Casey James: Top 11 Performance (Power of love)

Taking a cue from the judges' advice to push himself, Casey has chosen Huey Lewis & the News' The Power of Love.

Meeting Miley, Casey contributes the funniest moment of the night: "I'm a big fan. Of ... your dad's."


CAPTIONBy Michael Becker/FOX
The Power of Love is absolutely a non-intuitive choice, but it's absolutely the right choice for Casey. Huey Lewis, it turns out, is the perfect reference point for Casey's sweet but slightly rough voice and smiling stage presence. He's got great guitar tone -- the mix is much better than last week -- and he gets good lighting. Strong all the way around.

Randy, however, wasn't a fan of the song choice but says Casey did it well.

Ellen parrots Randy but adds that it was the best vocal of the night.

Kara gushes. "It just gets better and better and better."

Simon says it's not personal, but he doesn't know what Kara's hearing, saying the song was old-fashioned 25 years ago. "It was like watching and listening to an '80s cover band. ... Maybe it's just me. I'm English."

For clarification, Ryan asks if he deserves to advance. "Yes! Yes!" Randy replies.

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[corrupt200]

I'm sorry, I'm afraid you're just too darn loud.

[imadude123124]

simon is right, kara is wrong, kara is a dumbass

[mariox82]

1:04 Miley looking at him and thinking: "Fuck! he is more talented than me..."

[Satyr910]

@LeonKevlar indeed it was :D

[deanfenech]

haha, when he said he was a fan of her father's not her... OF COURSE HE ISN'T A MILEY FAN, HE'S A GROWN MAN!!!!

[lakota66]

i think this song was to easy for him. he can do much better getting in a song with the guitar also being a part of his performance.

[johnnahodil]

@jrwaneurysm # 6 it was under the tags "bad music" and "crumby enterainment" and "seacrest gay sex video"

[jrwaneurysm]

@johnnahodil #4 she has been in the business for a long time considering her age and #5 why are you watching this?

[johnnahodil]

#1 american idol sucks.......#2 american idol sucks.....they crap out more no talent than ............i cant beleive it, theirs nothing to compare american idol to when it comes to sucking....theyve reached the pinacle of sucking, theyre their own sucking milestone,.....everything else will be compared to american idol,.....moving on...# 3 if you take musical advise from miley cyrus.......your probably on american idol and both it and her suck........miley cyrus is the american idol of pop...

[lyrrad999]

this version sucks!!!!

[joeAloe]

I love how the bassist dances 8D 3:00