American Idol 11 – The Final Showdown – What Should the Idols Sing?

By On 05/22/2012 · 64 Comments · In American Idol, American Idol 11, Jessica Sanchez, Phillip Phillips

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On tonight’s BIG American Idol final performance show,  Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips will be reprising a song.

I will speculate that Jessica will sing one of her huge show-stoppers–either “I Will Always Love You” or “And I Am Telling You”. My personal favorites were “Sweet Dreams” by Beyonce and “Stuttering” by Jazmine Sullivan, but neither is BIG enough for the show that will decide who gets the crown. The latter got Jessica booted off the show. She’ll probably never sing it for a live audience again.

Phillip will probably choose “Volcano” by Damien Rice. Or maybe “The Stone” by Dave Matthews. I hope he does the former.

Idol creator, Simon Fuller, will choose a song. Wouldn’t it be cool if he could convince Mumford & Sons to clear a song for Phillip? A cover of the “The Cave” please. And I hope whatever Jessica sings, it’s something contemporary. “Skyscraper” by Demi Lovato might provide a big moment for Jessica.

As far as the original singles the duo will debut tonight…my expectations are not very high, to be honest. But I hope to be pleasantly surprised.

What do you think? What would you like Phillip and Jessica to sing tonight?

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  • Guest

    I think I Will Always Love You or And I Am Telling You would be good picks for Jessica, they’ll remind everyone of how good she is and how deserving she is to win, but you do have a point there.

  • Anonymous

    I would like Elise and Joshua to do a little sumpin.  Anything.  I miss them.

  • sdmama

    Between Volcano and Stone, I’d prefer Stone because we can’t improve Volcano. Stone sounded so much better in studio version (I died on his single high note), and if Phillip can do it live (**IF***), that would be sensational. If he can’t do that live, forget it.

    But, I am secretly hoping he would do something more uplifting lyrics like, You & Me by Dave Matthews.  Bring on bunch of kids with guitars to stage for shameless positive messaging. No? Sure, it may be predictable song choice, but it would be so much fun and great for the finale. (Maybe tomorrow, then…)

    For Jessica, something newer than 11 years old, and not for 11 years old.  Jimmy, help her!

  • Anonymous

    I will always love you can always be done as a HOT!! and EXCITING!! dance remix just to make it new, fresh, and fun!!!

    You don’t have to just sit there and do the same boring thing again the same way!!

  • http://twitter.com/HeathSkater Heath.

    Jessica should do The Prayer with an orchestra or Everybody Has A Dream with a choir. I don’t think she should do IWALY because she was already perfect in her first performance of that song and she definitely should not do AIATY. Remember when Ashton Jones sang AIATY twice last season and by the second time she wasn’t really believable. It was just a bunch of shouting with no emotion. 
     

  • Anonymous

    I don’t care about rainbows or lollipops….I want MOUNTAINS!!!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/7AFFWTEE7MVFV7VTHX445A5VAM Donnatella

    Jessica should sing “Footprints in the Sand” by Leona Lewis. Grand slam home run!

  • http://twitter.com/perfect_torpedo jason arterbury

    I’m hoping for a duet with Dave Matthews tomorrow for Phil. I really wanted to hear Phil perform Crush instead of The Stone, so I’m crossing my fingers that he does it tonight or if we’re really with DM tomorrow night.
    My favorite performance from Jessica this season was Stuttering, so I hope she does it again. I do not believe that song did anything bad to her. The judges used the save on the person that would create the most controversy. Since they had to use the save anyway, may as well create some drama, it is prime time television.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Wanda-Dragomirescu/640090320 Wanda Dragomirescu

    the problem with reprising their BEST moments, is that will alway fall short of the original performance. best to choose their second to best song, something that they can improve on. i will always love you would be a mistake for jessica…

  • Chris

    No Stuttering. Too many people don’t know the song, why chance it now. The last song is always unknown by the audience as well so it leaves her with no wow moment.

  • Chris

    If Jennifer Holiday is on tomorrow, maybe they duet to I am Telling You. Its what Holiday is known for. Kind of a waste to not do it.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_I3NQHPT3NA6VGKK22RCMTGOCII Tiffany

    They both need to do something that the audience hasnt heard them do in a while.  I didnt see P2s Thriller but apparently it was a hit so why not that and I think Jessica’s top 25 performance would be a great uptempo performance song for her.

  • Anonymous

    I hope P2 gets to sing one of his originals….I mean we want to see if he truly fits the singer-songwriter tag—one who can actually write good songs…

  • Anonymous

    Was/Is it definitely a song that they performed during the season or any song that was cleared for anny of the Top 25? If the latter it really opens up the choices.

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