American Idol 3-25-09 Recap review of American Idol “50 Years of Motown” Music of Motown LIVE Recap! American Idol’s Motown Special Night presentation began with Idol host, Ryan Seacrest, talking to Idol judges about the great Motown songs to be performed tonight by the American Idol Top 10 Finalists.

Classic Motown performances of Detroit-based Motown, with Berry Gordy (Founder of Motown) and Smokey Robinson are in store for Idol fans tonight. The Top 10 Idol contestants were shown touring Motown (Hittsville U.S.A) with Gordy and Smokey Robinson and discussing the great classic Motown songs performed there.

First up was Matt Giraud singing Marvin Gaye’s hit song “Let’s Get It On“. Idol judge Randy Jackson said “Yo! You worked it out baby!” Kara DioGuardi liked Matt’s performance, but felt Matt “could have pushed it a little more”. Paula Abdul said Matt was “respectful of the melody, great job”. Simon said it was a “brilliant choice of song, you’re voice suits that song”, and that Matt is “one of the front-runners of this competition”. We agree, Matt sang “Let’s Get It On” very well, and deserves the applause from the judges and audience.

Next up was Kris Allen singing “How Sweet It Is“. Kara DioGuardi loved the performance saying “You did everything right on that performance”. Paula Abdul said he “picked a great song” and was “brilliant”. Simon Cowell said Kris was “smart” to choose that song, but he needs more “self-belief” and to “be conceited” to make an impact. Randy Jackson said “it was all good baby”. We agree with the judges, Kris did a good job, but Kris needs to challenge himself more in his song choices.
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