Seven of us are betting this is Aaron's last night; two think it'll be Mike's.
Rascal Flatts performs "Unstoppable."
Ford video behind the scenes, in which the finalists are transformed into vampires. (All except Michael, who's playing the victim.)
Ford video: "Believe." (Mike fends off the attack using a pizza with extra garlic.)
Ryan has a "small, but pivotal part" in Shrek Forever After; the finalists go to the studio to try voicing the same role, then go to a screening of the film.
Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas show up on stage to hype the film and trade awkward banter with Ryan.
On to the results! Ryan's gonna form three groups of two.
Siobhan is sent to the far side of the stage.
Aaron is sent to the center of the stage.
Michael is sent to the near side of the stage.
Lee joins Siobhan.
Casey joins Michael.
Crystal "Papa Smurf" Bowersox (that's one big knit cap she's got on) joins Aaron.
Siobhan is moved toward the safe seats... and stopped when she reaches Casey and Michael.
Bottom three: Casey, Michael, Siobhan.
Oh, well. Most of us were wrong this week. Here's hoping the other two were right...
Next week, the mentor is Harry Connick, Jr; the theme is Sinatra.
Carrie Underwood introduces Sons of Sylvia, performing "Love Left to Lose."
Lady Antebellum performs "Need You Now."
Shakira (wearing a flowing skirt, Wonder Woman's bracelets, and earrings made from approximately half a chandelier) and Rascal Flatts perform "Gypsy."
Is it just me, or is this song wildly offensive to Romani people?
Michael is safe. We're all wrong this week.
Which means we're down to Casey and Siobhan, neither of whom deserves to go home yet. Grr.
The person who's going home is... Siobhan.
DAMMIT.
Swan song: "You Better Think."
Brieanne, Mo Pie, and I pick up one point apiece.
Blast.
Shania Twain week! Once again, I'm crushed that Katie isn't still in the game; I really wanted to see if Simon was right.
(Though, once again, I hate single-artist weeks. They shoulda had her as mentor, and kept the theme as "country.")
Lee, "You're Still the One" [on acoustic guitar]
S'okay.
Ellen: "All aboard the Shania 'twain'!" ...you know she was waiting to use that one.
Tickets for this year's Idol tour will go on sale the weekend of May 14th.
Mike, "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing"
This may be the end of the line for Mike. I wasn't feeling that at all.
(Though... nice job on the rehabilitation effort. Starting on the Purple Staircase of Being in Touch with One's Feminine Side was an interesting touch.)
Casey, "Don't!" [on acoustic guitar]
This was better than the other two so far tonight, but it was still just okay.
I suppose part of the point behind making it Shania Week instead of Country Week is that it's letting everyone get away with not even trying to sing these as country songs. Hmmph.
Crystal, "No One Needs to Know" [on acoustic guitar]
...Crystal just told her boyfriend to "man up" on national television. Or at least implied that he hasn't done so yet. That'll go over well... especially since the implied call for him to propose already completely jars with the theme of the song she's singing.
Anyway. Meh. Props for trying a more country arrangement, but this was her weakest performance.
(Ooh, don't talk back, Crystal...)
Crystal's boyfriend's T-shirt: "Did you know that America prefers Crystal Bowersox for their Idol one BAJILLION times more than the other contestants?" In point of fact, I did not!
Aaron, "You've Got a Way"
Ugh. No, no, he doesn't. That was terrible.
Kara appreciates that he changed the lyrics from "the way we make love," given that he presumably, you know, hasn't. Just to prove that it could get even more awkward, Aaron says he was singing it to his mom.
(What are the judges on this week? Does it sound that much different in the studio?)
Siobhan, "Any Man of Mine"
...maybe it's just me. I haven't been getting enough sleep.
Thank goodness for those last notes, though. They fit perfectly this time.
The Shania 'twain' joke doesn't get any funnier the second time, Ellen.
Predictions go below. Don't ask me...
Just over half of us are predicting -- or hoping -- that this is Tim's last week, while the rest are divided among Casey, Aaron, or Michael. But never mind that now... it's time for Idol Gives Back!
[Warning: I am unusually cranky in the entry that follows. You might wanna skip to the end.]
President and First Lady Obama kick things off with a special greeting.
The President of the United States of America just told the finalists "you're all my dawgs."
Ryan is hosting at the usual Idol stage, and Queen Latifah is hosting at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
The Top 12 (yes, all of them) sing Freiheit's "Keeping the Dream Alive".
Jennifer Garner makes the night's first charity sales pitch, for Save the Children, in a video montage about poverty not far from where she grew up.
"She's a special little kid, just like any other little girl!"
Victoria Beckham is... do I really have to blog all this? We're eleven minutes in, and I'm already bored stiff. If I wanted to watch a pledge drive, I'd tune to PBS.
Anyway, Victoria Beckham, two children here, reading is good, Save the Children, blah blah blah.
[Shmuel wanders to his Crate O' Booze in the kitchen for a shot of Kahlua]
...have I mentioned that I'm sleep-deprived?
Short video clip of Captain "Sully" Sullenberger.
Jonah Hill and Russell Brand allegedly run a "celebrity phone bank." (Except that no celebrities actually show up for it. High-larious.)
Small talk with the finalists, and on to Pasadena. Queen Latifah lets us know that the performances will be on iTunes, and introduces the Black Eyed Peas, performing "Rock That Body."
For a few brief moments I thought this might finally be interesting, but then hope died.
...seriously, this isn't just me being cranky. This is actually terrible.
On to Africa. Ryan narrates a montage about how malaria killed a mother and her unborn child, a tragedy that could have been averted if only they'd had mosquito nets.
There aren't enough mosquito nets to save this show. I'm just saying.
Mohegan Sun commercial, with people singing about the casino to the tune of "Super Freak." Sadly, this is the best musical moment of the night so far.
The producers auctioned off the right to host tonight's results. Riiiight. The winning bidder? George Lopez.
(I'm going to need more booze.)
Mr. Lopez has the crew do various things with the lights.
George to Ryan, on feeling the power: "When you do this, you must feel, like, five feet tall."
He wanders over to the other side of the stage to judge the judges, with the results music in the background. Cute.
Randy is safe.
Kara is safe. ("Although no cute boy on the show is," he continues, and the camera cuts straight to Casey.)
Ellen is safe.
Which of course brings us to Simon. ("I'm not going to say your shirts are tight, but people at home can tell how cold it is in the studio.") Due to the volcano preventing him from being sent back to England, he's safe too.
Ford commercial: "We've Got a Great Big Mess on Our Hands."
And finally, on to some actual results, only 40 minutes in!
Crystal and Casey are brought to center stage. Neither has been in the bottom three until now; tonight, one is. That person is Casey. Crystal's safe.
Aaron and Lee are up next. Once again, one's in the bottom three, one isn't. The one who's safe is Lee. Aaron's in the bottom three.
And back to Pasadena. Jeff Beck, Joss Stone, and the Jubilation Choir perform "I Put a Spell on You."
Montage of various celebrities talking about things they got from their mothers, leading into a montage about a girl in Africa whose mother died giving birth to her. Her mother gave her the gift of life, and a guilt complex that will last forever...
[Shmuel wanders back to the Crate O' Booze and gets a finger or two of amaretto]
...hey, wine seems to work for Weetapidol.
A clip from some guy from the United Nations introduces the next charity on the list.
Ooh, Morgan Freeman. He really can make anything sound good.
And on to another video pitch for Save the Children, with Randy Jackson and Morgan Freeman.
Alicia Keys performs "Unthinkable" and "Empire State of Mind, Part II."
(un·think·able, adj. 1 : not capable of being grasped by the mind. 2: Enjoying Idol Gives Back.)
Video clip from Josh Groban.
Am bored enough to get around to Googling "mud jeans." Apparently, on the Kohl's commercial, they're actually talking about "Mudd jeans." Wikipedia explains that "The Mudd brand became popular in 1995 when they introduced their affordable flare-leg jean, which was a popular style at the time. Today, the brand has expanded to include shoes, intimates, eyewear, bags, hats, and jewelry as well as a wide array of clothing products." Possibly everybody but me knew this.
Back to Jonah Hill and Russell Brand. (Why? Why?!) They now introduce "Woody Allen," "Marilyn Monroe," yadda yadda yadda. Oh, and the actual Slash. And Tatiana Del Toro, as "Clay Aiken." Blah blah blah... and Jim Carrey, briefly.
Bad sketch.
Okay, back to Pasadena for Carrie Underwood, who's singing "Change." I think this is easily the best performance so far tonight, though that may be the amaretto kicking in.
On to Ellen's charity clip! She and David Arquette check out a food bank, and meet a family that needs it.
Eliot Yamin and Sister Dominguez are in the audience.
Ryan warns us again that the show's going to go late. I don't actually have much amaretto left...
Another African malaria clip. A classroom's worth of kids dies every twenty minutes.
Video clip in which Ryan talks to Bill and Melinda Gates about the importance of giving for global health.
And on to Wanda Sykes, live on stage. (Oh, joy... more Simon nipple jokes!) Though she does pretty well sum up how things go here... you're told to go home, you're shown a video of happier days, before your dreams were crushed, and then you have to sing, to remind everybody of why you're leaving. (And then she sabotages the Michael Lynche image rehabilitation effort. Good thing nobody's left watching by now...)
And more results. Siobhan, Mike, and Tim are up. Siobhan is safe. Mike... is safe.
Bottom three: Aaron, Casey, Tim. Sounds about right.
And here's David Cook, introducing his video clip from Ethiopia, in support of the UN Foundation.
Commercial break, another montage, this time with Annie Lennox, about a 7-year-old who was born with HIV. Annie herself is stuck in London, due to volcano.
And, from a London studio, Annie sings a new song... which explains why I couldn't find the title anywhere. It'll be on iTunes, of course.
9:56, and we still have a way to go. Whee.
Mary J. Blige, a long list of others, and Randy Jackson perform "Stairway to Heaven." They're not even trying to get done before midnight.
...that said, speaking as somebody with an awful lot of "Stairway to Heaven" covers... this isn't a bad one. It's not going to challenge Dolly Parton for the title of the best STH cover ever, let alone get near the Led Zeppelin original, but I've heard much worse. (Pity about the ending, though.)
Simon's video clip for the Children's Health Fund, in which he visits Douglas, Arizona.
So far tonight, they've raised more than $15 million.
Video clip from some celebrity they didn't bother introducing, so I don't know who he was.
Back to Pasadena. Sir Elton John talks about the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and then sings "Your Song."
Elton can probably sing this song in his sleep. Which would be for the best, if his alternative was watching the earlier acts.
10:20 PM, and on to the results!
Next week, the mentor and theme is Shania Twain.
Aaron, Casey, and Tim are on the hot seat...
Aaron is safe!
The person leaving tonight is... TIM!
About time.
But he's still smiling. Tim montage... but no swan song. 10:24, and we're finally done!
Jesse and I pick up 2 points; Brieanne, Lisa, Mo, Shlomo, and TeKay get 1.
The two-hour Idol Gives Back show is tomorrow night! Meanwhile, we have one hour to whip through seven performances.
The mentor is Alicia Keyes, and the theme is inspirational music. Here we go...
Casey, "Don't Stop" (Fleetwood Mac) [on electric guitar]
Decent performance, but possibly the closest he's come to karaoke. And while the guitar solo demonstrates that he can play competently, it wasn't otherwise remarkable.
Lee, "The Boxer" (Simon & Garfunkel) [on acoustic guitar]
There are weeks when I think Lee might be this year's Kris. This is one of those weeks.
iTunes downloads of tonight's performances will go to the Idol Gives Back charities.
Tim, "Better Days" (Goo Goo Dolls) [on acoustic guitar]
This is not one of his better days. Go home, Tim!
Aaron, "I Believe I Can Fly" (R. Kelly)
I don't. That was the purest karaoke. (Until the end, anyway, when he changed it up to a typical Idol Glory Note.) Still, better than Tim. Probably even better than Casey.
Siobhan, "When You Believe" (Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey)
Might we actually have our first Light Opera Idol? Dunno, but I liked this.
(I think the judges—especially Kara—are having trouble with one thing I liked about it. Yes, that style isn't all that commercial.)
Oh, Siobhan. Don't explain yourself, just sing.
Michael, "Hero" (Chad Kroeger) [on acoustic guitar]
S'okay.
I think Michael at this point is trying to undo the image he built up in the earlier weeks, of the kind of guy who'd offhandedly stuff you in your locker and think it was hilarious. I think that's necessary for him to stick around, but it'd help if he also hit a song out of the park while doing so.
(cf. Fantasia's barefoot "Summertime," which she deliberately did to counter charges of arrogance)
Crystal, "People Get Ready" (The Impressions) [no instrument!]
She's the one person who nailed the "inspirational song" theme. (And, atypicially, she broke down a bit at the end? Huh.) Granted, that theme was the equivalent of a slow pitch right over the plate for her... but still. Excellent job.
...okay, what got censored out while Simon was talking? I'm guessing somebody in the crowd yelled something inappropriate. (Either that, or it was just my connection being flaky.)
As far as the actual performances go, I'd rank them: Crystal, Siobhan, Lee, Michael, Aaron, Casey, Tim. Which doesn't mean the votes will go that way.
Finally, Ryan warns that Idol Gives Back will probably go long tomorrow night. If you're recording it, and you want to see the results, set the DVR to go over the official two hours.
Nine finalists enter! Seven finalists leave!
Every one of us has predicted that Andrew will be one of those departing; about half of us think the other will be Aaron, with other possibilities being Tim, Michael, and Katie.
This... is American Idol!
Over 34,000,000 votes last night; the highest total this season.
The finalists perform an embarrassing Elvis medley, as filtered through swing and Lite-FM: Burning Love, Teddy Bear, Return to Sender, and Viva Las Vegas.
Ford video: "Light and Day/Reach for the Sun," in which driving a Ford is good for the environment, or something.
Casey, Aaron, and Andrew are taken center stage.
Andrew is going home. Casey and Aaron are safe.
Andrew's swan song is "You Give Me Something," from the second week of semifinals.
Idol Gives Back promo with Kara DioGuardi and Elliott Yamin.
Black Eyed Peas, Annie Lennox, Joss Stone, Mary J. Blige, Elton John, and a bunch of others are gonna be in next week's benefit show.
Brooke White and Justin Gaston perform "If I Can Dream," which, in addition to being an Elvis song, is apparently the name of a web series the latter is in. (This information courtesy of Entertainment Weekly; it's not mentioned on the show.) The song's gonna be available free on iTunes, presumably because nobody would pay for it.
Everyone remaining comes to join Ryan onstage. They are: Lee, Siobhan, Katie, Michael, Crystal, and Tim.
Crystal is safe.
Siobhan is safe.
Lee is safe.
This is like a weird game of Duck-Duck-Goose.
Anyway, of Tim, Michael, and Katie, one is going home. (No official mention of "bottom three" is made; we may not get to see those cards this week.)
I cast roughly a bazillion votes for Katie last night. (Okay, a few dozen.) But I can live with Tim or Michael departing.
Next week, the theme is "inspirational songs," and Alicia Keys will be the mentor.
Adam Lambert sings "Whataya Want from Me," surrounded by smoke and green lasers. Better than most of the guest performances we've seen this season, not that this is saying much.
Back to the results!
Tim is safe.
Of Michael and Katie, one is going home... the other wasn't in the bottom three.
Katie is gone.
Dammit. She deserved to outlast more of the boys.
Her swan song is "Let It Be."
Over in the pool... Suzanne picks up 6 points; Mo and Tekay get 5.25; Pam gets 3.75; Brieanne, Jesse, Lisa, and Shlomo get 2.25; I get a mere 1.5.
Here we go again... same nine as last week, but this time, two people are gonna be leaving us!
(For pool purposes, you'll get .75 points for each week you put either of the two departing finalists in either 8th or 9th place, unless Ryan unexpectedly announces which came in with fewer points than the other. [If he does, you'll get 1 point for correctly specifying 8th place, and .5 for 9th. But he won't.])
This week's mentor is Adam Lambert, and this week's surprise theme is Elvis.
(Insert my obligatory "single-artist themes suck" rant here.)
Adam wants more energy from the performers.
Ryan to Adam: "My tongue is not nearly as talented as yours." And the slashfic fuel continues...
Crystal, "Saved" [on electric guitar]
Bowersox is rockin' the gospel! Pretty good.
Andrew, "Hound Dog":
Slowed down, with a samba beat? Hmm.
Despite Adam's best efforts, that was still boring. Sorry.
Tim, "Can't Help Falling In Love" [on acoustic guitar]
Excellent song choice and arrangement; fits Tim's 50's teen idol niche well. He's safe for another week, and he actually deserves it this time.
Lee, "A Little Less Conversation"
One of my favorites, and one that Jackie Tohn wiped out on last year. This version is better. Slower, but more soulful. I miss JXL's drums, but this worked.
Aaron, "Blue Suede Shoes"
That was a really weird transition from the fast to the slow bit. For Aaron, that was pretty good, but in general... eh.
I'm with Aaron over Kara: that came across as old-fashioned and talent-showish, not young and fresh.
Siobhan, "Suspicious Minds"
The Elvis original feels a bit like running on a treadmill, so it wouldn't have been my first choice... but she's actually doing something interesting with the bridge. And... huh. Interesting. This may be another polarizing performance; she kinda warped the song beyond all recognition, but I think that may be an advantage in this case. Maybe. Still seemed a bit off.
...interesting judo on the "I don't know what kind of singer I am" thing; replying to the judges is never a good idea, but if there's a week to fly your freak flag proudly, it's Adam Lambert week.
A Brian Dunkleman joke, Ryan? Really?
Michael, "In the Ghetto" [on acoustic guitar]
Wasn't this one of Taylor Hicks's songs?
I'll grant that I like the stripped-down arrangement; given that his "I can crush you all" shtick is why he's lost many of us, this is exactly what he needed. Is it too little, too late? I'm not sure.
Katie, "Baby, What You Want Me To Do"
Inspired song choice, addressed to the judges. And it may be vindicating the Kara/Randy alliance: it's soulful, and it works.
(I still wanna see her on Country Week and find out whether Simon's onto something.)
Casey, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" [on acoustic guitar]
Wow, Casey keeps picking the obscure ones. Not bad, but nothing special this time.
Who's gonna leave? Hopefully one of 'em will be Aaron... who else? Hmm.
Two thirds of us think Tim has reached the end of his long and winding road. Are we right? (There are also two votes for Aaron, one for Andrew.)
Beatles montage, and here we go.
It being the week of nine, I'm guessing we're gonna have everybody split into three groups. I furthermore guess that one of those groups will contain Tim, Andrew, and Aaron, and that they will be the bottom three. But we shall see...
The producers say there are "shocking results coming tonight," and that scenario wouldn't qualify, so perhaps not!
Idol Gives Back is coming in two weeks, and they're gonna start auctioning some stuff off, including some of Simon's clothes, a recording session, Ellen's tennis shoes, a VIP ticket to the show, and singing lessons from Randy and Kara.
Group medley: "Here, There, and Everywhere," "Got to Get You Into My Life," "The Fool on the Hill," "All You Need Is Love," "She Loves You," "The End."
Ford video: "Will It Go Round In Circles," kaleidoscope themed!
(The sad thing is, the Ford videos are way better than the group numbers.)
Siobhan is asked to stand in the center of the stage.
Crystal is asked to stand with Siobhan in the center.
Katie is asked to join Siobhan and Crystal.
Ryan asks Randy whether any of these deserve to go home this week. He says no.
Crystal is safe.
Of the other two, one is safe... and so is the other. Woot!
(And huzzah for changing up the format! Maybe they won't even do the seventh-person-is-asked-which-group-is-safe thing in two weeks. Especially considering that it'll be Idol Gives Back as well.)
Adam Lambert is gonna be the mentor next week for "a very special theme."
On to Jason Derülo, who was signed by Kara. He performs "In My Head." It's better than Usher and Diddy were last week. This is not saying much.
And here's David Archuleta, reprising "Imagine" at the piano.
Back to the results!
We're gonna form two groups now.
Lee is sent to the far side of the stage.
Michael is sent to the close side.
Casey joins Lee.
Aaron joins Mike.
Tim joins Lee and Casey.
Andrew joins Mike and Aaron.
One group is safe; the other is the bottom three.
Ryan asks Ellen to guess which group is going down. Ellen goes with Mike, Aaron, and Andrew. But says it's horrible either way.
And she's right. Tim escapes for another week!
Aaron is safe.
Which means we're down to Andrew and Mike.
Rihanna performs "Rockstar 101" and illustrates that it doesn't matter how dumb your lyrics are if you're wearing a tight black leather catsuit. (Pleather? Vinyl? One of those.)
And on to the results.
The person who is safe is... Andrew.
Okay, I figure the Judges' Save kicks in now.
Mike sings "This Woman's Work," from the third week of semifinals, rather wobbily. (And who can blame him?)
Simon, speaking for the judges, say they all wish he'd sung like that yesterday. And their unanimous decision is... he'll be back next week.
Mass hysteria in the crowd, and among the judges. Next week, we lose two people!
(Nobody picks up any points this week, as nobody saw this one coming.)
This is the American Idol control room. And this... is American Idol!
Lennon/McCartney week. (I have a bad feeling about this...)
I'm sure Weetapidol will have something entertaining to say about Sir Paul McCartney's message.
Tonight's time-filling gimmick: montage of the other 8 contestants talking about the one up to bat. Apparently, Aaron is nicknamed "Yoda." Talk like Yoda, the finalists do.
Aaron, "The Long and Winding Road"
Overproduced and a bit wobbly, but it's pleasant.
I miss Paula. She'd have found something nice to say. Kara's moving into the "loopy" niche, but she's corporate to the core.
Katie tidbit: she does the "Single Ladies" dance.
Katie, "Let It Be"
I know the judges are going to say this seems too old for her. They may even be right. She's fighting on Siobhan and Crystal's turf with this one, and they admittedly cream her. That said... it was good.
Okay, I was wrong about the judges. Which I'm happy enough about. And I actually would like to see Simon's thesis tested on Country Week; I'm not sure he's wrong. (When is Country Week this year? Surely it's coming...)
Andrew has personality. Honest. The other contestants are insistent on that point.
Andrew, "Can't Buy Me Love" [on guitar]
I think this is going to be one of those polarizing performances. I didn't really care for it. I expect at least one judge to use word "Vegas," or possibly "lounge."
Guessed the wrong buzzword. Simon went with "wedding" instead. (Also "corny" and "old-fashioned.") But I completely agree about the band.
(And Passover is officially over. Switching from the Web feed to the Slingbox...)
Big Mike is big. And his signature thing is a high-pitched "heeeeeey!"
Michael: "Eleanor Rigby"
I'm trying to figure out how I feel about the juxtaposition of his souped-up vocal interpretation with the strings. I don't think it quite works.
Kara reiterates her overriding thesis statement, which is that the American Idol needs to be "commercial." Sadly, this is at odds with one of the show's foundational myths, which is that it puts the power in the hands of the people, not the bean-counters.
Crystal is nice, and an individual.
Crystal: "Come Together" [on an acoustic guitar signed by Miley Cyrus, among others]
(Is this the first time a didgeridoo's been used on Idol?)
Not dominated by the orchestra! Which is a nice change of pace tonight. Solid performance.
Crystal and Ernie the didgeridoo player ramble a bit after the commercial break. ("It's not a didgeridon't.")
Tim smiles an awful lot. (Yeah, I think we'd noticed that.)
To put it plainly, Tim's never gonna have a better chance than a week devoted to the works of four white teen idols.
Tim, "All My Loving" [on electric guitar]
Eh. Competent, but nothing special. Nice that the arrangement was vocal-dominated, but the vocal just wasn't very remarkable.
The other finalists like coming up with soap-opera names for Casey, like "Trevor" or "Fabio." And he laughs loudly.
Casey, "Jealous Guy" [playing acoustic guitar]
Nice, I guess? I confess my attention wandered a bit there.
Siobhan is amazingly weird, or unique, or an individual, take your choice. And she hits ridiculous notes.
Siobhan, "Across the Universe"
Hey, Michael Johns? Remember when you did this song two years ago? This version is way better. And this may be the first week with no shouting! (Now to find the middle ground between this and her other performances.)
...wait, the next episode of Glee is gonna be 32 minutes? Ohhhkaaaay. (I'm guessing the next two weeks are half hours designed to work separately or as parts of a one-hour show, for rerun purposes?)
Lee is the "resident worrywart." And he may be in luuuuurve with Andrew. (Earlier Andrew was linked with Tim. Another point for the montagers-are-into-slashfic theory.)
Lee, "Hey Jude" [on acoustic guitar]
And now we have bagpipes. It's Weird Instrument Night on Idol!
That was... okay. "Hey Jude" just isn't a very good song for showcasing your vocals.
Pool predictions go below, as usual... and feel free to refer to the spreadsheet with the predictions and standings so far.