Flashback: Carmen Rasmusen's "Call Me"

Carmen Rasmusen may not have been met with the same magnitude of a career in the country music realm like Carrie Underwood, but she similarly took on 80's rock back on her season of Idol when she performed "Call Me" by Blondie on Top 8 week for the Billboard #1 Hits theme. Watch the performance below:

Unlike Carrie, Carmen fell flat on her face with her attempt at the genre. In fact, Simon called it a combination of "dreadful" and "awful," which was still a big sting back in Season 2. Still, Carmen's performance remains one of the most memorable from her season.

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Keeping up with Sarah Burgess

America's favorite "runaway" never made it past Hollywood during Season 6, but she has made the charts. Sarah Burgess was one of 173 contestants to make it to the all important Hollywood round for the sixth season after wowing the judges with her rendition of Blondie's "Call Me" and her sob story about her father stifling her passion for singing. Sarah has persevered, however, and her single "Dangerouz" is sitting at #33 on the ACQB Top 40 chart for the week of July 23, after peaking at #9 in June.

Sarah's debut album, One, is now out and is available at iTunes. To listen to "Dangerouz" in addition to other songs from her album, visit Sarah's official music MySpace page.

Since finishing her stint on Idol, Sarah has opened a show for Daughtry and is currently in the midst of a solo tour that ends Aug. 24.

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