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Previous seasons of American Idol have taught me to go into “big name theme nights” with a healthy does of skepticism because generally, our contestants mangle, maim and generally ruin classic songs sung and/or written by classic performers and/or songwriters.

So that, combined with the “No pressure, kids” vibe which comes standard with the Lennon/McCartney songbook made me more than a bit jittery last night. Jittery as in, “I’m going to hold my hands over my ears and remove them at 2-second intervals in case everyone sucks.” I was afraid my worst fears would be realized when Syesha came out and sang a classic Earth, Wind and Fire song. Hey! I thought they were supposed to sing Lennon/McCartney songs…? Heh.

Then…oh my God…Chikezie? Where did he come from? I was really afraid we were going to have to endure some meta-Ruben Studdard offering or at the very least, a Luther Vandross-y rendition of “Yesterday.” Wow. My jaw dropped when he had the foresight and originality to change up the beginning of “She’s a Woman” but then he actually changed up the middle and the end, too! He danced! He entertained! He was so good I made CU watch his performance when he got home from the airport! I hope he can keep it up, because if this is the new Chikezie…count me in as a fan.

Other greats last night - Carly “I sing this song every weekend with the band” Smithson, David “Don’t call me Daughtry” Cook, and…yes…Brooke White. I love her, bare feet and all. What was up with the warning tones Randy and Simon were tossing Ryan’s direction with the shoes? Was that some sort of stupid insinuation that Ryan likes women’s shoes? Again, their inside-joke shtick is bugging the crap out of me. However, I suppose I would rather hear that than Paula’s unoriginal paraphrasing of Randy’s comments coming out of her mouth as her own, generally prefaced by “You look great tonight” for posterity. Ugh.

Pizza Bistro Boy. Yeah, I don’t even remember his name. David? Danny? He goes to school, has annoying college pictures taken of him and his dork friends, and recently lost his job at “Pizza Bistro.” Mmm hmm. And the song…ugh. I told CU that it would be tough for anyone to sing “I Saw Her Standing There” to which he replied, “David Cook could.” Touché.

Oh…I almost forgot about Kristy Lee Cook. Someone took Simon’s praise last week and ran, ran, ran with it! Her rendition of “Eight Days a Week - Country Style, with Biskits ‘n Eggs!” wouldn’t have been so bad had she not been so flat and boring. I’ll completely skip over David Archuleta’s performance because I love him…and you can’t fault the kid for not being hep to songs from the 60s. He’s seventeen. Then again, forgetting the words is a pretty unforgivable sin.

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