One for the money, two for the show
USA TODAY, May, 2008
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Three contestants. Three songs to perform. One goal.
THIS ... is American Idol. As the semifinals drama heightens, our coaches detail what each singer needs to do to win.
David Cook
Rona: He needs to stretch himself into other genres and capture a new audience while not ticking off his hard-core base. Stop working the whole thing so hard -- it's about singing, not just stylin'.
Gene: Surprise us. If, in addition to one or two comfort-zone performances, he's able to pull off a truly devastating job on a piece of material we'd never expect him to tackle, that would do it.
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Charlie: David can't be considered a shoo-in anymore, not with his song-picking antennae suddenly awry. Fans want to be surprised by David, which means taking a ballad and singing it straight, or making a dramatic change of genre as we first saw with Hello. If ...
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