe in yourself.
You use that big old voice you've got.
And challenge it.
And dude,that was the best performance for me since you have been on this show.
Any time that any one of us ever said you haven't found your right song,
well,we can all shut our mouths on this one.
This was your moment.
Your shining moment.
I'll so proud of you.
I bet you are happy.
xxxxxxx
Fantastic.
Michael,this is the first time with you I thought...
i saw star potential.
Because tonight you just got it right.
You know,you looked like a front person.
You were confident.
You performed well.
For me,it is only memorable performance of the night so far.
It is the official pregame song.
Visualize winning to that one.
Congratulations.
Well-done.
For michael:
Well-done.
Time for carly.
I was born september 12,1983 in dublin which is the capital city of ireland.
I am a virgo which is an earth sign.
And I am definitely a classic virgo.
I have read a lot of books.
I'm very particular.
I got my name from,actually,the radio.
I still had no name going into the hospital.
I went into labor with carly.
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When I had her,i held my hand up to my husband.
I said there is the name.
I am carly.
When I was a little kid,i used to have,like,the biggest curly hair you ever seen.
It was quite ridiculous.
People used to look twice at this little girl with really spiral curly hair.
I always wanted to be a pop star.
I always wanted to be madonna or,you know,kiley minogue.
Those kind of people.
Carly was always going to be an entertainer.
I knew she never was going to have a problem.
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I never worried about her having her ups and downs.
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Here she is."Total eclipse of the heart."
Carly smithson.
Very interesting song choice for me.
I didn't love it.
I liked it.I didn't love it.
Didn't like the note at the end.
It went a little sharp.
I think that wasn't quite the right song for you.
It was just okay for me.
Okay for mE.
I don't know how you can say.
That I mean,she picked the song from the year she was born that inspired her.
I don't like the whole rock thing.
That didn'T...
Carly,I so admire that you probably could take every song that
I'm not crazy about but make me a believer and make me go buy it.
That is the truth.
I love what you did at the end.
Because that's showing me that you are willing to get out there and go
and stretch yourself into areas you haven't shown us.
That run at the end was not in tune,paula.
It wasn'T.
Carly,you could do no wrong tonight.
I don't think you coul do wrong.
Carly,something didn't quite work.
And I think it was because you were so tense
and almost uptight during the performance,
I didn't enjoy it as much as i thought I was going to enjoy it.
Parts of the song you sang very well.
I'm kind of again with randy on this.
Something didn't quite work there.
I think you have to lighten up a little bit.
Carly smithson.
Were you relaxed during that song?
Were you tense?
I went to the bathroom before.
And I ran out.
I had fun.I love that song.
Did you flush? -Yes.
All right.
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Randy with extra security,please,when he leaves.
We will take a breatheR.
When we come back,david archuleta live.
Welcome bacK.
David archuleta,ladies and gentlemen.
Now,you are taking classes here in hollywood.
- You are missing normal school. - I am
What have you missed so?anything interesting in?
I have missed a few dances,actually.
I might miss the prom.
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*********
Any idea who you would take to the prom,david?
Lots of hands right herE.
I don't know if i should say it.
I don't know if it is going to happen or not.
Somebody here in the studio?
Maybe.
Maybe close to your father?
We will send a note later.all right
Let's take a look at little archuleta.
I was bor december 28,1990 in miami,florida.
I have a brother and three sisters.
And my sisters' names are claudia,jasmine and ambeR.
My brother is daniel.
*******
Everybody just loves david.
And the little sister is the one who is very attached to him.
He is a loving teenager.
Growing up,i was close with my older sister.
You know,we were inseparable.
She is my partner in crime.
My mom was always big in dancing.
She had me and my older sister dancing too.
She would have us do these little danceS.
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It was kind of embarrassing.
I had fun dancing when I was a little kid.
Fun stuff.
I think I will keep that to myself from now on.
Now we know what prom will look like,actually,after seeing that.
With "you're the voice," here is david archuleta.
David,check it out,babY.
You know what?
It was a strange song choice for me.
Guess what,man?
If you can sing,you can sing whatever.
It was still very nice.
Very nice.very nice
I don't know the song.but wery nice
It is a great onE.
All of us were kind of trying to figure that out.
- I mean,simon knows... - *****
- ****** - from australia.
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Couldn't have picked an american composer?
I'm just kidding.I'm just kidding
David,you can sing the phone book and we would fall in love with it.
David,you know,you sang it well in parts.
I'm going to be honest with you.
This is not going to make me very popular.
I actually didn't like the performance at all.
I thought it was actually reminiscent of a theme park performance.
I did.
You know,it is one of those ghastly songs you sing,you know,
when you have,like,animated creatures with you and everyone joins in together.
That is what it reminds me oF.
I don't think that is you at all.
And I would be amazed if you chose the song yourself.
Because it is not U.
Sorry.
For david:
Don't vote until the end of the show. Thank you very much,david.Appreciate it.
kristy lee cook after the break.stay with us
Welcome back to "american idol."
Head to itunes to exclusively download the video performances from tonight's show.
As well as full-length recordings by your favorite contestants.
Kristy lee cook is up.
I was born january 18,1984.
In seattle,washington.
My parents didn't really tell me much about when i was born besides the fact that I came out smiling.
When I was a little kid,i was really loud.
And I was singing all the time.
- Kristy first started singing when she was three,two....about.... - two
I do remember certain parts of being two years old.
And the one that stuck out in my mind waswhen I was sitting in my bathing suit.
I was singing the song called "kristy."
I used to love that song because my dad used to sing it.
It was my name.
That was kind of like my daughter-father song.
Probably when she was like,four or five,we traveled quite a bit.
She would sing in the car all the time.
We would let her sing.
I got on their nerves.
They were like "please make her be quieT."
I don't annoy them now.
Which is good.
They are going to have to keep begging me to sing if they want to hear it now.
I would turn the tables on them.
With "god bless the U.S.A."
It is kristy lee cook.
All righT.Great song choice.I love that song.
Other than it was a little pitchy in the middle,
i thought it was a very nice performance from you.
- Thank you. - Very nice.
Yeah.Yeah
A very poignant and respectful sonG.A good choice.
Very good choice for you.
To me,i have seen better performances from you.
Your voice is sounding much stronger.
- Watch the pitch problems. But you are growing. - Thank you.
Kristy,your best performance by a mile.I think.
and I have to say,that was the most clever song choice i have heard in years.
I have to tell you.
And i think i'm right in saying,a brilliant writer.a brilliant song
I thought it overall,it was a good performancE.
That is going to keep you in the competition.
Lots of emotion here in the studio.
Beaming.Look at her.
*****
Good job. Thank you very much.
Thank you.Thank you!you guys are great
One more left.
David cook closes the show after the break.
Welcome back to "idol."
David cook,what he looks like back in the day.
I was born december 20,1982.
I believe that makes me barely a sagittarius.
A lot of my family thinks i was a cute kid.
I had a massive skulL.
It was unreal.
I look like a super villain from marvel comicS.
My family is very much into the whole photo op idea of raising a child.
Really anything you can think of that would look funny on a baby,
they would put it on me and take photos.
I got my first guitar when i was two.
I think he got it for christmas.
And he would take his guitar and he would stand in the middle of the bed with his sunglasses
and his tube socks and his shorts and strum his guitar.
Because he was a rock star.
Growing up,music was always readily available to me.
But it was never something that was forced upon me.
It was kind of instilled in me early that that was something I wanted to dO.
With chris cornell's version of "billie jean," here is david cook.
Check it out,baby.check it out
David cook,I have to say,i think you are probably the most original,
the most bold contestant we have ever had.
I'm telling you that,performance right there tonight on that song you just did,
dude,you might be the one to win the whole lot.
hot!
Blazing molten hot,baby!
Hot!
I'm blown awaY.
I can't sit down.
I have to tell you how smart you are.
How brave you are.
And how willing you are.
To stretch the boundaries.
You do it right to the edge without going over.
I think you arbrilliant.
And I think you caN...
David,that was brave.
I mean,it could have either been insane or amazing.
And I have to tell you,it was amazing.
Takes a risk.
Congratulations,man.
Well-done.
not bad.
Let's take a look at the numbers one more time:
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If you can't get through the first time.
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Who is the next american idol?
Thanks to our judges tonight.RANDY PAULA AND SIMON COWELL
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Results live tomorrow 9:00,8:00 central.
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