"Good evening at this difficult time, i would say to....... ?" "our thoughts...... this is AI" "CaptureSync:" "FRM@ÀÏÀÇ" "Aemrican Idol S06E30 Top 7 show" "thank you.... welcome to.... we have great show for you tonight county music.... and tonight,next generation.... heats up and,.... say hi to randy..... paula simon cowell" "so we will look at county mentor.... there is really only one choice..... take a look at this...." "Martina mcbride.... super star" "for the last 15 years,....storm with records sells...... for insparitional...... 24 top 10 hits" "?" "she can sing..... and her love for..... today, she took..... taught our top 7.... county music.... for me, the best.... when the person..... they have to believe.... you really have to .... you have to convert.....about... anything.....just... telling that..... they shouldnt worry about it.... it's still just song.... great songs...... and they should..... that's gonna be so fun." "I know simon isn't a big fun of country music so far." "Maybe tonight will change his mind." "Martina was a delight to work with." "Our contestants loved her." "Here we go." "Phil stacey up first." "Thesongichosefortonightis "where the black top ends" by keith urban." "Youlivedin wichitafor awhile." "i did?" "thereasonIpickedthesong because it reminds me of kansas." "Getting out and playing in the dirt and being a country boy." "Asi waslistening,iwasthinkingit sounded a little stiff and you know, precise." "And then toward the end, he did this great soulful lick." "great" "The soulful little thing, get more of that into the beginning of the song." "I love his tone." "I really..." "Since the beginning, I have loved his voice." "It is a good song choice for him." "Gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet going back to the well, gonna visit old friends and feed my soul where the blacktop ends" "I'm looking down the barrel of a friday night, ridin' on a river of freeway lights good-bye city, I'm country-bound, 'til monday rolls around" "gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet, going back to the well, gonna visit old friends where the blacktop ends" "give me some fresh air, give me that farm give me some time with you in my arms far away from the pressure and the noise" "gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet" "going back to the well, gonna visit old friends and feed my soul" "where the blacktop ends" "Youknowwhat'sinteresting,man." "Who would have thought-- definitely not me." "You know what?" "Dude, you could have a career in country music." "That was hot, baby." "That was really good." "That was really good." "Who knew?" "I didn't even know." "Now I know phil stacey." "Thatisgoodnews." "Itdoesseemlikethis isthegenre that you feel most comfortable in." "It is the first..." "I can't... you sound good." "From the beginning." "Well,ithasonly taken ten weeks, phil." "Listen, I have to say." "I agree." "This is the only time I have heard you in a long, long time where i thought you chose a good song, i thought the style of music suited you." "even more surprisingly, we actually saw some personality." "Welcomehome,phil!" "Congratulations,man." "Thanks,man." "Areyousurprisedbythefeedback?" "Youknow,tonight,ithink I came out and had a good time." "It was different." "This is my genrE.this is what i wanna do" "Idon'tknowifitis  enough to save you, phil." "You chose the right kind of song." "It suited you." "Welcomehome,phil." "Iappreciateit ." "vote phone #" "Vote by SMS" "Inthewordsofphil ,"woo "!" "Loveyou." "You havetwohours  to vote at the end of the show." "Loveyou,loveyou ." "Wewill beright  back with jordin." "Hang on." "Congratulations." "Backwithyoulive on "american idol."" "Martina mcbride this week." "What did she have to say with jordin?" "Jordinchose"brokenwing."" "I can't imagine what it is like to sing a song in front of the artist that recorded it." "I'mnotgoingtolie." "Iwas scared." "I'm going to sing this song in front of the one person who sang it." "Oh,mygod." "Thatwas awesome." "Thank you." "Itoldjordinthat when i sing the song, i sort of really kind of plant my feet strong and just sing it." "?" "It is about right here." "It is about your expression." "You know, it is so strong." "Martinagaveme greatadvice." "And I'm going to take it to heart." "It is her song." "So I hope I make her proud." "She loved him like he was the last man on earth gave him everything she ever had" "he'd break her spirit down, then come lovin' up on her give a little, then take it back" "she'd tell him about her dreams he'd just shoot them down lord he loved to make her cry you're crazy for believing', you'll ever leave the ground he said only angels know how to fly" "and with a broken wing, she still sings she keeps an eye on the sky with a broken wing, she carries her dreams man, you ought to see her fly with a broken wing, she carries her dreams" "man, you ought to see her fly" "Jordinsparks." "All right." "Check it out." "Probably wuk of the most difficult songs to sing because when the original was done, it was definitely sung." "Right?" "Guess what, man?" "At 17..." "I keep saying that." "You blow me away every week." "You are so young." "You took your time, started slow." "Dude, that was the bomb, man." "Another great performance." "Youlookgorgeoustonight." "I love yoU." "They love you so much." "You did a fantastic job." "?" "Off beautiful way of telling a story." "You built the song, you stood there, you did tell a story." "It was all over your facial expression." "It was gorgeous." "Great job." "simon cowell" "Thisisthefirst time since we have met where i believe, based on that performance, you could win "american idol."" "It was that good." "Jordinsparks,america." "Oh,mygosh." "That'sgotto giveyou chills." "Yeah." "Okay." "Randymentionsyourage often." "When you think about it, you wonder what makes you nervous." "You seem so comfortable." "When do you get nervous?" "Afterwards." "Sonow?" "Rightnow." "Stop it." "Ithinkyouwill be all right this week." "For jordin:" "Well-done." "Thank you." "After the break, sanjaya gives you something to talk about." "Welcomebackto countrynight." "Time to see what someone at home wants to know about the idols." "Click on my coke rewards." "Say hi to sanjaya, ladies and gentlemen." "Dearsanjaya,from sally in cincinnati, ohio." "If you could make one of the judges sing a song, who could you pick?" "What would you make them sing?" "Iwouldhavesimoncowell sing "shiny happy people."" "So that he could show his true personality." "Thatwouldmakemyday." "Me,too." "Areyoureadyfor tonight?" "Yeah  ." "Let's see how it went with martina." "Watch." "Sanjayaisdoing"let'sgive  them something to talk about."" "That is good choice for him." "IchosethissongbecauseIoftengive a lot of people something to talk about." "I thought it would be fun to actually say that." "Sanjayahastypically,i think, sung in a really soft voice." "And what i heard him singing in a stronger voice, it sounded more aggressive, more confident, a little bigger." "?" "Off great tone when you sing out." "I like it." "People will grab on to that, too." "It felt like he was projecting more today." "It works for him." "Mygoalthisweekis to do bonnie raitt justice." "People love talking, talking about people" "I hear them whisper, you won't believe it they think we are lovers, kept under covers" "I just ignore it, because they keep saying we laugh just a little too loud we stand just a little too close we stare just a little too long maybe they're seeing, something we don't, darlingin'" "let's give them something to talk about, let's give them something to talk about" "let's give them something to talk about, how about love" "thinking about you every day, dreaming' about you every night hoping that you feel the same way now that we know it, let's really show it, darylin' let's give them something to talk about" "let's give them something to talk about let's give them something to talk about, how about love" "let's give them something to talk about, a little mystery to figure out let's give them something to talk about, how about love" "Checkitout,dawg." "Check it out, man." "?" "You know the dawg keeps it real." "That was like karaoke, dude." "Vocally, it wasn't good at all." "It was very bland and boring for me." "Just to be honest." "I mean, to be honest." "Come on." "What are we doing up here?" "Paula, what are we doing?" "Well,wearewatching somebody who loves adversity." "Yes." "Youthriveon it ." "Don'tyou ?" "You love iT." "You are having fun." "The vocals..." "You are a loveable guy, sanjayA." "You are." "Utterlyhorrendous." "Honestly, it waS." "It was as bad as anything we have seen at the beginning of "american idol."" "You know..." "Simon, simon." "Comeon." "Simon,simon." "Evenifit wasn't his best performance, you never liked this guy." "So was it the song..." "Excuseme." "Excuseme." "Who rattled your cage?" "To the left." "Over there." "Paula..." "WhatI'mtryingtosayis , i know this has been funny for a while." "But based on the facts that we are supposed to be finding an american idol, it was hideous." "I mean, ridiculous choice of song." "Randy,ifsanjayanailed it, would simon ever like it?" "Ilikedhimlastweek ,big-mouth." "Helikedhimlastweek ." "Watch the show last week." "I liked him." "Thesingingwasbad  today." "I do like the hair." "let us.....?" "vote......" "Sanjaya:" "Goodlucktoyou." "Nice to see you." "We are taking a break right now." "When we come back, we have lakisha and we have chris." "Hang on." "Welcomeback." "It  is american idol live." "All kinds of country for you tonight." "We have only one lakisha." "And here she is." "Thisweek,Iwillbesinging"jesus  take the wheel" by carrie underwood." "you want.....?" "A lot of things I have been through with my life, being a single parent and just struggling." "Somebody you have to just say say, oh, jesus." "Sheverywiselychose a song that she relates to." "She was really definitely connected to that lyric." "I had a real emotional reaction to her." "I love your voice." "?" "It is really a gift." "You have to tell that story." "And deliver that lyric in a way that is believable." "I believed her when she sang it to me." "She was driving last friday on her way to cincinnati on a snow white christmas eve going home to see her mama and her daddy with the baby in the back seat" "50 miles to go and she was running low on faith and gasoline it had been a long hard year, she had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention she was going too fast" "she didn't have time to cry, she was so scared, she threw her hands up in the air" "jesus take the wheel, take it from my hands 'cause I can't do this all on my own" "I'm letting go, so give me one more chance to save me from this road I'm on" "oh, jesus take the wheel" "oh, I'm letting go, so give me one more chance save me from this road I'm on" "jesus take the wheel oh, take it, take it from me" "Allright." "So checkitout." "Lakisha, lakisha, lakisha." "Check it out." "I mean,... wow." "Check it out." "Check it out." "For me, this had some pitch problems in the beginning." "It wasn't my favorite vocal of yours." "I mean, I'm not sure..." "Youcouldhavedonemore with it and made it more in your wheel-house, being a gospel kind of girl rather than singing it straight." "It wasn't my favorite." "Comingfromwherewearesitting,i'mgoing to have to agree with what randy is saying." "And I do believe..." "I believe this was the first time with the band and everything, you may have heard differently." "?" "It sounded a little bit like you were shouting." "You know what?" "So what." "You are still brilliant so." "What." "Thankyou." "Youknow,it is likeeating a hamburger for breakfast." "You know, it doesn't go together." "You know?" "I don't think you and that song went well together." "At all." "It was almost like halfway through, you thought," "I'm going to give it the lakisha treatment and the song couldn't hold." "That it ended up like you were shouting at us." "It didn't feel that it had a natural fold to it." "I'm right." "I'm going to telling you." "You in the back, you can't hear." "I'm going to tell you, lakisha, you absolutely blew us away eight or nine weeks ago with that jennifer holiday song." "Turn one to beat." "You have to now choose the right kind of song." "That was the wrong choice for you." "Sorry." "?" "Good luck to you." "Okay?" "?" "vote" "Don't do anything until the end of the show." "Hear what they are saying?" "Ihearthem." "Howdoyoufeel?" "Allright ?" "Good luck to you." "Coming up next, let's see what chris wlernd in his country 101 course." "this week I'm going to sing a song called "mayberry."" "Peoplewillbe surprisedhow  comfortable I am with country." "I'm from virginia." "I was raised in north carolina." "So I have the country roots." "Tobehonest,iquestioned that choice a little bit." "I thought, i wonder why he chose this." "Hearing you sing it, it is fantastic." "His voice fits this genre of music really well." "He could be a country singer like that if he chose to be." "He could definitely be a pop singer, a country singer." "He is valely versatile." "Sometimes it feels like this world is spinning faster, than it did in the old days" "so naturally we have more natural disasters from the strain of a fast pace, sunday was the day of rest snow now it's one more day, for progress and we can't slow down, 'cause more is best" "i miss mayberry, sittin' on the porch, drinking ice cold cherry coke, where everything was black and white" "picking' on a six-string, people pass by, and you call them by their first name watching the clouds roll by" "sometimes I dream i'm driving down an old dirt road not even listed on a map" "I pass a dad and son carrying a fishing pole but i always wake up every time I start to turn back" "I miss mayberry, drinking ice cold cherry coke watching the clouds roll by roll by, roll by" "Yo,baby." "Checkitout, dawg ." "Chris, you know what, man?" "You know what is funny about." "This i was wondering how you were going to country week, dawg." "It is not that the song... what martina said is 100% correct." "You sang it okay." "It was cool." "There were a couple of pitch things." "I didn't feel any sense of connection, any emotion from you." "You sing it." "You can sing." "It didn't quite hit me." "I felt lost during the song." "I don't know." "I don't know." "I felt no emotion from it." "He sang okay." "I felt no connection." "No emotion." "Ikindof understand what you are saying." "Yeah." "I mean, the joy and the love that you have on stage didn't come through." "As a performer, he knows what I'm talking about." "You would know if you were a performer." "Oh,paula,paula,ithinksometimesthis audience and me are hearing different things." "They gave you a standing ovation." "I heard... what I heard was a very nondescript, nasally vocal." "It had no impact on me at all." "I thought it was completely and utterly insignificant." "The whole thing." "SometimesI thinksimon hears different things because his head is so big." "It affects the sound." "Nasallyisaformofsinging." "i dont knof if you heard of that.." "sorry -nasally is a form of singing" "Soitwasintentional." "Yes." "If I had done it every single week." "Thatwasintendedto sing nasally. -obviously" "Myheartandprayers go out to virginia tech." "I have a lot of friends there." "Be strong." "Well-said." "Absolutely." "vote?" "Goodluckto you." "Thankyou." "Wewilltakeabreak." "Whenwe come back, melinda, she gets sassy." "Youaretunedintothe number one show in america." "Time for another question from you guys at home." "Click on my coke rewards." "Find out how you can ask a question like." "This hello, melinda." "How are you?" "Great." "Howare you?" "I'm doing well." "here we go the question Tracy in san francisco" "." "Have you ever run into any crazy fans on the street?" "What did they do?" "Okay." "I don't think she was crazy but it was probably me." "There was this lady." "I heard her say, "oh my god" and she ran towards me." "I was like what." "And I ran." "Turns out my family said, "she means oh, my god, melinda."" "?" "Things are going well." "Let's see how it went with mar teena." "Iamsinging"troubleisawoman" ." "It is a newer song." "It is fun." "Tells a great story." "It is a little bit sassy." "Thesongmelindachose,"trouble is a woman" I had never heard before." "I was worried about." "That it didn't matter." "The way she sang it, i was completely glued to her." "I could not take my eyes off of her." "Her expressions and her mannerisms." "She really sold that song." "Wow." "That was amazing." "When melinda came in, she seemed a little on the shy side." "When she started singing, that went out the window." "?" "It was a perfect song choice for her." "Trouble is a woman with a chip on her shoulder, swore he loved her and no other she had a feeling he was lying, a woman on a mission, no denying someone is going to have to pay this time," "trouble is a woman with a man on her mind she walked in the room," "and saw him with somebody new she grabbed the arm of a good-looking guy, she said, dance with me, and he could see the fire in her eyes trouble is a woman in tight blue jeans" "trouble is a woman with man on her mind two big men standing face to face," "one said you've made a big mistake that's when the fists began to fly as he hit the floor, she hit the door never heard her say good-bye" "trouble is a woman with a man on her mind she's going to get it right this time, trouble is a woman with a man on her mind" "All I can say about that is that's another solid performance from our resident melinda doolittle." "Nice." "Onceagain,agirlwho knows how to pick the right song and sing her heart out and perform like there is no tomorrow." "Way to go." "Simoncowell?" "Melinda,I'mabout to compliment you." "I'm going to ask you to lose the surprise." "?" "It was fantastic." "I'll tell you why." "It was a great choice of song." "You look much better than last week." "I saw a little bit of tina turner going on there as well." "You know, there was a whole southern thing." "You have to lose this..." "who me, I'm a great singer?" "vote" "Thankyou." "Well-done." "Thankyou." "Afterthebreak,blakecloses us down with some tim mcgraw." "Welcomebackto "americanidol."" "One final performance before we open the lines." "Ladies, ready for blake?" "Thisweek,ipicked a song by tim mcgraw." "Interestinglyenough,iwas  talking to tim the other day." "?" "He will be happy to hear this." "Thisisadeparturefrom me..." "For me as far as the music I listen to." "Ihopethatwhenhesings  it on the show, he relaxes and you know, he sings a little bit..." "I think he is a little nervous maybe." "Okay." "Let me hear it, let me hear it, go to a softer falsetto." "Yeah." "He has an interesting style." "I hope he really zones in on the lyrics and delivers them in a great way." "?" "He did a great job." "Dancin' when the stars go blue, dancin' when the evening fell dancing' in your wooden shoes, in a wedding gown" "where do you go when you're lonely, where do you go when you're blue" "where do you go when you're lonely" "I'll follow you when the stars go blue stars go blue laughing' with your pretty mouth," "laughing' with your broken eyes laughing' with your lover's tongue in a lullaby" "where do you go when you're lonely where do you go when you're blue" "where do you go when you're lonely, i'll follow you" "I will follow you when the stars go blue stars go blue stars go blue" "Yo,blake!" "I have a couple things for you, dawg." "You know what i love about you, man." "I love your sense of style." "I like the vest." "I also love you picked a song and you also picked the right song for yourself." "Also, the arrangement suited you." "I love that you know who you are." "Dude, that was nice." "Very nice." "Youkindof havethe  whole package." "You do." "You picked the right song." "You have your little choreography." "Different quirky things." "It is always fun to watch you." "You do pick the right songs." "This was a great song for you." "Thankyou." "Itwasn'tajumpingout of my chair performance." "Blake, I thought it was okay." "You know, I'm with randy, maybe it was a wise thing not to go down the route that didn't suit you." "I would like to say on a more serious note, on behalf of the three of us, we would also like to offer our best wishes and support to the families of this tragedy as well." "It's been a tricky week for you guys." "But it was okay." "Thankyou,blake." "Vote for blake:" "Thank you, blake.-thank you" "We will take a look at the numbers one more time: ." "CaptureSync:" "FRM@ÀÏÀÇ" "Allright." "Thelinesareopen." "866 numbers, not 800 numbers." "If it is busy, keep on trying." "Tomorrow night, live one-hour results." "9:00, 8:00 central." "Martina sings." "c u then." "Good night, everybody."