On 'Idol,' Brooke White is 'Breath'-taking, repeatedly

On 'Idol,' Brooke White is 'Breath'-taking, repeatedly

12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, March 26, 2008
By DARLA ATLAS / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
darlajatlas@yahoo.com Darla Atlas is a Fort Worth freelance writer.

So do-overs are allowed on American Idol. Who knew?

Based on Brooke White's repeated start of "Every Breath You Take" Tuesday night, they are even encouraged. Randy Jackson called the flub "good professionalism," while Simon Cowell noted that the first part of the song "even with the mistake, was fantastic."

Wouldn't it be fun if the other contestants ran with this next week? Maybe one of them gets halfway through the song and says: "Oooh, you know what? I totally messed that up. Taking it from the top." Imagine the chaos!

No, this group is too well-behaved for such shenanigans. Except, perhaps, for Chikezie, who cannot take criticism. When Simon called him out for cheesy arm movements to the crowd during his "If Only for One Night," he went to whining. "That's who I'm singing for!" he said. "I'm sorry!"
More of the story here:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-idol_0325gl.ART.State.Edition1.462b4e4.html

I totally agreed with whatever judge said it that she shouldn't have had the band join in. I still loved the whole performance, but she should have told the band to stay quiet