BNL did just that for Candian Idol. It was a few years ago near the end of the competition so there were only 3 or 4 songs done, but I saw clips and it was pretty good.
Here’s someone on the show doing “When I Fall.”
If Lee wins the vote, maybe that will cause a change in the voting procedure. It would be the second straight year the winner was taken out behind the woodshed by the second finisher in the finals.
Crystal owned the whole night.
I did not care for the arrangement on the U2 song. It was already a challenge, and the restructuring just made it too hard for Lee.
Note to Comcast: Fix my shit by 8:00 tonight, or…well, I guess I’m going to have decide between “climb a clock tower” or “go watch Idol at my in-laws”.
It’s not like America has a stellar record of “getting it right”. If they haven’t changed the procedure by now, something like Lee’s inevitible victory* isn’t going to change anything.
Besides, what could they change? The only realistic option is “one vote per phone”, but then they couldn’t play their “you put in 18 bazillion votes last night!!” game. Not gonna happen.
*BTW, who called this win back at the Top 24 stage? Yeah, say my name, bitches.
Wasn’t that The Producers?
Oh God…they couldn’t get a new DVR box in tonight – so they put in a non-DVR cable box.
For the first time in I-can’t-tell-you how long, we’re going to be watching commercials! Having to time piss breaks! And not fast-forwarding through the crappy parts!* Aieee!
*Especially on the finale show – that two hours usually takes us about a half-hour to watch.
I was thinking they could give weighted votes to the judges like Dancing With The Stars does. But I admit that’s equally stupid.
The horror.
You don’t still own a VCR?
Me, I’m gonna log onto here at 7 p.m. local time, and demand a spoiler. 
Just because your favorite doesn’t win doesn’t mean the show is broken.
Tell me about it. Fortunately, this Comcast rep kicked ass – he called around to every other rep in the area trying to find one who happened to still have one of the older style (and vastly superior) DVR boxes stashed away. He finally found one – the guy dropped it off (coincidentally, he happened to live in the condo we’re in), and we’re back in business! Huzzah for starting to watch Idol at 9:15!
Seriously! This is pop music. What’s popular, not what YOU like (the generic ‘you’, not anyone in particular). Mopey dudes and dudettes with their hair in their eyes being all angsty is very popular these days. That silly shit gets a whole lot of votes because of that. I don’t like it at all. I like big voiced, soulful and funky. Not so popular with many. Really despised by a few. I doubt we’ll ever get another Jennifer Hudson and I’m convinced we’ll get a ton more Cooks and Lamberts, yet I don’t think there is something wrong with the show.
The show still could be broken NOW, though. I don’t know what it would be without Simon.
I was kind of looking forward to Moe Syzlak as a judge, but that didn’t work out…
YES! I love that song.
Worst group-sing EVER. Although I’m kinda impressed they dragged out Alice Cooper’s zombie corpse to go with the Zombie Jazz Hands Choir.
Old stuff! I love old stuff! Hubby has got to turn from watching Transformers for the thousandth time.
Siobhan looks hot!
I love the cheesefest that is the finale. Where else would we get diversity like this? 
scratch Alice Cooper off my list of performers who would never appear on American Idol.
The Bee Gees minus one where pretty crappy. I want my old stuff to sound like it sounded when it wasn’t old!