You got hit hard with the stupid stick huh?

1st song set was chosen by the judges
2nd set chosen by contestants
3rd song chosen by Producers

All contestants have 100% free reign over ALL back-up required, vocals, piano, violin, tuba… you name it. If they want to they can make it into spoken word poetry… incase you are not keeping up, they chose all back-up.

The reason the producers chose a song was to make it interesting, and add a challenging dynamic for the contestants.

You people and you conspiracy theories have no end… PERSONALLY I think the show is gov. funded to promote North American values on a global scale while, subliminally calming the nation into not noticing the further decline of the US dollar. Seriously, I heard it from Elvis last night.