(02-04-2012, 11:06 AM)fover Wrote: TMZ spoke with a source extremely close to Lusk ... who tells us Jacob never wanted to perform the Jordin Sparks /Chris Brown duet, "No Air" on Wednesday's show ... but Iovine pressured him into it.
We're told Lusk really wanted to perform the Gnarls Barkley hit, "Crazy" -- but Iovine was so insistent on "No Air" that he basically "beat it into his brain" until Lusk finally gave in and agreed to perform the song.
During the show, Randy Jackson told Lusk, "I don’t think that’s the direction for you ... I don't think anybody on this stage should be doing duet songs."
Sources connected to the production tell us ... Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe has told every contestant the decision on final song choice is made by the singer ... and NOT the mentor.
As for Randy's comment that none of them should be singing duets... If he said that and meant it, we would have missed out on Moanin, I Feel the Earth Move, and Gunpowder & Lead... Three fantastically entertaining performances. And, if he really believes that , then he is definitely showing his ignorance for how the entertainment industry works. Duets are an an extremely important tactic used by singers to expose their sound to new fans. It's an absolute MUST DO. In fact, G&L may have won Haley some country music fans.
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As uncomfortable as I am about sounding as though I'm coming to Randy's defense, I suspect Randy's comment above is yet another example of Randy's inability to express himself in an articulate fashion.
Just this past week, I re-watched that magical performance of Haley and Casey performing "Moanin." Randy clearly enjoyed that.
What I suspect that he meant in his comment about duets, is that it's risky to take on a song (as a soloist) that is known as a duet. But Randy's verbal skills are so lacking that only he knows what he meant (and maybe even he wasn't sure).
