[kevkrom]

Todrick has a point. If the idols sing a song as-is, the judges complain they're not taking risks. If they DO take risks and change the song, the judges complain again.

The contestants should ignore the judges, except when they're right. ;)

Channeling Simon for a second here, the two main things he's looking for from any contestant are:

1. Uniqueness (but in a marketable way)
2. Relevance to modern music buyers

If you do a "sound-alike" performance, you're neither, plus you tend to draw unfavorable comparisons to the original artist (especially since it's your live version vs. their nicely smoothed out studio version).

Okay, so that means that you've got to put your own "spin" on the song. BUT, this introduces another problem -- if you're going to take on a well-known song and change it up, you have to OWN it up on that stage, or you just wind up looking silly, much like Todrick has looked the last couple of weeks.

[Palladin]

I fear that poor Todrick is doomed to spend the rest of his life in the chorus line.

Alas, poor Todrick; I knew him, Horatio.

[silent_jonny]

Hi, Kevkrom :)

if you're going to take on a well-known song and change it up, you have to OWN it up on that stage, or you just wind up looking silly, much like Todrick has looked the last couple of weeks.

Agreed.