Jimmy also spoke quickly to David after the performance.  Here’s the brief interview:

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I absolutely love her but can I just take a moment to comment on her outfit?  I’m a fuller-figured woman so I’m not mad at her for carrying a little extra weight but you’ve got to wear clothes that flatter and accentuate your curves.  I think that top and those pants made her look frumpy (in fact, whoever designed the upper leg part of those pants should be banned from fashion forever). 

Anyway, here’s a video of Jennifer singing “Spotlight.”  She did a great job (as usual).

The fan who won the “Sing With Jennifer Hudson” contest also got to sing and they performed “And I Am Telling You” together.  Watch it here:

NBC Photo: Lisa Berg

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I see she has chosen to keep those hair extensions she got put in (by Adam Lambert’s stylist, I believe?) during Rock Week.  I think they suit her but I don’t like her outfit.  Do you like her look (click on the images to enlarge).

 
Photo by Christopher Peterson/BuzzFoto.com

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I thought it was a decent enough performance, all things considered (it was outside and early in the morning), but I didn’t love it.  Watch it and judge for yourself.

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He did address the question, though, and said that he believed everyone would be back on the show next year.  He confessed that there are challenges but that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.  He went so far as to say that he’s gotten to know Kara and that he likes her.  Wow!  Watch it:

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She also talked about writing songs for different celebrities but Jimmy wanted to know the process of writing a song for someone like Paris Hilton.  He asked “where do you start, an instrumental?”  Fellow guest, Matthew McConaughey cracked up and so did I! 

The whole interview was actually pretty entertaining (you’ve got to see the “commercial” Jimmy put together!).  Check it out and leave me a comment about what you thought. 

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Anoop sang “You Were Always On My Mind” and it really reminded me of what a good singer he is.  He had a little more facial hair but I’m not sure that I like the look for him.  Regardless, I thought it was a good appearance (he could work on handling the microphone a little better but I digress).  Watch Anoop sing and their short chat with him and Lil at the end of the show:

Lil Rounds sang “Be Without You” and I wish she had performed more like that when she was on Idol.  Maybe it was because she sang accompanied only by the piano but I just thought she sounded excellent and a lot less “busy.”  Know what I mean?

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“It’s easier to go through it with someone else,” Desai said of the double elimination. “We can joke to each other. Neither of us is really wallowing all that much.”

Both Anoop and Lil talked about the harsh criticism they faced from the judges, particularly Simon Cowell.

“I didn’t think it was my worst performance,” said Anoop. “But you know, that’s the Simon Cowell that America expects. He’s very superlative driven. I wasn’t offended at all.”

“I kind of got to the point where I was like, ‘Okay, I don’t know if I can win with them,’” Lil said. “I can honestly say I went up there and gave it everything I had each time my foot touched that stage.”  And what about all the talking back that Lil did?  “I would not take that back,” she said. “It wasn’t to go toe-to-toe with the judges or get into a heated argument. I just wanted them to understand that I was being an artist. They kept saying, ‘Give me you,’ and I’m like, ‘But I am!’ It was kind of weird.”

Lil talked about how her stint on the show has changed her life with her husband and three children:  “It really does blow my mind.  I was displaced from my home when I first got to the show and now we’ve actually gotten a three-bedroom townhouse. American Idol has done what I knew it could do for me and my family, and that was really bring us back together and get us back in a home.”

Throughout the competition, I had always wondered if Anoop would go back to the University of North Carolina to finish his graduate degree if he got eliminated from the show (Carrie Underwood won the competition and still went back to finish her schooling).  I was disappointed to learn that he has other plans in mind (although, I completely understand): “I plan on pursuing any record deal I can get.  Right now that’s my no. 1 priority. My only priority. My wildest dream was that I would be a pop star. And thanks to this show, that dream is going to become a reality. I have faith in my own ambition.”

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They talked about a variety of topics including Idol, whether Ryan Seacrest is gay/annoying/farty, etc…, Susan Boyle (Simon said that he knew she was going to be great and Ferguson called him a “lying sack of crap”), whether British people have good hair and more.  It’s a hilarious.  Watch the interview:

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She has since lost 80lbs and is being open about the childhood sexual abuse that she suffered.  I find it to be a truly inspirational story and I’m so happy that she is doing so well.  Watch the segment:

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