American Idol Season 9 entered its final leg yesterday, with the top 12 taking on songs of The Rolling Stones. While the reviews of the performances have been mixed, the hot faves Siobhan Magnus and Crystal Bowersox seem to have pulled off a good job yesterday as well. Katie Stevens, who has been having a bad run of late, came out with what many have been calling her best performance of the season, singing Wild Horses. For a person suffering from vocal cord laryngitis, Paige Miles did a fine rendition of Honky Tonk Women. Apart from that it seems to have been a just about average performance, not quite what you would expect of the top 12 of a show as big as American Idol. Then again, this dozen has been widely touted as a just about average bunch. In any case, hope they put up a better show next week. You can watch snippets of the show here. And below is the list of songs that were performed yesterday, with youtube links to their original Rolling Stones versions. It always feels good to revisit classics!
Michael Lynche – Miss You
Didi Benami – Play With Fire
Casey James – It’s All Over Now
Lacey Brown – Ruby Tuesday
Andrew Garcia – Gimme Shelter
Katie Stevens – Wild Horses
Tim Urban – Under My Thumb
Siobhan Magnus – Paint It Black
Lee Dewyze – Beast of Burden
Paige Miles – Honky Tonk Women
Aaron Kelly – Angie
Crystal Bowersox – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
