The promos have started. In a week will start my favorite part of the competition-- Those With No Sense of Self! But we’ll get into that once the show starts. For now, let’s pretend we know how to sing and have to pick our one showstopper song. What would it be?
Me, I’d go for either And I Am Telling You (from Dreamgirls) or The Jackson 5’s Who’s Love You (I hear Trent D’arby sings it too but I’ve never heard his version).
Teen Angel.
Guns N’ Roses - Yesterdays
No joke
I am ready! What song? Shoot, I don’t know; how about My Heart Will Go On?
D’arby’s version of “Who’s Loving You” was great - better than the J5, IMO (BTW, it was originally performed [and written] by Smokey Roninson [with the Miracles]).
Personally, I’d sing “Kiss” by Prince or “Somebody to Love” by Queen (though, to be honest, I couldn’t actually pull of the latter without some kind of actual training).
*wallops *Good Egg ** with…a calculator
It was the only thing close at hand. 
It Had to Be You.
At Last
No! A much, much, much better song would be Whitney’s arraingment of I Will Always Love You.
Angel from Montgomery.
o/ make me a poster.. from an ol' rooooodeeeeeoooooooooOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooOoooOOOOoo o/
It’s just not Idol without a painfully too-long vocal run.
I would have to do some Sinatra at least one week.
I am glad you started this. I have been waiting since May to see this again for the second year. Last year I was a AI virgin. I remember you fondly, Biggirl, from last years threads. This year feels almost like a letdown. Who could be better than Bo, look more at the camera than Con, suck more than Scott?
I’ve been thinking (gotta do it sometime) and maybe I’d want to showcase not only my imaginary fantastic voice but also my imaginary stage command and sing something uptempo. Here Comes The Hotsteppa would be my choice.
Or, or , or. . .
Go for total shock value and do either Papa Roach’s Last Resort or Harvey Danger’s Flagpole Sitta.
It’ll never happen, but it’d be kind of fun to make the contestants sing songs that were not written in English.
Found A Peanut
I think I’ll go with “My Name is Jonas” from Weezer. What? It sounds really good when I sing it in the car, I promise!
So, did anyone else see something about Simon offering up $1 million of his own money for something do to with the show? I don’t remember where I saw it.
I was an AI virgin last year, too. I’m so excited! Nope - that’s not my song! Heh.
How about… Rhiannon! Yeah, that’s the ticket! I can totally sing like Stevie Nicks.
In my dreams.
Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah would separate the men from the boy toys and Let Him Fly (the gritty Patty Griffin original) for the ladies.
The Balad of Jayne Cobb from Firefly
Tribute by Tenacious D
The Fruity Oaty Bar Song from Serenity