Tour Spoilers From Dress Rehearsal

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Some fans who were hanging outside the arena in Portland were invited in to watch dress rehearsal for tonight’s debut American Idols Live concert. There are various twitters (here and here) and an account on Idol Forums HERE.   Here’s a list of spoilers I cobbled together:

  • Michael Sarver: “I’m in Love with a Girl” by Gavin Degraw, “Closer” by Neyo
  • Megan Joy: “Put Your Records On” by Corrine Baily Rae and “Tears Dry on Their Own” by Amy Winehouse
  • Scott MacIntyre: “Bend and Break” by Keane and “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton
  • Lil Rounds: “Be Without You” by Mary J Blige, “No One” by Alicia Keys, “Single Ladies” by Beyonce
  • Anoop Desai:”Always on My Mind” by Willie Nelson, “Mad” by Ne-Yo, “My Prerogative” by Bobby Brown
  • Matt Giraud: “Hard to Handle” by the Black Crowes “Georgia” “You Found Me” by the Fray
  • Group Medley: Megan and Lil sing “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” Matt and Scott on duel pianos for “Tell Her About It” by Billy Joel, Michael sings “Suspicious Minds” by Elvis Presley,   Anoop begins singing Madcon’s “Beggin”, but it’s in the style of the original 1967 4 Seasons version–Matt, Scott and Michael join in. Lil sings the Madcon rap, and Megan joins her.
  • Allison Iraheta: “So What” by Pink “Cry Baby” by Janis Joplin, “Barracuda” by Heart
  • Danny Gokey: “P.Y.T.” by Michael Jackson, “Maria Maria” by Santana, “What Hurts the Most” by Rascal Flatts, “My Wish” by Rascal Flatts.
  • Adam Lambert: “Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zepplin “Starlight” by Muse “Mad World” by Tears for Fears/Gary Jules “Slow Ride” by Foghat w/ Allison, Bowie Medley: “Life on Mars”, “Fame”, “Let’s Dance”
  • Kris Allen: “Heartless” by Kanye West, “No Boundaries”, “Bright Lights” by Matchbox 20,   “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers   and “Hey Jude” by The Beatles (the Idols join Kris for the “na nas”)
  • “Don’t Stop Believing” The Top 10 – Encore

Some notes:

Kris played acoustic guitar on “Heartless” and “No Boundaries”, piano on “Sunshine” and electric guitar on “Hey Jude”

Megan Joy was wearing “A pink heels and a tight neon pink mini-dress that kept riding up and showing her spankies”

Anoop Desai puts on a really dorky pair of black and blue rimmed glasses in the middle of his set.

“A lot of the Idols did a lot of shirt unbuttoning and shirt removing…Lil took off a long blinged-out trench coat to reveal a form-fitting pantsuit before Single Ladies, Anoop took off his jacket before My Prerogative, Danny took off his coat before Maria Maria and then unbuttoned his shirt several times (he was sweating like crazy, lol), Adam took off his AMAZING SkinGraft jacket before the Bowie Medley, for which he was only wearing a black tank top”

 
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  • http://archulove.wordpress.com vickyvicks0

    looking foward to anoop and matt!
    the rest couldn’t care less!

  • girlygirl

    oh no! — Kris waited so long that everyone else chose their bunks on the bus before he did and he ended up with one of the bottom ones. Anoop claims they are gonna step on him…

  • BestAI

    I’m glad this interviewer stuck to questions about the show and gave equal time to Lil. I don’t think there are that many press folks there, unlike the tour press day. One writer at that press day said everyone wanted to interview Adam, as we could see.

  • PattyH

    I’m glad this interviewer stuck to questions about the show and gave equal time to Lil. I don’t think there are that many press folks there, unlike the tour press day. One writer at that press day said everyone wanted to interview Adam, as we could see.

    I think the Seattle Times reporter said there were 15-20 there. That’s a lot, especially since they have to sing tonight.

    ” I must admit I was never a fan of Lil on the show but I like what I’m seeing of her in these behind the scenes clips. It’s also great that the Idols seem to be into each other’s performances ‘ ¦. ”

    I think Lil may be the big surprise on the tour. I have a feeling she is going to be great. I think her nerves and Simon got the best of her on the show.

  • BestAI

    Actually some of the people who saw Lil in rehearsal said she was really great. I think she is a good dancer too (she gave Megan some moves). I’m glad they paired Lil with Adam. She said he brings out the fun in her, and said many times that she was closest to him.

  • LisaE

    Did anyone else notice that Lil said she was performing a Mary J. Blige “medley”? So maybe we’re getting more than “Be Without You.”

  • lola

    Hmmm. Adam always looks fresh. Love his looks….getting better everyday. I can imagine his fresh smell him from here.

  • idolislife

    I think I’m freaking out … No I KNOW I’m freaking out… Only a black tank top?!?!? Seriously oh my god… Yummmmmmmmmmmmmm I need PiCTURES of that NOW!!!!! ugh… I’m so excited why must I wait so long???!?????

  • Calliope

    The contest never ends! *evil laughter* Even though Kris and Adam’s cd sound like it’s going to be polar opposites, we must always find a way to compare!! When you hear an Adam song in the club, me must wonder why they’re not playing Kris. And when you hear a Kris song come up in a coffee shop, we must wonder why Adam is not there! hehe..

    lol Remind me to do this. I want to be known as the crazy lady in the club and coffee house (“Didn’t you know Kris Allen won the show? Why are you playing an Adam dance mix in this club?!!” or “Kris shouldn’t have won and he should not be played when I buy soy lattes!”).

    I guess I shouldn’t really joke about this since some of the posts I assumed were parodies in this thread weren’t.

    I actually look forward to Lil doing “Single Ladies” and it will probably be one of the highlights for me (this is not a joke, by the way — it sounds like good fun). I just wish Megan stayed one spot longer than Scott so I could show later.

  • wiccagirl2009

    @lola

    “On Kris vs. Adam, I think it doesn’t matter anymore even if Kris won. This is already the post-idol phase. Everything is up in the air for grabs. Never believed in AI’s voting system’ ¦.and never will.”\\

    Same here, i don’t go with AI voting system. There are a lot of fans online who never got to vote for Adam. As you said, this is post-idol – everything is up for grabs. I for one will always support ADAM! Love him always! :-)

  • wiccagirl2009

    Wow! Adam surely lost some weight. He looks so good and yummy!!! Grrr! I want to pinch his butt cheeks. *jumping up and down* LOL!

  • oceana

    I think Adam will be spectacular tonight. He has more experience onstage than most of the contestants this year, and he showed consistent confidence and poise on the show. He’s the one I least worry about.

    I worry a little bit about Allison because she’s young and inexperienced, but I 99% am sure she’ll be fine also. After the way she handled herself at the finale, I know she will be.

    And Kris seems to handle himself well under pressure so he’ll be okay too.

  • evanjane

    My entire family went to the American Idol Show last year in CT. This year’s show seems to be set up the same as last year. The love between the kids (top 10) was evident and the audience was kind and gracious to each performer. There were a lot of families with their young kids, a lot of 30, 40, 50, 60 year old women and some men, dads and husbands, also some college-aged girls. Really a mixed bag, but predominantly family. My 11 year old daughter saw a lot of her school friends at the concert. There were not many teen boys — my 14 year old son wasn’t pleased at all. He liked Michael Johns’ Queen performance, thought Carly was cool and he liked David Cook.

    As I said, the audience was well-behaved, I didn’t see any OTT fangirls. Thank God. Most people seemed quite rational. The line for the bathroom was the biggest bone of contention — my daughter and I went during the top 5-10 group performance. Didn’t want to have to use the port-o-pottys lined up outside.

    From my experience, the only “haters” and OTT behavior I’ve encountered has been online. I don’t think people paying $125.00 a ticket or more are going to leave a show just because Adam Lambert has finished his set. Many, many people enjoy the other contestants. I’m thinking some people here need a dose of reality. (I recall David Cook had plenty of vocal haters online, but his fans prevailed, as he did as well.)

  • Mary102

    After looking at the group pic from Danny’s tweet, it does confirm that Adam and Megan were close from the beginning of the season. I had seen them with their arms around each at the end of at least one the results show.

    OMG – do you think they’re an item ;-) JK, of course.

    Still, I always thought of a bunch of the group as getting along really well behind the scenes – not just Adam, Allison, and Kris – but also Megan, Anoop, Matt, Lil. They all seem very fun and silly.

    And that vid with Adam and Lil was very cute – yeah, Adam’s Single Ladies impression (where is his version on youtube ;-) )

    I wouldn’t worry about Adam fans not sitting through Kris’s set – way too much Kradam love out there for that. I never liked Kris during the season as a performer (just not my style), but I LOVE him as a person, and really respect him as an artist, and I’m definitely looking forward to seeing him on the tour!

    In general, I think they will all do really well – they always have in the past. Some are not as interesting or memorable as others (usually more based on song choice than ability), but all of them are entertaining and good.

    ETA: I think Sarver and Scott are going to have the hardest time wowing me just by looking at the song choices – I just can’t imagine how “Closer” is going to come across.

  • GlamGirlLee

    he [Adam] should get the smoke, mirrors, pyrotechnics, rose petals tossed ever-so-delicately in his path, cabana boys toting palm fronds to cool his fevered-but-never-sweating Adonis-like brow, special wardrobe including stegosaurus jackets and boots flown in from Switzlerland, special medleys just for his special self, a Lear Jet all to himself so he doesn’t have to ride the bus with the also-rans, any number of handlers and attendants to spritz him and perfume him and massage him and sort his M&Ms so that he will only have to see the green ones,

    That’d be cool. Can I spritz or wipe his brows?

  • ShariG

    I’m on vacation in Wisconsin with about five minutes of computer time. Can’t wait to get home to read all of the reports and comments. I am so excited for all of the idol top 10 but particularly for Kris. Can’t wait to see the videos. What a mega talented guy. I love that he is doing piano, acoustic, and electric guitar along with singing. I can’t wish away the summer, but am looking forward to the fall concert in Chicago.

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