I just read that tonight’s theme will be
Songs from the year you were born
That’s gotta be better them last week.
Well, I think Bo is 29 so that would put the poor guy right into the disco era. I’m looking at hit songs from 1976 and I see “Play That Funky Music” which would at least be entertaining. I also see “Love Hurts” by Nazareth which would be a Bo type song and “50 Ways to leave Your Lover” which might fit him too. Wait a tick. There’s “Dream On” by Aerosmith. That’s a hanging curveball for Bo if ever there was one and he needs big , fat, balls out rock performance to make up for a couple of lackluster weeks. Other possibilities include a couple of Peter Frampton songs, “You’re My Best friend” by Queen and “Rock and Roll All Night” by Kiss.
I don’t know how old anyone else is so I can’t research their years. I think most of them are going to fall into the early 80’s, though.
Bo and Constantine were born in 1975. Nadia was 1977. Scott - 1976, Anwar-1979, Carrie -1983, Anthony -1985, Vonzell - 1984
It seems to put a lot of them with weird songs for them.
So no guest judges this year at all?
McGrath and Simmons sitting in during auditions don’t count, exactly. Huge difference between hanging out to make witty comments for the camera and having everyone sing from your song collection, rehearsing the kids, performing with them, judging their performances etc.
I’m kinda missing that.
That’s odd. I was born in 1956, but I don’t see why they would pick that year out of the stack.
Quote I read on eonline.com:
Maybe she doesn’t have a substance abuse problem. Maybe she has Parkinsons or some other medical condition?
A quick check on Amazon indicates that the Lynyrd Skynyrd album “Nuthin’ Fancy” came out in 1975. And just in case Bo was born in 1976, there is always “Gimme Back My Bullets,” which contains my favoritest Skynyrd song EV-AH.
Dear Constantine,
First, let me say that you really seem to have found your niche. You’ve performed quite well recently, and I no longer cringe when your face appears on my screen.
That said, I do need to make one thing perfectly clear: When you’re done with your song and they show your phone number, if you pantomime answering a phone and mouth “call me!” at the camera, then I will be forced to fly to L.A. tonight and beat the ever-loving fuck out of you.
Thank you,
Hal
OK, thanks. I was off on Bo’s year.
Possibilities for Bo:
Black Water
Cat’s in the Cradle
You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
Feel Like makin’ Love
You Are so Beautiful.
Constantine:
Kung Fu Fighting,
Lady
Feelings
Rhinestone Cowboy
Fame
Nadia:
Best of My Love
Dancing Queen
Easy
Barracuda
Nobody Does it better
Go Your own way
Anwar:
YMCA
Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?
I Will Survive
Macarthur Park
I Want You to Want Me
Boogie Wonderland
Scott:
Play That Funky Music
I Write the Songs
Afternoon Delight
Love Hurts
(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
Dreamweaver
All By Myself
Convoy
Carrie:
Who cares?
Anthony:
Ditto
Vonzell:
What’s Love Got to Do With It?
When Doves Cry
Footloose
Against All Odds
Let’s Hear it for the Boy
Girls Just wanna Have fun
Jump (Van Halen)
Jump (For My Love) (Pointer Sisters)
99 Luftballoons
I’m So Excited
Or maybe she’s really a chihuahua. It did say, after all, that she needs a handler. 
Hal, maybe if you’d just call Constantine already, he’d stop doing that. It’s obvious that he wants you. (On second thought, give him a good swift kick in the nuts for me too, will you?)
Bwahahahahaha!
Oh, I don’t think I can TAKE it! 'Cause it took so long to BAKE it! And I’ll never have that recipe AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN! Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
[ Thanks for the earworm, Dio, you ass. ]
Dio, I think Feel Like Makin’ Love would be an excellent choice for Bo! I do wish you had done Carrie, though. I like her, and all your suggestions were very good.
More rumors, song choices:
Carrie to sing “Love is a Battlefield”
Connie to sing “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Me. Some '83 possibles.
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Culture Club
Up Where We Belong, Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
Sexual Healing, Marvin Gaye (That would shake things up)
We’ve Got Tonight, Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton
Gloria, Laura Branigan
Don’t Let It End, Styx
How Am I Supposed To Live Without You, Laura Branigan
Straight From The Heart, Bryan Adams
You Look So Good In Love, George Strait
The Closer You Get, Alabama
Not a great year for her, but it has some interesting songs that could stretch her some.
Ok, now that would be even funnier than I think I love you was. I’m giggling like a fool just picturing it!
Those would be great choices, if she had the range to sing half of them. Dancing Queen and Barracuda, for Nadia?! No way, no how. Girlfriend owns the stage and is a great performer, part of which is being able to select songs that showcase your talent and minimize your shortcomings. She just does not have the vocal spectrum to try Heart.
Well, it looks like we have a spoiler for carrie but here are some other suggestions from her birth year:
Sweet dreams
Hungry Like the Wolf
Sexual Healing
Mickey
1999
Faithfully
Beat It**
And just to be complete, some options for Anthony:
Wake me Up before You Go-Go
Every Time You go away
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Shout
Sussudio
Raspberry Beret
One Night in Bangkok
Summer of '69
I’m On Fire
Born in the USA
We Are the World
Like a Virgin
I was Carrie fan early on, but now, meh.
I’d like to see her do “Islands in the Stream’” written by Barry Gibb and made into a huge country/pop crossover hit by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, she’d have the best of all worlds.
But put some feeling into, girl!
Dream On would have been faaaabulous by Bo. I’m pouting now that we are being told he was a little too late for that. I could see ConstantCheese doing Bohemian Rhapsody.
This sounds as if it will be far more interesting than Broadway musical night was.
Queen Tonya, at the beginning of the season they said they were going to do the guest judging in the preliminary part of the competition.
Oh my head, this first performance is terrible!! … oh, wait, that’s just Seacrest. Well, he sucks.