The contestants have 122 songs to pick from for next week's R&B/Soul theme. You can check out the full list at iTunes, but here are a few of my suggestions for the Idols in the hopes that we don't have to endure another week of suckville song choices and performances.

Didi Benami - Didi is hard to pick for this week. Can she take on one of the two middle-of-the-road Mariah Carey songs cleared? Maybe Monica? I guess if she's staying to play, I'd push her towards Rihanna's "Umbrella" - she might be able to have some fun with that.

The disaster better known as American Idol Season 9 soldiers on. After a theme change from "Teen Idol" to "Billboard No. 1s" the contestants hit the stage this week with a bag full of steaming stinkers. Does no one provide any direction whatsoever to the contestants when they are handed a broad category like this? And can anybody tell me how this differs from what the contestants tackled during the semi-finals? Anyway, here's how it all went down:

Author: Homer “Les” Morgan

Published: In “The Parrot,” the Chaska High School student newspaper, under the original title, “1,000 lessons.”

When: May 1964

OK, so what's with the title of this blog post?

Well, I'm combining two posts in one. Since it's Friday, I've got to post the Look Great at the Lake Boot Camp FREE Workout Video of the Week. But, I've also got an awesome healthy pizza recipe for you. :-)

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Could a Rolling Stones-themed Idol night be as huge as when the Beatles catalog was finally made available to the contestants? Answer: No. Not even close.

But I'm sure for many of the contestants it was a tall hurdle to jump to get one step closer to the Top 10 and a place in the summer tour.

So how did they do? Let's take a look:

Michael Lynche

Peter CarlsonWriter: The Rev. Peter Carlson (or Pehr Carlsson)

Year: Between 1858 and 1880

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