Week 4 (Top 7 - Elton John)

[Matt Giraud]

Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Elton John

Don't go breaking my heart
I couldn't if I tried
Honey if I get restless
Baby you're not that kind

Don't go breaking my heart
You take the weight off me
Honey when you knock on my door
I gave you my key

Nobody knows it
When I was down
I was your clown
Nobody knows it
Right from the start
I gave you my heart
I gave you my heart

So don't go breaking my heart
I won't go breaking your heart
Don't go breaking my heart

And nobody told us
`Cause nobody showed us
And now it's up to us babe
I think we can make it

So don't misunderstand me
You put the light in my life
You put the sparks to the flame
I've got your heart in my sights

Elton John is one of the greatest singers of all time. What's your reaction that he's your mentor this week and what song of him will you sing and why?
I would love Elton John as a mentor. He's been in the business for around 40 years and right now, I need some great advice. I'm choosing "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" because I like up tempo beats and I think that I can do well with this song. Plus, I sang "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?" two weeks ago, so I can't do that.

[Randy Jackson]

Dawg, vocals for me were OK. I feel song choice could have been a little bit better. It is a great duo song, and I feel that would have made it 85% better, but since you can't do that I feel you did the best you could.

[Matt Giraud]

Thanks Randy. I really struggled with song choice this week.

[Michael Bublé]

This was....different.

I think we both know this wasn't your best--that being said, it definitely wasn't the worst of the night or anything, either.

I thoughti t was aight.Definitely better than some of the other performances tonight, and I agree that song choice was probably very hard this week.

[Matt Giraud]

Thanks Michael. I hope that I can find a song that suits me better next week.