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American Idol contestant Carly Smithson sang Total Eclipse of the Heart" originally performed by Bonnie Tyler on the March 25, 2008 episode of the program. Her performance earned her enough votes from the viewers to sing another week.
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Fast Facts
- Air date: March 25, 2008
- Show: American Idol
- Network: FOX
- Theme night: Songs from the year you were born
- Song: "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
- Original artist: Bonnie Tyler
- Original album: Faster Than the Speed of Night
- Songwriter: Jim Steinman
- Contestants: American Idol Top 10
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Judges' Comments
- Randy Jackson: Interesting song choice. Just OK.
- Paula Abdul: Admired Carly's ability to make any song great.
- Simon Cowell: Thought she was too tense during performance. She should lighten up a little bit.
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- Ryan rushes Michael off to save time for Carly's segment. Which features the inevitable Total Eclipse of the Heart, although some of us thought Amanda would do it. This is just one of those Idol show horses, a ridiculously overblown song that allows singers to overdramatize like mad. Carly sounds a little ragged at times, not really blowing out some of the lines, but she makes up for that with a ludicrously showy ending. Not my favorite of hers. Or Randy's -- he didn't like the song choice or the big finish. Paula questions whether Randy can question the song choice, which is absurd, of course. Paula loved the stretch at the end and says she could do no wrong. Simon thought she was too tense and it didn't work right.
