Michael, the three Davids, Jason, Danny, Luke and Chikezie performed songs from the '80s. "American Idol" took a journey back to the REAGAN era of the '80s on Tuesday night when the eight remaining male vocalists performed songs from that decade. Outstanding performances of the night included DAVID ARCHULETA , DAVID HERNANDEZ , MICHAEL JOHNS , DAVID COOK and JASON CASTRO . It was also a night when the competitors revealed on their pre-performance films their most embarrassing moment in life. LUKE MENARD kicked off the night's performances with WHAM 's "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go." RANDY JACKSON told the 29-year-old from Crawfordsville, IN: "It started out rough. You couldn't find the pitch, but you got it together in the end. It was a surprising song choice. A little bit corny." PAULA ABDUL , too, was surprised that Luke picked that song, but she was more complimentary, saying, "What I love about you is you have a great instrument. I love, ...
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Michael's a bit 'Forget'table
blogs.usatoday.com 3/5/2008 — Michael's up and gets a little chat opportunity in which he says he's a rock-'n'-soul kinda guy. I guess Simple Minds' Don't You Forget About Me fits in there somewhere (it's a guilty-pleasure song for me). But where's the INXS?...
American Idol 7 Top 8 Guys Michael Johns - Video
idolstalker.com 3/5/2008 —
Michael Johns sang “ Don’t You Forget About Me ” and it was okay but it *is* one of my favorite songs (from “ The Breakfast Club ” soundtrack). Randy said it was a nice one, Paula said she loves the strength in his lower range and Simon liked it but didn’t love it.
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American Idol 7 Top 8 Guys Jason Castro - Video
idolstalker.com 3/5/2008 —
Jason Castro sang “ Hallelujah ” and it was good. I didn’t go crazy for it or anything but I think he put some emotion into it. Randy said he did a pretty good job, Paula said he made it sound effortless and showed vulnerability and Simon thought it was absolutely brilliant and said that Jason is “getting better and better and better.”
CR: Frank ...
American Idol: Top 8 Boys Perform
tvsquad.com 3/5/2008 — (S07E17) This is it, folks! After these next two weeks, we'll have our Top 12. Which two of those smiling faces doesn't deserve to be there? Well, I had a pretty good idea going into tonight's episode and after it, I'm even more certain. I hope you ...