American Idol 8 Top 11 – Lil Rounds “Independence Day”

Lil Rounds chose to sing Martina McBride’s big hit “Independence Day” and, while I absolutely love Lil, I wasn’t a huge fan of this performance.  The crowd seemed to enjoy it but I wouldn’t have picked that song for her.

Randy said it was an interesting and ambitious song choice but it didn’t seem like she was comfortable.  Kara gave her props for standing her ground in terms of song choice even though it wasn’t the best performance.  Paula said that Lil looked and sounded amazing but that she shouldn’t have done two verses.  Simon started by calling her “Little” and struggled to say “Lil” and argued that Lil was short for Little.  It was funny.  He didn’t like the performance because he thought the song didn’t suit her.

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