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'American Idol' Banter: Jason Castro rides off
'American Idol' Banter: Jason Castro rides off
Jason Castro had more fun than any other contestant has managed in weeks, doing his hippie dance as he romped through I Shot the Sheriff after being eliminated. >
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mjsbigblog — ... potential to tap into pop’s fundamental pheromone, cited again and again by exhausted Idol strivers as a goal: simple, fleeting fun? Jason Castro had more fun than any other contestant has managed in weeks, doing his hippie dance as he romped through “I Shot the Sheriff” after being eliminated. Good for him for reprising a song the judges clearly thought was inappropriate — a song he obviously loved, and actually sang fairly competently, whatever the panel says. LA Times After Jason Castro, le deluge And now at last, the final ...

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