And here are the results for
Round 41: Here Comes the Bride. The contestant with the highest combined Round 40 and 41 score will have the option of choosing their partner for
Round 42: A Marriage Made in Heaven... A Marriage Made in Hell or selecting one additional pair of songs to send to the judges, for a whopping six total songs for that Round. If the winning contestant chooses the additional pair of songs, then the two teams will be created randomly using random.com
Round 41: Here Comes the Bride, aka The Bride's Challenge, is a classic Idol challenge that, for the purposes of this late Season Round, serves to lead the contestants into thinking about the entire course of their Season with Double Dip options, as well allowing them to revisit the Past Season list for inspiration, an option that is rarely provided them. Even with the various options available to a contestant, succeeding in this Round illustrates a contestant's ability to
play this game as well as the versatility of their musical taste. At this juncture in the game and with the bonus available for the winner, performing well in this Round may impact the remainder of the Season.
In 4th place, with a combined total of 307 points, is a contestant who shouldn't feel too blue, because he can always hit on the chubby bridesmaids...
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Orangeutang!!! who selected the Rolling Stone magazine described "mountainous piano crusher" All of Me by John Legend (48 pts, 5th), found something precious for the bride's bouquet with Sting's Desert Rose (29 pts, 12th), said goodbye to the world he thought he lived in when he walked down the aisle with Mika's Any Other World (41 pts, T-8th), and threw the Bride's garter with a heavy heart with Cardiac Arrest by Bad Suns (35 pts, 11th)!!!
Breaking into the top three by earning 351 total points is a contestant who went back for another slice of the wedding cake when no one else was looking...
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Pegasus Warrior!!! who made us all blush and sigh with the Juno-related All I Want is You by Barry Louis Polisar (46 pts, T-6th), set off to shore on an unforgettable honeymoon cruise with Styx's Come Sail Away (59 pts, 3rd), showed that this relationship isn't going to sink, it's going to swim with The Temper Trap's Fader (37 pts, T-10th), and invited us all for a spot of tea with Avril Lavigne's Alice (53 pts, 4th)!!!
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Cher Horowitz.
Thank You Based Suave.
Please Step Forward.
You two are the highest scoring contestants for
Round 41: Here Comes the Bride. This was a particularly difficult Round because contestants of the different requirements the contestants had to fulfill. One couldn't simply pick a rock song or a song that featured a specific musical instrument, it was more akin to finding a way to include a song within the given perimeters. The Round functioned as a fantastic way to prepare for
Round 42: A Marriage Made in Heaven...A Marriage Made in Hell, which may prove to be the most demanding Round yet. Still, we haven't quite reached that Round yet, have we? Let's finish out this one.
The winner of
Round 41: Here Comes the Bride, with a staggering 401 points and the ability to pick his or her partner in wedded bliss for the next Round is someone who doesn't have to borrow glistening gold and shiny diamonds but has enough bling of their own...
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Thank You Based Suave!!! Congratulations on winning Round 41!!! Suave showed that he knows all there is to know about picking great music with Sam Cooke's Don't Know Much About History (62 pts, 2nd), served up the good stuff nice and smoking with Donna Summer's Hot Stuff (38 pts, T-9th), rode all around town on his old bike with his new missus, tin cans tied to the back with Atmosphere's Sunshine (46 pts, T-6th), and strummed the ukelele and made our hearts say I do with Stormy Amorrette's cover of Elvis's I Can't Help (64 pts, 1st)!!! Suave also chose Cinematic Orchestra's To Build a Home (37 pts, T-10th)! Congrats!!!
Also walking down the aisle, in 2nd place with 354 total pts, is Cher Horowitz!!! who hears a choir of carousels in the 5th Dimension's Wedding Bell Blues (45 pts, 7th), listens closely to the ever-clanging sounds of Mike Doughty's I Hear the Bells (41 pts, T-8th), knows that whatever is coming back around for us is riding on the wind with Soundgarden's Dusty (38 pts, T-9th), and has nothing to be sad about with her neato bell bottoms, going to the high school bop to listen to Derek & The Domino's Bell Bottom Blues (46 pts, T-6th)!!!
Congrats you two!
Judges' Rankings:
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1. Suave- 191 pts +210pts= 401 pts
Don’t Know Much About History- Sam Cooke (Something Borrowed)
FW-17, LM-17, MB-1, RR-10, ZA-17= 62 (2nd)
To Build a Home- Cinematic Orchestra (Song About Love)
FW-6, LM-2, MB-8, RR-16, ZA-5=37 (T-10th)
Hot Stuff- Donna Summer (Something Old)
FW-2, LM-5, MB-16, RR-5, ZA-10= 38 (T-9th)
Sunshine- Atmosphere (Something New)
FW-5, LM-4, MB-6, RR-17, ZA-14= 46 (T-6th)
I Can’t Help- Stormy Amorrette (Something Borrowed)
FW-15, LM-12, MB-11, RR-14, ZA-12 = 64 (1st)
2. Cher Horowitz- 184 pts +170 pts= 354 pts
Wedding Bell Blues- The Fifth Dimension (Song About Love)
FW-7, LM-13, MB-12, RR-12, ZA-1= 45 (7th)
I Hear the Bells- Mike Doughty (Something New)
FW-14, LM-8, MB-2, RR-11, ZA-6= 41 (T-8th)
Dusty- Soundgarden (Something Borrowed)
FW-16, LM-6, MB-3, RR-2, ZA-11= 38 (T-9th)
Bell Bottom Blues- Derek & the Dominos (Something Blue)
FW- 10, LM-10, MB-15, RR-7, ZA-4= 46 (T-6th)
3. Pegasus Warrior- 156 pts + 195 pts= 351 pts
All I Want Is You- Barry Louis Polisar (Song About Love)
FW-12, LM-1, MB-10, RR-15, ZA-8= 46 (T-6th)
Come Sail Away- Styx (Something Old)
FW-9, LM-16, MB-17, RR-4, ZA-13 = 59 (3rd)
The Temper Trap- Fader (Something New)
FW-11, LM-7, MB-4, RR-13, ZA-2 = 37 (T-10th)
Alice- Avril Lavigne (Borrowed)
FW-3, LM-15, MB-13, RR-6, ZA-16= 53 (4th)
4. Orangeutang- 154 pts +153= 307 pts
All of Me- John Legend (Song About Love)
FW-8, LM-3, MB-14, RR-8, ZA-15= 48 (5th)
Desert Rose- Sting (Something Old)
FW-1, LM-11, MB-7, RR-1, ZA-9= 29 (12th)
Cardiac Arrest- Bad Suns (Something New)
FW-4, LM-14, MB-5, RR-9, ZA-3= 35 (11th)
Any Other World- Mika (Something Blue)
FW-13, LM-9, MB-9, RR-3, ZA-7= 41 (T-8th)
Judges' Rankings by Song:
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1. I Can’t Help- Stormy Amorrette (Something Borrowed)
FW-15, LM-12, MB-11, RR-14, ZA-12 = 64 (suave)
2. Don’t Know Much About History- Sam Cooke (Something Borrowed)
FW-17, LM-17, MB-1, RR-10, ZA-17= 62 (suave)
3. Come Sail Away- Styx (Something Old)
FW-9, LM-16, MB-17, RR-4, ZA-13 = 59 (Pegasus Warrior)
4. Alice- Avril Lavigne (Borrowed)
FW-3, LM-15, MB-13, RR-6, ZA-16= 53 (Pegasus Warrior)
5. All of Me- John Legend (Song About Love)
FW-8, LM-3, MB-14, RR-8, ZA-15= 48 (Orangeutang)
T-6. All I Want Is You- Barry Louis Polisar (Song About Love)
FW-12, LM-1, MB-10, RR-15, ZA-8= 46 (Pegasus Warrior)
T-6. Sunshine- Atmosphere (Something New)
FW-5, LM-4, MB-6, RR-17, ZA-14= 46 (suave)
T-6. Bell Bottom Blues- Derek & the Dominos (Something Blue)
FW- 10, LM-10, MB-15, RR-7, ZA-4= 46 (Cher Horowitz)
7. Wedding Bell Blues- The Fifth Dimension (Song About Love)
FW-7, LM-13, MB-12, RR-12, ZA-1= 45 (Cher Horowitz)
T-8. Any Other World- Mika (Something Blue)
FW-13, LM-9, MB-9, RR-3, ZA-7= 41 (Orangeutang)
T-8. I Hear the Bells- Mike Doughty (Something New)
FW-14, LM-8, MB-2, RR-11, ZA-6= 41 (Cher Horowitz)
T-9. Hot Stuff- Donna Summer (Something Old)
FW-2, LM-5, MB-16, RR-5, ZA-10= 38 (suave)
T-9. Dusty- Soundgarden (Something Borrowed)
FW-16, LM-6, MB-3, RR-2, ZA-11= 38 (Cher Horowitz)
T-10. To Build a Home- Cinematic Orchestra (Song About Love)
FW-6, LM-2, MB-8, RR-16, ZA-5=37 (suave)
T-10. The Temper Trap- Fader (Something New)
FW-11, LM-7, MB-4, RR-13, ZA-2 = 37 (Pegasus Warrior)
11. Cardiac Arrest- Bad Suns (Something New)
FW-4, LM-14, MB-5, RR-9, ZA-3= 35 (Orangeutang)
12. Desert Rose- Sting (Something Old)
FW-1, LM-11, MB-7, RR-1, ZA-9= 29 (Orangeutang)