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Guest Performances

American Idol — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:18:36 +0000

Syesha Mercado took the stage tonight as the first performer with her guest, Seal. Awesome!

The second performance of the night came from Jason Castro. He performed his hit performance “Hallelujah.”

After the top 6 girls performed the song “She Works Hard for the Money” Donna Summer took the stage to sing her new single, “Stamp Your Feet.” Following that the girls joined Summer to sing her hit song “Last Dance.”

Carly Smithson and Michael Johns took the stage together tonight to sing the song “The Letter.”

The next guest performance of the night was Bryan Adams. He took the stage after the top 6 guys sang the songs “Summer of 69” and “Heaven.” Nice!

Brooke White took the stage tonight with Graham Nash to sing the song “Teach YourChildren Well.” Perfect song for her.
Jonas Brothers took the stage next as the teen girls in the crowd went nuts.
The next guest appearance was from One Republic singing their hit song “Apologize.”

Jordin Sparks returned to the Idol stage tonight to sing her new single.

Carrie Underwood made an appearance on the show tonight to sing her current single “Last Name.”

Syesha Sings “Hit Me Up”

American Idol — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:55:07 +0000

The producer’s choice for Syesha was the Gia Ferrell song “Hit Me Up,” which appeared on the Happy Feet soundtrack.

Randy could see her doing a song like that, but it was just alright.
Paula thought she did the song very well, but she didn’t think it was the kind of song to define her as Syesha the artist. She’s also not sure it will get her into the finals.
Simon felt she had her best moment last weekend. He felt it was fun and young, but was forgettable.

Syesha Sings “Fever”

American Idol — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:36:45 +0000

Syesha Mercado chose the song “Fever” as her song of choice.

Randy felt it was a very interesting song choice, but she sang it well.
Paula was surprised by her song choice too. She wasn’t sure it showed who Syesha is as an artist.
Simon felt she will regret that decision tomorrow.

Syesha Mercado Sings “If I Ain’t Got You”

American Idol — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:15:28 +0000

Randy Jackson chose the Alicia Keys song “If I Ain’t Got You” for Syesha Mercado to sing.

Randy felt she did an amazing job in it. He was happy that she’s peaking at the right time and that’s why she’s in the number three spot.
Paula was very proud that she’s the last lady standing there.
Simon felt she sang it very well too. He wished that Randy had chosen something different. He felt she looked gorgeous.

Syesha Mercado Sings Songs By Gia Ferrell and Alicia Keys

American Idol — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:55:53 +0000

Syesha Mercado will be singing the following songs tonight as reported by TMZ.

1-“If I Ain’t Got You” - Alicia Keys
2-“Hit Me Up” - Gia Farrell (from Happy Feet)
3-“Fever” - which has been covered many, many times over the years

Syesha Mercado Sings “Proud Mary” and “A Change is Gonna Come”

American Idol — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:54:52 +0000

Syesha Mercado was the second performer of the night and she chose the followings songs to sing:

1-”Proud Mary” originally performed and recorded by CCR and a cover by Tina Turner.
2-”A Change is Gonna Come” originally performed and recorded by Sam Cooke.

“Proud Mary” Critiques:
Randy laughed at the difference that three weeks makes. She showed up and was in the zone. He said she had good timing and was showing the heat.
Paula thought she looked like a star.
Simon apologized for putting a slight damper on things. He thought it was a bad, shrieky version — a bad impersonation. He didn’t have fun.

“A Change is Gonna Come” Critiques:
Randy loved the first song, but did not love the second one as much. He didn’t love the music or vocal arrangement. It felt all disconnected by trying to be something it wasn’t. It fell flat.
Paula thought it was beautiful how she utilized her vocals.
Simon told her had to be fair and agree with Paula. He felt Randy got it completely and utterly wrong.

Nice guys..make the poor girl cry.

Syesha Mercado Sings “Hello Again”

American Idol — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:45:03 +0000

Syesha Mercado went fifth tonight. She chose the Neil Diamond song “Hello Again.”

Diamond felt she did well on both of her songs.

Up after the break is Jason Castro with his second song of the night.

Syesha Mecardo Sings “Thank the Lord for the Night”

American Idol — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:41:37 +0000

Syesha Mercado was the last performer of the night with chose “Thank the Lord for the Night.”

Randy loved that she finally realized who she was.
Paula felt the first song was vulnerable and that’s her magic. Her second song showed a different side of herself.
Simon felt she showed that she’s a very good actress/singer. But he felt she may be in trouble tonight.

Syesha Mercado Sings “One Rock & Roll Too Many”

American Idol — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:24:33 +0000

Tonight Syesha Mercado kicked off the beginning of the show with “One Rock & Roll Too Many” from Starlight Express.

Webber’s advice to Syesha was to have fun with it. He felt that she could possibly bring the house down tonight? Will she?

Randy thought Syesha was in her element and it was her best performance to date.
Paula felt she was very good. She also agreed with Andrew Lloyd Webber by saying she brought down the house from the beginning.
Simon felt the performance was very sexy and that she had one of her strongest performance so far. He felt she was comfortable too.

Syesha Mercado Sings “Vanishing”

American Idol — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:57:12 +0000

Up third tonight was Syesha Mercado. She chose the song “Vanishing” from the Mariah Carey self-titled album.

Mariah felt that Syesha made a great choice with the song she picked.

Randy thought she picked the toughest song of the night too. He was afraid when he she was singing the song but she did a good job on it considering. Paula felt she was smart this week because she picked a song that most people don’t know therefore she was being compared to Mariah. She felt it was unbelievably magical. Simon said thought it was very, very good but he’s not sure that he would have chosen a song that many people don’t know about. Will it hurt her? Turn in tomorrow night to find out.