American Idol Gives Back 2008
14 April 2008
Isn’t it amazing?
I am lost for words at the moment.
I am utterly speechless now after watching American Idol Gives Back 2008.
What is Idol Gives Back?
Idol Gives Back is the name of a charitable campaign that spanned two episodes of American Idol during its sixth season. This year, the second Idol Gives Back concert and fund-raiser occurred recently on April 9th. All I could say about this 2-hour concert was INCREDIBLE.
The stunning performances by the Idol finalists and dancers caught me to stay glued to the idiot box. No joke!
Idol Gives Back raises awareness and funds to benefit the following six charities in 2008:
The Children’s Defense Fund, Children’s Health Fund, The Global Fund, Make It Right, Malaria No More, Save the Children.
These charitable organizations have a proven track record of making a positive impact through responsible giving. (Source)
In 2008’s Idol Gives Back, many celebrities were involved. From Mariah Carey to Gloria Estefan to Brad Pitt, you name it, you’ve got it.
This song sounds familiar right? Yes, you have guessed it correctly.
It is no other than Shout to the Lord written and composed by Darlene Zshech of Hillsong Australia.
I can’t believe American Idol or Freemantle Media allows this song to be sung by the finalists and aired LIVE across America and other parts of the world even though they edited the starting of the song by replacing with “My Shepherd, My Saviour“.
My jaw dropped when the Top 8 finalists sang Shout to The Lord again at the Results show. And this time, they didn’t edit the song’s lyrics. They went all out to sing “My Jesus, My Saviour“.
This is something different. I have never heard any gospel songs being sang by the Idol finalists.
This is amazing!
If you haven’t watch American Idol lately, enjoy the youtube postings here. I am sure you would love it.
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Posted by Grace at 4:50 pm
Categorised as Entertainment Biz
April 14th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
YA!!! darn good lo… i was so surprised when they sang “SHOUT TO THE LORD”…..hehehehe….
Awesome Episode…………..
April 14th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
why no jump around wan?
April 14th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
yes2leong: Yes, i love this AI episode. My favourite among all seasons!!! Praise God for they sang Shout to the Lord!!!
Kevin: NOT MANY PPL know about Planetshakers band. Let alone the song “Jump Around”!!
April 14th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
yea … true true………
KEVIN…. SWT….. JUMP around wor….haha….. why don’t u say “pick it up”…. hahahaha…… blek
April 14th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
it was very touching and inspirational
April 14th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Yes..hahaha….the song totally touched me….i wanted to blog about this too..muahaha..but since u already did..it’s ok la..muahaha..
anyway….yeah….having this on the national television…it’s definitely something..:)
April 14th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
i also taught of blogging about this matter….but now, it;s ok lah….
credit to you =)
yupe, i was also touch when they sing MY JESUS< MY SAVIOR….hopefully with that songs….they can touch many peoples lives…=)
(* my mum and dad was actually amaze that they sung Christian songs..)
Yeah!!! the LORD reign =)
April 15th, 2008 at 6:30 am
Yes2Leong: Pick It Up? Why don’t u say MAJESTY then?
Falcon: Yes, truly agree with you.
Gerald: I wonder if we could do this in Msia….hahaha..
Lizzie: Amen! The Lord Reigns!
April 15th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Hm……me dun watch AI, lol. Would rather listen to Japanese singers, yohohoho. Bt this is a good effort by AI I suppose. Akademi Fantasia shud do the same, rather than doin it just for the sake of making money. Finding talent? Hardly, the winners are mostly rubbish. Vince was the oni good one then poof!! It became nothing more than a major event for kampung people to become a millionaire.
April 15th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
yeahhh…so true…
i usually dun watch American Idol..
But when i heard them singing “Shout to the Lord”, i was glued for the entire rest of the show..
(i watch the repeat the day after)…hahahaha
I was touched..
seriously, wanted to cry (not really during the song lar) but the whole AI show itself with all the children…
AI is doin sthing really good this time around..
April 15th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
yea….. tokmoh got a point there… AI did charity and stuffs for the children and the world.
jessca wan to cry already ya? =)… it’s ok. hehe… yalo… very touching, the AI groups, the judges, the team, all there to the outside world to help those children..
I cann’t imagine if Malaysia will do that… SMS or call to do charity… i DUN THINK so lo…. sadly to say…..
April 15th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Tokmoh: Japanese singers? Hooo… didn’t know u love J POP? Akademi Fantasia is never up to par with Spore Idol or Asian Idol, let alone American Idol… PooF!!
Jesca: U also were glued to the show, har? I guess most of us loves AI now…
Yes2leong: Yes AI did charity….Idol gives back is indeed a great job done by AI. Salute them. Msia still has a long way to learn on this…
April 15th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
btw…it’s their second year doing Idol GIves back….last year..it wasnt that good..but they are doing better..:)
April 15th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Yeah, agree with you Gerald. This year’s IGB was superb..
April 15th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Heheh, my fav singer is definitely Rie Fu, YUI, Asian kung-fu generation, DOES, KOTOKO, Monkey Majik, err……a lot more, lol!! Oretachiwa otaku desu~ yohohoho!!
Korek korek korek!! Malaysian Idol also was so much better than AF initially, bt unfortunately the 2nd season become like AF also. I was supporting that girl, then that pretty boy go n win just bcuz he’s cute (O RLY?).
The last time I watched AI was the season when Kampung Underwood defeated the cool rockstar, Bo. After that……oni watch audition to laugh at some clowns, wakakakak
April 15th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Hahaha…. my favourite AI season gotta be Kelly Clarkson’s and now…. Season 7…..
April 17th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Thanks for the info.
It answers my questions posted here in my post regarding this amazing event:
http://takenotetakeheart.blogspot.com/2008/04/shout-to-lord-american-idols-on-idol.html
April 20th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
if only i have a green card which qualifies me to be a part of the idols, do ya think i stand a chance? hmmm, anyway this year’s idol is way better than the previous years, a lot of real talent and they really know how to dress up, a lot of carrie underwood look a like, anyway my vote’s for david
April 20th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Nic: Which David btw? Cook or Archie?