A few more spoilers
have started to trickle out about tonight's
American Idol pre-finale, including word that David Archuleta will reprise "Imagine" and David Cook is planning on singing U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"—the first time a U2 song has been cleared for an
Idol performance. (Perhaps this means that Bono is the
big star Nigel Lythgoe was crowing about yesterday?) Also: Unlike last year, when Blake Lewis was forced to gut out "This Is My Now," the two Davids have been given leeway to pick their own coronation songs from the
songwriting contest's top ten vote-getters. Their rumored picks, and other news bits, after the jump.
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Thanks to the producers wanting to suck as much fun out of this week's American Idol finale as possible, "Tainted Love"-singing, purple-streaked American Idol hopeful Danny Noriega will not be in attendance, apparently because Nigel Lythgoe & Co. first made him beg for a ticket and then told him "uh-uh, sorry, it's full" after watching his dog and pony show. I hope this means that The Soup will have him on for a Very Special Guest Appearance this Friday! [