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American Idol contestant Carly Smithson performed the song "The Show Must Go On" on the April 8, 2008 episode of the hit televised singing competition. The song was originally recorded by the rock band Queen.
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Fast Facts
- Performance date: April 8, 2008
- Show: American Idol
- Network: FOX
- Show host: Ryan Seacrest
- Song: "The Show Must Go On"
- Original artist: Queen
- Songwriters: Brian May, Freddie Mercury
- Original album: Innuendo
- Original release date: October 14, 1991
- Theme night: Inspirational songs
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Judges' Comments
- Randy: "It started out good, in the middle got a little pitchy and end the ended up OK. It was disconnected for me."
- Paula: "There's something I agree with a little bit, but your voice is pretty perfect. I just didn't feel the connection and didn't feel engaged with your performance."
- Simon: "You look good. I thought it was an unusual song choice and you lost control of the song at the end. It came out as an angry performance, and again, you choose the wrong song."
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Carly Smithson The Show Must Go On Blogs and Commentaries
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- Idol Chatter: Carly Smithson "The Show Must Go On"
- "Carly earns instant negative poins with me by choosing a Queen song, this one The Show Must Go On. She looks better this week but is not taking anyone's advice about sleeves. She is taking Coach Charlie's advice about capitalizing on the vacant rock chick niche. The gospeleers are back in the background (not far enough, though), and Carly treats us to a showy, overblown pomp-rock extravaganza. Pretty dreadful. Randy is lukewarm and thinks it's disconnected. Paula has reservations; she didn't feel engaged and connected, but says her voice was amazing. Simon compliments her appearance but thought the song choice was unusual and she oversang it and lost control of it, and says it sounded angry and out of place for the theme. He predicts trouble."
