I’m starting to like Lee after intially hating him. But if he does Nickelback, he will have completely lost me, lol.

Urgh. I totally agree, no Nickelback please.

The only thing that worries me about Lee is that he sang that awful Hinder song. Other than that, I’ve liked his song choices. This is a great chance for him to sing a Kings of Leon song, and my vote would be Sex on Fire. There’s a youtube vid of him singing it, and it’s really good. (Sorry I can’t link to it, can’t get there from work) I think he’s more KOL than Nickelback. I hope.

Can someone remind me how Taylor Hicks was able to sing Something by the Beatles when the theme was “hits of today”? I know there was an explanation but I can’t remember what it was…

The Beatles Number 1 Hits was at the Top of the Album charts.

Anyway this is a badtheme.Too general and ppl will pick old songs.Teen Idol was better..

This group has been lucky. 4 out of 5 weeks with the ability to sing current music. Maybe Idol has finally learned not to keep saddling these singers with moldy oldies – like Barry Manilow and Neil Diamond. On the one hand, I like it as it’s so much more relevant. On the other hand, those oldies can lead to some good comedy on stage.

Nothing wrong with “moldy oldies.” B.A. (before Adam) I only listened to oldies. When I checked out the Billboard #1 list, I went backwards to 1992 before I started to recognize more than 1 or 2 of the song titles for that year. Evidently that was the year I decided current music just wasn’t fun anymore.

But I gotta say, a good song is a good song and can be remade into something even better than the original as many times as a good singer interprets it. A good example is Whitney Houston singing Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.” I love Dolly, but I love Whitney’s version too. I remember as a kid hearing a song I thought was really cool and made my father listen to it. He wasn’t as impressed–it was a song that was popular when he was younger. I had no idea it was a remake.

The bottom line is: I don’t care WHAT this group sings, as long as they sing it well!

Aretha hasn’t been asked? Well she doesn’t travel much outside of Detroit but it would be great for her to have a shot at mentoring. She can write and play in addition to sing and has been around up and down for a very long time.

I was surprised she hasn’t been asked. She does have an album coming out, the first since 2003. Maybe this year? I see Kelly Clarkson coming to mentor next year.

Hmm Miley Cyrus… Yep – I can picture Katie putting on a blond wig and singing “Best of Both Worlds”… totally can picture it.

You sure you didn’t mean Michael Lynche? He’s perfect for that.

What if the mentor was…… Simon Cowell? DUN DUN DUN! I can picture that in a way to pitch X Factor >_>. Kara would make a better (yet more annoying) mentor.

Also, first Ke$ha, now Miley Cyrus and Joe Jonas? Wow, a total sign that the music world has gone to Hell.

Fred Bronson is NOT the mentor. He was filmed in a segment as the author of The Billboard Book of #1 Hits There IS a mentor, but it’s a secret.

Yes, Fred was interviewed by Jon Peter Lewis.

Fred is also the guy who did the excellent four-part interviews with Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta for the Los Angeles Times.

This is the guy that did that fantastic interview with Cookie right before his Morongo Casino show, right? Knowledgeble guy

Is this the guy John Peter Lewis interviewed? Or was that someone else from Billboard?

If the guest mentor was this guy, why would it be so hush-hush, though? Maybe he’ll be a “talking head” but there’ll also be a celebrity mentor.

And I have to say – I’m starting to like Lee after intially hating him. But if he does Nickelback, he will have completely lost me, lol.

I could totally see Crystal doing “Stay (I Missed You)” by Lisa Loeb.

ETA: There are a lot of songs on the wiki chart that was posted on the first page that have been done on the show before. I hope TPTB didn’t majorly limit the list of songs, though, because there ARE some other good songs on there.