Top 13 and Their Song Performances on American Idol Tonight (3/9/11)

Now to change the subject to something a little bit brighter: I now know who is performing what on American Idol tonight. There is a strong possibility that I will not see the show until after voting has already closed, so I am doing a teaser of a blog entry before the main entree, which will probably premiere sometime tomorrow.


Image Credit: Michael Becker/Fox

Without further ado, here are the Top 13, with their performances in the order they are appearing on the show tonight, and as usual, I will post links to YouTube videos to compare and contrast the performances tonight.

Show's Theme Tonight: Songs By Your Musical Idol

1) Lauren Alaina-"Any Man of Mine" by Shania Twain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N2k-gv6xNE

2) Casey Abrams-"With A Little Help From My Friends" by The Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBDF04fQKtQ

3) Ashthon Jones-"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" by Diana Ross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq00L0lBmTA
4) Paul McDonald-"Come Pick Me Up" by Ryan Adams (WARNING: Original song contains some coarse language, be advised)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM0mjukDGRw

5) Pia Toscano-"All By Myself" by Celine Dion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RnbO6o4L-E&feature=fvst

6) James Durbin-"Maybe I'm Amazed" by Paul McCartney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2YyVZBL8U

7) Haley Reinhart-"Blue" by LeAnn Rimes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I62uwbyD2pU

8) Jacob Lusk-"I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWW8Hexv-DQ

9) Thia Megia-"Shine" by Michael Jackson (his version)

10) Stefano Langone-"Lately" by Stevie Wonder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53JPcY3l63E

11) Karen Rodriguez-"I Could Fall In Love" by Selena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBCDvINm0Vo

12) Scott McCreery-"The River" by Garth Brooks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxK048w-wPM

13) Naima Adedapo-"Umbrella" by Rihanna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvBfHwUxHIk

Drew's Early Views: Judging by the song spoilers supplied by MJ's Big Blog (mjsbigblog.com), with the exception of a couple of songs, the picks by the Top 13 are sorta predictable. Karen is going for a song made popular by Selena, whom Jennifer Lopez, one of the judges this season, starred in a biographical film about Selena in 1997. That performance should be good, but she has a lot to live up to with that performance. Thia should be wonderful, along with James, Paul, Scotty, Casey, and Lauren Alaina. I have to root for the Georgia native first and foremost, because we are from the same state, and boy howdy, does she have the vocal pipes to represent the state very well.

Unless I find a way to watch online, I will not be live-blogging the performances tonight, and I will therefore, not be able to vote tonight. Let's just hope that I can find a way to watch it. I want to very badly.

Until either tomorrow or later tonight,
-Drew-