Once again, the eyes of america are trained on 12people.
Once more, the votes of america can change theirlives.
Tonight, the girls take thestage.
This is "american idol."
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American Idol Season 6 Episode 12
Girls! that's good!Hello!
Good to see you.***** ***** ****
Good to see you. I love your necklace.
Nice ear rings, good highlights.*******
*******, baby.
Hi, guyS. How are you?
My name is ryan seacrest.
tonight we are looking at Another two hours together
with a great mix of music from 12 talented performerS.
but You have to make that one difficult decision at the endof the show.
Now, we had a strong start to the competition last nighT.
but It seemed like the judges werea little let-down.
Take a look at this.
Last night, your top 12 guysperformed. For the first time on the idolstage.
Before we got started, simonoffered some ***** advice to thehopefuls.
Sing well.
That's iT.simple. Okay, guys.
Sing well. You are in.
Rudy tried to take thatadvice when he took the judgesfor a ride.
***** wasn't long for it.
I thought you started offfantastic.
but Randy was quick to put onthe brakes.
For me, dawg, it was reallycorny, man. I thought i was in any bar inamericA.
I'm floored. I'm in shock still.
When brandon and A.J.Tried to restart the party,
paulawas loving it.
You can definitely sinG. I mean...
but Simon was not moved.
I count that as a kind of atheme park performance.
It was a very, very safe and predictable song to do.
In fact, once again thisseason, simon was setting thebar very high.
I thought you sounded a bitnasally.
paul, I would suggest you putyour shoes on next week if you stay here.
Even early sundance wasn't spared from simon's harsh words.
Tonight you were like dadat a wedding.
Very old-fashioned.And the whole performance, forme, was flat.
When it was chris sligh'sturn, he knew he had to sparkinterest.
I kinda felt like i was at someweird student gig.
Just because i don't sing **** or teletubbies doesn't mean that
but He ignited something else.
Why do they sing?
The students iN.
- Who is asking you? - I'm asking you.
no no no,You do the link, sweetheart.
Ryan seacrest, ladies andgentlemen.
Sanjaya malakar and nick tried to keep it short andsweet.
You try and tack al steviesong.
It was really baD. no.
but Simon had a surprise fornick.
I didn't think it was thatbad, actually.
**** put aside his beat boxing for something a little more sensitive.
we saw a different side of you Your vocals were spot-on.
By far, the bestperformance we have hadtonight.
thank you.
And chris richardson wasalso able to give the judgeswhat they were looking for.
Yo, I like that.
It was so much fun watching your dad go dance on theupbeat
- while you were on thedown-beat. - I like that.
phil, close to the show, they couldn't ask for more when it came judgmenttime.
phil,from the dawg, You get the best vocalprize of the night.
That was last night.
They are here with us againtonight, get a chance to relax.
Give it up for the guys of"idol 6."
Fellows, so the girls now know what they are about toface.
Make some noise for
stephanieedwards,
amy krebs,
lesliehunt,
sabrina sloan,
antonellabarba,
jordin sparks,
nicoletranquillo,
Haley Scarnato
melinda doolittle,
alainaalexander,
gina glocksen
andlakisha jones.
good luck girls.
Let's have some fun tonight. Okay?
Remember, you are voting tokeep your favorite girl in theshow.
Tomorrow night, live, based on your calls and texts
thebottom two girls and bottom guys will be leaving thecompetition.
Who stays? Who goes?
That is the big question.
Welcome the judges, friendS.
This is randy jackson. Say hi to randy.
Paula abdul.
And simon cowell.
Where shall we begin?
Randy, let me ask you, youknow,
you say to thecontestants often last night,
take a risK.Stand out.
And then they do it and thenyou say, "that was too risky."
No.No.no, I, baby, no no no...
We don't say that. We don't say that.
We tell them to take a risK.
Listen, it doesn't matter what you sing as long as you reallysing it.
Yeah, that's right.
They didn't really sing anything.
we'll see how long that lasts ********* *******.
Paula, after sleeping on it,if you will, how do you lookat the guys?
Did they let you down? Did they deliver?what do you think?
I don't think they let medown.
I think.. you know,It is always rough the firstnight.
I think that you learn afterthe first performance, whereyou have to go.
Where you have to pull backand push foR.
- *******. - ********.
You are happy-go-lucky thisevening.
He is really happy.
- Why are you smiling? - I'm smiling.I'm happy to be here.
It is so comforting toknow.
Chris sligh had a go at youyesterday.
What do you think when theyhave a go at you?
****************?
- I like it. - you do?
Shows a bit of smirt....spirit.
- Seemed like you werengry,though. - I wasn't angry.
****** let us down,They let themselves down, tobe honest with you.
They are looking back at therecap, i couldn't rememberhalf of the performances.
They let themselves down.that was all.
Looked like chris got under your skin last night.
No.
******* ******* picture. Here it iS.
That is me lookingthoughtful.
- Don't take it personallY. - I don'T.
- all right. - ****** ***** sweethheart.
our judges********* supportive********
that's ********** girls.
Before we take a break, wewill remind you just how theladies got here to this stagE.
Take a look at this.
I think you weresensational. One of the best auditionsever.
you are all it's all about.
- You are really good. - You are a natural.
Loved it, girl. Love you, lakisha.
Welcome to hollywood. Yes, yes, yes!
she knows everything.
I'm so happy ******* this far.
This is the most insaneexperience.
You chose the right song.
You made iT.
I'm so happy right now.
you know why you are*****?
you chose the right song.
all right, ******* time.
no regrets
- you made it. - you are going through.
you made it.
congrat***
OMG, i love the show.
i'm so happy right now. I don't know what to do.
Welcome back to "americanidol."
Time to get the party started.
Remember, you are holding thecards from now on, americA.
It is your vote that counts.
Fighting for them first isstephanie edwards.
Check out her story.
I'm 19 years old fromsavannah, georgia.
I'm a college student.
When I first saw all thepeople there for the audition,i was like,
I'm not going tomake it. I was discouraged.
My parents told me theybelieved in mE.
They were like, "you are goodenough. You can do it."
******** *********.
You reminded me of one ofthose 30's, 40's jazz singerS.I liked it.
When i came out of the room,I was in shock.
Chance of a lifetime.
If my parents wouldn't haveencouraged me, i wouldn't havebeen here.
because **********
They told me "we reallybelieve in you."
So I'm here.
Stephanie,
**********
not only **** I'm sure americawill see a huge d noferencetonight compared to lastnight.
that ******* all.
Word to the wisE.
It was definitely a littlepitchy in spotS. You can work on that.
The conviction wasunbelievablE. That run at the end, I waslike, whoa.
Thank you, thank you.
First of all, stephanie,what a performer you are.My god.
I don't think any of us got tosee anything... anybody fallto the knees.
You are a staR. Look at you.
Amazing.
- Way to go. - Thank yoU.Thank you.
Stephanie, you were amillion times better than anyperformance we saw last night.
It was, by far, your bestperformance we have seenthroughout the competitionwith you.
And you know, what i likeabout it is that it was a goodchoice of ng.
********* A terrific performance.
Most importantly, unlikeyesterday, it looks as if youcame out and said,
"i want towin american idol." And that's what it's about.
- Good joB. - Thank you.
Way to set the tone.
You looked comfortable. Did you feel comfortable?
Very. The audience is awesome.
******* **********
yeah, i know.It was nice.
Congratulations. That was fun.
If you want to vote for st7 ahanie:
1 866**********
if you are a *********
********* end of the show,
again,Thank you very much.
******In a couple of minutes, bonnyraitt... ******** your way
************
Welcome back to "americanidol."
It is the girlsy kturn to shinetonight.
We are in the v.I.P.Room withthe ladies.
We are off to a fun start.
Good energy. Nice pace.
Miss doolise.
Le, what did youlearn from watching the guysyesterday?
Goodness, you know, theguys were amao tng yesterday.
I think they did a Veat job. Loved them.
And I think the judgeschallenged them.
It challenged the group of usto bring our a-game tonight.We are excited.
Let me ask you, antonella,did you adjust your strategyafter watching
the guys infront of the judges?
Not reallY. It made me a little nervous.
I think i need to calm down alot more after that.
Good le fk tonighT.
Amy is about to do herthing. Are you nervous?
I'm a little nervous.
It was so nice seeing the boysperform last night.
Kind of made us anxious.We wanted to get up on stageafter they were done.
The judges were tough onthe guys at timeS.
Did you a Vee or disagree withthe judges?
They kind of set the barhigh for all of uS.This yeaR.
We are trying to go past thatbar.
I thought the boys did a greatjow, .
All right.Let's keep the pace we startedwith tonight.
Eeieep it gt itng. Let's see how you got there.
I'm 22 from seattle,washington.
And i'm an optometristassistant. I'm going to *******
The first time I took thestage in hollywood.
- that was***** - thank you
You learn so me fh more aboutyourself when you are placedin a show where
everything is,like, put right here in fronof your face.
Here are your good qualitieS. Here are your bad qualities.
here the thing you need to *******
- ********* - I will.
- who? - amy.
You have to deay twith the goos as the bad, and the uglY.
Your belt is a little high. Isn't it?
- it is. - the fashion*****
A little nerve-racking.
But it was a whole lot...
awhole heck of a lot to behere.
Amy, all right, so
that waskind of like a medium, middle-of-theoosoadperformance.
Kind of a boring song for you. ************
You have this soulful thing onthe tape. You can sing.
You choose a song that wassafe. It didn't quite work.*********
Very too safe for me.
OkaY.
Amy, I'm going to have toagree with randy.
I feel that you isongressed us in the earlier auditionS.
You were bluesY. You had the r&b feeL.
With a song like that, it isvery sentimental and meant tobe soft and breathy.
I felt like you pushed for iT.
What are you saying?
She is better than the songshe chose. **********
Thank you, randy.
Oapey. Why didn't you say that?
The problem is, amy, iswhat you saw in that clipwhen i said i'm not going toremember you,
I still can'tremember you.
You are like, when you sing, you have the personality of acandle.
In other words, there'snothing to remember.
You are just like this thingthat sings.
And then two seconds later, I'm gt itng to forget you.
That is my problem.
That is why i think you aregoing to have a prose em inthis competition.
Unless you do something whichmakes you stand out.
- Well, she will, theN. - How do you know that?
Because she is capable ofit.
**********
Amy, it is a lot to take. In what do you get out ofthat?
What will you do to stay inthe competition?
I agree.My personali in does need tyoushine a little bit morE.
Hopefully, i will get thechance to do that.
Paula, you said she willstep up. You said she can't.
I think it will bed noficuqual.
What you are wearing, yourhair, everything isforgettase e at the moment.
**********
No you want to vote for amy:
**********
or you can *********
Remember, dial carefully. Thank you very much, amy.
We apayieciate it. Good luck.
On stage next, we found herhere in los angeles.
It is leslie hunt.
I'm 24.I'm from chicago. I'm a dog-walker.
I auditioned in L.A.
The judges were in a good mood.
- We were talking about dogs. - ********
It was good feedback allaround. From the judges.
I say yes. Yes!
Thank you.
Welcome to hollywood.
My american idol experiencehas been the confidence andself-assure you.
- welcome to****** - thank you
When i found out I was in thetop 24, it was so excitinG.
I really accomplishedsomething here. I know.
That I hope it continues.
But I'm just pleased withmyself that I have come thisfar.
Oh, yes, yes, yes.
I was hiening for definitegreatness.
But that song actually, was alittle too big for you.
I meaastevie, mariah,
you can't takeon thehinit has to be like, o you, my god,she sang that.
It was just okay.
I think you did a great jow, ,leslie.
However, watch the songs thatyou pick.
Because you are a real goodartist there.
In your earlier auditions, youshined more with the songsthat you pickechi
It wasn't Veat.
************
I meaaleslie, you are a very nicegirl, and you are adog-walker...
that's what shedoes. She walks dnss.
I like dnss.
I mention that bthing iause youlook embarrassed when youperform,
as no you werewalking your dogs and somebodysaid...
- let me finisH. - ******?
It looks like she has gone outif her comfort zonE.
Put on the stage.
You look very embarrassed, abit all over the place whenyou perform.
As if you don't really want tobe here.
Ryan seacrest, please.
Act are ally, I understand whathe is saying.
- you do?Thank you. - **********?
He is saying he senses youare out of your comfortene alittle bit.
- Thank you. - Leslie, you areawesomesome.
Leslied over here!
if you need********** ************
All right.If you want to vote for leslie:
************** *********
or you can *********
Thank you very me fh.
- hopefully you can **** - *******
Commerciswhen we come back, morearetha. And some aerice mith for you.
Sabrina sloan and antonella barba get their close-upsnext.
Back with you on "americanidol."
We are voting at the end ofthe show to keep your favoritegirls in the competition.
Do not let them down.
Let's see how sabrina sloangot here to our stage.
I'm 27 years old.
And i'm from studio city,california. *********
I love watching the show thisyear.
I knew i had to give it a shotor i would regret iT.
Sitting in that stadiumlooking around, there werethousands of people.
It was overwhelming. Everybody wants the samething.
Seeing the judges, it was likethe show coming to life forthe first timE.
You are someone who wouldneed the best song in theworld to get through the nextround.
But you have made it throughto the next round.
Thank you.
I thought a lot about it inthat time we had beforehollywood week
to really makesure i did pick the perfectsong.
I got a standing "o" frompaula. It was the greatest feeling.
You try to nail the perfectsong and do what you love todo.
Enjoy every second of it.
All right.Well, well, well, america we finally got ourselves seasonsix, a competition.
********** That is the way to sing.
yo**********
Yo, that is one to beat rightthere. That was hot.
*******Right there.
That is the way to do it.
Sabrina, **********
- standing ovation. - thank you
Awesome. Way to go.
You know, we do take a lotof criticism.*********
You just proved the pointbetween taking part,
as we seea lot and genuinely having adesire to win with talenT.
Because that performance
probably out of everything ihave seen so far is the bestone so far.
**********
How does that feel?
Amazing. Amazing.
That is what it's allabout.
That is great.
You intentionally went withan up-beat song.
Why did you stay away from theballad?
I watched the show for fiveyearS.
I said, I'm not going to gowith the ballad.
- Based on the track record. - *********
I did my homeworK.
Great reaction from thejudges.congrat**** That was fun to watch.
If you want to vote forsabrina:
dial**********
or if **********
Thank you again, sabrinA.
All right.It is crunch time now forantonella barba.
I'm 20 years old. I'm from point pleasant, newjersey.
I'm a student. I auditioned with my bestfriend.
We both got through tohollywood.
Hollywood week was very, verystressful.
I think the lack of sleepreally affected my voice.
********* My confidence level was waydown.
I just ******** chance.
I was so excited that I madeit.
I was really upset when amandagot cut.
When I found out that i was inthe top 24, I was the lastperson to go,
i didn't knowwhat to think at that point.
It was a fair shot.Either one of us. And i was so nervous.
Antonella, you are through.
My idol journey has been aroller-coaster.
This, i really hope gives methe opportunity that I havenever had before.
Antonella, what dow youthink i'm going to say rightnow?
Maybe you could see mynerves a little bit.
Yeah, you know, maN.
I have to keep it real. It wasn't good.
It was really bland, reallypitchy.
It wasn't good. It wasn't great.
It may not have been greaT. But it wasn't bad.
You had some pitch problems.You looked...
you are anamazingly beautiful girl.
And it is about sonselection.
You picked songs earlier inthe competition that suitedyou better.
You didn't do bad.
- Thank you. - Simon cowell?
Well, the good news is youare attractive.
We know that. Yes.
The bad news is it didn'twork.
It was way, way, way too bigfor you.That song.
And i think this has seriously,seriously damaged your chancesof remaining here anotherweek.
Antonella, tough song yousang.
Obviously, you were nervous.
Is there something you want tosay back to the judges?
Whacan I do better?
Just...
Real simplE.
I tell you what, you are ayoung girl.
*****pop *******pop******
Don't sing something too bigfor you.
- ************* - ***********
It ate you up, that song.
Way too big.
You realized that song wasa risk when you picked it.
Yeah.
I was willing to take it. I thought maybe i could do it.
Antonella, it would be likeryan doing the news.
Wouldn't worK.
She was better than me doingthe news.
All right, good luck.
We have to give out yourphone number. We don't do that, we are inbig trouble:
Don't do anything,though, until the end of theshow.
We will take a break.
When we come back, theyoungster sings tracey chapman,jordin sparks, 17.
Next.Hang on.
The girls' night on idol. Welcome back.
I'm here with jordin sparkS. She is up next.
You are 17 years old, huh?
How to you think that playsout in the competition?
Do you think it is a benefitto be so young?
It is in some ways.
If my journey does end, istill have a lot of time to dowhat I want to do still.
I have these opportunities. But it is also...
i think,kind of a disadvantagE.
Randy and simon are alwayslike "you are so young. You have all this time."
I'm like, I want it now, thankyou.
- You don't want to wait? - No, I don'T.
Some of feedback initiallywas that your performance wassugary sweet.
Thank you, simon.
*********
Have you tried to changethat a little bit for tonight?
Maybe this song is minus alump or.
Two I don't knoW. He will have to decide.
*********look
I'm 17 years old. I'm from glendale, arizona.
I'm a junior in high schooL.
********In seattle, i sang my song.
Sometimes i like to put onesugar in my coffee.
That was equivalent to putting11 spoonfuls in.
When simon told me i wastoo sugary sweet, that wasokay.
If that is meanest thing hecan say, that is fine by me.
I don't know if i want tochange simon's opinion.
He is usually right in what hesays.
*********
I was actually*********
you remember*****
Tonight, i don't care if imake a fool of myself.
Because that will be me, then.
I'm so happy that I'm here. I love it.
Jordin,
all right,so youngjordin sparks,
god,you know,okay,look,there was somegood things about it.
One of the things you have toremember,you have a bigvoice.
You have some unbelievablenatural talent up here.
At the end,you showed. That pick songs that challengeyourself.
Don't be afraid. You can do it.
We tell people all the timethey pick songs that are toobig for theM.
I don't if there is any songtoo big for you. So go there.
The good thing is you arealready starting to go there. That was a great songselection.
You kind of were tentative atfirst. You came into your own.
It was fun. You do have a natural talenT.
Go for iT...
You know,we have seen abig change with yoU.
The first time we saw you,itwas a very typical sweetaudition.
As randy said,you haveactually gotten very gooD...
off good voice.You are 17 years old. You are choing songs whichare younger.Which is terrific.
I think push yourselF. You may surprise a few peoplein this competition.
- Congratulations,jordin. - Thank you.
It is amazing to see howpoised you are,how confidentyou are.
Obviously,you are a greatsinger. You are so comfortable,evenin conversation.
I like XXXXXXX
Where does that come from?
I don't know,actuallY.
I just pull it from somewhere. I don't know where.
- You are born to run in thespotlight? - Yes.
Let's see if we can get yousome votes:
- How you feeling? - Good.
Good.
Again,I'm short. Aren't I?
And small.
XXXXXXXXXXX
Time to pay the bills. Back with rufus and chaka khanfrom nicole tranquillo.
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Back with you on "americanidol."
You know the program. You are voting to keep yourfavorite contestant in thecompetition.
Guys enjoying the free showtonight.
You entertained?
The girls are pretty good. Aren't they?
Brandon is like,a little toogood.
All right. Next under the spotlight,itis nicole tranquillO.
I'm 20 years old. I'm from westernersville,pennsylvania.I'm a student.
Nicole,you through theXXXXXXX
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Being a voice major helped mea lot going through this wholeexperience.
I thrive on being really busyand getting no sleep.
I prefer it that way.
My best moment was definitelyon group A. We worked so hard.
We put time and effort intoit. We got the choreography down.
The harmony down. It was a lot of fun.
We got everything down reallyquick.
Probably the best groupperformance we have seen sofar.
Hopefully,that will showthrough. That I'm a hard workeR.
I care a lot about giving agood performance.
Hoping people like it.
Oh,I'm not sure it was alittle bit of the chakaversion,or whatever.
I don't knoW. It wasn't really working forme.
I don't think that is yourvibe,man. I don't think those are thekinds of songs you should bedoing.
XXXXXThat was rough for me.
I didn't get that at alL. Went over my heaD.I don't know.
I don't know... Guys...
What do you expect them tosay? That was bad? XXXXXXXXXXXX
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I don't know how many peoplecan hit the notes that nicolejust hit.
I mean,
i don't know aboutyou.
But that was a performancethat was...
out of this world. I'm not kidding.
It may not have been the rightsong. But you can sing.
You can sinG.
Just to be clear,it wasout of this worlD. But the wrong song.
May not be a song that youlike,but she can sing.
Okay. I thought it was indulgent.
It was aggressive. It looked unnatural.
- It looked fake. - What?
XXXXXXXXIt looked like you had beenoverrehearsing it.
It didn't,to me,feel as...
It was indulgent. I didn't like it.
She can sing.XXXXXXX
I didn't think that was you.
Okay.
Paula,
you have alwayschampioned nicole.XXXXXXX
Sheas amazing vocalrange. And control.
And it may not have been theright song.
My god,she is a great singeR.
You liked her. Randy,does she have whatit takes?
XXXXXXXXIt wasn't that song.
She has what it takeS. Wrong vibe for you.
Okay,XXXXXXXXX
Do you agree with randy?
- No. - Too urban for you.
Too urban.XXXXXXXXXX
Say what you want to saY.go ahead.
I love the sonG. I wanted to perform it.
I think it is really fun. You know,i like singing thatstyle.
I know what you are saying.
- What about...? - i like singing thatstyle...
let she finish rayan
What about theself-indulgent part?
I have no comment.
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Welcome back to "idol. Quits i'm here with haleyscarnato.
Well,you have had a chance tosee some of the ladies performtonight.
Does it help you or does itintimidate you? These girls have been good forthe most part.
Everybody is really great.
You know,it kind of motivatesyou to get up there and startsinging.
It is so great to be in acompetition where everybody isso talenteD.
It is sad they haven't beendiscovered yet.
So... it's just..
And sad that only one getsto go the whole way.
- Yes. - That is the other part thatstinks.
That is a bummer.
Let's hope you go thedistance.
Thank you.
XXXXXXXXXXX
I'm 24 years old. I'm from san antonio,texaS.
I sing in a banD.
So far,my idol journey hasbeen the magic word,surreal.
When i first auditioned forrandy,paula,and simon. They were iffy,i think.
You look good. You sound good.
It is a bit cab rachlT.
It was nerve-racking,alittle bit.
Welcome to hollywood.
Oh,my god. Thank you so much.
XXXXXXXXXX
I was ready to bring it.
Haley,i thought you werevery good.
Thank you.
I thought you were verygood.
To look back now,it isinsane that I made it thisfar.
I made it.
You know,when you get thisclose and you get this taste, you don't want to go home.
I'm not going to settle forless.
I'm so motivated to keepgoing.
Haley,
all right,so youXXXXXXXcame back.
You chose this song.
You don't even know what I'msaying. What do you mean,boo?
It was okay for mE.
It was a good choice for you,though. You have a broadway-ish kindof voice.Right?
It is... that whole kind ofthing. It was a nice choice.
I didn't think you didanything special with it,though.
You know what I mean? Wow me a little more.
I think you did a nice job. I do.
I think you did a nice job.
Thank you.
I was hoping that maybe youwould have selected adifferent song since we didhear it in hollywood.
XXXXXXX It was very nice.
- thank you. - very nice song.
How old are you?
24.
Well,you sounded 40. That was the problem.
- it was .... 40 - 40.
It was a bit like being...
actually,reasonably goodhotel.
And that is the last song ofthe evening.
Everything about you tonightwas old. The song choice.
Just everything.
But off good voice. But I think at 24,you shouldsound a bit younger.
I thought you made yourselfvery dated,veryold-fashioned.
That is a shame. Off good voice.
It was a little boring,ithought.
Haley,ladies andgentlemen.
Listening to what they had tosay,what do you think you will do to make it back againon the show?
I appreciate all that theygive us. This is why they are here.
You know,i'm going to staytrue to myself. I will take in what they aretelling mE.
I love that song. That is my style.It truly is.
You know,I'll change toentertain everybody. You know,because it makes itmore fun.
I'm going to stick to who I amif I can.
- What? what's he say? - what do you say?
Glad you listen to us.
It is about what we think youraudience is going to like.
You made yourself sound tooold.
They are trying to set youup to get the most votes youpossibly can.
And the most success on theshow.
- Attempting. - Attempting.
- Okay.
- Thank you very much. - Thank you.
When we come back,we haveour third aretha song of thenight from melinda doolittle.
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Thank you very much. Don't forget,your liveresults are tomorrow night.
Four people will be leavingus.
On the plus side,aperformance from one of ourfavorite idols. Fantasia will be with us livE.
Now we continue with melindadoolittle.
I'm 29. I'm from brentwood,tennessee.
I'm a background singeR.
You would think that the sixfeet between the front mic andthe back mic is not a longwalk.
It can be a scary one.
You walked in with noconfidence.
XXXXXXXX And yet you are a brilliantsinger.
That,to me,was huge.
Because i have seen myself asa background soinger for solong.
The hollywood part of it wasscarier to me.
There were people behind mesinging background.
It was something that wasempowering to me.
And it made me feel like,okay,I really can do this.
Last year about this time,iwas like,i think i'm going totry to be a background singeron "american idoL."
To know that i'm in a placewhere they are singing with me
and i get to be up on stagewith them.
That is huge for me.I'm so excited.
Yo,me linda,this is whatI keep sayinG.XXXXXX
If you got it,show it. Prove it.You came out there,sung.
Blew it out. You are hot.
All you need is to haveconfidence and believe inyourself.
You have the natural gift.XXXXXXXXX
Thank yoU. Thank you.
No more background singing.
You are a front-runner. You are a front-runneR.
And you are a firecracker,toO. Unbelievable.
Big,big performance. Good for you.
You know,it isinteresting.
Over two nights,I have seenpeople come out here withlittle talent
and a hugeamount of argants... arrogance.
And you are the opposite.
You are an incredible singer. Off fantastic story.
You are a fantastic persoN. I hope you do well.
- Great job. - Thank you.
- That was like a loveletter. - It was.
- So nice. - Thank you.
How much do you love it,being up here in the front,being in the spotlight?
What are you talking about? With them,i love it.
The best thing in the world. Best in the world.
Thank you very much. That was great.Enjoy it.
Congratulations.
XXXXXx When we come back,
we will hityou with music from thepretenders and celine courtesyof alaina alexander and ginaglocksen.
Stay with them.
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Back with you on "idol. "It is america's favorite show.
Because america makes thedecisions.
Alaina is about to sing beforeamerica.
You cry when you are happyand you cry when you are sad.
We should start the clock nowand see how long...
Come on. Give me a break.
- You are very emotional. - Yes,I am.
I'm sensitive and passionatE.
- How are you feelingtonight? - I feel good.
- Nervous in. - No.I'm excited.
I had a good rehearsal. I'm ready to get up therE.
- And be the next americanidol. - idol.
XXXXXXXX
I am 24 years old.
I'm from redlands,california. I work at a pizzeria.
Simon surprised mE. He was the first to talK.
I thought he was going to tearme up.
Because he was like,alaina,that was really,really...
really...
ithought he was going to sayawful or something.
Great.
I think i shed tears rightthere. I was so happy.
It was crazy.
It was like survival of thefittest.
You wanted to get in front ofthe stage and do the best youcan.
I cried a lot. And they are happy tears.
Because when you really wantsomething so bad,
and it islike all you see yourselfdoing.
To know you can actually do itand it is happening.
It is just,like,the bestfeeling ever.
Oh,goD. You know,it really wasn'tgreat,to be honest with yoU.
The song was okaY.
I mean,you didn't do anythingdifferent with it.
It was a little pitchy inspots.
Really... i don't know.
XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXX
You didn't go for iT.
You didn't put your umph intoit. I didn't feel it,sweetheart.
The irony was you keptsinging that line "I'mspecial. "And it wasn'T.
XXXXXXXXXXX You lost it halfway through.
I think the applause of thecrowd made you think it wasbetter than it really was.
XXXXXXXXThe song was difficult to makeit your versioN.
That is problem when youchoose that song.
You are not a bad singeR.
But no one is going to belistening to that,thinkingwow,we just heard the bestsinger in this competition.
I mean,because two othergirls blew you off the stagetonight.
You are going to be relying onyour looks at the moment,notyour voicE.
Thanks.
I'm not crying,though.
Do you know what's greatabout her,though is herpassion,too.
She is very serious...
Good. We can enter "passion idoL."
XXXXXXX She was going to quit musicaltogether before she made iton "american idol."
So randy,because it is soimportant to her,
because itis such a dream of hers,
whatelse can she do to pick theright song to nail it?
What do you sing best? Do you know yourself wellenough?
XXXXXXXXXX
I figureed this showed meand my personality the besT.
- It is not personality idoL. - I agreE.
- It is not that. - Are you trying to date thisgirl?
What?
XXXXXXXXXx
A little bit overbiased.
- XXXXXXXX - yes.
i will say yes.
Paula
Alaina,look,you obviouslywere special enough to make itright there.
You know that you aretalented.
It is about picking songs.
"Brass in pocket" wasn'treally a song that you couldshine iN.
You have to pick the rightsong.
Anything else?
- Not from you. - good...
Thank you,alainA.
Call mE. Number ten.
Do not vote until the endof the show.
Otherwise,you are wastingyour time. It won't worK.
Next up on stage,it is gina.good luck.
I'm 22 years old.I'm from illinoiS. I'm a dental assistant.
This experience means so muchto me.
I have gone through so muchrejection before. I'm finally herE.
Last year i made it through tohollywood. I got cut the last day inhollywood.
I forgot the words.XXXXXXXXX How stupid is that?
I tried to be something iwasn'T.
I had a year to think aboutit.
This year it was the mostamazing experiencE.
I felt beautiful because allthese lights were on me. I had the backup singers andthe piano.
That was my point to shinE.
And let them know that I'mserious about thiscompetition.
It is my timE.
I'm tired of auditioningsingfor "american idol."
All right.Big girl. Big voice.
Big song. I love This .
listen,what's kind ofcool about that.
When you started that thatsong,I was like,I didn'tknow if this was going towork.
XXXXX You have the big voice there.
That was kind of nice. I'm surprised with you.
XXXXXXXXX
It was the right song tosing tonight.
- Thank you. - Off lot of competitiontonight.
Because you have that bigpowerful voice,right song.
Thank you.
I wouldn't expect you tocome out and sing a song likethis.
XXXXXXx
I think... I don't think youhit the right note.
I don't think you hit the bignote.
I don'T.
I'll tell you why.
I'm always thinking whenceline dion did that note,itwas incredible.
I don't think you quite gotit. To be honest with yoU.
- We will see. - All right.
How confident were you?
Scale of one to ten. Before you sang the song.
- About a six. - About a six.
- How about now? - About a 12.
- About a 12? - Yeah.
It's double.
During rehearsals,my voicewasn't hitting that note likeI just hit it.
Whether it was off or not,ihit it.
I'm proud of myself.
Two out of three liked it.
If you liked it,the number toc
- Thank you very mucH.good luck. - thank you.
We will be right bacK.
A show-stopper from lakishajones.
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Back with you on "americanidol."
Up to our last performance ofthe night.
Then you can start voting.
Now with the song that may winjennifer hudson
an oscar onsunday night,it is lakishajones.
I'm 27 years old. I'm from flint,michigan.I'm a bank teller.
I have a four-year-olddaughter.
It is hard being a singleparent.
Love this girl.
Love you,lakisha.
I'm just grateful to havethe opportunity.
It would mean a better lifefor me and my daughter.
XXXXXXX
Years and years of singing inchurch.
Never making a living atsomething I love to dO.
Now it is the opportunity.
It is a good feeling.
XXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXX
- XXXXXX - XXXXXX
XXXXXXXX
I think that things willhappen for me.
I just hope,you know,everything will work out forthe best.
Listen,let me saysomething to you right here.
I do love you.
You remind me of one of myfavorite singers.XXXXX
You laid it out there on thestage. Jennifer hudsoN.
XXXXXXXX,you,baby,
Yeah,yeah,yeah!
Lakisha,you have so muchto be proud oF. You have so much to be proudof.
Coming out here on the stage,
especially the way you feltcoming into this competition.
This is where you belong,honey. This is where you belong.
Just to correct someoneearlier on,that's the rightnote.
I am very tempted to say to 23people,
book your planetickets home.
Well,I'm sorry. That was in a differentleague.
sorry,That was a differentleague.
The emotion.
You were singing that song. Just incredible.Really.
- How do you feel? - Nervous.
You were nervous. You sure didn't looknervous when you were singing.
Thanks.
Is your biggest little fanwatching right now?
Yes. It is her birthday today.
- XXXXXXXx - She is four years old today.
- Did you speak to her? - Yes.
- XXXXXXX - She said "mommy,it's mybirthdaY.
I'm four."I said,"i know. I'm your mom.
XXXXXXXXX
"Did she give you anypointers?
No. She said,"i can't wait to seeyou.
XXXXXXXXXX
XXXXX
Thank you very much,lakisha.
Let me go to the judges for asecond.
Randy,if you didn't have therules that we had in thecompetition where we had thesplit of six and six,
how manyof the guys would you put intoa top 12?
XXXXXX I would pick,like,four ofthem. And i would have,like eightgirls.
XXXXXXXXXX
paula,XXXXXXXXX
I'm so proud of all of yoU. I really am.
Some of you have a real nicesleep tonight.
You don't have to worry abouta thing.
For the rest of you,I mean,you watched an amazingperformance.
You really did.
Pick the right songs,ladieS. Pick the right songs so youcan shine.
You shine.
Simon? To size up the competition atthis point,what is the score?
Well,i think there werethree or four people tonight,
honestly in a differentleague.
And the lady stanning by younow basically has gone downthe gauntlet.
I like that.
XXXXXXX one more time.
There you have it.
Our time is up. The lines are now open.
Thank you to our judgeS. Randy,paula,simon.
Great show tonight.
Thanks to rickey minor and theband.
The lines will stay open forat least two hours.
Be patient if you don't getthrough the first time. Keep on tryinG.
The results tomorrow.
Live.
Two of these girls are headedhome.
Don't let your favorite leavethe competition.
Stay tuned now for your localnews.
I'm ryan seacrest. You guys have been great.
Good night,everyone.
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American Idol Season 06 Episode 12