Danny Gokey (1980) – Against The Wind, Bob Seger or You May Be Right, Billy Joel: I think Gokey will go upbeat this week.

Adam Lambert (1982) – Working For The Weekend, Loverboy or Edge Of Seventeen, Stevie Nicks or Open Arms, Journey: I’d love to hear Adam sing those Steve Perry notes, and he’d wear the Loverboy red leather pants well… but I’m betting he’ll do something unique, whatever he chooses!

Lil Rounds (1984) – What’s Love Got To Do With It, Tina Turner or Love Is A Battlefield, Pat Benatar: I hope Lil steps out of the box and rocks it up a bit with the Benetar.

Kris Allen (1985) – Walking On Sunshine, Katrina and The Waves: I can see him having a blast with this and his guitar.

Matt Giraud (1985) – Things Can Only Get Better, Howard Jones: Love Howard Jones, and Matt would be able to play and sing this well!

Scott MacIntyre (1985) – St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion) or I Want To Know What Love Is, Foreigner: whatever he chooses will be “smooth soft AC” all the way!

Anoop Desai (1986) – Broken Wings, Mr. Mister or At This Moment – Billy Vera: Both let Anoop use his voice and show emotion, two things he does well.

Allison Iraheta (1992) – Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana or I Can’t Make You Love Me, Bonnie Raitt: love, Love, LOVE Allison. I think Bonnie Raitt would appeal to more people, but dang, the Nirvana could be awesome. She could do it in the Tori Amos stripped down arrangement too.

OK, just some random thoughts on possible song choices!!

INXS Don’t Change
Led Zepplin – Baby Come on Home
The Cure – Let’s go to bed (slowed down with the “Upright” treatment
Ghosts – The Jam

Please oh please no Journey or any other hair bed hell power ballads. Ej Blue Eyes is just a bit blah as a song when there are so many other great options. Under Pressure would be ok, between the Bowie bits and the Freddie bits it about covers his range

80′s aren’t a total wasteland if you get out of the top 40.

Or go softer, as we have seen him do, and sing “She’s Got a Way” (Billy Joel) or “Always On My Mind” (Willie Nelson).

Oh man, “Shadows Of The Night” (Pat Benatar) is on this list too. That song really gets me going.

Hmmm . . . TOUGH one. Adam is a big fan of Freddie Mercury and David Bowie, so what better choice is there than “Under Pressure”? But can this song showcase his range? Ah hell, he’ll find a way to make it work. And I’ve gotta say, I think whatever he will do, is the same as what he should do, because he always makes the smartest decisions.
But to go ahead and be fair, here goes nothing:

What I think Adam will do: Under Pressure
What I wanna see: I Love Rock and Roll

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1. The Rose (Bette Midler);
2. She’s Out Of My Life (Michael Jackson);
3. Stand By Me (Mickey Gilley); and
4. I Wanna Be Your Lover (Prince).

My gut says he will do the Rose, but that may be too predictable. I could definitely see him shouting out some “darling, darling, stand by me,” but if he wants to air on the side of unpredictabiltiy, a little Prince could be fun without being sloppy. Now if he does the M.J. song, he might get some slack given the meaning of the song and his well-advertised personal story, but I say, why not? It would really allow him to have a tender, vulnerable moment if he simply just feels it and pretends to be the only one in the room. So . . .

What I think Danny Gokey will sing: The Rose

What I’m hoping for: She’s Out Of My Life.

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To keep this on topic … Adam, please do ANYthing by Adam Ant. That is all. (Wish I could make a backward “D”.)

OK. Never mind “Crimson and Clover”, Adam should do some Ant music and use the water tank.

Love me some Psych! And Tears for Fears. Pretty much loved all the New Wave music from the 80s. Adam Ant and Billy Idol were a couple of my faves, but I didn’t see any Adam Ant on the lists. Boo!

Friend or Foe came out in 1982 – and Adam could so do anything from that album, (except Man Called Marco) and I’d be in heaven. Goody Two Shoes was the single and might be the smartest choice from that album since it’s the only one that anyone who wasn’t a huge fan of Adam Ant might recognize. Plus it’s pretty catchy. He could also do The Doors’ Hello, I Love You – since that was on the album.

Shout (Tears for Fears)

I had my 9-year-old singing this song for days after downloading it recently. Shawn and Gus (Psych) did an Idol spoof and dressed up like Tears for Fears. It was hilarious. I’d forgotten how much I liked that song. It’s at least 6 minutes long, so a few “Shout, shout, let it all outs” would have to be scrapped. (lol) If someone takes it on, I would love it if they sang my favorite part: “They gave us life, and in return we gave them hell” (that’s pretty close anyway.)

Against the Wind (Bob Seger)

If Danny sang a Bob Seger song, I think I may actually like it.

Donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t You Forget About Me (Simple Minds)

Wonder how that song would sound as a stripped down (almost stalkerish a la DC’s “Always Be My Baby”) ballad? Just a thought…

She could go acoustic like Adam did a few weeks ago with:

Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton) this is a beautiful ballad with enough dynamics to showcase Allison’s range and give her an opportunity to demonstrate some lyrical tenderness.

Under the Bridge (Red Hot Chili Peppers) – Being from LA, I think that Allison could really connect with this song and re-interpret the “I don’t ever want to feel…” chorus with her joplin-esque signature.

Or

She could bring the house down with…

Right Now (Van Halen) – Allison is such a rocker and would do this song sooooo much better than David Lee Roth. And, being so utterly marginalized by the judges, I think that she could really identify with lyrics like:

“One step ahead, one step behind me
Now you gotta run to get even
Make future plans, dont dream about yesterday, hey
Cmon turn, turn this thing around”

or

Remedy (The Black Crowes) – I think Allison could establish herself as the next queen of rock with this gritty, soulful masterpiece worthy of any juke joint. Plus she could score pimp points by working a pun on her hair color with some of the lyrics:

“Baby, baby why did you dye your hair?
Why you always keeping with your mothers dare? “

Of the songs I recognized, and knowing some would need to be rearranged, these are what I came up with …

1980 – Danny:
Against the Wind (Bob Seger)

1982 – Adam:
Eye of the Tiger (Survivor)
Tainted Love (Soft Cell)
867-5309 (Tommy Tutone)
Only the Lonely (The Motels)
I Ran (Flock of Seagulls)
Empty Garden (Elton John)
Crimson and Clover (Joan Jett)
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (The Police)
Hot in the City (Billy Idol)
Working for the Weekend (Loverboy)

1984 – Lil:
What’s Love Got to Do With It (Tina Turner)

1985 – Kris, Matt, Scott:
Careless Whisper (Wham!)
Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Tears for Fears)
Don’t You Forget About Me (Simple Minds)

1985 – Kris, Matt:
Take on Me (A-Ha)
Shout (Tears for Fears)

1985 – Kris:
Things Can Only Get Better (Howard Jones)
Walking On Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves)

1985 – Matt:
Heaven (Bryan Adams)
Summer of ’69 (Bryan Adams)

1986 – Anoop:
True Colors (Cyndi Lauper)
The Sweetest Taboo (Sade)
All I need is a Miracle (Mike and the Mechanics)

1992 – Allison:
Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough (Patty Smyth)
That’s What Love is For (Amy Grant)
I Will Remember You (Amy Grant)

Of course, I detest Journey, so that’s probably what he’ll pick.

Matt: Alive and Kicking, Simple Minds/ Don’t you (forget about me) – This last one was performed for Live Aid and was one of the anthems of the 80s. He should be able to kill off the competition with this one.

Adam: I want candy, Bow wow wow;