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American Idol Says "Forget Paris"
Thursday May 4, 2006

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America can only take one Paris (and that one, barely) at a time. Last night American Idol fans booted Paris Bennett, the 17-year-old Fayetteville, Georgia native. Only four Idols remain. The Associated Press reports:

Contestants sang two songs — one from the year of their birth and one from any Billboard chart's current top 10 — in Tuesday night's program.

Though judges Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul praised Bennett's funky take on Prince's 1988 hit "Kiss," judge Simon Cowell derided it as "screechy" and "annoying."

In a turnaround, her second performance — a cover of Mary J. Blige's "Be Without You" — was deemed "pitchy" by Jackson but well received by Cowell.

"I think she did rather well with that," Cowell said.

But, if Julia Roberts has taught us anything, it's that a screechy and annoying rendition of "Kiss" can be career-launching as long as you’re singing it in a bubble bath -- and possess a smile so powerful that it can tame unicorns and move people to spend hundreds of dollars to see a play universally panned by critics.
 
Another 'Idol' Contestant Out; Four Left
[Yahoo! News]

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