Flashback: Camile Velasco's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

Back on Idol's third season Camile Velasco took on Jasmine Trias in the "battle of the pretty Hawaian girls," and as Top 9 week demonstrated the competition was only big enough for one of them. As a result, Camile's version of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" during Elton John week ended up being her swan song while Jasmine narrowly escaped elimination. Watch the performance below:

Camile gave it her best but the song was too much of a storm for her to weather, and Simon's brutal critique was totally appropriate. Still, Camile has the perfect voice for an R&B career, and hopefully she will be able to make it in the industry sometime soon.

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Flashback: John Stevens' "Crocodile Rock"

John Stevens provided one of the most unintentionally funny performances ever delivered on Idol during Season 3's Top 9 week with his take on Elton John's "Crocodile Rock." Relive the classic moment below:

Although John deserves plenty of props for trying on the song, his shrieky "la la la la la"s were enough to send any self-respecting artist's head into violent bouts of shaking of disapproval. Regardless of the fact that John would only last three more weeks on the show, this performance alone was worth him taking away a spot from more "deserving" contestants, and since he's a nice guy he gets a pass for the performance. That does not change the fact that it's memorable, though.

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Keeping up with John Stevens

Idol's signature red-haired crooner John Stevens made the show's third season popular for reasons he probably would not like to remember. After generating such memorable performances as "Crockodile Rock" and "King of the Road," the then-16-year-old delivered spectacles that would make Sanjaya jealous.

But John's vocal talents were the kind that could not been heard on an Elton John track, and so he was given a bad wrap while on the show. Still he was able to finish sixth, which is a testament to his appeal to many across the country. This led to a record deal with Maverick Records in 2005, courtesy of which he released his debut album Red. The album, which was produced by David Foster, did well enough to make it into Billboard's Top 10 Jazz albums chart but failed to muster much in the form of sales, totaling roughly 21k copies since its release.

John's debut single was "Come Fly With Me," a cover of Frank Sinatra's 1957 hit. He also covered Maroon 5's "This Love" and The Beatles' "Here, There and Everywhere."

After departing Maverick, John joined his fellow Season 3 alum Leah LaBelle at Berklee College of Music in Boston where his is now a student and should graduate in 2010.

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A look ahead to tonight

A few quick notes and spoilers regarding tonight's performance show (all spoilers are from IDF)...

-David Archuleta won the coin toss last week, and elected to go second (duh).

-Clive Davis, despite being demoted over at Sony BMG, chose a song for each of the Top 2 to sing. It was revealed that he chose Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" for David A., but his pick for David Cook has not been revealed.

-David A. will sing "Imagine" for his reprise, while David C. will sing U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" as a new choice rather than a reprise.

-Each David got to choose which coronation song they would like to perform out of the Top 10 chosen by viewers' votes. Or so they claim...

UPDATE: David C. has chosen "No Turning Back," while David A. has chosen "Here I Am."

Looking ahead to tomorrow night's finale...

-Carrie Underwood will perform her new single, "Last Name."

-Bo Bice and Jennifer Hudson have confirmed they will appear, and two former contestants from every season will perform.

-Both Davids will do a duet to OneRepublic's "Apologize." OneRepublic will also be there.

-The Top 5 contestants will each perform with an "idol" (kind of like what happened in Season 5). Bryan Adams is one of those rumored to be performing with someone.

-The Jonas Brothers will perform their hit single "S.O.S."

-Paul McCartney is rumored to be performing.

-The Top 2 will each perform with Mariah Carey and Neil Diamond.

UPDATE: David C. will perform with Carey in a duet of "Always Be My Baby."

That's about all I've got for now. Keep checking back later for more.

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